Reflections of my 2023
This is a year that will be dear to me for so many reasons.
First at the end of Jan 2024 I will be leaving corporate life retiring as per company policy to start a new second innings. My inspiration for this are many of our alumni from first five batches. I am sure i will post something bigger in next five years what I accomplished. My advice what comes your way embrace and go with it is the one that gives you success. #EmbraceWhatComesYourWay
Always I speak of empathy to the people around you. We dont know what others are going in their lives. Pay attention to what they are worried about. Listeing helps in doing this. A recent experience I want to share. We started an IGNITE club in our SVUCE. The team is very young and they wanted to conduct a HAKATHON. They planned well but fell short of funds. Loved the self confidence they showed. Asked IGNITE alumni to help and inmediaty the funds came. I could have been upset that they did not plan well but appreciated the spirit with which they started. Thus the event went well and waiting to hear final news
#EmpathyAlwaysPutsOthersFirst
Dont worry about what you are doing today as what you will become later in life is unknown. I was doing PhD at Texas A&M Univ College Station Texas. You can see the picture of me at my soil dynamics lab. No one must have thought including me where I will be three decades later. At that time in 1993 refused to take any comp courses when everyone around me were doing Visual Basic and getting whopping compensation. Later when I found reality of my comp with possible PhD versus master in CS, got an opprtunity to shift to SAP EDI. Thus no turning around. After that IBM in US and so many. I call my success as #AccidentalSuccess. I grabbed every oppurtunity that presented before me and had a fulfilling career building high performing teams. I feel I am leaving at the top of my game
#ChangeAtTopOfYourGame
Moving into the next year if you want to be like me, dont make any resolutions that you can not fulfil. As the beautiful sunset over Hyderabad today (captured in Picture) your flight is ready so be ready to take off with postive intent, emphathy and open mind
