How to do better?

How to be a better son, husband, father all rolled into one. How to do better - customer service, selling to a customer,marketing my product line, serve my company?How do i say to myself before retiring for the day- it was job well done!!Answers are known, some implemented some still to be done. Remembering kargin martyrs on 10th anniversary of Kargil- but will i ever be able to better those young and fine chaps- who gave there life- so that we live a better life tomorrow?
to do better- let me be humble, work harder and win more.

Learning and unlearning from Gurus

It is my strong belief that we all go through various cycles of learning and unlearning throughout our life. My life till now has been one of that of a learner--continuous learner.I paused today to think of various influencer of my life- whom I deem as Guru. Guru or teacher need not always be some body very big in stature- but they all are huge influencer. My parents- were always the greatest influencers. Baba and Ma taught me to live life- as an ideal son,student,friend,worker,husband and now father.The teachings had always been very subtle- and non pressurizing. they taught me to think big. whenever i see that ad tagline- ' karo thoda jyada ka irada'- i remember them.My freinds had been mine good influence-all of them..too many to write there names.My teachers of school and colleges has been great motivators. My wife and kid teaches me everyday. My bosses had been kind and yes- great influences-Rakesh Mehta ( Taught the basics),John ( taught the fine naunces of corporate life),Ravindranath ( introduced me to semiconductor market), Ramani,Chandran-- all taught me a lot and still i learn from them. Neeraj, Raghu,Kasa,Youvraj-- had been great influences many times.I feel lucky to have so many people to learn from all the time. customers had been great teachers too-daily life is so interesting and so much to gain from. It has been an exciting and incredible journey.

Do you work to live or live to work?

This one is self question.Asked to myself- when i woke up early sunday morning today and was drean to open my laptop and key away the pending reports of the week. The reports were pending since Thursday- different types of weekly reports some asked by superiors, some by suppliers. and that set me thinking. I could not do them during normal hours of working as i was too busy in meeting sales requirement; or meeting customers- adressing there needs ( pull in of materials) etc etc.Can i reduce my workload by being more systematic, more through at first go- rather than firefighting most of the times.can i spend more time for myself then?? Hard to say. I love the work too much to even thinking it to be a chore - in short- i never whine due to work. Yes- there was a time - not very short while ago where i was crying for a fresh breath of air- as there was no work to be done. so is it bad to live to work.. rather the popular addage or maxim to work to live only. i doubt... if i love my work and it is so much a passion for me while i do the job- selling the semicon, making life bit easier for people in my team or outside it; making my customer successful ; making my sales people successful; making my bosses look good.. then it is worthy of all the sweats. so--- i live to work and love to work.