The Ultimate Motivational Clip - Rise & Shine!

We all need motivation once in a while. Ofcourse, I dont expect you to see this before you crucify your breakfast but you know what I mean.

I love great motivational videos. Especially before I set up to do something really important.

I just found this on youtube and just HAD to share it,

Bottom line : Keep going. No matter how far, how tough or painful. You will be where you want to be only if you try hard enough.

-Yogesh Babu

(www.fb.com/yogesh87)

Stuff you relate to when @ Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon

There I was, limping around Gurgaon with a busted ankle when suddenly I bumped into an article written long ago by Rohit Venkatesh, a friend of mine. And could relate to it perfectly.

It goes like...

CHRONICLES OF THE FRACTURED FOOT

By Rohit Venkatesh

A guide of possibly useless tips and questionable insights of navigating through a life experience

Fibula Oblongata –

‘TIS WISE to note that a broken leg has a mind of its own. So whatever designs your overzealous sense of will may have, your leg most probably has other plans.  Eg.

• Beating your sister to the remote
• Answering the land line in time
• Walking your beloved dog etc.

Dialogues of Disaster –

Should you happen to be the victim of said unfortunate scenario, ‘tis wise not only to exercise caution over the movement of your leg, but over that of your tongue as well. A carelessly dropped phrase could result in you being the subject of many a curse, the butt of many a joke and the target of the occasional flying shoe. This in turn remarkably affects recovery time, state of mental well being etc.
For your ref.- Some tried and tested dialogues to be avoided:

• “I’ll be down in a minute…”
• “No problem, I’ll take care of it...”
• “Sure! What do you want to draw on my cast…?”
•  “Oooh…what does this button do…?”

Conversation Jumpstarts-

The sight of a known face hobbling around pitifully in a crutch and cast usually inspires a torrent of curiosity to bubble forth from the onlooker. But every now and then you come across the odd concerned bloke whose creative interrogation refuses to go beyond “So how are you feeling now…?” The vast awkward silence that follows the cursory “Much better now, thanks.” is rather uncomfortable. Fear not. If hair can have extensions, so can this conversation- 

1.      Since the poor chap has run out of questions from his not-so-abundant repertoire, drive the conversation by conducting an inquisition of your own: “So have you ever broken your leg?” If he has, you’re in luck. The conversation continues for another 5 mins. If not…

2.      Puns. A conversation about the subject of a busted leg gives birth to many a pregnant pause. Mostly because you are wincing and cringing at the multitude of bad puns the situation breeds.  

“…can put your best foot forward (followed by smug guffaw)”
“…when I said break a leg, I didn’t mean literally go and…(followed by smug guffaw)”
“…costed you an arm AND A LEG…!!(followed by smug guffaw)” 
Horrible as these may be, it’s not as bad as the ocean of awkward silence. Indulge in the pun theory and you will survive the ordeal with merely a slightly swollen forehead (from facepalming).

To be continued…

Coming up next:
The Sympathy Milkshake – How to milk the situation, and have your boss get YOU copies and coffee.

Varun Methil, Rohit Venkatesh and Yogesh Babu - The Good Life!

-Yogesh Babu

(www.fb.com/yogesh87)

PS - You're welcome.

Convocation Day for our seniors @ Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon (PGPM-13)

I see mixed emotions, mixed expressions and more. Parents hugging their children, Classmates tearing up as they depart, etc. Wow! Its was a sight to experience. All that we were short of was some really senti music playing in the background. It would've made stones weep. (Slightly exaggerated!)

A year at the Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon can be a life changing experience and I saw a bunch of individuals unanimously say the same thing. Not because they were supposed to or had to but the experience they had for the past 12 months alone made them say it.

The school and its students have received a tonne of criticism for not having a campus and that the experiences in GLIM, Gurgaon is actually a waste of one's time. We, Great Lakes, think otherwise. "Why?", you may ask. So here it is. The mentors, the experiential learning and the want to make an impact. Those are three of the infinite reasons one can say about GLIM, Gurgaon.

As I saw the faces of the previous batch step out, I realized that my day is just a year away. A year that would seem like it went in a flash. Well, who realized that we're almost in June 2013. And what did we do for the past five months? Think about it. "Time goes, it never comes."

Batch of 2014 (Titans) - We let the seniors have the best photograph.

A hearty meal and a billion photographs later, we returned to our rooms thinking about what we saw and what life we have in store for us. An uncomparable feeling of being confused.

Trust me! Its a good thing. Correction. It's a "Great" thing.

Cheers

- Yogesh Babu
(www.fb.com/yogesh87)