~ Woody Allen | What I've learned ~

Woody Allen has some good advice in life.

Dad's advice

My dad didn't even teach me how to shave — I learned that from a cabdriver. But the biggest lesson he imparted is that if you don't have your health, you have nothing. No matter how great things are going for you, if you have a toothache, if you have a sore throat, if you're nauseated, or, God forbid, you have some serious thing wrong with you — everything is ruined.

On marriage

It's been said about marriage "You have to know how to fight." And I think there's some wisdom to that. People who live together get into arguments. When you're younger, those arguments tend to escalate, or there's not any wisdom that overrides the argument to keep in perspective. It tends to get out of hand. When you're older, you realize, "Well, this argument will pass. We don't agree, but this is not the end of the world." Experience comes into play.

Final piece

It's just an accident that we happen to be on earth, enjoying our silly little moments, distracting ourselves as often as possible so we don't have to really face up to the fact that, you know, we're just temporary people with a very short time in a universe that will eventually be completely gone. And everything that you value, whether it's Shakespeare, Beethoven, da Vinci, or whatever, will be gone. The earth will be gone. The sun will be gone. There'll be nothing. The best you can do to get through life is distraction. Love works as a distraction. And work works as a distraction. You can distract yourself a billion different ways. But the key is to distract yourself.

We call come with shelf life, so live in the Moments & Enjoy what you do.

~ Little aren't little ~

I came across this quote about 'Little Things' just now & remembered the post I wrote earlier this week ;)

the little things? the little moments? they aren’t little

 - jon kabat zinn

~ Little things ~

If little things can bring change to someone's life, then continue to do more such deeds. Such an effort in itself is a BIG step in life. 

Few minutes ago my colleague gave an update regarding the boy whom we helped last year.

"Just wanted to let you all know that the boy whom we helped last year has recovered from his ailment. 

Another few more months of treatment and he will be back to normal life. 

He just celebrated his 6th year birthday last week. 

Much appreciated help from all of you and keep up the good work. The boy's parents wanted to express their heartfelt thanks to SourceN."

This news brought smile. Feel I should indulge in such random act of kindness :)

~ Character ~

A man's character isn't built in one day, it metamorphosis over time. The transformation isn't magical or by sorcery, rather conscious application of oneself in carrying out an action. Bringing awareness to your daily activities would make a lot of difference to how we deal with nuances of life.

The same can be applied to running a company as well. The trigger for this post, is another good writeup by Cap Watkins.

"Today, more than ever, the character of your company matters. With every decision you make, every feature you prioritize and de-prioritize you’re telling users who you are and what you value. Is your company one that prioritizes internal processes and hierarchy over shipping products? Is it one that puts shipping something over shipping later? Or do you take pride in regular, major releases even if they temporarily confuse and infuriate your users? All companies, including yours, develop patterns like these, both good and bad. Look back and honestly evaluate those patterns and see how they hold up against who you want your company to be."

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