Can we stop using Google?

Today when I was going through my favorite daily news paper Times of India I surprised to see that "Two Google searches generate about the same amount of CO2 as you would get from boiling a cup of tea”. It’s really a big problem now for the IT industry. When industry is try to GO GREEN by reducing the power consumption, visualizing the data centers, using less paper etc etc , it is quite impossible for the companies to advise their team not to use the God for developers the GOOGLE search. One Google search generates about 7g of CO2 where as boiling a kettle generates about 15g. and also Google operates huge data centers around the world that consume a great deal of power. So as a responsible citizen although we can't stop using Google what we can do is reduce the no of searches by saving the search result, not searching again and again for the same thing, remembering the frequently used web URL etc etc.

Namastee!

Weight Loss : Not a big deal

It’s not a big deal to loose weight if you are committed. I have been doing analysis on various weight techniques and this is what I found. It really works. It works for me and so for others.

• Eat small frequent nutritious meals in a day with a gap of 3-4 hours. You should feel hungry in 3-4 hours gap after having a meal.
• Eat more natural foods (vegetables, fruits. whole grains) and get rid of processed foods(cakes, pastries, biscuits) and deep fried foods(french fries) .
• Exercise moderately 3-4 times a week for 30-45 minutes at least. A combination of cardiovascular exercise strength training exercise with some yoga breathing exercises is the best.
• Eliminate high fat dairy products like full cream milk, full cream cheese etc. Go for low fat diary.
• A meal should consist of Carbohydrates (55 %) proteins (35%) and fats (15%). Carbohydrates diet should consist of complex Carbohydrates like, oatmeal(daliya), seasoned vegetables, skim milk , brown breads , low glycemic index fruits(apple, papaya, orange, grapefruit, etc). Simple Carbohydrates which are made from sugars (cakes, pastries etc) should be restricted. Healthy protein diet. should consist of egg whites, homemade paneer( cottage cheese), kidney beans, legumes, low fat. chicken and fish. Fats should comprise of healthy fats from Sources like almonds, wall nuts, olive oil, safflower oil , fish oil.
• Try to have Oatmeal with Skim milk for breakfast in the morning at least 5 times a week. Oatmeal is great to start feeding your body with in the morning. Quaker Brand is best to have.
• Try to have not more than 2 spoons full of table sugar in a day with either tea, coffee or milk.
• Try to have a fruit of low glycemic index (apple, orange, papaya , grapefruit) and some seasoned vegetable with atlases 3 meals in a day.
• REST is a very important attribute for good health; Try to sleep for at least- 6- 8 hours daily. With Physical Rest, mental rest also is very important. Try to free your mind from unnecessary tensions as much as you can. Tensions secrete negative chemicals and hormones in our body which is not good.
• Always be happy and feel pride if anything you are doing is right. Working towards losing weight and good health should be taken as a token of motivation and pride. All of us are the children of the infinite (whom we call god). So always try to associate yourself with the infinite, you will be at peace. The infinite has given us such a wonderful body. We need to respect it and protect it from diseases. The infinite gave humans many things to protect and guard our bodies from various diseases. We humans need to realize the importance of those many things and use them to lead a healthier life.
• Do not compare yourself with others. Each individual is unique. Problems arise when we humans start comparing ourselves with others without even giving any thought too it. Try to get positive points from others and try to remove your negative points. Like I learnt Pranayama (one of the most positive thing) from the respected saint Swami Ramdev through television. Basic Pranayama(deep breathing) exercises will bring peace to a person’s mind if done correctly and will also aid in good health.
• Try High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) for workout. Using HIIT you can achieve more by spending less time

Namastee !

9 steps to be creative

Many people thinks they are not creative. Einstein once said, "Every child is born a genius." But the reason why most people do not function at genius levels is because they are not aware of how creative and smart they really are.

Here are 9 steps to be creative.It's certainly not the only way, but this basic outline of the process may be helpful.

1. Knowledge -- Study, read, learn, ask questions, try to know as much as possible.

2. Preparation -- Decide on a small area or problem, focus, gather all the physical elements you may need.

3. Relaxation -- Give yourself space, set aside time, clear your mind of other concerns,eliminate distractions.

4. Play -- Be silly, stupid, have fun, approach the problem in every way you can think of,even the dumb ones, especially the dumb ones, just let your mind wander, act like a child, no one is watching.

5. Awareness -- Pay attention to your inner dialogue, ask yourself why you keep going about things the same way, force yourself to break the rules.

6. Acceptance -- Embrace the stupid, weird, ugly, nonsense, pointless, just let it happen without feeling that anything is wrong.

7. Record -- Write or draw or video everything, doodle, jot, make notebooks, carry a pad or recorder with you.

8. Judge -- After you have all the ideas generated then you can begin to edit to try to make sense of your foolishness, analyze, test.

9. Apply -- If something works even a little bit see if you can develop it further, put the workable ideas in and play some more.

Namastee!

KISS Principle

Last week I was reading an article and came across a nice principle called as KISS principle. KISS stands for Keep It simple Stupid .Kiss principle has been used for decades by military, business schools, medical schools and in countless other areas where unneeded complexities can be avoided at all costs. Adding complexity to a business venture where it is not required will often get you fired or see your company go down. Added complexity or looking for complex answers to simple problems in medical strings can cause a loss of life or unneeded suffering.

All of know this principle but we don’t follow this principle and create unnecessary problems in our life. I will take a common example when we suffer any diseases we visit one physician and use their prescribe drugs for few days and if it didn’t work or working slowly we consult a different physician and makes our case more complex. Few people use different medicines like allopathic, homeopathy, aurvedic at etc, at time for early recovery. Adding too many variables makes things more difficult, especially when trying to figure out where something is working or why it is not. Clearly the KISS approach fails to be effective as more variables are added to a program. It fails to be KISS.

Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler

Albert Einstein
What it means is Keep in simple stupid where ever possible, but don't simplify it to a pint where it is no longer effective true.

Simplicity + consistency = success

Namastee!

A Nice article about entrepreneurship in India..

A nice article about Can we have Microsoft/FaceBook/Google from India? Can Indian Society produce Gates/Larry/Zuckerburg? I am sure you will like it.

http://www.pluggd2008/07/microsoft-facebook-google-from-india-can-indian-society-produce-gates-larry-zuckerburg.in/


Happy Reading

Namastee!

Road safety: 17 online driver education videos for Indian road users

Road safety: 17 online driver education videos for Indian road users Almost 10% of the global road traffic accidents occur in India. Much of the world wide web is full of sarcasm & mocking of the indiscipline driving on Indian roads. Unfortunately in since 60 years since independence the authorities have failed to publish a National Highway code. Licenses are given to anyone who can demonstrate an ability to use the clutch-accelerator, consequently the motor driving schools teach just that and no more. Concepts such as - blind spots, principle of MSM, the tyre & tarmac rule, 2 second gap and most importantly giving way are not known to the average Indian driver.

This site has been created with the purpose of providing driver education and training to all Indian road users. It is by far the most comprehensive website providing training in defensive driving. Learning simple road habits can make our roads safe and also free up congestion caused by traffic chaos.

At present 17 driver education videos aimed at changing the driving culture on Indian roads are available. The video are unique in that the footage is real life action from streets of London. We have copied the Western habits: Replaced the dhoti with denim, high rise buildings for Indian cottages, burgers and coke instead of Indian breads and perhaps sugarcane juice. Surely we can copy the Western ways of traveling too.

To watch the videos, interested readers may visit:

http://driving-india.blogspot.com/

The videos cover the following topics:

Video 1: Covers the concept of Blind spots
Video 2: Introduces the principle of Mirrors, Signal and Manoeuvre
Video 3: At red lights, stop behind the stop line
Video 4: At red lights there are no free left turns
Video 5: The Zebra belongs to pedestrians
Video 6: Tyres and Tarmac (rather than bumper to bumper)
Video 7: Merging with the Main road
Video 8: Leaving The Main Road
Video 9: Never Cut Corners
Video 10: Show Courtesy on roads
Video 11: 5 Rules that help deal with Roundabouts
Video 12: Speed limits, stopping distances, tailgating & 2 seconds rule
Video 13: Lane discipline and overtaking
Video 14: Low beam or high beam?
Video 15: Parallel (reverse parking) made easy
Video 16: Give the cyclist the respect of a car
Video 17: Dealing with in-car condensation

Courtesy: Fiatclubindia

Who Moved My Cheese

Five years back one of my friend suggested me to read the book "Who Moved My Cheese".But unfortunately i didn't get a chance to read it till yesterday.While flying from Atlanta to Frankfort I got a chance to read this book.The story is really a master piece which will teach you so many things about you life .I have read so many self help books in my life but this story made a great impact on my life as compaired to all others.I will suggest all my frieds to read this book.

This is what I learnt

When we become successful and living a good life we seldom foget to think about the changes happening in our surrounding and in our life.So when a surprised changes happens we fail to handel that.The fear factor starts growing more and more because we loose our self confident and we have a fear that we may not succeed again.We afraid to take new chanllenges in life.Non of the changes happens surprisingly. Always it starts slowly without our knowledge.The change probably will not take us surprise if we will watch what is happening all along and we will anticipate the changes.if surprise changes are happening in place of staying at the old place and analysing things we should try to move in a new direction.In these situations we need to move beyond fearand we should feel that i came capable of do this and i will definitely do this.Imagining ourslf successful even before we succeed make our journey simple and it leads to it.Its always safe to look into new oppertunities as compaired to think abou the failed oppertunities and going for the same one.what you are afraid of is never as bad as what you imagine. The fear you let build up in your mind is worse than the situation that actually exists.it isnatural for change to continually occur, whether you expect it or not. Change could surprise you only if you didn’t expect it and weren’t looking for it.Noticing small changes early helps you adapt to the bigger changes that are to come

So this is the summary

Change Always Happens

Anticipate Change Get Ready For it

Monitor Change So That You Can Prepare For It

Adapt To Change Quickly The Quicker You Adapt, The Sooner You Can Enjoy .

Enjoy Change! Savor The Adventure And Enjoy The New Happenings

Namastee