Training Effects and the like

The last two weeks have been eventful, with the birth of my neice, attending a training session
which may herald a change in the way I look at life at large .. and a host of other events. I had
to go to Ranipet, where my sister-in-law, was recuperating after the birth of their girl, for the
naming ceremony. The journey was too short to be eventful. Seeing the kid was a revelation. I
realized that, when a human being is at the beginning of his/her life, he/she is totally
powerless, just a weak and dependent being. It is only with time, does man assume the notions of
being powerful. Power is of different types, and coupled with the ego, it makes for a heady
combination. One must realize that, we came into this world with nothing, and will go from this
world without anything for the next life. What will be remembered will be the deeds of the
person. This realization hit me, when I saw the little one, crying out of what was probably a
stomach bug. The urge to do something in this short life is now more, and I need to get down and
explore ways and means to improve my contribution to society. One fine morning, my manager called a couple of us, and asked us to attend the Executive
development programme, which was being conducted by our company, as a part of the overall
development programme for us. At first, all of us had the usual impressions and mental blocks as
to how the training programme would be. On the contrary, the programme turned out to be one of
the most informative and useful sessions that I have attended till date. In my college days, when
there used to be a lot of programmes which used to focus on personality development, we never
used to pay any attention to the details as we were too young and inexperienced to appreciate the
same. Now, after a couple of years in the industry, all that makes a lot of sense. In a world of
shortening deadlines and improbable targets, managing time and also ensuring that the quality of
work does not go down, requires the application of some of the techniques which were suggested to
us during the training programme. I have been a die hard fan of the Indian cricket team since the days I have been playing this
wonderful gam. However, the current performance of the team puts even the die hard fan in me into
some doubt whether all this hype and hoopla is really worth it. As a keen follower of the game, I
still like to watch cricket, be it any team that is playing, but watching a team just fold up
without a semblance of a fight pains me. A solution needs to be found and at the very earliest,
otherwise, the Indian cricket team is in for a few rude shocks, once it comes back to India. The
Indian public is not known to be very forgiving when it comes to judging people by their
performance. After all, they are paying money for it.