How To Play Dhol - Tirkit

New word a day:-

Ameliorate:- To make it better.

Sentence:- BP is trying to ameliorate the situation by working hard to fix it.

Things I want to do

Life focus is now on:
1. Python
2. S design
3. Research for project

Exercise -2hr everyday
Play dhol -15min

Aha Moment

I am ready. Lets do this thing called Life. Goals are simple and exciting. Life is short. Every moment counts and I want to make it count:-)


I want to focus on creating things and learning from it. No time to be spent on useless time wasters. Record things I waste time on and do it fast and thoroughly. My focus will be on: Storage design, mammoth FPGA and business idea. I will create rough doc for things I plan to do and just do it.

Rediscovering myself

I am really rediscovering myself in a very special way. My focus is now to be in the Entrepreneur's top 100 people/companies list with a picture on Entrepreneur.com. How ?

Simple:- Goal oriented time and determination.

I want to focus on 3 things from today:
1. Starting and building a business:- Develop business and contacts.
2. Learn skills and build things:- PHP, Android, Iphone, Python, Javascript..lot of data collection, hardware design, Schematics, board file.
3. Play:- Sports, hiking, swimming..but most importantly tennis and Golf. Be its master. Dhol for fun and life.
Finally, do nothing everyday. Relax and enjoy the time.

Today, I have $500k. In another year, I will be making $15M/year.

Simple Learning:-

1.
Python, PHP and Android
Verilog and Embedded firmware
EE, Schematic and board layout

2.
Exercise and Gym
Tennis and Golf
Dhol
3. GMAT
4. Business
5. Fun and Enjoyment

2nd priority:-
Android App
GMAT preparation

Now its simply this

1. Sport and Fun everyday. 2hrs. 30 mins of dhol.
2. Reading whenever I have time
3. Hardware Design, SI, Schematics and Layout
4. Python and Verilog programming. Maybe little PHP
5. EE circuit designs
6. Business Idea build up
7. Create new ideas and use them to its best.

Focus of life

Life's focus will now be on:

1.Sports/Fun
2.Dhol
3.Hardware Design/EE
4.Python and Verilog
5. Entrepreneurship class
6. Business 

Goals

Lets build a great foundation from today:-

Focus
Positive attitude
Enjoy the moment
Live fearlessly
Do great work
Discipline
Determination



1. Work and Advanced design/development and reading
2. New tools like Python, Verilog and Logic design, schematics,matlab and machine learning
3. Dhol, Sports like Golf and Tennis
4. Relax and spend 30 min doing nothing

Learn. Live

Focus Area:

HW:- SAS, PCIE fabric - 4hr deal
         Use of Eagle/Boardfile - Expert
         Lots of hardware hacking - Expert
         SI design - OK
         
Hardware Focus:-1

SW:- Infrastructure Reading. Blobstore, Cluster, Networking infrastructure and design.
         Android Application - Expert
         Python - Expert
         PHP - Expert
         Verilog - Expert

Android App:- 2
Verilog:- 3
Sports:Gym,
           Swim,
           Exercise
           Meditation - OK
           Sports:- Tennis - Expert, Golf - Expert
Tennis:- 4
Golf:- 5

GMAT:- Big ONE
6
Business Ideas:- Come up with interesting business ideas
7
This with:
Lot of fun interruptions
Think extremely big
Work extremely hard
Be honest, creative and determined
Be disciplined

Dont:
be jealous
be distracted
be worried
be afraid/ashamed

Saturday

Day 1: Saturday: 05/01.
Woke up at 6:00am

Goal:
Expert Dhol player:
Draw and shade:
Verilog:
PHP, Android App, Python:
EE/Hardware Design
Meditate/Exercise
Business ideas and execution

Values:
Sincere:
Honest:
Fearless:
Fun:
Disciplined:
Hardworking:
Creative:

Not do:
Worry:
Think about finance:
Compare friends:
Feel weak/depressed:
Waste time:
Thinking if this is my future:

So lets try one more time

3:09pm on 4/30. Is it something that will end in an awesome way...a journey I will remember. Lets make it happen.

Nothing matters except great spirit to continue

Today I realized that nothing really matters in life except defined determination to succeed at any cost and work without any concern. In last 48hrs I have realized that I cannot work unless I am working on something that matters. The most that matters to me is to continue working hard on different things from 9-5pm and then focus on my own work after that.
Thats all that matters. Work hard and be pure.

Day 3

Day 3: Thursday: 04/28.
Woke up at 6:30am

Goal:
Verilog:
Python:
Android apps:
Business:
Exercise:
Meditate:
GMAT:
Storage:
Values:
Sincere:
Honest:
Fearless:
Fun:
Disciplined:
Hardworking:
Creative:

Not do:
Worry:
Think about finance:
Compare friends:
Feel weak/depressed:
Waste time:

Just a thought

Inspirational:-
A step, a puzzle piece
is how it all begins
with patience, hardwork and luck
its solved without knowing
and feel so special
that we reached without knowing

Day 2:Woke up at 6:15am

Goal:
Verilog:None
Python:None
Android apps:None 
Business:None
Exercise:None
Meditate:None
GMAT:None
Storage:Yes, 3hrs
Values:
Sincere:NA
Honest:NA
Fearless:NA
Fun:NA
Disciplined:10%
Hardworking:10%
Creative:50%

Not do:
Worry:10%
Think about finance:30%
Compare friends:None
Feel weak/depressed:Yes, 20%
Waste time:50%

Habits of Change

1. Limit tea to 2 cups a day
2. 5 am wake up

It all come downs to this:

From this day on my goals will be monitored along with the way I reach them. I plan to rate goals and things that I plan to do to achieve them.

Day 1:Woke up at 4:15am

Goal:
Verilog: None
Python:None
Android apps: 30min 
Business:None
Exercise:10min
Meditate:None
GMAT:None

Values:
Sincere: 100%
Honest:100%
Fearless: 100%
Fun: 100%
Disciplined:50%
Hardworking:100%
Creative:150%

Not do:
Worry: 10%
Think about finance: One site check
Compare friends:No
Feel weak/depressed:No
Waste time: approx 3hr

Living by doing with a Goal

From now on, I would like to do everything by doing. Not thinking, not worrying..but just doing. Doing with a Goal. Goal will be much much difficult and requires focus and determination to succeed. But I will make this as the mantra of my life. Living by doing.

MY LIFE

Time is super..time is life. I want to live every moment in it.

Cleaning up the focus more:
1. Android App Expert
2. Verilog
3. EE - Hardware Design
4. PHP, Python - 50%
5.Iphone 20%

Simplifying work and focus

I have decided to pursue extreme focus on one thing that is around me which is:
1. Hardware Design

•  Hardware - Board, Analog, Verilog
• Software - Python, PHP, Linux

2. Prepare for GMAT

• Read and prepare to ace GMAT

3. Build 1 business in next 6 months. 

Thats it. No spanish, no drums/tabla..nothing. Everything else does not matter to me anymore expect the possibilities of creating things in hardware and software and become a real engineer. Money is not important as well. I live by creating myself all over again. 

9 Values I want to practice

1. Work everyday, every moment for a purpose..a long term purpose or goal. Whether its education, poverty or bringing joy to the unfortunate.
2. Excellence in work. Whatever I do, read, write, think..do it at my level best. Yet, after finishing be open to other's ideas.
3. Live richly. As if I already have $15M in my bank.
4. Be in the moment.
5. Live fearlessly when doing all the right things.
6. Focus on the creative, hard, interesting things in life
7. Create and keep friendship with loved ones and wife.
8. Be disciplined. Finish what I start.
9. Be a prototyper..build and learn.

How to Focus on 1 thing most important to me?

Do it everyday for 1hr. What is that one thing that is most important to me ? Business idea development and pursuing.

Starting all over again

I am starting life all over again. Life is short and I want to live it fully, earn a lot of money and live it like there is no tomorrow. My goals are now reduced to 5 most important things:
1. Hardware Design:- Verilog
2. Software Design:- Python, Android Dev, Ruby on Rails
3. Health/Meditation/Friends/Music - Dhol, 1hr practice yoga etc.
4. Future Business Development and idea - GMAT and running a small business
5. GMAT

Investing in Present

My goal is to focus on few good things:
1. Python programming
2. Verilog Programming
3. Designing Arduino based products
4. Android App development
5. Meditate/Exercise
6. Spanish/Drums
7. Ruby on Rails
8. GMAT
9. Research SAS/SATA/PCIE
I want to make all of this happen.

Learning Interactive Designer

I have decided to pursue masters in Interactive design. I have no idea what it takes but I have decided to pursue that as a career for the rest of my life. I promise to become the best Interactive designer in the world with entrepreneurship.
 Something I ready today also made me realise a few things:
1. Be cheap, save money everywhere.
2. Don't waste.
3. Don't be greedy. In life, I have been greedy but the best way is to do the opposite.
4. Live and Practice everyday. If you are designer, design every day. If you are an Engineer, study every day on engineering subjects and challenge yourself. Create true/false challenges. Live it fully. Never stop. Thats your Job. Thats what I am going to do from today. Pursue my job, my passion with full heart and become a billionaire. 

Learning from Friends

I learnt to pray before eating everyday and I believe its a great thing.

I said today will be the day and today is the day

Let me make this happen. I requires patience, practice and hardwork. I requires worry free living. I cannot live in the past and make same mistakes again and again. Its time to move on and start the new life I always wanted to live. This is the life. It start today with Focus, Energy and positive attitude.

I will stop:
1. Worrying about past life and finance and what I could or could not have done.
2. Making same mistakes of feeling jealous and tired
3. Doing things that are unnecessary and time wasting.

I will start focussing on:
1. Future and fun things
2. Do things I like and learn from
3. Do and complete them.
4. Live a richer and fuller life
5. Work very very very very hard.

For now focus will be on:
1. Software programming like UI and Ruby on Rails.
2. Python programming and some code for Android
3. Verilog
4. Analog design and boards design
5. Creative stuff
6. Learn GMAT for fun
7. Learn spanish for fun
8. Play tennis for fun.
9. Play tabla for fun.
10. Network and build friends for fun.
11. Learn Robotics and iphone programming for fun.
12. Read a lot and thoroughly everything I do.
13. Take any and every sports for fun:-)
14. Live life for fun.

My focus for next year

1. Learn Verilog.
2. Learn storage design.
3. Learn Iphone/Ipad application design/
4. Sports/Meditation
5. Learn Spanish
6. Create new cool stuff but thats after all the above things are done.

Just the right day

Today is just the right day to follow the 3 things as mentioned by Oscar in "Freestyle Mind". No day could be as special as today. Its April 1st and I would like to begin a completely new journey of my life from this moment.
1. Be stress free. Do not worry about anything. Don't react to the situation and take it easy.
2. Complete what I start. I need to start even if small and complete it.
3. Understand and react with others. Deal with people well and they would deal with you well.

This is a new beginning for me. I am happy and want to stay this way for the rest of my life.

Experiment 1:Wake up at 5am

I seem to have figured out quite a few things in my life and now its time to order out everything I do. I used to have a really messed up schedule but now I realized that its a bad idea and one should have a very focused schedule. So, I have decided to dedicate rest of my life..yes life with being disciplined. It all begins with one simple yet effective experiment. i.e. Wakeup everyday at 5am. I will continue this experiment for next 30 days and see how it goes.

Realizing the dream and living it

I have realized that my dream is to start my company. I desire to start the most innovative company in the world that includes design, innovation and technology challenges but also is a great place to work with colors and fun events.
 To begin, I will name my company as "Jin". It will have revenue of $1M by end of next year and $15M by end of 3 years. The idea is to build this company and make it succeed.

The challenge and dream starts from today. Life is short and I have decided to live every moment of it with fun, determination and dedication. Everything else does not matter.

Earning $1M by end of 2010

My goal is to earn $1M of which $200K goes to Shalin for building his business and $100K goes to Mom and Dad for their life. This is my promise..to make it big and make it happen.

New Day..New Life.

5 goals for 5 days:-

1. 5am getting up
2. Meditate
3. Verilog coding
4. Read for 1hr on new things
5. Analog design/Schematic/Board File

Skiing is an experience

Skiing is something I did not figure out for a almost 4 days. Finally on the 5th day, I enjoyed the ride and it was the beautiful one. Last 2 days were the most exciting time. I ski at Lake Tahoe Sierra Ski resort for 2 days. Yes, it was a little expensive but it gave me an experience I never had before. It really changed me in every single way for ever. I took risks and actually I took it because I did not know and that was the best part.  What I am trying to say is that I was sticking to "green" slopes but on one occassion I just went to the free style which was tough but a lot of fun and I went for it. Boy that was a great ski ride which I will never forget. I enjoyed it so much. In life, you also should take risks for everything and just go for the ride without worrying whether it's a green, blue or black slope but you have to prepare for it every single day. I have decided to take the same road. Work hard and take risks.

Sometimes it does not work and need to try harder

There are times when things just don't work. Like me trying to get up early or learning a language. So I have decided to give one more try from today as well as decided to focus on 3 things out of 5.
1. Getup at 5am.
2. Play tennis or any exercise 5 days a week.
3. Learn Verilog programming.

I will still continue doing other things but focus will be on these 3 things every day until I excel.

Karma in Action

Something amazing happened to my life on Friday last week. I was looking to work in a group and was rejected. On Friday, someone from that group came to me and requested me to join. This was the most amazing thing that happened to me. I realized how life is and if you work hard, do you best..best things will come to you..come to you every day. Believe in what you do and do your best. I think this will happen for everything I do. I want to start a business and this is what has inspired me to start all over again.

30 day intense challenge

I am making huge improvements in my life and the new one is to do following for next 30 days.

Goals for next 30 days:
1. Wake up at 5am.
2. Exercise
3. Practice Spanish
4. Meditate
5. Learn Verilog

Finally, as an option and extra credit spend 1hr on Ruby on Rails every day.

Day 1: Woke up at 7am and accomplished 3 things.
Day 2: Woke up at 6:15, did not read techcrunch blog or any of the 3 habits.
Mental notes: Not working.
Day 3(Today): Woke up at 6:15.

A great day at home

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30 day experiment to let go

Every day from today I will let go a thing, an object. This experiment is to simplify my life as well as see what really matters. If this experiment is successful then I will try the same experiment with thoughts though I think it will be a lot tougher. But I would like to try any ways. Each object will be attached here along with who bought it. I might also add a little bit about who bought it and what their life is all about.

Day 1:Back pillow
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/fuo/1592635951.html (furniture - by owner)
Day 2:Cotton track pants

5 ways to live in the present

Living in the present has been considered the most preferred way to live by Buddhism. I am experimenting a similar lifestyle and would like to list 5 ways to better live in the present:-

1. Meditate:- Meditation exercises your brain to live in the present. Every time you inhale and exhale your life is taking in and giving back. During this time, stay in the present. Focus on the breathing, feel the air at the edge of your nose going into you and then hold. Release the air(jiv) back to the world.

2. Eat, Drink, Drive slowly:- Every time you do any of the following the activities, try to focus on the activity. Each activity will give you the please and keep you in the present.

3. Do nothing:- Just do nothing. Let life do its thing and enjoy the moments around you without controlling them.

4. Love and think love and kindness:- What you feel, think will happen. Spend time thinking about others and loving them. Even if you don't like them just share the love and kindness without any expectations.

5. Focus on everything you do:- Focus on everything you do in life. This life will make you do extraordinary things if you focus on things you do. Donot think why you are better or worse then others, just do it and enjoy while doing it.

I hope this helps you live in the present and enjoy your life

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How can you achieve your goal ?

Oscar is a great inspiration to me and I have been following his blog pretty closely since last few months. This is how I am going to reach my goals: freestylemind

Living a free life

This is my attempt to start a new free life. Simple. Currently I am a decent hardware engineer at a typical Fortune 500 company and my goal is rediscover my life, turn it upside down and make it the most exciting, awesome year. The goal is to reach that by end of year 2010.

My Goals:-

• Running my own company by end of 2010, $15M by end of year 2013.
• Live life well everyday. Enjoy every day. Make a difference every day. 
• Do good to others. Write and learn great things which I had stopped myself from in last 25 years

I need your help to achive these goals but I will reach it by decemeber 2010. Though, this is just the start and there is too much to learn, enjoy in the future.