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Year 2006 - A reflection

December 31, 06 by Bharani

I have transformed into one of the laziest bloggers around. This was least expected considering the fact that I bought my own domain name and web-space in the hopes of contributing regularly! Anyway, new year is the ‘logical point’ to turn such bad things around! I hope I can do justice to my investment, to my hobby…So let me use the opportunity to summarize things to break the ice. [BTW, this happens to be the 50th post in my new space :)]

Year 2006:

Highs:
* Successful completion of PGP from Indian School of Business.
* Beginning my Post-MBA career with Convergys.
* Getting my hands on Nokia N-91 phone! Thanks to my brother.
* Buying my own domain name [www.way2top.org]
* Getting an offer for Senior product manager position from a south african internet subsidiary in India @ Gurgaon. The greatest encouragement I received during the job hunt was the brand value of ISB. If one is very career-oriented and focussed, growth is going to be fast…as well as steady!
* Got back in touch with few school-time friends. Thanks to Orkut.
* Visit to Akshardham. Yes, that visit was special to me.

Lows:
* Falling ill for 10-days due to ChikunGunya.
* Rejection from Microsoft for Program management (It’s a good thing in the hindsight). It’s still in my memory because I placed high stakes for the job and prepared a lot.
* Death of few good people that I know very well.

Wish-list 2007:
* Exploring North India.
* Learning and developing Investment skills.
* Contribute 150+ posts in the blog.
* Learning Product management in depth.
* Participate in a Social venture.
* Exercise regularly.
* Wear a Smile in the face for atleast 25% of time in the year, uniformly spread:) Yeah, uniformly spread both on the face and through out the year!
* Support Indian team throughout the ICC world-cup. No matter how bad they perform….:)
* Nurture compassion and politeness in self.

I wish everyone a fantastic year ahead…..I would like to share a quote that I read recently to take forward to year 2007…

“…
We ignorant of ourselves,
Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers
Deny us for good; so find we profit
By losing our prayers.
…”
- William Shakespeare tells us that we fail to realize that whatever happens is for our benefit.

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14 responses for this post

  1. eu Says: 31.12.06 at 6:57 am

    Congrats on your 50th post.Well done there inspite of the paucity of your posts.

    More highs than lows always a good thing. :)
    Good luck on all the future plans.Have a great New Year.

  2. 2006 and 7 at Blogbharti Says: 31.12.06 at 3:08 pm

    [...] Bharani reflects on what 2006 has been for him, personally and wants to ’share a quote that I read recently to take forward to year 2007′: We ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers Deny us for good; so find we profit By losing our prayers. Posted by kuffir [...]

  3. Chiranth Says: 31.12.06 at 3:21 pm

    Happy new year, Bharani! Keep those posts coming.

  4. suresh s Says: 31.12.06 at 6:21 pm

    Wish u a very happy and a prosperous new year, 2007! All the very best to u and may u find success in all ur ventures:)Keep posting regularly!

  5. Rajat Says: 31.12.06 at 8:01 pm

    :) Was genuinely surprised. The last posts on our blog were on the same topic and on the same lines. I wish that your wish lists becomes a fact list next year. Enjoy..

  6. Narayanan Says: 01.01.07 at 6:18 am

    Wish you a Happy,prosperous and a fantstic New Year.
    May your wishes and dreams come ture.

    I’am new to your site,read your blogs,It is awesome to read.

  7. Jeeva Says: 02.01.07 at 12:26 pm

    All the best in your new job!!! Have a great time in N.India and fab 2007.

  8. Amit Says: 03.01.07 at 8:15 am

    Hummm, Mr Porny in reflective mood.. bests for your new yr & new job..

  9. Indian Blogger Says: 03.01.07 at 9:32 pm

    Hey Bharani,
    A Very Happy New Year. It felt great to read your reflection post.

  10. Satheesh Says: 04.01.07 at 9:20 am

    Hi,
    Wish you happy new year.. I am Shankar’s friend, posted a comment here some time back. Your blog reading has become a daily routine for me. But nowadays, there is no much update in this blog, hope to see some good posts in future.

    Best Regards,
    Satheesh

  11. shilpa Says: 05.01.07 at 6:20 pm

    read ur blog for the first time…thro’ one of my friends link in the other blog…oh happy new year!!!..u seem to be very practical n logical thinker….ok bye

  12. Bharani Says: 05.01.07 at 7:13 pm

    Thanks All for the new year wishes…

  13. shivp Says: 08.01.07 at 4:42 pm

    Hi,
    I bumped into blog from somewhere and found that one of your new resolutions is contributing to a social venture!
    We are a small team working on building an innovative business that can change the lives of millions. The team members (who are either working or still in school) are intensely passionate about the idea and fairly intelligent (thats what we want others to believe:-)… I found from your blog that you can bring value to make the idea a reality (thats my gut feel and I’ve no proof to substantiate!)…

    If you are inerested to talk with us and take this fwd do mail me with your contact no at siva(dot)cotipalli(at)gmail(dot)com or add me to skype - siva(dot)cotipalli.

    btw… your blog rocks…
    Thanks
    Shivp

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