Many of us, may be 95% of people who use MOBILE Phones would have never thought to know, who invented this device and which ended-up becoming a extended arm of body., I bought my 1st phone in year 2002 and was not fascinated to change phones too often., I have used only 4 Phones in my life and 5th One is very special, because I lost my 4th Phone. My 4th is also special because my wife gifted me for my Birthday in 2010 and a week back I changed new battery spending Rs 2500 and I lost it. The person who got the phone is really lucky, to have original battery, which wasn't available easily in market.
Many of us, after missing the phone are worried of losing the complete contact list in the phone, Infact Im not worried of losing the contacts, I'm really upset of losing precious photo's of my lovely son & other trips and celebrations. I have taken many pictures of my son since his birth and many moments are captured. I pray god to get me the SD Card of the lost phone., I would really happy for it. I have complained to Police station and given my IMEI Number. They said they can track the phone, even if the phone is used with other sim., I requested the police officer to help to get SD Card when he tracks the user of my phone.
It would have good, If I would have lost my 3rd phone, so I would thought to back-up my photo's at-least. I learned lesson and Its really harsh for me! Lost my photo's :-(
After completing my Engineering, I was not interested in joining IT as no company was interested to hire me. I had poor score and moreover, I’m not a kind of guy who can sit before computer for 12 hours. In 2001, I got offer in a logistics company and there is no looking back. I have met so many customers in these 10 years and very rarely I meet customers who are really understanding and magnanimous. Recently something happened in our company and I learned really a great lesson for myself.
We have a customer from Kerala. The Company’s Partners are extremely hard-working and with smart ideas & plans they are assured to grow in larger scale. One of the partners is Mr.Lijish and he is one who knows me well and interacts with me for shipping & logistics activities. In feb 2011, we custom cleared their container and to be delivered to Kerala. The sales tax dept of Kerela has one of the most stringent rules and regulations followed at check post to avoid any evading of sales tax. For all vehicles entering Kerala, FORM 15 Delivery Note is mandatory and all the 15 blank points are to filled and signed at the bottom of the form. Even the smallest mistake is not tolerated and fined exorbitantly.
Our Clearance Dept failed to fill this form completely and the container was held by Kerala sales tax dept at check post. Though the customer warned us several times about the same, we failed to understand the seriousness and didn’t fill up all the points, as few points were looking not much of importance to the shipment. After two days of running from pillar to post, the customer had to pay heavy penalty and advance tax and the container was set free.
These two days I was greatly tensed and couldn’t concentrate in my daily business activities. I was completely worried for this customer and who is really good by heart and when I heard the container was set free, I was relaxed. I didn’t call the customer for next two days, neither he did. I had never kept this attitude in last ten years, what ever be the problem, I atleast pick-the-phone to answer the customer and hear his blasting. But this time, I felt so much guilty and I had no heart to speak to him. I was ashamed of myself to give such a trouble for good customer.
Mr.Lijish called me on 3rd day at around 10.30 pm, and we spoke till 11.30 and in this one hour of conversation, he never shouted at me or showed signs of anger and never said a word about our mistake, he just said “make sure sir, this doesn’t repeat”. I felt this man is really Magnanimous. I assured him and promised to provide the best service and also reduce the expenses at larger extent to compensate the losses he incurred. He said, whether you reduce my expenses or not, I would do my business with you, so don’t worry. As promised I kept my word and would continue till we serve him.
I was really surprised how a man can be so generous and from where does such a quality come for few people among humans who are so much mean!!! Though I’m generous in nature, but never to this extent and I said to myself, till death I should remember this incident and never would scold someone for their mistake. Being magnanimous makes us happy and peaceful. I salute Mr.Lijish for his generosity and kindness and would never forget him for teaching the most important lesson in life.
After this incident i promised within myself to be more magnanmious. One of our sales executives from Kerala, behaved in a non-ethical manner and really betrayed the company and myself, for a moment I was angry but suddenly rememberd my promise and let him go with smile and advised him for his better future. This incident was a test to my promise and I won the test magnanimously.
Regards
Vajja Vamsi Reddy
Last but not least
If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others. -Xun Zi
Sunday, February 6, 2011
A Journey with 2 Lessons
Lesson 1
Since Inception, I have been running business very casually, though I know personally in my heart, both me and my business has more potential than the way we are performing. In the year 2010, I decided to ramp-up the business and I started working with more seriousness.
This Feb 2011, I decided to travel to Kerala on a business trip for 8 days along with my sales executive, who is from Kerala. This is the first time I’m traveling within India on a long Business trip and traveling to Kerala means walking in to a developed rain forest.
My train was at 3.24 pm from Chennai, as I walked in to my a/c compartment, I could see all keralites and I felt, I'm already in Kerala.I made myself comfortable and opposite to me, a man who was seriously reading a business magazine and had good number of business magazines and news papers with him. I thought he is a big business man in Kerala, maintaining low profile. His wife and child were chatting among themselves. Since I was traveling in business hours, I was receiving phone calls from my clients and it was really disturbing. I tried to keep the call as short as possible.
Around evening, I started a conversation with him, and found him a really interesting person. He has rubber plantations and retail business of pesticides, but I was puzzled why he is reading so many business magazines, I asked him as I really wanted to know, then he said, he has huge investments in Stock market.It was really interesting topic for me, as I have lost lakhs in it and I told the same and he replied, he has never lost a single rupee and rather, he has earned much in it. He started telling some important lessons in financial matters and about his planning of finance to keep himself in peace in his old age. I was really amazed and baffled by his intelligence. He seemed to be a greatest financial adviser, I met in my life. We spoke till midnight and he gave his business card and I was very glad to receive the same, as I wanted to be in touch with him for life. I learned something important from a man and who showed me how important it is to keep savings for a family and which alone can give peace and make you a wise man. Though I have savings, it is wise to save for family in planned manner. I would advise people to start thinking seriously about financial planning and start savings in wise manner
Lesson 2
My destination was cochin and train would reach at 2.40 am, it was most blizzard time, a person can get down at destination and I was worried about getting lodging at this time as even birds would be sleeping and dreaming.
It was around 2am, I was getting disturbed by some very cautious people in life, who would wake-up at 2 am for getting down at 2.40pm and would disturb others to wake them up and serve as free alarm, rather I try to sleep against such disturbing alarms, I decided to wake-up and I came out of my a/c compartment. The train door was opened and few guys were standing enjoying cool breeze. I went to bathroom and came out and suddenly there was some commotion, a tall-guy in around late 30’s, was really tensed and was looking horrified and he was behaving really crazily, he asked a guy near me something in Malayalam and without even listening to his reply he suddenly went inside the a/c compartment and pulled the chain to stop the train, there was huge noise like vapour coming from pressure cooker, I could sense train slowing down and when it was about to halt, he ran inside to his compartment and got his luggage, big covers and a suitcase in his both hands, suddenly he jumped from the train without any support, I guess we were around 8feet above the ground level and there was a big pit all along the track, he fell down and was about to fall in the pit. He left the luggage in his hands and caught the train to gain balance and after few seconds he got up with his broken fist and ran towards the end of the train. I was totally baffled and I thought he was a culprit running away from a police checking in to dark by stopping the train. In another few seconds, police with armed guns came down searching to our compartment and asked who pulled the chain, we explained the whole story to police and showed the guy standing and searching something under our train, few guards, police went toward and we were talking and it was looking the issue is really serious. After 10 minutes, the train guard closed the nozzle to stop the noise coming out due to pulling the chain. I wanted to know why this guy has behaved in such a way, the guard said, “that idiot has dropped his wallet, while in toilet and he is crying to get his wallet searched”. The train started with signal going green.
I was really angry with that crazy man, who has behaved so carelessly by jumping from moving train, for just a wallet! I felt like slapping him. He thought his life is worth only for a wallet? What would happen to his family, if something fatal happens to him by his stupid action? When someone close to us dies, we cry so much and death of that person becomes greatest disaster for us and becomes an irreparable loss. The money he lost, can be earned, but if life? The moment I saw the whole issue, I realised and promised within myself that I should never take risk with my life. We are so causal about our life, we think it’s after all a life. We drive cars so carelessly, we cross roads, when a vehicle passes, wear no helmets and we do so many things and call it adventure, without taking a precaution and realising the risk we are putting on our precious life. Next time when you take a risk, think about your cute children, beloved wife and blessing parents and I'm sure you would never think to take risk.
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The best part of this incident was, “the disturbing alarms” inside my compartment, asked me when I walked in, is there any signal problem? I smiled within myself and replied to keep their luggage ready as destination is about to reach, they again started disturbing....it never ends with them.
I get-up with a thought and need a coffee hot! I have a toast as by break-fast, I wear my dress, to impress. I drive rash to office, to get caught by police, I say a lie to make him cry and again fly. I’m on my work and forget taking food, as business is good. I get issues and I wipe it with tissues. I praise one staff to make him laugh. I scold another, to make him better.
My staffs come to say good night, oh my god its eight. At home she is waiting for a while, and I rush back to see her smile. I have my supper and I think no one should suffer. I need to work more for poor and I pray god to give me more power. I’m tired and reach to my bed, I close my eyes to sleep, as I know there are no worries to weep!! - Vajja Vamsi Reddy
It was last Sunday of Jan 2011. I woke up late, the day everyone loves, no work, just relaxing. Wow! Sometimes I feel all days should be Sunday. I started reading newspaper and felt sad for people who lost their lives in Egypt due to communal violence. I couldn’t read further as I was getting disturbed by water flowing at full-speed from my bathroom tap. I asked my wife, why she isn’t closing the tap. She said since morning, tap got repaired. I didn’t feel glad with her reply, I tried closing the tap in all directions, but water wasn’t stopping. I tried tying a cloth and also anti-water leaking paste, nothing worked and water is still flowing. Got Fed-up and thought to get a plumber to fix it.
I called more than 10 plumbers, who all denied helping me out, as it was Sunday. I thought I can find some plumbers outside and went searching on roads, and I found no one. All plumbing shops were closed, as its Lovely Sunday. My god, I was really worried as half of my water tank would have become empty. Lazy Sunday has taken me for a ride.
I found one hardware shop and I requested him to somehow get me a plumber, he also said, as its Sunday, everyone would relax, no one will be willing to work. Seeing me upset, he said I can fix the problem myself. I had to try this option, as I have no choice left out. He said the procedure and gave a new spindle for the tap. I reached home and I was really worried, why it was Sunday.
I opened the tool-box and still I wasn’t confident about solving this problem. I started removing the old tap and fixed the new one and water stopped suddenly. I fixed it, I was so happy and all smiles in my face. My bathroom was calm all of sudden as pouring sound of water was so noisy. At that moment, I felt it’s better to learn basics. Such small jobs, we fail to learn and are totally dependent on plumbers, electricians, carpenters, etc... I always feel its better I give money and get things done, rather do it myself. A typical rich guy’s attitude and this makes me much dependent and poor too. But today, I felt it’s better to learn basic things, which I can do myself. It makes life so simple and sensible. -Vajja Vamsi Reddy
Though Im not much interested in politics, but I admire, Stalin-Dy.CM- State of TamilNadu, Why because for his fighting attitude to win among everyone who is trying him back. I was one among few, who was happy when he was elevated as Deputy CM. Yesterday, he was telling, Singara Chennai was 85% completed, I thought he has become perfect politican. 85% of singara chennai completed??????????? My god, how could he say this??? Chennai, my favo city in world and Im sad its becoming so dirty, unorganised, traffic problems, more social dis-order, raising figures in robery, murders..... Singara means beauty...., beauty doesnt mean only clean roads....but people shud be happy living in city, my office is parrys and its so dirty with slum people living on roads. ===may be stalin has seeing chennai, from his home to office and cm residence place, near beach and said 85 % is completed, but chennai wise, its not even 10%!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yesterday(02-09-09) around 6pm, I came to know about the news that, YS RAJASEKHARA REDDY, Helicopted went missing since morning 9.15am and I was shocked to hear the news and I immdly called my dad, who was at home to confirm the same...but he said since morning 3pm the news is telecasted and search operation are on the way. I reached home immdly and sat before TV and I was glued till midnight to check any good news....I prayed to god, he should come back alive......and atleast i get some good news next day morning(today) and I got up at 6/30 and swithed on TV to check and same news....still missing.. and around 9/45pm, few tv channels confirmed missing helicopter remains were found from 45 nautical miles away from kurnool, near rudrakonda mountains and i waited till 11am and i came to office and around 11.30, my dad called me and said....he is no more!
Its one of saddest day for whole telegu people community and people of congress and personally for me, he was one of leader, who i always admired and watched him while speaking in assembly and answering very easily for all quesitons raised by opposition in assembly.
There would no leader like YSR for Reddy's community people and while writing this blog, my eyes are filled with tears!!
Great Leaders had always such end., Mahatma Gandi, Rajiv Gandhi and now YSR!
