Don't React, Respond

Have you heard of the Cockroach Theory for Self Development?

At a restaurant, a cockroach suddenly flew from somewhere and sat on a lady. She started screaming out of fear. With a panic-stricken face and trembling voice, she started jumping, with both her hands desperately trying to get rid of the cockroach.

Her reaction was contagious, as everyone in her group also got panicky.

The lady finally managed to push the cockroach away but ...it landed on another lady in the group.

Now, it was the turn of the other lady in the group to continue the drama.

The waiter rushed forward to their rescue.
In the relay of throwing, the cockroach next fell upon the waiter.

The waiter stood firm, composed himself and observed the behavior of the cockroach on his shirt.
When he was confident enough, he grabbed it with his fingers and threw it out of the restaurant.

Sipping my coffee and watching the amusement, the antenna of my mind picked up a few thoughts and started wondering, was the cockroach responsible for their histrionic behavior?
If so, then why was the waiter not disturbed?
He handled it near to perfection, without any chaos.

It is not the cockroach, but the inability of the ladies to handle the disturbance caused by the cockroach that disturbed the ladies.

I realized that, it is not the shouting of my father or my boss or my friends that disturbs me, but it's my inability to handle the disturbances caused by their shouting that disturbs me.

It's not the traffic jams on the road that disturbs me, but my inability to handle the disturbance caused by the traffic jam that disturbs me.

More than the problem, it's my reaction to the problem that creates chaos in my life.

Lessons learnt from the story:
Do not react in life. Always respond.

The women reacted, whereas the waiter responded.

P.S: Reactions are always instinctive whereas responses are always well thought of, just and right to save a situation from going out of hands, to avoid cracks in relationship, to avoid taking decisions in anger, anxiety, stress or hurry.

Energy Storing Car Body Panels

        Estimates reveal that the conventional energy resources such as petroleum, diesel would dwindle over the years and also the threat of global warming, ozone layer depletion etc. reason out the environmental concern. It is in the light of these facts that the automobile industry seeks to investigate alternative energy resources and while hybrid vehicles are a promising option they also present the problem of increased volume and weight of the storage batteries they carry.

         Automobile manufacturers are therefore interested in minimizing the need of batteries in storing the energy generated and the other concern that the automobile industry endures over is to reduce the overall weight of the car by the use of light weight composites.
  

         Do these distinct problems/challenges rather suggest a unified solution that we can work upon? Probably, Yes. Then, we need to talk about “Energy storing body panels”. Body panels that could store energy and pass it back to the car when needed imply an active area of research today to the automobile industry. Light weight composites of polymer fiber and carbon resin present a luring scope here. These panels could reduce a car's weight by up to 15 percent.

        Technologies like regenerative braking or plugging in the car overnight would feed these panels with energy. An advanced view however is to have light weight body panels that can tap solar energy and supply it to the car while in need, the automobile manufacturer Toyota is keen about these prospects. Enabling the use of body panels with additional functionalities of tapping and storing the energy is therefore a promising solution to overcome the challenges in automobile industry.

Oppa Spidey Style

This is how I impressed my beloved.

Long ago in 1592, Jyothsna was princess of Punjagutta. On 31st Feb 1592, thaantrik paathala bhairavi kidnapped her...Hijacked her...She was held hostage in one of the minars of Charminar.

I got to know about that. I have to save her... What could this small ordinary boy (still I am) do?

 

The thaantrik was supremely powerful. I had to do something. Even, I have to become powerful to defeat him. Then I went to university of Pennsylvania and went close to every spider I found and put my hand and said, "Come, bite me". At last, the magic spider did bite me.

Then I became Spiderman.

I was in a hurry to save Jyothsna, I have to come back. I booked my return flight on kingfisher airlines. I was on time, but flight was late. I waited there but it didn't come. Nevertheless, I realised I am Spiderman, do I really need a flight? I can fly...

Sshhhhhoooookk...Sshhhhhoooookk...

I kept swinging from one aeroplane to another and finally I reached charminar and jumped right in. just before reaching the ground, I saw boiling oil. I immediately used my web and went on to the top of one of the minars. I was wondering what I should do...

Then...

Thadaak...a slap on my face.

I didn't know what happened. I went to another minar...then one more slap...I didn't understand what was happening. Then I turned around and I saw there was Jadoo of koi mil gaya standing there.

The thaantrik actually had 4 Jaadoos on all the four minars of Charminar.

My super computer brain started thinking...I have to do something...I was slow, so Jadoo kept slapping me. One slap after the other... One slap after the other....

I said to Jadoo "hold on! Let me think". But Jadoo didn't wait...

Then the masterstroke to Jadoo...

I sent web on to the moon...ssshhwwooookk... Dragged the moon in front of the sun and created the solar eclipse...

No sunlight (Ha ha ha)

I went to all the four minars and kicked Jadoos into the oil... What does Jadoo do? I was waiting there... I had one more challenge... The thaantrik.

Right in front of Jyothsna on the opposite minar, the thaantrik was with magical wand in his hand and a flying carpet on which he was standing. Every time I went to a minar, he was there in front of me. He would hit me, go back, and stand beside her...

I have to save Jyothsna... After all, I promised her father that I'll save her.

Then, my master brain thought for a while...and I said "Hey! What happened to you?". The thaantrik got distracted and he turned back...Silly fellow....

I sent one web on to his eyes...and other onto his carpet, pulled the carpet. He fell into the oil...

I reached the minar where Jyothsna was there and said, "Man, Spiderman." she proposed, "Will you marry me?". I accepted and danced.

Oppa Spidey Style