Do we deserve even a bronze?

8th Individual medal in so many years. That sort of tells you the Olympian story.

For those who crib about Minister Maken offering IAS job for Gagan. Firstly it is an offer for an IAS grade job at Sports Authority not IAS per say. Secondly what is wrong in it. IAS and other competitive exams has been written and conquered by so many. What has not been conquered is the Olympics arena.

Every athlete who compete & their family at the Olympics should be commended. All of them seek glory for the nation. They have to be cheered for getting into competing for events for which they will be largely ridiculed. Most of these athletes come up the hardway with little support financially and little knowledge of pushing the bar through physical training. No point in blaming the government authorities for India's failure.

How many of us as families that can afford to raise children in sporting events do that beyond cricket/tennis of at the most hockey. As a parent, i feel excited when my son plays big cricketing shots. Am not much enthused when he comes and says he ran well in the sprint.

We will become a great Olympic nation only when all of us start dreaming for that. Not by watching it every four years and lamenting on how poor we are as a sporting nation.

All in a day's work

Ever felt that you could have done better on a given day. Well good if you did. There is always a scope for improvement.

To Do lists are the most used as well as unused efficiency tools people employ. Used largely to make the lists and unused as it is seldom followed post that.

While you could still use a To Do list - the problem is that you also limit yourself in to doing at the most that. Instead try a simple tool of listing what you did - in terms of effective work. Can it add up to 50 in a day. Try  doing this. Based on your nature of work you know what is 50 for you. It is a self evaluation process in which you realise how little effective work you do on a given day. Start. Build. Improve. Stretch. Set records. Break them... Tabulate in a worksheet. Your efficiency is there for you to see!