New Year offer new energy, hope, plans and aspirations.
A time to enjoy the new beginning but also not to forget to reflect upon what were the lessons past year offered.
(I celebrate the new year thrice in a year!, Samvat, Roman and Ugadi. I have noted Samvat year as the most effective as nature resonates with new changes, the very next day).
As a ritual, I am analyzing my year, with an idea it can help you to do your year-end review, and to know what to carry forward or to drop.
Entrepreneur
- Pandemic in the background, my year has begun with uncertainty, offering more financial challenges due to projects which were supposed to go to the next levels but resulted in a complete melt down. 2 years of energy, time, funding, provided enough lessons to consider newer attempts very carefully. All past learning, the preparation was not able to coup the situation, all known rules failed for me.
- Nevertheless, when I lose, I don’t want to lose the lessons. After wave two, a situation I observed, most of us have forgotten the lessons and carried on with the eternal ignorance. I had no such luxury left. The financial mess has to be addressed. Post project effects have to be digested and come to day today life, with a smile, spirit and purpose.
- After 100 days of reflection (ref. 2020 review), I turned extremely practical to look at the options remaining at hand, deliberately cutting down the activities which have not proved beneficial. I observed, most businesses often keep looking promising but never reach there, I accepted it first hand and also with fellow business owners.
- In the second quarter I worked on the remaining options, attempted selling the real estate inventory to overcome the business burden and pressing EMI’s. Each month turned the situation tougher raising to credit card loans until I was able to strike a deal to close with. I found who the real friends were once again. I have mentioned the ‘Test of Money’ in the financial freedom chapter of campus to corporate.
- The immense relief I got closing the loans, made me observe, the loans are not the currency outstanding but the karma to pay with the other. With the closure of each loan, I felt immense calm inside.
- The best joke, I noted at that time with a friend of mine who was involved, said the ‘good part of all these efforts is that you still have something to sell off and come out’! True, calculated risk is suggested in entrepreneurship but what if those calculations were wrong. (Plan ABCDE all failed). Yes, look for the best part always. I considered all these experiences, expenses as an investment in myself.
Author, Speaker
- So far this is the lowest year as for as new blogs published. The calmness of mind is a prerequisite to catch the soul signals and turning them into readable conversations. Maybe which was lacking most of the quarters. I did not speak online this year, excepting one-to-ones, made preparation to present ‘the Reminiscences of True Love’, author talk yet to schedule it.
- Utilized the downtime towards attending a professional singing course, focused upon stocks and real estate investing. Developed rapport with the estate developers, brokers and investors. Helped me to connect with deep pockets, who seek opportunities through the right sources, turned as co-investor where lucrative opportunities identified.
- I narrowed down my connections to the most effective ones. Thus keeping core as 10 people for daily connect with.
- Passionately renovated the house, I liked the Lemon Burst color, it appears to light up the whole street!
- Took my time seriously and practically implemented with every opportunity that knocked me. SportsAI, Tribal upliftment project, IT resourcing team, I learnt to bring the commercial points in the second discussion itself, it helped to reserve my time for value tasks.
- Refined my daily PEP-TALK, to bring my focus on current reality, (ref daily dozen), Small daily progress produces great results over the year-end. Even inconsistent ones do produce results, especially with fitness.
- Did party singing at 25th year wedding anniversary of a sibling, (my songs at starmaker id – naveenchandra.in)
Books I read this year:
- Custom design your destiny – Dr. Gold Bruce – for ones deeper introspection
- The Power of Love by Dr.Bhujang Shetty, helped understanding the nature way; distributed a few copies freely.
- Movies: – Shyam Singha Roy, I found it interesting, the story & technically, the picturization, similar to Hollywood ones
Big 5 2021 Analysis ( ref. 2021)
Let it happen,
I ardently practised it all year. I let things happen themselves, I did not force my way anymore, I did not push people to meet up their promises, I learnt there can be a better nature plan if you just have a loose grip on your plans.
Organize
I made massive progress in limiting my interests to my strengths. In my scale of measurement, I need to work on it still further. Moving to 2022
80:20
Tailoring the 20% where attitude matters most to connect with nature. One needs to find his team, his people, among the ones we interact upon. The Sooner you, the next authentic progressive step possible.
Optimist
True Optimist accepts reality and then does their best to improve them. Does not dwell on false hopes nor aims the moon. Here, I found past patterns as guiding light. The same events appear if we had not learnt to deal with them.
Love
Most amazingly, I vouch there is no better way to progress. Do with love, and only for love. It works every time rightly, though the results may be opposite to your intent.
I am closing 2021 yearbook with a rating 8 / 10 for my focus and personal growth.
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