The journey with a Driver...!!!

As a lead Driver I was really looking forward to what the journey ahead lay. On going through the requirements and various discussions, it didn’t seem to be an easy road trip. The challenges that hovered included a lot of dependency on Push notifications and Geofences.

We believed our road trip in building this application would turn over the original road trips these drivers take on a daily basis. All the thoughts came true after being on the field with actual Drivers on a CEMEX plant and going with them to various job sites for which CEMEX provides construction materials.

The road was not always smooth and we had a bumpy ride with quite a few road blocks. Slowly and gradually we cleared the field as we reached the milestones. After a long drive of six months and many breakdowns later, being a “Driver” with the real Driver in a truck was true bliss. 

 

A typical day in the plant would start with Clock-in followed by activities like inspecting the truck and informing the Batcher that the truck is ready to load. On receiving the order the app would kick in. Each of the status gets triggered automatically as and when the process is complete like Loading, Loading Complete, To Job etc.  On exiting the plant and reaching the Jobsite, the geofences comes into play and it was amusing for the Drivers to see that it all worked automatically. They could even get the Proof of delivery signed in the application, which is currently a process on paper, and I could see their delight when they nodded their heads. 

 

The trip that started from a meeting room in Garage reached all the way till the CEMEX plant in Monterrey. All road blocks were worth it after seeing a contented smile on everyone’s face in acceptance of the application.

PS: This is a real experience from my professional life.

Stop wishing... Keep Doing...!!!!

It brings a smile on your face when you aare recognized for the work you did, for the challenges you faced, for the battles you fought. It gives immense pleasure to see someone's trust on you and someone relying on you. The feeling is amazing. But there is something even more important and that is standing with a head held high in front of yourself. If you feel good enough of yourself for your work then other's come secondary.

The struggles we face today give us strength that need in the future. This spirit of moving on in whatever conditions is what makes you the real hero.
Many times we wont have our backs patted by others but that is the time we need to pat our own backs, cheer of yourself, treat us and party hard.
Motivation is something that we all need to move forward and what can be a bigger motivation than to prove yourself. This only seems to be possible when you know your own worth and you believe in yourself. People might not understand your importance doesn't mean that you are not important.

Stop wishing... Keep doing..
You will touch the highest peak for sure.
This is what I have started believing and realized after a few sadist days-

"Look through the clouds and you will see a bright sun waiting behind...!!!"

Keep Moving.. Keep Learning..!!!

All of us dream of things that we want in our lives and also imagine a world of our dreams. We believe that life will some day give us things that we want and expect. We dream, we hope and we live.  Often these dreams may be unrealistic but we still dream of them. But to understand what the real world is all about we need to move out of our comfort zones and analyze the world. We need to take steps that lead us to learning and experiencing new things.

Well, I took the same step and relocated. New city, new people, new environment, new things and definitely new experiences. Life is all about realizing and learning. Isn't it?  Away from home, family and friends it becomes difficult to manage things initially but it is just a phase where we take time to settle but these are good learning days of life and here I am learning lots of things. Learning to be independent and manage myself that i thought would be easy but its not that easy. :P
Now here I am, 2 weeks in a new town somewhat happy and somewhat sad. But I will surely make it a great learning experience. Make moments. Live life and make it worth living. Life's amazing if you know how to make it amazing. Life's worth making realization if you know how to analyze and realize.

Finally, I would just like to add that Dream as much as you can. You never know when they just come live. :D

Agony of Life...!!!

"Expectation is the root to all heartache…!! "

-William Shakespeare

Wonderfully quoted and so truly believed, this quote by William Shakespeare raises a sense of self question in me. It makes me think about the depth of life. It makes me think of my life.

Often we are in pain and curse ourself because we have been hurt by someone. But does someone really has the power to hurt us? No. Its us only who hurt our own self and then by some means blame others for being the cause for our pain and suffering.

I personally had many heartaches and the reason i felt it was because I expected from people. I believed that I will have my so-called close ones with me during my trauma times, they will support me and be by my side. Here is where the heartache begins. Just because of expectations. I expected things from people and it never seemed to have given the happiness i thought of, instead it left me with a feeling of insecurity and scars on my heart. The moment we count on something or somebody to be the source of our joy and happiness comes the time we allow intruders in our space. We realize and feel a discomfort and inconsistency. We ruin prospects of any upliftment and the journey of life becomes a stress.

Heartaches distress us and we feel a certain kind of resentment towards everyone and this bitterness gradually becomes a stain in our soul. This is very harmful indeed. So, why risk? and it is not a small risk. We expose ourself to the danger of repulsion and hard feelings towards the world.

So, the question that arises in my mind is Why Expect? Where does these expatiation arise from? 

The only valid answer coming to me is because we tend to the same things for others or believe that we will be doing it when the time comes. So, again the problem emerges from ourself only.

So, simply do things and acts of kindness without expecting the same in return as it will only lead to pain, suffering and wrath towards people.

“If you expect nothing from anybody, you’re never disappointed.”

Its Only about Realization...!!!

Often we come to realize that things are not coming in the way we want them to be and feel depressed at the thought of it. We always are in a state of mind where we wish our past to be different and always wish for some things to happen in future. But life is what we live now. Its far beyond the dilemma of past and future. Its all about just today. We need to accept the past and also embrace the future with whatever it brings on us. The person we are today is just because of what we have seen and gone through in the past. Things are never to make us suffer, instead they redirect us to something far better than we can even think of at that particular moment.

Its never the end but its always about the path and journey to reach that end that needs to be cherished and believe me when you do look at your past, you will surely realize that everything that happened was to redirect you to something better.