Logic and Rationality

All of the below - Courtesy, the Middle Finger Project.

Have you ever been told you’re being irrational?

Gnarl. Growl. Roar. Pout. Stomp. Pound fists. On Table. Pound Head. Against Wall.

You take a deep breath. Inside your head, your brain is frantically yelling, “Ignore! Ignore! Ignore!” with flashing red lights and screechy alarms sirening, a la Spaceballs abandon ship scene. (Best movie ever, by the way.)

It hurts when they tell you that your dreams are irrational.

As a matter of fact, it hurts so much that it makes you want to unleash your inner Donkey Kong and start heaving gigantic barrels all over the place. As a matter of fact, it hurts SO much that after you heave a few good barrels, you’ll be tempted to go dead lift some oversized rocks to get your mind off things. As a matter of fact, it hurts SO, SO much, that after you do all of that, you’ll probably be even more angry, because not only is your ego wounded, but now your toe is, too, because you know you definitely dropped that rock right on your foot.

Yet, no matter how angry you get, you still bite your tongue. You wish they’d bite theirs.

You remind yourself that they’re probably just looking out for you. They care about you. They don’t want to see you make a mistake. Or, fill-in-the-blank with the plethora of reasons you can use to try and validate their less-than-supportive remarks, so you can keep sane & and carry on.

And that’s effective for, oh….approximately 4.7 seconds.

But then suddenly it hits you.

Oh, god.

What if they’re …… right?

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For more excruciating insight from Ashley Ambirge, visit http://www.themiddlefingerproject.org/being-logical-vs-being-rational-and-why-the-difference-matters/

How were you born?

This, an amazing perspective and gets you glued. That's what I call transformation. To being.

IMT: The Calling

The moment had finally arrived. As soon as I stepped inside the campus, I was like..wow..it was all clean and green and maintained in the best possible way.

The academic block, the library, the famous 'amphi', hostels, grounds, everything was so beautiful. Each of the buildings seemed to have a history attached to itself. Well I got classes in a short while from now so I will keep it short.

This is my 7th day in college. So a full week has passed and the week gone was unlike any other week I have ever experienced in my lifetime. Full 7 days and the first thing which comes to my mind is the number of hours I slept during the week. Was it 30 25 20 or something. NO. Allow me a deviation of a few minutes and I must hv slept just 6-7 hrs in 7 days. Oohh!! That was killing.

Daily routine. 5 AM: Yoga. Yes Yoga. To keep us energized all through the day and of course all night. All types of aasanas and wat not. Went on for 2 hrs till around 7.
Next reporting at 8 30 AM. So we have ample time to freshen up, Shit, bath and breakfast. And then run because if u reach at 8 31 the seniors would not allow you inside. And then the orientation begins. It is a mix of discussions and speeches and addresses. Introduction to various streams and faculty members, clubs and committees, presentations by seniors on different business sectors, address by eminent personalities from the industry and of course some of the most successful alumni of IMT had dropped in to share their views and all in all, it was amazing to just listen to them. All self made men who have been there and done that.

This went on for the full day till around midnight. Of course we had short breaks for lunch and dinner. Apart from that it was a 5 AM to 12 midnight thing. Hey but it doesn't end here. It actually starts here. Now is the time when the seniors take over unofficially. No formalities no inhibitions no rules no excuses. Now is 'PDP' time. Now I would not like to write anything more on PDP since it is very inclusive to IMT and this is something which has inadvertently become a part of the curriculum. Its 4-5 hours of senior-junior interaction. Now u know what I mean! And it only ends early morning. If the seniors are a little liberal, u might be off to bed at 4. So u get 1 hr of sleep before another day starts with yoga at 5 AM. Else its a full circle. U reach ur room at 4 45 and change and then report to yoga. And another full day of all the activities and it sure felt like a zombie. And this routine went for 1 full week. 7 days it was altogether a different state of mind.

Just wanted to write the stuff we went through during the 1st week. Subsequent experiences will follow. Was kind of a F1 start to the b-school. The seniors are awesome and the campus is phenomenal. Will hv to fight it out for the grades. And about our batch profile, almost 90% of the people have work ex. And most of them in the range of 1-2 years. There are people with 3+ and 4+ too.

Time to sign off. More to follow later.