The Strategy ! v2
#### Biggest Assumption ######
Wont Be assigned to any project :-( (Unlikely )
#########What I will miss##############
2) Play Time with the new born kid !
3) Socializing with family .
4) > 8 hours of sleep / day
##########What I will need to do#############
1) Get over my procrastination
2) Read a lot
3) Practise a lot
4) Compensate my time spent in Travel to Siddhivinayak every Tuesdays ??
5) Eat a lot of low fat and low spiced food, Get over Acidity !
6) Switch off all distractions, gtalk, YIM, MSN, Sametime....
7) Stop Surfing/StumbleUpon
SO i will have how many days to do it ? ( Considering this from 23June08) (Assuming I will lab on 1st week of sept and I don't have any Projects)
8 x June 08
25 x July 08 (6 days on PTO)
31 x Aug 08
________
64 days
#########How Will I do it ?#####################
Now assuming I will put in roughly 3 hours a days until End of June08
==> 8 days x 3 hours = 24hours
==> Will need to be able to finish
1) IEWB CoD
2) Know how to navigate Doc CD
3) IEWB Advanced Technologies Lab
Now assuming I will put in 8 hours a day from July08 till 31 Aug 08
===> 56 days x 8 hours = 448 hours
===> Will need to be able to finish
1) 10 labs from IEWB Core Workbook
2) 10 labs from IEWB Workbook
3) (Optional) Narbik's Soup to Nuts CCBootcamp Vol1 to Vol3
############Where will i do it ? #######################
1) In my own house and at Work on my laptop running dynamips on Ubuntu 3.04 via wubi
###### What Will I get ? ##########################
1) CCIE (Probably)
2) Got over my Procrastination
3) Proved myself that I am still good for the hard stuff
4) Learnt a lot more than I would have ever imagined !
5) Live my dream !
6) Get a Promotion/Hike
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Friday, June 06, 2008
You've got to find what you love
Today I was dead tired with home renovation chores, It has been taking its toll on me. Really physically and mentally. So I took off from studies and went stumbling.
I stumbled across this speech by Steve Jobs to Stanford University students on graduation day.
What I deduced from such a motivating speech
1) You've got to find what you love
This is so darn true. In All my professional Career so far I have been advocating and preaching this. So much so that I have let go countless opportunities to make loads of money over what I like. My philosophy has been, "If I can sleep well after days work, I should be happy with work" . I have been in situations in past and in present where work has been "not so good" and i couldn't sleep well despite getting paid ridiculously well. I guess despite several counter advices from my friends and family, i continue to follow my own yard stick of love for work
2) "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right."
Well I kinda don't follow this completely, But I do have my own morning ritual which aligns with this one.
I set myself some small goals for the day to achieve at work and in life. If I achieve them, I would have done enough for the day. Most times > 60% of the times , I fail. I have been falling even more of late.
And i have realized, I haven't set the bar too high, I have let myself down, by not sticking to the goal. I wandered off and failed. I need to get back to my good days when I was lean and hungry.. That takes me to the 3) point that Jobs mentioned
3) "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish"
Well I cant agree to this one any more. All my life I have believed that "money will come". I focussed on sharpening my skills on what I loved to do rather than chase money. Indeed it has paid well so far and I intend to persist with it.
I am (so called) foolish about it, but i know, I will have the last laugh.
I am hungry about it, I am passionate about work, and work drives my life as well.
A bad day at work spins me off at home, and a good day at work makes me happy.
I stumbled across this speech by Steve Jobs to Stanford University students on graduation day.
What I deduced from such a motivating speech
1) You've got to find what you love
This is so darn true. In All my professional Career so far I have been advocating and preaching this. So much so that I have let go countless opportunities to make loads of money over what I like. My philosophy has been, "If I can sleep well after days work, I should be happy with work" . I have been in situations in past and in present where work has been "not so good" and i couldn't sleep well despite getting paid ridiculously well. I guess despite several counter advices from my friends and family, i continue to follow my own yard stick of love for work
2) "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right."
Well I kinda don't follow this completely, But I do have my own morning ritual which aligns with this one.
I set myself some small goals for the day to achieve at work and in life. If I achieve them, I would have done enough for the day. Most times > 60% of the times , I fail. I have been falling even more of late.
And i have realized, I haven't set the bar too high, I have let myself down, by not sticking to the goal. I wandered off and failed. I need to get back to my good days when I was lean and hungry.. That takes me to the 3) point that Jobs mentioned
3) "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish"
Well I cant agree to this one any more. All my life I have believed that "money will come". I focussed on sharpening my skills on what I loved to do rather than chase money. Indeed it has paid well so far and I intend to persist with it.
I am (so called) foolish about it, but i know, I will have the last laugh.
I am hungry about it, I am passionate about work, and work drives my life as well.
A bad day at work spins me off at home, and a good day at work makes me happy.
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