Message from Mindtree Executive Chairman to his employees

Email from Mindtree Executive Chairman Ashok Soota to his employees.
Pretty interesting.....

(Thank you Narasimhan for sharing this)

Dear MindTree Minds,

Points on How to Improve Your Life


Many of you may be aware of the speech given by Randy Pausch entitled “Guide To a Better Life”. He had been diagnosed for cancer and when he made this wonderful speech, he knew that he had been given only a finite span to live. I am reproducing below the extract from the speech which gives 30 valuable lessons for all of us.

Personality:

1. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
2. Don't have negative thoughts of things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment
3. Don't overdo; keep your limits
4. Don't take yourself so seriously; no one else does
5. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip
6. Dream more while you are awake
7. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
8. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner of his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
9. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
10. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present
11. No one is in charge of your happiness except you
12. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
13. Smile and laugh more
14. You don't have to win every argument.

Community:

15. Call your family often
16. Each day give something good to others
17. Forgive everyone for everything
18. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6
19. Try to make at least three people smile each day
20. What other people think of you is none of your business
21. Your job will not take care of you when you are sick. Your family and friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:

22. Put GOD first in anything and everything that you think, say and do. 23. GOD heals everything 24. Do the right things 25. However good or bad a situation is, it will change 26. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up 27. The best is yet to come 28. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful 29. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it 30. If you know GOD you will always be happy. So, be happy.
To the above, I would add:

31. Never do something which you would not like to see in newspaper headlines.
32. “When you say something you shouldn’t have said – something that you didn’t mean or that was unkind – apologize right away. The longer you wait the harder it will be.” Many of you will recognize this as a quote from the “Thought of the Day”. Subroto describes it very well in his book when he says that in most instances the hurt caused is unintended, but for the person who feels the pain it is real.
33. We need an optimistic approach to life. I am a strong believer that things will invariably work out for the greater good of all concerned and it is an attitude to have whenever things don’t appear to be going the way we would like (Point 27 flows from above).

On a lighter side, please see No.18 of Randy’s points. In a couple of years from now, you will be able to fulfill one half of this by meeting me now and then!

Hope these points help you to lead a happier and more contented life.

Regards,

Ashok