"Why" you do something far outweighs the "how" you will get it done.

When your brain picks out a target with a strong enough "why" to go for it – you will achieve your goal. You will find the help, you'll get the education, you'll seek out the experts and do whatever it takes to make it over the top.

This applies when you are in AeSI, when you joined NAL etc for training or when you are learning a new software tool or when you in a job.

Know why you want it. How will always follow!!

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Here's a list of 6 things that you can do after the AeSI exams. All this things are simple and easy to do and are aimed to rejuvenate you from the life that every AeSI student face in the run-up to AMAeSI exams.

• Relax give yourself a treat.
• Start a side project unrelated to AeSI
• Read a book
• Learn about all goggle services
• Start a blog
• Immerse yourself in tons of movie and music

The point of all this is to forget studies, AeSI and explore. Exploration is the path to new discovery.

Do tell me what you decided to do?

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What my learning of excel can teach you in learning CATIA, ANSYS etc?

Learning a tool is like climbing a multistorey building on ladders, They don't always go straight. They go one level, stop and make a turn and then you move on to the next stairs which lead you to the next lavel. 

This is what happens when you learn a software tool, like catia, ansys etc. You don't become a master in that software in one stretch of time. You learn in levels. 

When i was learning excel, i saw this very clearly. I learnt all the formulas in excel and began applying them in my work and play. After few weeks practise and reading and experiments, i was comfortable with the formulas and this ability came as great help to me at that times work. After a time, my learning of new thing in excel stopped as i was able to do most of the things in it with what i already new. so on the learning excel front, i have reached one level and i wasn't climbing any higher.

This remained till i came to NAL, where i was supposed to debug and modify a existing vba level program, this let me see the next stair that i have to climb in excel and sooner i was enjoying the next stair. the learning and experiments were furious in this phase. I learnt a lot and tasks that took hours were accomplished in minutes, the productivity of excel increased drastically. I continued to learn and apply. But, as before, after certain time i reached the top of this stairs and gradually my learning new things again slowed down to zero. I was applying what i knew but was stagnant on learning anything new. The current stairs just took me to this level. 

I had to find starirs to the new level now. 

This happened a year latter when I was assigned to a new project where I have to work on a program that was entirely sitting on excel. this was the stairs of advance vba and this is when i learnt more deeply about vba in excel and its capabilities. 

So the point is that there are steps or levels in learning a  software. Each stair leaves us to one level higher, then we need to find the next steps and climb one more level. This is a continuous process. All institutes will lead you to one level or the next. After that its your own initiative to climb higher. 

And the best way to find and get to the next level is to challenge yourself to move to the next level or to take on an extra responsibility that takes you to that next level.

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How to solve problems that trap you in the circle of inaction?

If I look at the mass, I will never act. If I look at the one, I will -
Mother Teresa

Are you looking at many problems or looking at one. Majority of the
times seeing a string of problems hinders us to make a move.
Concentrating on one make us act.

Recently I was presented with a situation where everything seemed to
fall over me, deadlines were looming, personal affairs were demanding
my time, the banks were sending notices for bill payments and so.

For many days I resolved to address each and every problem but
whenever I sat, the sheer number and details prevented me to act on any.

But then situation overlaped and I had to resolve the most urgent
issue and this solving of one issue freed me. It cleared the mental
clog and i handled all the rest of the problems in no time.

Thanks Mother Teresa!!

Do remember this if problem ka 'chakraview' traps you
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4 words for successful exams

Read,Think,Write, Review

Read the questions carefully. Understand what is being asked. Understand the length of answer demanded and the depth required.

Think of the answer. Plan the response. Judge if its the answer that the question is asking for?

Write the answer as planed. Stick to the plan, stick to the question and answer to the point.

Review the answer written. Re-read your answer and judge if that's the answer demanded by the question!

that's it. we all do this unconsciously in the examination hall, but this time do it consciously and see how it improves your exams.
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if opportunity doesn't knock, build a door

I just discovered this entry in my journal which i wrote when I was doing training in NAL. And i think its still relevant now, so posting it here

A very common thing that I gave heard my co-trainees say while in training is "where is the work" ? Yes i admit, this comes as a part of life, you are in government institution and i expect delay, lethargy and some of it will wash down to you, but then this is no reasons to be disturbed.

Three things are always with you, your initiative, your intelligence and motivation.

So why fret and make your life more frustrting by repeating no work , no work.

Aree yaar you are aesi guys, aesi products and one they don't lag behind is self study, self enhancement. The fact some of you are here is this self-reliance. So Use it.

You have access to top class softwares, use them, learn them, increase familiarity with them. This is the way to uilize your time there, if your scientist doesn't give you the kind of work you want, then remember this quote from TOI said "if opportunity doesn't knock, build a door". Always have this in your mind.

A few simple steps can help you to clear this frustrations. Stagnancy is death, so keep flowing
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