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New Years Resolution? A Simplified Approach works best

January 1, 2008 at 10:19 pm · Filed under Uncategorized

Had a fantastic 2007? Feeling in the 2008? Have set goals and plans for 2008? Failed at the same goals last year? Read on…

Many set goals and priorities they’d like to accommodate - be it to loose weight, quit smoking, be more charming, etc. Personal observation suggests that people fail at these goals and get back on their ‘track’ a few months into the new routine. Not only does this behavior loosen up ones confidence, it makes the person venerable to falling behind (Eating more and going to the gym), abusive practices (Smoking more and enjoying it less) or simply giving up on the goal/resolution.

I’ve worked on some resolutions… with mixed results. From successful trials, here are some lessons learned with examples.

Loose weight - Goal: 10 LB
- Rather then telling my self to work out unti I lost 10 LB, I exercised 3 times a week for 30 minutes. In about 2 months, I had come down to the desired weight level
Be more charming - Goal: Not annoy people
- Rather then coming up with Jokes to tell amongst a group, Don’t talk when you’re not asked to. Let others assume you are intelligent by your silence, then by removing all doubts by opening up your mouth. Don’t criticize people when you’re new to the company.
Quit Smoking - Goal: Stop smoking
- Rather then going Cold Turkey, or by going onto alternative nicotine treatment, follow this - it worked for my friend. Start by preparing your mind for a smoke free life. Imagine what you will do with your self with the daily excess of 60 minutes. What will you do between not getting smoke breaks. What will you do when you’ll suddenly have an urge to smoke.
  - Cut down to 1 cigarette a day. Treat your self to that 1 Cigarette - be it at 8AM with your coffee or with your 4PM coffee. Do not smoke more then 1 Cigarette per day
  - Continue this routine for weeks until you no longer have an urge to smoke 1 Cigarette a day but you smoke it just because you’ve cleansed your self to do so
  - Try to not smoke that 1 Cigarette a day and also keep away from all smoking habit

I hope this year will bring joy and prosperity to everyone. Good luck and best wishes.

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Rap - Expressed in Mathematical Terms

December 5, 2007 at 10:23 am · Filed under Uncategorized

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This post on http://www.jamphat.com/rap/ caught my attention. I’ve spent atleast 30 seconds on each graph… reading it, relating it to a song, and atleast laughing my ass off - this is a must see.

some of my favorites:

Dr Dre

Soulja Boy - Walk It Out

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Business Analysis, Software Development, Project Management, etc.

June 14, 2007 at 12:18 pm · Filed under Uncategorized

I will attempt to compile a list of highly valued links relating to Software development including, Analysis, Documenting, Testing, Project management, and tools…

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Interview CheatSheet

Business Analysis

Fundamentals of Business Analysis - Course by UCLA:Irvine
How to Write an Effective Design Document
How to Design Software With Bad Requirements
Gallery of UML sequence diagrams
Rational Unified Process - Templates, Howto’s, and other ample information
Painless Functional Specifications - Part 1 Part 2
Lean Data Modeling
Everything about RUP: Templates, Analysis, Procedures
How to document Use Cases
Understanding UseCase Modeling

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Puzzle

June 5, 2007 at 11:15 am · Filed under Uncategorized

Person who is allergic to Sun commutes to work via Bus every morning/evening. In the morning, the person sits on the Left side of the Bus, and in the evening, sits on the Left side of the Bus again. At morning times, the Bus travels North and in the evening, the Bus travels South.

Why does the person continue to sit on the same side of the bus? What is the rational? realization?

2) Solve 1 and get $1,000,000 - Clay Mathematics Institute - Problems relating to:P versus NP, The Hodge Conjecture, The Poincaré conjecture, The Riemann hypothesis, Yang-Mills existence and mass gap, Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness and The Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture

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