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What to Read and How ?

Focus on getting to build a solid foundation. Read those books which help you to built this foundation.
Read the originals, read the classics.Read the greats in maths, science, microeconomics and philosophy. Ignore contemporaries and news
Reading the book isn’t a race – the better the book, the more slowly it should be absorbed
Most books have one point to make, they make it, and then give you examples after examples to apply it to everything in the world. Once you get the gist, you don’t have to read the whole book. You can put it down.

Source : Adapted from “The Almanack of Naval Ravikant”, by Eric Jorgenson

Visit to Boeing Factory, Seattle

Visited the Boeing Factory in Seattle on 14th May, 2018 with Maahir, Shourya and Purvi.
Boeing started in 1916, in Seattle
The Boeing factory where they produce the commercial passenger aircrafts is the largest closed enclosure in the world – the factory shed is 98 acres, the size of 75 football fields.
At this factory they produce, the 747, 767, 777 and the 787. The factory has a production capacity of 170 aircrafts a year; one 747 every month, and 14 nos of 787s each month. They could produce more, if the engines, which are manufactured by GE and Rolls-Royce are delivered to them faster.
How do they number the different models. Say – 747
- The first 7 stands for the series of commercial passenger aircrafts. The 6 series is for Defence aircrafts, the 5 series for Helicopters, the 1 series for Propeller Aircrafts.
- The second digit, 4, stands for the model no. As of now, the latest model no. is 8, that corresponds to the 787
- The third digit is 7… Why? Just because it sounds cool.
- For the 787, and the 777, they also have 787-7, 787-8, 787-9, and likewise, passenger capacity increasing in the ascending order.
The 747 is the largest aircraft, capable of accommodating up to 600 passengers. It’s made up of an aluminum body. The wings hold up to 80,000 liters of fuel, giving it a non stop flying time of 14 hours.
The 787, also called as the DreamLiner, is manufactured using a carbon composite fibre, which is lighter than aluminum and stronger than steel. This carbon composite fibre, is more than 50% of the aircraft weight.
One 787 can be turned around each day. The components of the 787, are manufactured from countries around the globe, and brought to the Seattle factory, using an aircraft which is called as the DreamLifter. Boeing has 4 DreamLifters.
The beauty about how they build the 787, is that everything comes to the factory is modules, which get assembled in to the aircraft is quick time.
The 777, is still under testing and has not been delivered to any customer as yet, but Boeing still has many orders and many aircrafts under production. They follow, lean manufacturing techniques, while building this aircraft, which is made up of Aluminum body, and composite fibre. The first aircraft is expected to be delivered in 2020.
Once the aircraft is manufactured, Boeing generally does just one internal test flight, before inviting the customer to take one, before the aircraft is delivered.
A 747, is typical sold at USD 400 million, without the engines. Engines cost extra.

Watch this video of how the aircrafts are manufactured at the Boeing factory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vZXgApsPCQ

I Just Got Better At Heart

Looks like it’s time to break the news….I just got better at heart.

What started with a gastric pain and an additional effort in breathing, and a couple of spasms in the chest area, on the morning of 2nd September, and again on the evening of 3rd September, concluded with a CABG (Coronary Artery Bypass Graft) or simply a by-pass surgery on 11th September. “Strong family history,” was the reason attributed to my cardiac disease.

I was fortunate that in my case, we didn’t encounter any serious emergencies, and could prepare and plan for the surgery, without being under severe stress. The prayers, with extremely positive support from family and friends, along with good and timely medical advise, took me through the challenging phase pre and post surgery. All’s well now and the road to recovery continues to be good. I have been advised 6 weeks of rest, before I can get back to routine.

I am sharing this note, to summarize my personal experiences which some of you may find useful :

With the experience I had, I would strongly advise not to ignore any medical symptoms. Get yourself examined at a good and well equipped hospital, (this is extremely important) at the earliest. I went to the hospital only because my Doctor friend Mitesh Shah advised me to. What I presumed to be simply a gastric pain for two days (this is only one of the many symptoms, please read the others)- turned up as a slightly abnormal ECG, but an extremely positive blood test (Trop-i), which confirmed that something unusual had happened to the heart.

I emphasize the importance of a good and equipped hospital, because on the basis of my ECG, a smaller clinic or nursing home (I wonder if I could have got to one on Sunday night at 10 pm) would probably have let me go with some prescribed medication. At Dr L.H.Hiranandani hospital in Powai, I was provided with all the emergency treatment and was fortunate to examined by a cardiologist who happened to be in then. Once things were in control, we decided to get admitted later that night to the Jaslok Hospital, under Dad’s cardiologist, whom we have complete faith in. While getting to the hospital, please take due consideration of the nature of the emergency – unfortunately, our ambulances still don’t come in time, and may not be fully equipped. Timing is most critical.

Dad’s cardiologist performed the Angiography on 4th September. The outcome, 3 blocks – 60 to 70% in the Left Artery. At my age (40), and with reasonably good and stable health parameters, the cardiologist advised a by-pass surgery as the most superior treatment with long term benefits. He said, it was not an emergency and I could take a few days, weeks, if needed. Having complete faith in the ability, experience and treatment of the Doctor you choose for yourself, is the other important aspect. Because we did, (surely with a family discussion) it helped us in making the important decision easier and faster.

A week thereafter, on 11th September, my surgery was performed by the same surgeon who had performed Dad’s CABG in 2009. Only difference, was that the surgery was performed at Lilavati Hospital, based on the surgeon’s preference. The Doctors’ skills and treatment, the health care at the hospital, the post-surgical physiotherapy, in combination with the advances in medical technology made a positive difference. At this point, I wish to make a very special mention on the extreme care and attention, and the untiring effort, by the nurses in the ICU – they were the catalysts in the recovery process. I had set my goals (Vivek Savla’s lifetime lesson) and recovery milestones for the hospital stay, prior to being admitted for surgery – these manifested with the blessings of The Lord. I was discharged from the hospital on 17th September, and have been at home since then.

I have been extremely blessed and fortunate to be surrounded by positivity of the family and cheerfulness of my friends (lead by Sachin Chandak – Mr Nitrous Oxide) all around. An army of my Doctor friends (Dr Mitesh Shah, Dr Amit Shah, Dr Shrenik Shah, Dr. Rashmi Shah, Dr Urmi Gada) took charge whenever needed. And while there were times when there was anxiety and pain, being able to mediate then was a blessing that helped me remain positive. Above all, there was Purvi by my side all the time, making sure that I remain, calm, equanimous, and cheerful.

Life is Beautiful

Thank You All. God Bless.

P.S. – Many of you reading this note, would be shocked to hear about the event. Very few (including near and dear ones) knew about it, until post-surgery. In the last few days, we have been receiving calls from many well wishers. You can be reassured that I am doing fine, and will be back in action, in time, with renewed vigour, energy and enthusiasm. Until then, the medical protocols will need to be followed.

Cheers to Life

The Lord has departed – We couldn’t receive His blessings

We invited Lord Ganesha to our world and He was with us for 10 days. We said our prayers, religiously every morning and evening, we changed our busy routines and schedules. We set aside the mechanical rush of the modern world, just to be heard by the Lord. Today, Lord Ganesha has departed, but we couldn’t receive his blessing. The Lord spoke to us, but we couldn’t hear Him. We stood near him, but he couldn’t see us.

He didn’t hear us because we surrounded Him with deafening sounds; he didn’t see us because of the glaring lights. And even as we bid farewell to the Lord today, and said our last prayers with emotions of joy and sadness, we gave Him a grand send-off with loud live bands and high decibels from loudspeakers that played cheap bollywood movie songs.

We live in the “Age of noise”. Physical noise, mental noise and the noise of desire. We are surrounded by the ringing of telephones, the clatter of keyboards, loud TV volumes, and high decibel sounds from vehicles on the road. Particles of noise cling to our souls – and they can only be cleansed in the waters of silence.

The living saint, Dada J.P. Vaswani writes, “I like to think of still, profound silence as personal, intimate appointment with God. And for those who wish to walk the way of spirituality, silence is the first and simplest step of the path. Silence is not just the absence of sound; silence has its own being; it is with you, within you. Silence is the language of the soul. Silence is two-fold, there is outer silence which is freedom from noise and there is inner silence which is freedom from clamour and desires. Silence cleanses. Silence heals, Silence strengthens, Silence reveals.”

It’s time that we realize that Lord speaks to us through silence. It is only in the depths of silence can we hear His Divine voice – not in the clamour and noise of this world. The most essential ingredient in prayer is not words, but the silence of the communion.”

Lord Bless us with silence.

Setting Goals In All Areas of Life

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Setting Goals In All Areas of Life

Life has many facets. For a meaningful, happy, balanced and prosperous life, we should set goals in all of these areas.

In this video, I shall share with you, the different areas of our life in which we can set Goals.

– Personal Goals
– Professional Goals
– Financial Goals
– Family Goals
– Health Goals
– Fun, Recreation Goals
– Spiritual Goals
– Social Goals

Personal goals are about what we want for ourselves – that which is important to us and gives us satisfaction, happiness and builds positivity. As compared to goals in other areas of life, we can enjoy the greatest control on the achievement of our personal goals, as it is directly the outcome of our actions and priorities.

We spend most of our most waking hours working for our careers, businesses and jobs This defines our occupation and profession, and is also the means of our livelihood. It provides us the opportunity to put to use our education, knowledge, skills and show case our talents. Setting professional goals is critical as it is through working that we achieve professional growth, build a reputation, get recognition, and above all, earn money, which supports our financial goals. For Home makers, planning and executing home matters can be equally significant professional goals.

Setting financial goals, provides clarity on the means by which we can fulfill our personal and family, needs and wants, for which money is required. Our financial goals could be earning and saving a specific amount of money by a given date for a specific purpose. For some, their financial goal could be putting together, the money needed for buying a house, through their income, reserves, or by borrowing. For others, financial goals could be repaying a loan. Financial freedom can only be achieved by setting goals and taking timely actions on financial goals.

Each of us has many roles to play for our family – starting with being a daughter or son, a sister or brother, a cousin, a spouse, a parent, a grand- parent. Giving our best in each of these roles requires us to set goals.

The most important and yet in many cases the most neglected aspect of our lives is our health. We tend to take our health and well being for granted until we are confronted with a symptom of bad health, or a medical emergency. And from there on, it is only about trying to get back what we have lost.

It’s important that to make the most out of the free time from work, to rejuvenate and energize yourself. Planning for your fun and recreation goals allows to set time and money for their fulfillment.

Knowing our spiritual goals helps us to reflect on the things that really matter to us, our purpose in life, our values, our beliefs. These goals are about connecting with our inner self. Spirituality could mean different things to different people. for some it could be practicing their religion, for others it could be about experiencing peace from visiting places of worship, for some it could be meditation, or practicing silence each day.

We have commitments and roles to play outside of our family. It could be playing an active role in the school PTA, or in the housing society that we live in. It could be our commitments to our friends or the responsibilities to the community that we are a part of. It could making contributions to the well being, education and career of children without families. Defining our social goals will allow us to block time or utilize our free time, for our social commitments.

I hope that this video would have inspired to set your goals…NOW

Goal setting has changed my life for the good. It has the power to change yours.

Set goals in all areas of life, believe in yourself and take action.

How to Write Your Goals

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Set Goals. Make the positive difference to your life.

My name is Jayesh Tekchandaney, A Chemical Engineer by Qualification and Profession, A business owner by Occupation, Author, Speaker and Coach at Heart. My purpose in life is to touch, move, inspire and make a positive difference to people lives by sharing the good things and positivity that I have learned and been blessed with.

The one thing that has made a big difference to my life is the habit of Setting Goals. And today, I shall share with you, how to write your goals. Because writing your goals makes them real, it gives them a physical form, it provides you with direction and allows you to focus on what is important.

As an example, Let’s start with some of my goals My personal and professional goal is to write a book, related to my field of work. The way I would write my goal is… I have written a book on the subject of Industrial mixing. The book is published by John Wiley Publications by December 31, 2017.

As I mentioned earlier, my personal goal is to make a positive difference to people’s lives. For that, I would write my goal as I speak at conferences, seminars organisations, schools, and colleges inspiring people to set goals, and working for their achievement.

1. Make sure you write your goals as if your goal had already been achieved, e.g. I have written…., I speak. This is because the subconscious mind has to given a command in the present and made to believe that you are on the road to accomplishing your goals.

2. Write you goals in the personal tense. All of your goals should start with the word I. The I should be followed by an action verb.

I speak at conferences…

3. While writing goals, we need to set ourselves a deadline for achievement of the goal. In my case, it is the book being published by December 31, 2017. Setting a date, motivates us to block time, and take action towards achievement of our goals.

4. Also, Write your goals in the positive sense. For example, if your goal is to stop being lazy and begin to work hard, Instead of saying, I am not lazy, write, I am hardworking.

“Everything is Hard before it is easy,” said Goethe, the German philosopher. Setting Goals, writing them and seeing them manifest is easy when you choose to take action. I have been blessed and have experienced the joy of accomplishing many of my goals by following the goal setting process. My goal on the book being published is already achieved. And I continue to speak passionately about goal setting to those around me.

A Talk on GST , By Shri Jayant Sinha

A talk on GST by Shri Jayant Sinha, Minister of State, Civil Aviation At Tip Top Plaza, Thane. 14th July, 2017

GST call centers for support in every place
8 central and 9 state taxes have been merged into GST. Indirect taxes
GST is a destination tax
Tax credit chain structure is formed
Alignment of invoices, invoice matching will bring about transparency
Complete Digitization of Process
Comparable to Aadhar meant for individuals
Consolidation of supply chain. Will make the system more efficient
Optimization of logistics, of manufacturing and warehousing. Reduction in cost structures. Will make the country competitive
State check posts have been eliminated. From 10 to 30 % reduction in transport time
More than 300 crores invoices per month will be uploaded on the GST system. Big Data. No other comparable data volume in the world.
Policy making will improve with all this Big Data available.
Fool proof compliance will lead to improvements in tax collection. Tax to GDP ratio is presently 16-17%. China is at 21%.
Increase in tax collection will help improve infrastructure, education, Heath care, defence.
21 lac crores is the annual expenditure of Central goverment. Revenue is 15.5 lac crores. Expenses are higher than revenue.
With GST fiscal deficit will reduce.
Changes in constitutional structure carried out. It is a victory of Indian democracy. It couldn’t have been possible in other federal democracies such as US, Australia, Canada.
Similar to political integration that was carried out by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. GST has brought about economic integration.
Brought about a change in which business is conducted in the country.

Question & Answers

Input tax credit needs to be incorporated in the costing
Refund on tax credit will be refunded in 7 days, once filings start from September
HSN code is a global classification. In case there is a need for correction, HSN mapping will be dynamically updated.
Every GSTN account will be rated on compliance.
Ministry of finance has prepared an app for HSN code.
ICAI has a youtube channel on GST

Set Goals

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Goals give a sense of meaning and purpose to our life. Goal setting, along with careful planning provides a sense of direction to keep us focused on what we want and to work towards its achievement.

Our life has many facets – all of these can be classified in 6 major areas; personal, professional, spiritual, physical and mental, family and social, financial. For a meaningful and successful life, we should set goals in all of these areas.

Goals to me are SMART dreams. By SMART, we me Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time Bound. A goal has be specific, it has to be clearly defined. A goal has to be quantifiable – something that can be measured, it has to be achievable and attainable within a lifetime, it has to be realistic – something that can be experienced in reality. Above all, the goal is a dream with a deadline for achievement. It is time bound.

Written goals are the seedbeds of accomplishment. The important thing while setting goals is that you need to write them, because writing your goals forces you to crystallize and clarify your thinking. It is said that the human mind has more than 4,000 thoughts each days. Writing down the thoughts which matter, helps you focus on what is necessary and keeps you on course. Written goals form the basis of measuring progress. Written goals produce motivation. Written goals form the basis of an action plan. Above all, written goals stimulate visualization.

Often people set goals, but don’t achieve them. This is because they don’t take the action required to achieve to goals. The most important aspect of achieving your goals is taking action, with enthusiasm. Having set your goals, you need to create an action plan for their achievement.

Setting goals has changed my life and the lives of many around the world. It will change yours as well.

“Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon, must inevitably come to pass.” – Paul Meyer