The 50-50-90 Rule

After a Long Long Time I have Given it a thought that I have a Blog and I should write something in it :P
I would like to talk a lot about my life but First I would have to start with the present.

When I got the First Salary of my life yesterday I thought to myself " Could anyone have thought that I will come this far ". I don't know about the others but I always thought I was special...but I guess everyone feels this way..but there is still one thing about how things have happened ..I never thought I would reach here this way..I was born in a business family with all of my uncles working as businessmen..you would have thought I would end up becoming businessman..not to be (so far at least :P ) ..Then I Topped India in Social Science and my teachers thought I would go for IAS..not to be..Then came C++ the one thing which changed the perception people had about me forever..you would have thought I would become a software Engineer ..not to be.. In my Engineering I took Electronics and Communication ..Core Engineer..that didnt turn out either :)

Then came the toughest job I ever did..Teaching at T.I.M.E. ..that was never going to turn out I knew from Day 1 ..I am so bad at teaching :D  ..after that I came to NITIE ..having no idea what I wanted tried my hand at everything and found I was good with numbers..Summers went well in Citibank ..operations was something I could handle well..just when you thought you know what is going to happen..you have planned your future things change..and here I am working as an Operations manager in P&G ..and I love the Job :) Its challenging good growth, pays well and great balance ..

The 50-50-90 rule says "If there is a 50-50% chance of something happening 90% of the time it will not happen" ..I ve seen it so many times..its true.a lot..You cant relax hoping for probabilities to work in your favor..they never do..there was a 00.05% chance of me getting 99.95 in CAT I did that easily ..but after that when it should have been a Cakewalk for me to get through IIM ..I couldn't do that.Why was that? I know there are reasons..but the biggest reason was that after getting 99.95 I thought I was the favorite ODDS were in my favor ..there was a 50-50 chance I will get through..thats when the pressure comes in..This I didn't do when I was giving CAT..I went all out ..I was Aggressive and didn't fear anything.

The same happens in Placements..We keep thinking ..there are 10 people better than me once they get placed I will get through..this company will take 10 out of 20 people I will get through..does it happen like that?? No it never does..

And This is what I did right in P&G..this time I didn't think about what can happen and what are the chances..If I would have thought about the number of 2-3 people out of the whole campus ..I would have put myself under so much pressure..On the day I just went out there did the best I could do didn't think about the probabilities and the consequences and everything turned out so well ..

Then I realized ..10 People don't have to get placed before you do..don't look for support from probability and trends..they change and change a lot..have faith in your abilities and your dreams..and if things don't turn out.. have faith that they can change..Life never is a straight Highway which you can anticipate..there will be bumps and you have to be ready for them !!