April 9th, 2007
Focus on ‘How’ as Much as ‘How Much’
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I’m increasingly finding myself spending all my free time with Kanishka and Avantika.
Kanishka and Avantika are one of the cutest couples I have ever known and watching them together sometimes makes me want to get married myself. What I like best about them is how well they complement each other. Kanishka is an Engineer, CA, MBA and high-flying FMCG marketer all rolled into one and has the slightly world-weary air of a wise man who has seen too much of the world too early. Avantika, on the other hand, is a lawyer who has left the corporate rat race to work with an NGO, and looks at everything with an infectious wide-eyed, child-like curiosity. They are both very interesting people by themselves, but together, they are absolutely adorable.
Both Kanishka and I have been going through a introspective phase of late. Both of us have been taking stock of what we have achieved so far, setting goals for what we want to achieve going forward and searching for tools to help us achieve our goals. Every time we have met during the past few weeks, Kanishka and I have ended up exchanging notes on what we need to do to become all that we want to, and my 30 by 30 list was, in part, a result of these conversations.
While I’m working on my goals in my 30 by 30 list, Kanishka and Avantika have been working on their goals. What I like about Kanishka’s approach - as opposed to my approach of “Do. More. Now.” - is that he is trying out specific tools that might bring him closer to his goals.
Kanishka has been talking about becoming a Asiaworks Training personal effectiveness trainer ever since he attended a workshop by them as part of his job. He finally took the first step last month and went to Malasiya to do the first of the three courses he needs to do to become a trainer. Kanishka is very passionate about Asiaworks Training’s personal effectiveness program, and I’m wondering if I should take ten days off and visit Malasiya myself.
Kanishka is equally passionate about the “make your money work for you” approach to personal finance in the ‘Rich Dad Poor Dad’ series of books by Robert T. Kiyosaki. You make your money work for you when your passive income (income generated by investments) is more than your current earned income (income generated by working for it). So the trick is to keep on increasing the percentage of your total income that comes from passive sources. Kanishka and Avantika have joined a group of people who meet up regularly to play the Monopoly-like ‘cash flow’ game that is claimed to teach the principles taught in the series.
Finally, Kanishka and Avantika have also weekend joined a Acro-Yoga class, which sounds very interesting.
Kanishka and Avantika are going out on all the personal growth fronts - Mind, Wallet, Body and Spirit - and I wish them well. I also feel all inspired myself, and doubtful. Maybe, there’s more to personal growth than “Do. More. Now.” Maybe, I should focus on “how” as much as “how much”.
Actually I don’t think I’ve ever been described as world weary. But Tiku gets so excited when she chats to you that I just stay quiet and watch her hop about like a bunny
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@Kanishka:
All my friends are delusional.
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