MAJOR CHANGES & THEIR IMPACTS ON ME

Ever since i gained conciousness, he has been undergoing a continous change in his personality and his inner-self. Here are some changes he experienced in personality from that day:

• EVOLUTION AS A READER : One of my close friends in graduation college had a habit of reading books and novels. I always made a habit to imbibe positive traits of other individual`s personality into my own. This led to the evolution of "THE READER Sitaksh Chhabra". Before that day, i would never be associated with reading but made it a point to take up reading as serious habit. Since then have read many titles such as If God was a Banker(by Ravi Subramanian), Five Points Someone, One Night At Call Centre, The 3 Mistakes of my Life(all three written by Chetan Bhagat), The Monk who sold his Ferrari(by Robin Sharma), Robinson Crusoe(by Daniel Defoe), The complete short stories of Sherlock Holmes(by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) to name a few. Also plan to read more titles like the winning way:learnings from sport for managers(by Harsha Bhogle and Anita Bhogle) and zero percentile(by Neeraj Chibba).
• THE LANGUAGE LAB : In engineering college, i had a special two hour class named as “THE LANGUAGE LAB” in which we had personality development activities such as debates, group discussions, self assessment activities, etc. Before this, i was a very shy person and would always hesitate in talking to other person. These classes somewhat helped me get out off the shell. The current personality traits in me can be attributed to these activities held in the engineering college. When on the first day, i entered into the classroom, i felt that if i had to dawn a new personality this was his catch and promised myself that i would contribute minimum 200% towards these activities. At the end of the classes, personality had turned 180 degree U-turn, earlier  used to shy away during a conversation but now hesitation had shooed away. I gained a new confidence in personality which would be reflected in my moves, talks, etc.

• WRITING DAILY MONETARY ACCOUNTS : Every night before going to bed, saw Dad writing daily expenses in a register. On enquiry about this, was told that this would show him his needs regarding money, amount of his spendings, where the money was being spent and for what purpose. This concept appealed and me also started writing daily expenses before sleeping at night. Its been about 2 years since  started this habit and has been constantly following it. This helps in a way to calculate his monthly spendings and where majority of spending have been done. The biggest responsibility for him came in 2008(starting from April) when for three months he handled the entire accounts of his family business. Till date since i joined my family business again, i`ve been keeping a tab in this regard.
• PERFECTION : Earlier i would always to do works only for the heck of it ie works were done because was asked to do them. But once heard about the concept of perfection,  decided to experiment with the idea of Perfectionism. The experiment started about a year ago and has been going on till today. The concept of perfection has changed me to a great extent. Earlier would compromise regarding the style of works, quality, etc but eventually this experiment implored me to work for the best. This concept deals with obtaining the best results until it matches with the imaginary picture in my own mind. Unless obtain the finest, would be repeating my efforts again and again. This concept changed me, this further led me to innovate the new ideas.
  After completing engineering from a college outside Delhi, when returned back to Delhi,  was asked to select a mobile number for himself. I must have gone through hundreds of thousands of new numbers in order to select a number but couldn`t find the perfect number ie a number that immediately appeals and was ready to go to any length to buy that connection and that too at any cost. Somehow, parents convinced  to get a temporary number and meanwhile kept looking for the perfect number. Must have changed about 6-10 numbers before zeroed in on the current number.
• BLOGGING : a cousin had her own blog wherein she would write her mind straight out. This inspired to create own blog. This created a new vent for my emotions and actions. The blog created a new path to tell the entire world about his thinking, how i  felt of the happenings around me and in the world. Through this medium, was able to express myself to others. His expression gained a new medium. Recently, during a chat with a college friend, got the idea to re-activate my blog and here i am. I`ve taken up micro-blogging quite seriously, very active on twitter(twitter@sitakshchhabra) through my blackberry and via web. Interact with people and friends. 
• MUSIC & SINGING : In childhood i never paid heed to music. One day parents encouraged to take up singing as a hobby, he accepted their encouragement quite lethargically. Interest in singing and music grew by a small percentage since then. The change came, when in 6th class was awarded the Best Singer during annual day celebrations. This inclined me more towards singing and music. In free time,i could be found next to a radio set in house. Even today when i`m traveling, can be found with earplugs in ears. Be it Bollywood, Rock, pop, hip-hop, rap, English classics, etc, if the song is interesting, could go to any length to hear that song. Once on an off day went for morning walk and took along mobilephone plus earplugs, during walk was listening to music on FM radio, was so mesmerized by the songs that started singing them loudly in public. Everyone around was looking at me with surprise. Later, realized what  music was doing to me at that moment. Music takes me to a new world and provides internal peace and calmness.
• THE SHIV KHERA WORKSHOP : This dates back to 6th May 2010. I was to attend a workshop of Mr. Shiv Khera titled,"Blue print for Success", i learnt alot from this workshop and till date i practice what was preached by him. Before i go off to sleep i simply answer 4 questions. These questions give a summary regarding my day`s entire activities, major learnings of the day, etc. I also get to know self-productivity. I also practice a few auto-suggestions which help self in achieving the mental goals and desires. The auto-suggestions need to be revised atleast twice in a day.
• MY `GUIDING STAR`: I am a great fan of actor Aamir Khan and follow his actions very seriously, study them properly and imbibe his philosophies in life. According to him, all these IIFA awards, stardust awards, etc can be bought out or there may be an act of favourism in them and the greatest award for an actor is 'the audience', for the movies are made. Similarly i have also formulated my philosophy and till date follow it without fail. My Philosophy: "I`LL NEVER WORK FOR MONEY, AWARD, REWARD, SUCCESS, HONOUR, APPRECIATION, TO SHOW TO OTHERS INSTEAD I`D PREFER TO SIMPLY WORK AND PRODUCE QUALITY OUTPUT."