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Life has different experiences. Sometimes I saw, that someone don’t have good resources and he made a huge difference. While some have huge resources and he unable to produce something.

Back in 2015, I was working for one company, that Hired 300 resource around the world for certain technology. And Joke starts to escalate that even Microsoft did not have such number of resource.

One place, I was working in IT section. Manager used to said that we don’t have good resources. If we have then we produce exceptional results.

While working for very small company, IT section, I found very old computer that support oracle 6. Not even Oracle 6 i. The IT manager of that company produces a application that supports the whole company. I never saw him to said that we don’t have resource. He accept the resources he had, and utilize them to produce something.

While submit a admission request in UET Lahore, I saw a young student, with very poor cloths and signs of ink on his cloths. Means he so poor that he did not have cloths to visit university. He had exceptional marks in FSC. While the admission form I am going to submit for friends son, has very low marks and very rare chance that he gets admission. Even I compare myself. I saw that I have every resource I had, but my marks were not exceptional. I just passed the exam.

While working with current team. Currently I got very weakest resources to start working. Others drag best resource with them. Now instead to weep, I start utilize that resource in best of interest.

Now I feel that resource does not matter. We have to utilize what we have. Our journey starts the moment we realize that we have to change and start from the right moment, where we are.

But many people still standing on the same place and think about “Kash main kaal yaa kam start kar lata”. Just start. Start what you have.

میں horoscope پڑ ہ رہا تھا . کتنا سہی لکھا ہے . 

“Are you having problems with your phone, Aries? Is traffic out of control? Perhaps it might be best to stay home today and put conversations with your friends on hold for a while. You might miss a call from someone far away, but the person will try to reach you later. Relax, make yourself some tea, and enjoy the silence. A little quiet time now and then is good for you.”

ہاں کچھ بھی مسلہ ہو بس خاموش رہو . خاموشی کا انجو کرو . جب درد کنٹرول سے باہر ہو جائے تو صرف گھر میں بند ہو جاؤ کیوں کے ذکر کرنے سے کچھ بھی نہی ہو گا . جو دشمن ہیں وہ انجوکریں  گے . اور دوست صرف افسوس . دونو طریقہ سے کچھ ہونے والہ نہی ہے 

سلطان باہو کا ہے  اشلوک  

Dard andar daa andar saarhe,
Baahar karaan taan ghaayal hoo.

Haal asaadaa keeven jaanan,
Jo duneeaa te maayal hoo.

درد اندر دے اندر سڑے 

باہر کران تے گھل ھو 

حال آ سااڈا کئ ون  جانن 

جو دنیا تے ما یل ھو 

میں نے ایک جگہ پڑھا تھا کے درد کا حل  نہی پر تکلیف اختیاری ہے۔

اور پریشانی خاموش رہنے سے کم اور بیان کرنے سے زیادہ  ہوتی ہے

I was reading my horoscope. It mention something similar

“Are you having problems with your phone, Aries? Is traffic out of control? Perhaps it might be best to stay home today and put conversations with your friends on hold for a while. You might miss a call from someone far away, but the person will try to reach you later. Relax, make yourself some tea, and enjoy the silence. A little quiet time now and then is good for you.”

How accurate it, also gives me some advise. Pain is invertible, suffering is optional. I also read some where, worries increases if we discuss. It reduce when we silent.

Is there any benefit to weep what happens to us. Is anybody interested in our pain. No nobody is interested in it. Yes a few people, who are enjoying how we suffer. We are not in good shape.

Is they solve our problem. not.

Keep silent and keep

Sultan Bhu couplet also says something similar

Dard andar daa andar saarhe,Baahar karaan taan ghaayal hoo.

Haal asaadaa keeven jaanan,Jo duneeaa te maayal hoo.

Pain, should be remains reside in heart, even it burns inside, if I share, it will hurt me ( It will use to hurt me)

(what is benefit to share) It is only understand by those who faced the similar situation.

In Consultancy, we have to provide solutions. And we have to defend our solution.

Our colleagues are our biggest competitors. We are working as team, but every one is different.

There is sayings, colleagues are friendly but not friend.

When you provide solution, Think about it,

• What are alternatives possible
• What are pros and cons of your solution.
• At least 3 example you made so you can defend your point.
• How to defend your point.

In the case you are writing your document. Read each and every line many times, try to rephrase it. think that your sentence explain what you want to explain, will explain well. Can I write it better way.

These are recent tips I learn as consultant.

آپ کنسلٹنسی کے بارے میں کیا سوچتے ہیں۔ آہ، یہ کچھ بڑا ہے. جی ہاں، لوگ اس کے بارے میں کچھ ایسا ہی  سوچتے ہیں.

اس مختصر ویڈیو میں، میں آپ کو بتاتا ہوں کہ کنسلٹنسی کیا ہے۔ اور آپ کنسلٹنٹ کیسے بن سکتے ہیں ۔

  مجھے فخر محسوس ہوتا ہے، جب میں کہتا ہوں کہ میں کنسلٹنٹ ہوں۔ میں مائیکروسافٹک کی ایک  ٹیکنالوجی کا کنسلٹنٹ  ہوں۔

دراصل، کنسلٹنسی عارضی قسم کی نوکری ہے۔ آپ کلائنٹ کے پاس جاتے ہیں، ان سے بات چیت کرتے ہیں، ان کے مسائل سنتے ہیں، سننے کے بعد آپ تشخیص کرتے ہیں۔ حل فراہم کرتے ہیں ۔ اور کام ختم ؤ.

تو کنسلٹنٹ کیسے بنیں۔

– آپ کو کسی ٹیکنالوجی یا خدمات میں ماہر ہونا چاہیے۔

–  یاد رکھیے  کے ماہر کے لیے ہمیشہ جگہ ہوتی ہے۔

– اچھی کمیونیکشن  کی مہارتیں حاصل کریں ، تحریری اور بولنے دونوں لحاظ سے۔

خود احتسابی . بیٹھ کر اپنے روزومراہ کے مملات  کا جائزہ لیں۔ آپ نے کیا کیا، آپ نے کیا نتیجہ پایا، کن  نتائج کی توقع کی جائے، اگر آپ اسی نقطہ نظر کے تہت کام کرتے رہیں  اور اپروچ کو تبدیل کرنے کے لیے آپ کو کیا کرنے کی ضرورت ہے کے بہتر نتائج نکلیں ۔ خود احتساب   کرنے کا بہترین طریقہ یہ ہے کہ کیا ہوا ، تو کیا ہوگا  اور اب کیا حکمت عملی ہونی  چاہیے ۔

what ،so what ، now what 

امید ہے آپ کو یہ ویڈیو پسند آئے گی۔

What you think about consultancy. Ah, it is something big. Yes, people think about it.

In this short video, I share you what consultancy is. And How you will become consultant.

I feel proud, when I say I am consultant. I am consultant of Microsoft technology.

Actually, consultancy is Temporary type of job. You go to client, communicate with them, listen to their problems, After listening, you diagnose. Provide the solution. And go.

So how to be a consultant.

• You must expert in some technology or services.
• There is always space for specialist.
• Good communication skills, both in terms of written and speak.
• Reflection. Sit and revaluate your approach. What you did, what result you found, What will expected results, if you follow the same approach and what you need to do to change approach. Best way to follow is what, so what and what now strategy.

Hope you like this video.

Life is complicated. As consultant, we work on temporary types of job. One day, with in 6 months or year, this job will over. So we have to plan our way out. There are some days, on which we did not have any work. But one thing is sure. That You will get only what we have to deliver.

I deliver a lot. a lot. As much of work. Same time a lot of errors, defect and mistakes.

So I have to face a lot. Best way to avoid mistake to not do a lot of work. Or even you did not do work. then there is no mistakes. Best way to avoid mistakes is to no do work. As result be nothing.

It means, mistakes are invertible. They will come. There is always needs of improvement. Specially if you do documentation. There are a lot things that can be improve.

Best way is to get extra time. Plan you work properly. Most of the time I am work as alone. I am lone warrior. It depends on culture and nature of organization. Small organization, because you have to work in small teams, everything is cost cutting. So you have to do a lot of work alone. While big organization, there are big team. And now you have to utilize these teams. And as result there are a lot of delay in work. Things take more time.

Suppose. If you can complete a document in 2 days. Then consider 3.5 days. In two days. you have to complete the document. And rest of 1.5 is for improvement, verification and fixes.

Second point is to accept there is mistake and correct it. Use what, so what and what now strategy to learn and improve your situation.

My friends, take extra time, things are not complete, then take time, Talk openly, we require more time, but complete in time. Do focus work. Focus work, creates better results. Remember the term of deep work. us pomodoro technique.

It said, life’s half blessings are gone at 40. At age of 44 I feel the same. Enough fat stored in my body.

Bad cholesterol has its peak. Prediabetic condition.

A lot of things gone. But now if I did not focus on my health, complication starts to appear. As result food starts to reduce. I have to control my hunger. It is little tougher. For example, If I want to eat 4 chapati, Now I stop at 2.  I start to adjust myself. I can’t stop hunger at night. Since childhood, night dinner is one of the best food in life. Abu ( My father) came back from office and we all sit together and eat.

We discussed different matters and that was my best part of life. That I am unable to continue due to expat life. Working different areas of world.

Due to that habit, I can skip breakfast and even lunch but cannot stop eating at night. It’s really difficult.

I reduce my diet. Previously I took two to three cups of milk tea, with one tea spoon sugar.  But now one cup. And if I need second, I tried to control it. But some times, when I feeling little tired or feeling headache, then I take second of tea.   I started to drink black coffee in office instead to have milk tea and green tea.

Now its time, so started one hour walk. Riyadh, is quite different city. And I am at Riyadh, but that is not actual Riyadh. Even here,  a lot of traffic. I walking at least one hour. Try to complete 10000 steps. Long walk. Along the busy street, Only I am walking and start small running or jogging. I start feeling I got little stamina. When I visited

Bellevue  at Microsoft MVP summit, I saw that men and women, running along the edges of busy streets. I did not saw this trend here in Riyadh. Probably, I am in the area, which is part of Riyadh, but not actual Riyadh.

Riyadh is amazing.

I listen one of the podcast of Gary Vee. I like him due to his bold speeches. He told at 40 he saw just 20 years more.

I think life also starts at 40, When our mind is at fullest, but at the same times, our energies starts to decline.

Our end starts to visible. And we starts to take decision more seriously.

We start to think more clearly. We start to think in such a way ” Begin with end in mind”.  Means, we start focusing more about output of any task before starting it. ” faida kay hayee” what really in it to do so.

What end result we want from this situation or act. Our why start to appear more clearly.

We start focusing less on what other say or said. We start to ignore unnecessary battles.

Our focus on savings increase.

We start to listen more, Instead to saying.

Life is good, if we accept as it is. “That’s is the way “

At 40 life little good. The things start to change. Our shift starts to change. But more importantly. A few friends starts to gone.