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Apple says, Think Different.
CodeWeek says ‘THINK LALUKHET’. Heres To The Coders: The Chronicles of LaluKhet Part 2

By: Sara Waqar Khan

Think Beyond Code, Think Different…Or THINK at least

Raise your hands if you have already heard the poem/commercial from Apple,
‘Think Different”. Ok hands down, I know all the techies and nerdies already have had a chance of viewing this short 60 seconds video.

Excellent script
Excellent voice over
And excellent Look and Feel

But if I ask you about your inspirational 60 seconds, what would be your answer?

‘HUH…’ (I know this left you completely BLANK and CLUELESS)

So, heres to the crazy ones, who spend 95 hours every day in front of their PCs.
Who just don’t care as their bellies perturb,
Who love fried samoosas, grilled kebabs and roasted Chicken right in front of them on their desks,
Who are not as dissatisfied as they seem, and
Who are crazy about coding…

CodeWeek invites you to join its Thinking Project.
Since Software Pros never think beyond code. Thus in order to make you ‘think’, CodeWeek has developed a thinking code for you. If followed, the 9 Ls via Rajesh Setty, it will transform a Software Pros life completely, taking it towards a completely new track.

The Thinking Track.

As you mature and become more experienced…uhum… I mean…
as you grow OLD, We all need to learn and know ourselves in and out.  We need to discover the inner game of the mind and the outer game of the world.

In order to Learn the Inner Game/ The Mind Game, you need to follow simple steps, which can serve as refined fresh fruit for you life:
1. Learn:
“The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance,”- Percy

Life is a series of deadlines, projects and struggle. These three areas develop you, mature you and help you grow. From being an ‘ignorant freak’, you can transform yourself into a pro only through ‘learning’. This in turn transforms you into a ‘Hot shot’, ‘most wanted’ employee or member of a team. So from here the MIND GAME begins.

2.Laugh:
“He who laughs most learns best”. – John Cleese
For a change Laugh at yourself, at your own mistakes or at your own plans; none will dare to laugh at you ever again. Because those who know ‘growth’, know their  track towards it.

3.Look
Walk an extra mile, consider changing usual tracks, follow the unusual. Look beyond what is required of you. In order to be at the top, volunteer.

4.Leave A Lasting Impression
“Be a first rate version of yourself, and not a second rate version of someone else”- Judy Garland
Just Be Yourself…

5.Love
Love your work, love your life and love yourself the most, everything else….will follow.

The Outer Game/ The World Itself, has more to it,

6.Leverage
“Life is not having and a getting, but a being and a becoming”. – Myrna Loy
Its time that you should learn and then develop your skills. Identity your strengths and assets. Your goals will be 60 seconds away, because we are sure that by now, you have started thinking.

7.Likability
“Worry not that no one knows you; seek to be worth knowing.” – Corndell Hull

Don’t beg people to like you. If you want everyone to appreciate you and your work Think Different, Be different and the rest will follow…

8.Listen
Observe to what the victorious does, listen to what he says, then practice his ways in accordance with your own understanding. Almost everyone knows this secret, but very few ever dare to practice it.  Now is your chance.

9. Lead
“Its not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well”. – Rene Descartes.

Lead the way. Look for the gaps, find them, hunt them down and then is your chance of taking them down. Fill them with your persona.

Whether we are referring to the inner or the outer game, at the end of the day, it is always The Mind Game.

Conclusion
“Life is too short for a long story”- Lady Mary Wortley

Apple compiled it up in 60 seconds, we did it in this one page essay. How far have you succeeded in developing your own track, or are you still enjoying the fried samoosas, and the grilled kebabs.  Are you thinking?

CodeWeek invites your collective intelligence to join our Thinking project. Because we know you have it, and we know you can do it.