What are the things you do other than your day job?
People do all kinds of stuff in their free time. They write books, compose songs, develop websites, design buildings, learn new languages, work out at the gym, practice martial arts, solve the rubix cube, start new business, read blogs, prove mathematical theorems, observe stars, plant trees, and what not.
If you want to be successful, you will have to compete with those people who dedicate every single second for what they are passionate about.
Better be well prepared.
Things what you do other than your day job, things that you do without being pushed by someone else are the things that matters. These things make the difference.
So what else do you do?
[...] Original post by Niyaz PK [...]
Hi niyaz,
I like to add some more points in this
1) Find new technical stuffs.
2) preparing for certifications and some exams.
3) Cooking
4) Chating with friends
5) Movie
akhi,
In my humble opinion, these things are not traits of very successful persons.
i’ll have to diasgree with ur reply cmnt…
but yeah!! too much of anything is also not too good…
a li’l bit of hanging around with frnds, going out and feelin a bit of fresh air, movies (safe as long as u r not wasting time on those stupid “happily-ever-after” movies with no sense) won’t harm our success (remember the “all work no play” proverb
)… as long as we know where we should be and what we should do to get there…
now… things i do when i am free…
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(skip this one 
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1) read, read and read more
2) write (these days… known as “blogging” )
3) wiki-ing about that thing which comes to my mind…
4) watch TV ( BTW, did u watch that ‘Gates-buffet” back to school show on NDTV profit last friday? )
5) being with frnds… ( it is fun observing ppl.. understading the world around u itself is a gr8 knowledge..
5) cook, clean and irriatate my hubby
6) and of course! dream abt wer am gonna b 2mrw.. (i still can’t think abt the day i’ll say i’ve completed ma eduaction… i mite quit ma job and go back to clg next year
*- thanx for lettin me put a huge cmnt
I watch movies (have a nice collection)
Listen to songs (6000+ songs and counting)
write blogs
learn new languages (programming)
and of course “vaai nottm”
Tess, shoban,
Thanks for the list !!!
1. Work on personal projects
2. Play guitar hero
3. Gym
4. Plan out personal projects
5. Eat
6. Dance
I know that niyaz,
i just wrote like that for fun.
silky,
Great!!!
One more point from my side,
dreaming!!!
I think you all will do this.
divya,
It is true that without dreams and hopes, life is not worth it.
I have to agree with Tess. Read, read, read, and read some more.
Read novels, magazines, websites, etc. Read diversely. Read to learn. Read to improve your reading, your writing, your speaking.
Read!
Patrick,
Just remember that if the only thing you do is to read, the quality of what you read is to be considered too…
I would put it this way…
It is the quality of what you learn that should be considered… like Patrick reading diversly would give you more exposure to stuff… everything under the sky has a small lesson in it… you just have to dig it out in the right form
Read books and Play on PS3
Hitender,
Everyone agree that reading is a shortcut to success!!!
- Dig into new tech
- Constantly think about how I can work smarter to beat people who work harder
- Sleep and dream big dreams
Anthony,
Thanks for the list.
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