Where is my food?

One fine early morning, this squirrel was spotted with a big nut running away from its mate to save its food. His mate was smarter than this poor creature. Other squirrel used his tricks and snatched the food and vanished.

Not seen in this picture are its four front teeth which never stop growing. This is perfect for their omnivourous diet. This is an American red squirrel. It has a reddish fur with a white under-belly.

It has a long list of predators and I was one amongst the list to shoot at a good moment. Squirrel nests are most commonly constructed of grass in the branches of spruce trees. And thats my next target.

Lost In The Grind

Very much comparable to a sparrow, my mind gets programmed to do monotonous chores day in and out. I heavily depend on external source to trigger my inner senses to get out of my comfort zone.

With several thousand wrinkles more than a sparrow’s brain, our brain has the ability to store mental images - Images about people and many other assumptions. These also are assumptions about your own capability to take up new tasks and complete with commitment. These images shape our perception and eventually ability to perform tasks necessary to change our lives for the better.
Mental images are tacit. Recognizing and putting a mental image to examination, indeed calls for some coercion.

Scrutiny, aspiration, assumption, inference, skill – put all these words in context to this topic. Without the word “action” the engine runs at a constant speed.

Courtesy with Sensitivity

Entrepreneurs are making a good fortune by teaching executives and onsite engineers on culture. Culture primarily means etiquettes for these teachers when their target audience is a group of people destined to a new country. Every HR decision maker has always felt the need to invest in these programs for obvious reasons. Deals and projects go wild when communications fail.


Who else can be more sensitivity to culture than we people who make a quick gesture of apology when their feet touches another person. Same etiquette holds true in our culture where books and written materials are treated with respect and as a form of goddess of learning. Imagine how a disrespectful offender is looked upon.


These are few common examples to sensitize us on this topic. Now similarly, when it comes to some other regions of the world, time can have same intensity of cultural value. A recent experience was during a 1 day visit to Niagara Falls. Loads of Indian Film industry crew men were present for a outdoor shoot at this marvelous place. Wow that was a moment of pride for me to see a film being shot and the female performer dressed in a sari. Some music was running in the background and the director and then the performers were doing re-take after re-take. We were in the line standing for about 40 mins for a film crew. This was a day of vacation for about 300 people standing in line. Not a single person lost patience. Not a single person probably expressed his loss of patience. Everybody was observing the act being performed.
The crew finally let the tourists go to their awaited destination under the falls of Niagara. No sign posted to appreciate people's patience and no word of gratitude from the crew was no surprise.

The moment people started passing near the crew members, all they could hear is "Hurry up guys". Excited crew member must have used these words without realizing what it would really mean in that situation. With tourist around this crew from world over, the lasting impression left was not good by any means.

How can one be sensitized to surroundings? What do you suggest?