Sunday 31 March 2019

Destiny by horns...

A strong desire to do something larger which we sincerely seek and know that we are meant and intended to do, keeps us going. Let us not feed our insecurities and helplessness which can kill everything and anything that we have ever dreamed of doing. Let us not kill our character and let us not kill our own dreams for pleasing others. When we start living as directed by others, we may get many friends around us but he will be lonely at heart despite being surrounded by hundreds of well wishers. Let us not crave for our well wishers but let us face ourselves and our conscience with confidence, let us be happy with our own company and the company of our dreams and our personal character. Let us grab our destiny by horns and let us find our place in our life. We may never be able to rationally explain the purpose behind our life, but there is no harm in trying sincerely to know the purpose of our existence and our life. Col Pradeep Pendyala Anaesthesiologist.

Thursday 28 March 2019

Saanson ki zaroorat... Col Pradeep Pendyala anaesthesiologist

Chai wala

Good English skills are essential for your global business success. English is said to be the world's most important language and most communicative language. Managers aspiring to become more effective leaders in a global business should develop good English language skills. But interestingly, most of the Doctors I know in India have studied in vernacular medium schools. I personally know several students who studied in vernacular medium schools and gave the JEE Mains and JEE Advanced in their vernacular medium could easily crack the JEE. Yes, once they join MBBS or IIT, the medium of instruction is only English. Despite being from vernacular medium and never been exposed to expensive private English medium schools, I saw most of the toppers of MBBS and IIT are incidentally from vernacular medium schools. To be successful, you don't need English but a strong desire to be the best in your field of career. And yes, A Chai Wala can be the most successful Prime Minister of India having studied in a vernacular medium school. Col Pradeep Pendyala, Anaesthesiologist.

Wednesday 27 March 2019

My Bucket List...

Today, I lost a good friend who passed away peacefully...everyone has to die one day. In fact, if you want to have the happiest and most fulfilling life possible you need to realize you're going to die one day and embrace it. We all know we're going to die one day, but who wants to think about it? Are you ready for a scary fact? At best, you have only 30,000 days on earth. And that's assuming a long life. It’s never too early to start a list of things you want to do in your lifetime...the bucket list. Frankly, I want to live a life filled with achievement, success, fun and adventure, yes, I want to dream big. I want to improve my singing and mimicry skills and perform in US, UK, Europe and also at Pakistan. I want to teach Tennis and Anaesthesiology to my juniors. I have tried a lot but I could never achieve a six pack abdomen, I would love to have a six pack abs. And last but not the least, I want to create a record for most languages spoken by a person.

Tuesday 19 March 2019

Conspiracy of Universe...

When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it was famous quote of Paul Coelho. The same thing can be said in Hindi, kahte hain agar kisi cheez ko dil se chaho to poori kaynath use tumse milane ki koshish mein lag jaati hai. With hard work and sincere efforts, we can achieve anything. Success is definitely not an accident, it's the end result of very hard work and perseverance. Never giving up on our dreams and remaining focussed is definitely required for success. There's a common adage that we need to work harder and suffer more than anyone else if we want to achieve success... but I sincerely feel working hard is never a suffering as long as we love doing what we're doing. Working hard without a clear purpose is of no use, hence I would suggest anyone to work hard with clear purpose. Wishing you all a successful career... Col Pradeep Pendyala anaesthesiologist ðŸ˜„😄

Sunday 17 March 2019

A teacher...

I have been teaching Anaesthesiology at Mediciti institute of medical sciences Hyderabad after retirement from my service in Army Medical Corps. Oliver Wendell Holmes gave the term Anaesthesia... Wonder, who gave the term teacher. When I joined the department of anaesthesia at Comd Hospital Air Force Bangalore in 1989, I never knew that someday I would be teaching anaesthesiology myself. But now, I love teaching and yes now I know what should be the good qualities of a teacher. Engaging students in learning is not all that easy. You need to have patience and kind personality. Before teaching anything, the teacher should have knowledge of the subject matter and clear objectives of the lesson. You should have passion for teaching and love for the subject. Good teachers are always warm, enthusiastic and always accessible. Communication and imagination are great assets in teaching and yes the teacher should himself constantly learn before teaching others. Yes, I want to be scholar, researcher and a life long learner... Col Pradeep Pendyala anaesthesiologist ðŸ˜„😄

Tuesday 12 March 2019

The power of two words of Praise...

I'm a MD Post graduate students teacher for anaesthesiology. I have done little study on students behavior and importance of compliments and praises and incentives to encourage students in positive way and steering students towards excellence. Let me tell you friends that nothing stimulate more and increase productivity and excellent results than sincere appreciation and recognition of someone's work. It's better to give compliments right away. And giving genuine compliment can elicit desired positive results. Never underestimate the power of your words and genuine compliment. But you must know the right way to say it... It comes only after many years of sincere efforts. Praise should be given to the concerned only when appropriate, otherwise it can become ineffective. Sincere compliment definitely create an intrinsic desire in the students to do better and achieve greater results in shortest possible time. Ask yourself, have you ever praised or given genuine compliments to your students openly in the class or privately. If not, think again, you can easily change someone's life, career and future with two words of your appreciation. Col Pradeep Pendyala anaesthesiologist.

Monday 4 March 2019

Funny names...

Western names are quirky and funny, whereas Indians love to have very interesting names. South Indian names are usually very long... My best friend's father's name was Somayajulu Venkata Seetarama Shankar Annaji Rao. Indian names vary from region to region and also influenced by caste, religion and are sometimes are even influenced by legendary Hero or famous novel or drama character. Often there's a mismatch in the name of the person and what he or she's actually in real life. I saw few ladies with the name Asha being most pessimistic in real life... A person may be named as Satyanand but I rarely find him speaking the truth. That really pains me. When I see parents abusing their children who were named by them as Rama or a Lakshmi, I often felt, our western counterparts with their funny and quirky names are much better option. Shall we call ourself a Mr Dan ( Druff), Billy, Polly or Pat Fanny. ðŸ˜ŠðŸ˜ŠCol Pendyala Pradeep anaesthesiologist.

Friday 1 March 2019

Seven characters...



We do play seven characters in our life, being infant, schoolboy, lover, soldier, justice, Pantalone ( a cunning and rapacious yet often deceived) and old age, facing imminent death. Interestingly, in Hinduism, human life is believed to comprise four stages... Brahmacharya or the student stage, Grihastha or the householder stage and Vanaprastha or the hermit stage and lastly, Sanyasa or the wandering ascetic stage. We do explore, grow and try to get enlightened as per our priorities. Life is a continuous progress...grow, develop and mature. Somewhere in these stages of growth, we learn how to function within our society. Our financial priorities change during different phases of our life. Childhood and adolescence are the most interesting...we have energy, we have time but we don't have money. Adulthood, when we work for living and try to sustain a family at that time, we have energy and money. Old age...post retirement life, we try to spend time with our family and grandchildren. Col Pradeep Pendyala, Anaesthesiologist.