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A nice rendezvous

Was standing in front of a bank this morning. Met the owner of a music recording studio. He informed me to drop by at the studio to meet a popular music director. Went to the studio and met Praveen , a popular music director. It was nice meeting him. I got a chance to do the audition. Would be interesting to work with him in future.

Anna and Dime

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I was checking out our coin collection (Numismatism). Found the below rare ones. 1/4 Anna = 1.5625 paise; Copper coin; today's value=10,000 times. 1 dime=0.1 USD; Mercury coin; today's value=1,00 times. Unfortunately, this coin is a correct one :(. There was an error in 1 dime of 1941 and 1942 where 1942 got press over 1941. Such coins are available on ebay for $900 as of today!

Job Satisfaction Matrix

Statement - A taxi driver in the US has better job satisfaction than a manager in India! After reading a few things about motivations to work and related satisfaction at work, I deduced how different it is work in cultures with different environmental setup. Parameters considered: 1. Money - How much of a factor money is playing on their life? Are they achieving their goals? Is money a motivation factor for them to work? 2. People/Customers - People at work place and customer behavior has an impact on job satisfaction. Better these values are, job satisfaction enhances. 3. Work environment - Support from policies, processes, organization system, etc make it a factor to make or break positive attitude at work. 4. Stress (de-stress factor) - Stress creates a sense of fear, in turn affecting performance. Hence, it is a factor to consider. In my calculation, higher the de-stressing value, better is the effect. Driver 1. Money - In India or US, person in this field will be little satisf