bhala uska jalsa mere jalsa se behtar kaise??

Detailed info on jalsa coefficient and its derivation methodology can be found here.

Jalsa coeff can be used for various comparisons - I vs U, I vs I, I vs Them, current vs past, past vs future, future vs current……

but a simple technique is to consider a salary raise scenario – say you get promoted and now need to work more hours (at home or office is immaterial here).  for simplicity lets assume your employer is generous and you demanding – and hence no weekend slogging. So, you work only 9hrs a day during weekdays. your salary – lets just is denoted by this variable “i”.  your jalsa coeff is 9.57i. Post promotion (or as the case may be) you work 2hours extra daily on an average. i.e. 11 hours a day during weekdays. And again assume that no weekend work. your jalsa coeff for the same salary is 8.14i.

Reduction in jalsa HAS TO BE compensated by higher income. To get the new salary, we have to divide the two coeff (9.57i and 8.14i),  to get 1.18 or ~18% increase in income. And this 18% is to just be at par. This does not even include weekend hours put in. say you put in 4hrs on weekend too, income should increase by atleast 37%. Your jalsa coeff should increase every year, as you OUGHT to have more fun every year.

and what about trips/site visits. well those days are complete waste as you are 24hrs a day away from your circle of jalsa.

Jalsa Coefficient

j = i  [ 24 - 8 - (5d + 2w)/7]

Jalsa – a widely common word used in western India. While it can be used in different contexts, it generally means “to enjoy”.

for eg:

• Q – kem cho, majaa maan?
• A – jalsa chaale…

or

• Q – What are they doing at the carnival
• A – jalsa chaale…

for more examples please contact your nearest friend (real/twitter/facebook any will do) from the dry state.

Jalsa is a highly subjective term and can not be measured like we measure wealth, health, stealth, tilth… until now. Today i present you the Jalsa coefficient. Since everyone indulges in “Jalsa” in some or the other way – it made me think – how do we measure jalsa? Not because i wish to find how much jalsa does Mr Abc indulge in compared to Ms Xyz… but cause if i can measure it, i can manage it – or rather maximize it.

Lets discuss two important concepts here – time and money. Remember you had more jalsa (fun/enjoyment) during your college days when you had no money but all the time in the world – and now when you are working – you have all the money but very less time for yourself/family – let alone jalsa. However – that island trip was expensive but worth the jalsa you had there. Because even though some things don’t cost money – for EVERYTHING else you need visa (or mastercard  but not AmericanExpress, it’s not accepted everywhere). So you need money – earned/borrowed/inherited – but you need for a certain degree of Jalsa.

So the conclusions drawn from the discussion are that, Jalsa is :

• directly proportional to – free time
• directly proportional to – income

It is upto anyone how they use this free time – but let’s assume that one makes full use of one’s time and money.

How do we measure free time (or available time)?

Lets suppose you work ‘d’ hours per day during a weekday. Now work can be defined as anything non jalsa. Since Jalsa is generally associated with indulging in non-productive tasks (read non-earning tasks) – lets include office hours in your work. In addition once can add any other “Earning” task – investment time etc… No matter how much you enjoy it – you get paid for your work – so it should be included in your work time. So “d” hours per day on an average on weekdays represents your work time. Since some of us work on weekends (fortunate or not would be decided by the coefficient). lets say one works “w” hours per day on an average on weekends. So total hours available is = 52x [ 24x7 - (5d + 2w)].

But do not forget your beauty sleep – good sleep is essential for good health and hence wealth. 8 hours per day of sleep is essential for everyone (no, it does not include office nap time as you are getting paid for it). Subtracting the time you slept from our previous equation we get the total available time

available time = 52 * [ 24*7 - s*7 - (5d + 2w)]

Now that we have established this equation – lets move to the next task on hand -

How do we mea$ure income?

For simplicity lets measure income as your annual income from work. Lets denote it as “i”. To make it comprabale – I measure salary in $ million. For non $ denominated income, please use purchase power parity (PPP) multiple to calculate income.

Jalsa Coefficient

Jalsa coefficient being directly proportional to free/available time and income can be summarized as:

Annual Jalsa Coeffieint (J) = income x available time, or

J = i * 52 * [ 24*7 - s*7 - (5d + 2w)]

also we can denote daily jalsa coefficient as small “j”:

j = i * 52* [ 24*7 - s*7 - (5d + 2w)] / (52 * 7)

=> j = i *[ 24 - s - (5d + 2w)/7]

Please note – “J” or “j” is just a coefficient and has no absolute value. It can be only used for relative comparison.

I have built an excel form to compute jalsa coefficient. hope you can fill it out (anonymously) to track how good the coefficient is:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEVTV2k1eHZDVmlkQXI2Vng4Ukd1a0E6MQ