Fortunate is the one who has learned to Admire, but not to envy.
Good Wishes for a joyous Diwali with a plenty of Peace and Prosperity.
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A QUESTION IN A JOB INTERVIEW
You are driving along in your car on a wild, stormy night, it’s raining heavily, when suddenly you pass by a bus stop, and you see three people waiting for a bus:
* An old lady who looks as if she is about to die.
* An old friend who once saved your life.
* The perfect partner you have been dreaming about.
Which one would you choose to offer a ride to, knowing very well that there could only be one passenger in your car?
This is a moral/ethical dilemma that was once actually used as part of a job application.
He simply answered:
“I would give the car keys to my Old friend and let him take the lady to the hospital. I would stay behind and wait for the bus with the partner of my dreams.”
Sometimes, we gain more if we are able to give up our stubborn thought limitations. Never forget to “Think Outside of the Box.”
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Every leader has options and choices. While some leaders hesitate to take a firm decision towards which path to follow, it is the effective leaders that not only take these important decisions but also bridges the leadership gap between them and their team. In successfully defining what steps these effective leaders follow, Paul J. Meyer along with Randy Slechta, try to quote 5 steps that they believe help in bridging the leadership gap. According to them, these five steps constitute The 5 pillars of Leadership.
According to the authors, no one can be truly successful without crystallized thinking (leadership pillar #1) and a concise plan for achievement (leadership pillar #2). But one should not depend solely on these two pillars because without inculcating the remaining leadership pillars, the leadership bridge is bound to fall.The authors have explained each leadership pillar with a great detail. The book not only focuses on leadership alone but also gives glimpses of how one can improve one’s life. The brief introduction to the wheel of life and the six areas one should try to balance to assure prosperity and happiness in life proves to be very insightful.
Overall, The 5 pillars of leadership is an advanced read and should be read by people who have trouble getting the maximum output from their team members as well as those who want to understand the concept of leadership more thoroughly.
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There was this robbery in Guangzhou, the robber shouted to everyone: “All don’t move, money belongs to the state, life belongs to you.”Everyone in the bank laid down quietly.
This is called “Mind Changing Concept –> Changing the conventional way of thinking”.
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One lady lay on the table provocatively, the robber shouted at her “Please be civilized! This is a robbery and not a rape!”This is called “Being Professional –> Focus only on what you are trained to do!”
————————————————-When the robbers got back, the younger robber (MBA trained) told the older robber (who is only primary school educated), “Big bro, let’s count how much we got”, the older robber rebutted and said, “You very stupid, so much money, how to count, tonight TV will tell us how much we robbed from the bank!”
This is called “Experience –> nowadays experience is more important than paper qualifications!”
————————————————-After the robbers left, the bank manager told the bank supervisor to call the police quickly. The supervisor says “Wait, wait wait, let’s put the 5 million RMB we embezzled into the amount the robbers robbed”.
This is called “Swim with the tide –> converting an unfavorable situation to your advantage!”
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The supervisor says “It will be good if there is a robbery every month”.This is called “Killing Boredom –> Happiness is most important.”
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The next day, TV news reported that 100 million RMB was taken from the bank. The robbers counted and counted and counted, but they could only count 20 million RMB. The robbers were very angry and complained “We risked our lives and only took 20 million RMB, the bank manager took 80 million RMB with a snap of his fingers. It looks like it is better to be educated to be a thief!”This is called “Knowledge is worth as much as gold !”
————————————————-The bank manager was smiling and happy because his loss in the CINOPEC shares are now covered by this robbery.
This is called “Seizing the opportunity –> daring to take risks!”
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The author of an international bestseller, The Power of Positive Thinking, Dr. Norman Vincent Peale brings another exciting book for his readers titled Six Attitudes For Winners.
The book focuses on the six attitudes which Dr. Peale feels are essential to be a winner. Some of these traits include being positive, being enthusiastic, being confident and a few others which can’t be ignored.
Dr. Peale focuses his teachings following the guidance given in the Bible. He even shares some of the verses which a person can repeat in his daily life to tackle various problems. At the end of the book, the author has dedicated one complete chapter to handle eleven common problems which people may face. These problems include coping with difficulty, overcoming worry, dealing with loneliness, meeting sorrow, getting rid of fear and other such common problems.
To conclude with, it would not be wrong to say that this book gives its readers an attitude check and describes the various steps he can take to overcome any obstacle he may be facing. The book is a good read. Being simple and small I would recommend it to be read by those who are in a failure trauma or find themselves stuck in a misery pit.
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I was at my examination center the last weekend for taking my language test when I came across a very strange and unusual thing. Yes, I admit I have met a lot of liars but this one is pretty unusual, because this time I met a pathological liar and I did not recognize it until I got her signature on my identity card.
Yes, she was one of the invigilators in the examination center. Before we move on let me explain what a pathological liar is. It is a person that frequently tells lies or makes up situations and eventually starts thinking that his/her lies are actually the truth. Psychiatrists call this state of mind Pseudologia fantastica (Sounds fantastic! right?). According to Wikipedia, Pathological lying is considered a mental illness, because it takes over rational judgment and progresses into the fantasy world and back.
Well, reading the above mentioned statement you might have leaned over to read the seriousness of this illness. This condition not only hinders a person’s mental capacity to understand the real situations but also becomes the main cause of many broken relationships and misunderstandings with other people. But we need to understand it is not the fault of the person, it is just his/her mental state. It is all subconsciously triggered.
How do you find a pathological liar?
A pathological liar is someone who has BIIIIIIGGGGGGG left and right loops in his/her o’s and a’s. A word of caution: do not consider all the people having two loops in their o’s to be liars. There are various factors to be considered before making the final judgement.
How can you help?
Well, it is obvious that it is a mental illness so either consult a psychiatrist or a graphologist who can guide the person with proper corrective actions. If you find such person do help him/her get out of this situation.
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Whenever we talk about success, we always talk about some basic traits, some specific habits which are followed by those who taste success. Tim Connor in his book, The Basics of Success, attempts to do the same. He lists out some of the basics which he thinks are prerequisite to getting success.
The book is a short read with chapters ranging between 1-2 pages and sometimes 3. But I found it very difficult to keep up with the idea Mr. Tim wanted to convey. The big barrier became the typo – sometimes the repetition of words and sometimes the spellings that made the whole word sound different, which further wandered the reader away from the author. Apart from this, I also found frequent grammatical mistakes that broke my flow of reading to a great extent.Talking about the content, only a few chapters impressed me, which I think may be because I had already come across most of the information provided in the book. Though the non-avid readers may find it very insightful.
The poems after almost every chapter brings the reader back onto the track and provides the summary of what Mr. Connor wants to convey in the chapter. The most impressive chapter for me was Success Traits. It highlighted almost 30 traits which are essential to get success. Among these traits were Living with passion, being optimistic, having sense of humor and many others, which I would leave for you to read.
To conclude, I can say that the book is not a must read. Being disappointed with the typos and their frequency, I’m discouraged to recommend it to any of my readers.
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Read & get rich, penned by Burke Hedges, is a book that highlights what are the benefits that reading can bring in your life. According to the author, “When you read more books and read better books, then, just as night follows day, you will get richer in all areas of your life.”
Burke begins the book by introducing the reader to some of the prominent figures whose lives have taken a 180 degree turn after reading “personal growth books”. These people include W. Clement Stone, multi-millionaire businessman and best-selling author; J.W.Marriott, president of Marriott Hotels; Archie Moore, the former light-heavyweight boxing champion, and many others like Les Brown, Oprah Winfrey and so on goes the list.Mr. Hedges keeps pressing on the point in almost every chapter that if you don’t read books then you have no advantage over those who can’t read books. And I believe this single statement is the gist of the book. But don’t worry, I’m not taking away the exciting part: 10 Writings That Rocked the World! I personally have loved this chapter the most and have included the listed writings into my “to-read” list.
This little 132 pages book provides you with statistics reading which you will be taken aback. Mr. Hedges emphasizes that if you read 15 minutes a day (which, I believe, can be taken out by everyone from their busy schedule) you would read a dozen books a year! (A survey mentioned in the book highlights that almost half the Americans read one book in ten years! Well, if you read 15 minutes a day it turns out to be quite beneficial, I guess!)
Overall, it is a book which should be read by everyone of every age. If you need motivation to start reading then this book is the one you should pick. The author ends the book with following words:
I chose to board the reading bus years ago.
And there’s a lot of great company on board.
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According to Nassim Taleb, “History does not crawl, it jumps”. It showed great fluctuations and it continues to show us the same. But what can you do to get predictable results in (such) unpredictable times? Dr. Stephen R. Covey along with Bob Whitman and Breck England try to find out proven techniques to answer this question.
They believe “If there is one thing that is certain in business, it is uncertainty”. Talking about the Tour de France that depicts the difference between the discipline executed by losing and winning teams, the authors try to drive out the qualities that winning teams practice during the hardest phase (crisis). All these qualities, whether it is building trust or focusing on the things that matter, are backed by appropriate real examples such as that of the downfall of Xerox and how Anne Malcohy, CEO of Xerox in 2001, brought the company back to business or why in the late 1990s Polaroid went bankrupt while its competitor, Canon was making a fortune with a little shift in the paradigm.
Talking about why does one team collapse “in the mountain” (hard times) and another chug predictable forward to win? The book’s focus revolves around four basic “principles of success”. Firstly, executing priorities with excellence so that the unimportant things do not take up time and energy. Secondly, moving with the speed of trust to bind the team together and expect efficiency from them. Apart from these, achieving more with less by increasing the efficiency dramatically. Last but not the least, reducing fear so that selflessness and goal-oriented environment can be developed.
Overall, the book is a good read, especially for people working in the management field or have subordinates to handle. This 100+ pages book can give you tips that you may be searching for to bind the team together and make them the most efficient ever.
Manhardeep Singh 