3 Things to…………
Achieve: Good Health, Lot of Wealth & Tons of Happiness
Admire: Intellect, Beauty & Nature
Avoid: Drinking, Smoking & Gambling
Believe: In Yourself, Your Dreams & Your Inner Voice
Cultivate: Sympathy, Cheerfulness & Contentment
Do: Love, Charity & Forgiveness
Encourage: Children, Disabled & Strugglers
Find: Knowledge, Wisdom & Soul
Give up: Idleness, Falsehood & Slang
Hate: Cheating, Stealing & Lies
Honour: Old Age, Religion & Law
Invest in: People, Friendship & Networking
Improve: Communication, Relationships & Life Style
Jump on: Opportunity , Pothole & Past Mistakes
Kill: Ego, Hatred & Jealously
Love: Honesty, Purity & Truth
Listen: Complains, Feedback & Near-n-Dear ones
Motivate: Acknowledgement, Appreciation & Attention
Mind: Words, Language & Character
Neglect: Negative thoughts, Back biting & Gossips
Omit: Procrastination, Time Wasters & Mindless TV
Praise: The Lord, Good Work & Subordinates
Quit: Bad Habits, Ridicule & Anger
Read: Good Books, Body Language & Signals
Stick to: Promise, Friendship & Love
Talk: Honestly, Directly & Appropriately
Trust: God, Parents & Teachers
Understand: Concerns, Relationships & Family members
Voice out: Injustice, Corruption & Partiality
Watch: Attitude, Behaviour & Action
Xerox: Birth Certificate, Passport & Will
Yum: Food, Life & Luxury
Zap: Unused clothes, Unused files & Rotten Beliefs
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Saturday, May 23, 2009
NINE WORDS WOMEN USE
(1) Fine: This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.
(2) Five Minutes: If she is getting dressed, this means a half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.
(3) Nothing: This is the calm before the storm. This means something, and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with nothing usually end in fine.
(4) Go Ahead: This is a dare, not permission. Don't Do It!
(5) Loud Sigh: This is actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men. A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you about nothing. (Refer back to # 3 for the meaning of nothing.)
(6) That's Okay: This is one of the most dangerous statements a women can make to a man. That's okay means she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.
(7) Thanks: A woman is thanking you, do not question, or faint. Just say you're welcome. (I want to add in a clause here - This is true, unless she says 'Thanks a lot' - that is PURE sarcasm and she is not thanking you at all. DO NOT say 'you're welcome' . that will bring on a 'whatever').
(8) Whatever: Is a woman's way of saying F-- YOU!
(9) Don't worry about it, I got it: Another dangerous statement, meaning this is something that a woman has told a man to do several times, but is now doing it herself. This will later result in a man asking 'What's wrong?' For the woman's response refer to # 3.
(2) Five Minutes: If she is getting dressed, this means a half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.
(3) Nothing: This is the calm before the storm. This means something, and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with nothing usually end in fine.
(4) Go Ahead: This is a dare, not permission. Don't Do It!
(5) Loud Sigh: This is actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men. A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you about nothing. (Refer back to # 3 for the meaning of nothing.)
(6) That's Okay: This is one of the most dangerous statements a women can make to a man. That's okay means she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.
(7) Thanks: A woman is thanking you, do not question, or faint. Just say you're welcome. (I want to add in a clause here - This is true, unless she says 'Thanks a lot' - that is PURE sarcasm and she is not thanking you at all. DO NOT say 'you're welcome' . that will bring on a 'whatever').
(8) Whatever: Is a woman's way of saying F-- YOU!
(9) Don't worry about it, I got it: Another dangerous statement, meaning this is something that a woman has told a man to do several times, but is now doing it herself. This will later result in a man asking 'What's wrong?' For the woman's response refer to # 3.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Two choices
You Have
Two Choices
Jerry is the manager of a restaurant. He is always in a good mood. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would always reply,
“If I were any better, I would be twins!”
Many of the waiters at his restaurant quit their jobs when he changed the job. So they could follow him around from restaurant to restaurant.
Why???????
Becoz…………..
Jerry was a natural Motivator.
If an employee was having a bad day, jerry was always their, telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to jerry and asked him “I don’t get it! No one can be positive person the entire tie. How do you do it?
Jerry replied “Each morning I wake up and say to myself, I have two choices today. I can choose to be in god mood or I can choose to be in a bad mood.
I always choose to be in a good mood.
Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or choose to learn from it.
Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of the life.
I always choose the positive side of life
But it is not always that easy, I protested.
Yes it is, said jerry.
Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk every situation is a choice.
You choose how you react to the situation.
You choose how people will affect your mood.
You choose to be in good mood or bad mood.
It’s your choice how you have live your life”
Several years later,
I had heard that jerry accidentally did something you are never supposed to do in a restaurant business.
He left the back door of his restaurant open.
And then??????????
In the morning,
He was robbed by three armed men.
They want?
Jerry to open the safe box,
While jerry was trying to open the safe box,
His hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination.
The robbers panicked and shot him.
Luckily, jerry was found quickly and rushed to the hospital.
After 18 hours of surgery
And
Weeks of intensive care,
Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of bullets still in his body………………..
I saw jerry abut six months after accident.
When I asked him how he was,
He replied, “If I were any better, I’d be twins. Want to see my scars?”
I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place.
“The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door,” jerry replied.
“Then after they shot me, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or could choose to die. I choose to live.”
“Weren’t you scared?”
I asked?
Jerry continued, “The paramedics were great. They kept me telling I was going to be fine.
But when they wheeled me into the emergency room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared.
In their eyes, I read ‘He’s a dead man’
I knew I needed to take action
“What did you do?” I asked.
“Well, there was a big nurse shouting questions at me,” said jerry. “She asked if I was allergic to anything”
‘Yes’ I replied
The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply.
I took a deep breath
And
Yelled,
‘BULLETS!’
Over their laughter, I told them,
“Iam choosing to live please operate me as if I am alive, not dead”
“Jerry lived thanks to the skills of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude.
I learned from him that
Every day you have the choice to either enjoy your life or to hate it.
The only thing that is truly yours ------that no one can control or take from you
Is your attitude
So if you can take care of that, everything else in life becomes much easier.
Two Choices
Jerry is the manager of a restaurant. He is always in a good mood. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would always reply,
“If I were any better, I would be twins!”
Many of the waiters at his restaurant quit their jobs when he changed the job. So they could follow him around from restaurant to restaurant.
Why???????
Becoz…………..
Jerry was a natural Motivator.
If an employee was having a bad day, jerry was always their, telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to jerry and asked him “I don’t get it! No one can be positive person the entire tie. How do you do it?
Jerry replied “Each morning I wake up and say to myself, I have two choices today. I can choose to be in god mood or I can choose to be in a bad mood.
I always choose to be in a good mood.
Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or choose to learn from it.
Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of the life.
I always choose the positive side of life
But it is not always that easy, I protested.
Yes it is, said jerry.
Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk every situation is a choice.
You choose how you react to the situation.
You choose how people will affect your mood.
You choose to be in good mood or bad mood.
It’s your choice how you have live your life”
Several years later,
I had heard that jerry accidentally did something you are never supposed to do in a restaurant business.
He left the back door of his restaurant open.
And then??????????
In the morning,
He was robbed by three armed men.
They want?
Jerry to open the safe box,
While jerry was trying to open the safe box,
His hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination.
The robbers panicked and shot him.
Luckily, jerry was found quickly and rushed to the hospital.
After 18 hours of surgery
And
Weeks of intensive care,
Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of bullets still in his body………………..
I saw jerry abut six months after accident.
When I asked him how he was,
He replied, “If I were any better, I’d be twins. Want to see my scars?”
I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place.
“The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door,” jerry replied.
“Then after they shot me, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or could choose to die. I choose to live.”
“Weren’t you scared?”
I asked?
Jerry continued, “The paramedics were great. They kept me telling I was going to be fine.
But when they wheeled me into the emergency room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared.
In their eyes, I read ‘He’s a dead man’
I knew I needed to take action
“What did you do?” I asked.
“Well, there was a big nurse shouting questions at me,” said jerry. “She asked if I was allergic to anything”
‘Yes’ I replied
The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply.
I took a deep breath
And
Yelled,
‘BULLETS!’
Over their laughter, I told them,
“Iam choosing to live please operate me as if I am alive, not dead”
“Jerry lived thanks to the skills of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude.
I learned from him that
Every day you have the choice to either enjoy your life or to hate it.
The only thing that is truly yours ------that no one can control or take from you
Is your attitude
So if you can take care of that, everything else in life becomes much easier.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
One........very touching Must Read
Monica married Hitesh this day. At the end of the wedding party, Monica's mother gave her a newly opened bank saving passbook, With Rs.1000 deposit amount.
Mother: 'Monica, take this passbook. Keep it as a record of your marriage life. When there's something happy and memorable happened in your new life, put some money in. Write down what it's about next to the line. The more memorable the event is, the more money you can put in. I've done the first one for you today. Do the others with Hitesh. When you look back after years, you can know how much happiness you've had.'
Monica shared this with Hitesh when getting home. They both thought it was a great idea and were anxious to know when the second deposit can be made.
This was what they did after certain time:
- 7 Feb: Rs.100, first birthday celebration for Hitesh after marriage
- 1 Mar: Rs.300, salary raise for Monica
- 20 Mar: Rs.200, vacation trip to Bali
- 15 Apr: Rs.2000, Monica got pregnant
- 1 Jun: Rs.1000, Hitesh got promoted
..... And so on...
However, after years, they started fighting and arguing for trivial things. They didn't talk much. They regretted that they had married the nastiest people in the world.... no more love...Kind of typical nowadays, huh?
One day Monica talked to her Mother:
'Mom, we can't stand it anymore. We agree to divorce. I can't imagine how I decided to marry this guy!!!'
Mother: 'Sure, girl, that's no big deal. Just do whatever you want if you really can't stand it. But before that, do one thing first. Remember the saving passbook I gave you on your wedding day? Take out all money and spend it first. You shouldn't keep any record of such a poor marriage.'
Monica thought it was true. So she went to the bank, waiting at the queue and planning to cancel the account.
While she was waiting, she took a look at the passbook record. She looked, and looked, and looked. Then the memory of all the previous joy and happiness just came up her mind. Her eyes were then filled with tears. She left and went home.
When she was home, she handed the passbook to Hitesh, asked him to spend the money before getting divorce.
The next day, Hitesh gave the passbook back to Monica. She found a new deposit of Rs.5000. And a line next to the record: 'this is the day I notice how much I've loved you thru out all these years. How much happiness you've brought me.'
They hugged and cried, putting the passbook back to the safe.
Do you know how much money they had saved when they retired? I did not ask. I believe the money did not matter any more after they had gone thru all the good years in their life.
"When you fall, in any way, don’t see the place where you fell, instead see the place from where you slipped.
Life is about correcting mistakes."
Mother: 'Monica, take this passbook. Keep it as a record of your marriage life. When there's something happy and memorable happened in your new life, put some money in. Write down what it's about next to the line. The more memorable the event is, the more money you can put in. I've done the first one for you today. Do the others with Hitesh. When you look back after years, you can know how much happiness you've had.'
Monica shared this with Hitesh when getting home. They both thought it was a great idea and were anxious to know when the second deposit can be made.
This was what they did after certain time:
- 7 Feb: Rs.100, first birthday celebration for Hitesh after marriage
- 1 Mar: Rs.300, salary raise for Monica
- 20 Mar: Rs.200, vacation trip to Bali
- 15 Apr: Rs.2000, Monica got pregnant
- 1 Jun: Rs.1000, Hitesh got promoted
..... And so on...
However, after years, they started fighting and arguing for trivial things. They didn't talk much. They regretted that they had married the nastiest people in the world.... no more love...Kind of typical nowadays, huh?
One day Monica talked to her Mother:
'Mom, we can't stand it anymore. We agree to divorce. I can't imagine how I decided to marry this guy!!!'
Mother: 'Sure, girl, that's no big deal. Just do whatever you want if you really can't stand it. But before that, do one thing first. Remember the saving passbook I gave you on your wedding day? Take out all money and spend it first. You shouldn't keep any record of such a poor marriage.'
Monica thought it was true. So she went to the bank, waiting at the queue and planning to cancel the account.
While she was waiting, she took a look at the passbook record. She looked, and looked, and looked. Then the memory of all the previous joy and happiness just came up her mind. Her eyes were then filled with tears. She left and went home.
When she was home, she handed the passbook to Hitesh, asked him to spend the money before getting divorce.
The next day, Hitesh gave the passbook back to Monica. She found a new deposit of Rs.5000. And a line next to the record: 'this is the day I notice how much I've loved you thru out all these years. How much happiness you've brought me.'
They hugged and cried, putting the passbook back to the safe.
Do you know how much money they had saved when they retired? I did not ask. I believe the money did not matter any more after they had gone thru all the good years in their life.
"When you fall, in any way, don’t see the place where you fell, instead see the place from where you slipped.
Life is about correcting mistakes."
Monday, May 4, 2009
Strategies for Success
Faced with a major project or challenge? You probably have a general idea of where you want to go, but you'll need a strategy, a plan of steps to take in order to reach that objective.
Planning is an investment. To plan wisely and well takes time, effort, patience‚ good research, and counsel. But a well-formed plan will pay for itself many times over.
There are many ways to create a strategy, but here are a few tried-and-proven principles that you might want to try:
Define your long-term objectives. What exactly do you hope to achieve? Spell each one out on paper in concrete, concise terms. For the greatest chance of success, narrow your focus to one or two primary objectives. You can take on more or diversify later.
Set short-term goals to reach your long-term objectives. In order to reach your long-term objectives, you will need steppingstones along the way. These should be smaller goals that together will get you to the final destination of your long-term objectives. They should be detailed and specific, concrete and measurable. If a goal isn't something that you'll be able to tick off as done, if it can't be quantified, then it's not specific enough.
Breaking down your goals into bite-sized pieces is crucial. The simpler and easier your goals are to reach, the better, because you'll see more immediate progress. It's easy to overestimate and shoot too high when setting your goals. It's also wise to realize that reaching big objectives takes time. Having a number of smaller goals will help keep the motivation level high, because you'll see more tangible progress. And every time you tick off one of your smaller goals, you're that much closer to your long-term objective.
Identify any obstacles. Once you have determined your long-term objectives and your short-term goals, you should take a look at any obstacles, or cons‚ or things that might stand in the way of achieving the results you're after. If you are alerted to potential problems, you can head them off by proactively praying for potential solutions.
Formulate a strategy. Once you have determined your long-term objectives and the short-term goals, you need a plan that includes specific tasks that will help you reach each of your short-term goals. Your plan must be realistic. A lofty plan may look impressive, but if it's too complicated or difficult to implement, it will never get off the ground and therefore be ineffective.
Assign the specific tasks that will be involved. Determine who will be responsible for each step, when they should have it done by, and if it's possible to know at this stage, how it should be done. Accountability is vital to success, as otherwise there will be no follow-through and no progress.
Planning is an investment. To plan wisely and well takes time, effort, patience‚ good research, and counsel. But a well-formed plan will pay for itself many times over.
There are many ways to create a strategy, but here are a few tried-and-proven principles that you might want to try:
Define your long-term objectives. What exactly do you hope to achieve? Spell each one out on paper in concrete, concise terms. For the greatest chance of success, narrow your focus to one or two primary objectives. You can take on more or diversify later.
Set short-term goals to reach your long-term objectives. In order to reach your long-term objectives, you will need steppingstones along the way. These should be smaller goals that together will get you to the final destination of your long-term objectives. They should be detailed and specific, concrete and measurable. If a goal isn't something that you'll be able to tick off as done, if it can't be quantified, then it's not specific enough.
Breaking down your goals into bite-sized pieces is crucial. The simpler and easier your goals are to reach, the better, because you'll see more immediate progress. It's easy to overestimate and shoot too high when setting your goals. It's also wise to realize that reaching big objectives takes time. Having a number of smaller goals will help keep the motivation level high, because you'll see more tangible progress. And every time you tick off one of your smaller goals, you're that much closer to your long-term objective.
Identify any obstacles. Once you have determined your long-term objectives and your short-term goals, you should take a look at any obstacles, or cons‚ or things that might stand in the way of achieving the results you're after. If you are alerted to potential problems, you can head them off by proactively praying for potential solutions.
Formulate a strategy. Once you have determined your long-term objectives and the short-term goals, you need a plan that includes specific tasks that will help you reach each of your short-term goals. Your plan must be realistic. A lofty plan may look impressive, but if it's too complicated or difficult to implement, it will never get off the ground and therefore be ineffective.
Assign the specific tasks that will be involved. Determine who will be responsible for each step, when they should have it done by, and if it's possible to know at this stage, how it should be done. Accountability is vital to success, as otherwise there will be no follow-through and no progress.
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