ear Friends,
A very interesting quote: "THE MIND NEVER BECOMES TIRED, BUT SOMETIMES IT BECOMES BORED WITH THE "FOOD" IT GETS".
There's an acronym that is being used in the computer field, which we are all very familiar with "GIGO" i.e. Garbage in, Garbage out. This is to illustrate the fact that the computer can process only the information it is given. The same is true with our mind. If we feed it healthful, nourishing "food," it will grow strong and agile, but if we restrict it to a regular diet of mental "junk food," our mind will become unhealthy, negative, and unproductive. It will return to us what we put into it.
Let us all feed our mind a balanced, nourishing diet. Study information from a variety of fields to help us keep up with the latest trends. We may find that the best ideas for our business come from a totally unrelated area.
So let's be positive and always work towards getting the "Best" in us.
Smile - Life is beautiful
Cheers,
B
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Be open to CRITICISM
Dear Friends,
MOST OF US DON'T MIND BEING TOLD OF OUR FAULTS IF THE CRITIC IS GENEROUS ENOUGH TO MIX IN A FEW OF OUR VIRTUES AS WELL - In other words, a lot of us don't like to be criticised. We feel, we know it all. (Start questioning this attitude, if you aren't still)
It's a normal reaction to defend ourselves and our behavior when someone criticizes us - even if we secretly recognize that what we're being told is correct.
Those who achieve great success in life, however, are those who have learned to set aside their emotions and learn from others, even when the message is unpleasant. If you find yourself being evaluated by someone else, tell yourself that criticism of some aspect of your performance is not a personal attack. Control your emotional reaction and adopt useful ideas even though you may dislike the manner in which the information is delivered.
Accepting CRITICISM will bring the best out of you - something that you have not even thought of.
MOST OF US DON'T MIND BEING TOLD OF OUR FAULTS IF THE CRITIC IS GENEROUS ENOUGH TO MIX IN A FEW OF OUR VIRTUES AS WELL - In other words, a lot of us don't like to be criticised. We feel, we know it all. (Start questioning this attitude, if you aren't still)
It's a normal reaction to defend ourselves and our behavior when someone criticizes us - even if we secretly recognize that what we're being told is correct.
Those who achieve great success in life, however, are those who have learned to set aside their emotions and learn from others, even when the message is unpleasant. If you find yourself being evaluated by someone else, tell yourself that criticism of some aspect of your performance is not a personal attack. Control your emotional reaction and adopt useful ideas even though you may dislike the manner in which the information is delivered.
Accepting CRITICISM will bring the best out of you - something that you have not even thought of.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
CHANGE-Beautiful indeed
Dear Friends,
Please excuse me if you find this a bit too dragging.
What happens when people particularly some of your best colleagues in your organization leave - They leave a vacuum behind or atleast that's what we feel for sometime when they are gone (especially if the person has a combining exemplary professional skills with a sweet nature and gentle character). Life has a way of throwing these curve balls at us. Just when we start getting comfortable with a person, place or a situation, something comes along to alter the recipe - A terrific neighbour moves away, someone in the family graduates and moves, a child finds new love and loyalties through marraige or the family's principle bread winner is laid off. There have been various such cases but its a matter of time and LIFE is normal again.
To a great degree, our ability to cope with change and disruption determines happiness and contentment in life.
But how do we do that?
Based on a philosophers thought, comfort can be found in remembering that "to everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven" - Let TODAY embrace the past with remembrance, and the future with longing.
I believe that SURVIVABILITY depends upon ADAPTABILITY. The answer to life's problem can be summed up in four words: "Go with the FLOW"
Once I read something in a surfer's column, which I had recorded in my book - "Its like surfing; you can't organize the ocean. Waves just happen. You ride them where they take you, then you paddle back out there and catch the next one. Sure, you're always hoping for the perfect wave where you can get. But mostly, ypu just take them the way they come".
I"m not exactly sure, but I thought that the surfer meant "Life is a series of events" - Both good and bad. No matter how smart our organizational skills are, there will always be life influencing factors over which we have no control. The truly successful person expects the unexpected, and is prepared to make adjustment should the need arise - as it almost always does.
That doesn't mean, we don't keep trying to make all our dreams come true. It just means that when things come up that aren't exactly in our plan, we work around them and then we move on. Ofcourse, some bumps along the road of life are easier to take on than OTHERS. But the principle is the same.
A famous philosopher, Thomas Carlyle once said "Change, indeed, is painful, yet ever needful. And if memories have its force and worth, so also has HOPE"
SO, rather than dwelling in something that is painful, let's focus on our HOPES for a brighter future. And then we'll go out and do everything we can to make that future happen.
UNTIL our plans change - AGAIN.
Cheers to CHANGE
Please excuse me if you find this a bit too dragging.
What happens when people particularly some of your best colleagues in your organization leave - They leave a vacuum behind or atleast that's what we feel for sometime when they are gone (especially if the person has a combining exemplary professional skills with a sweet nature and gentle character). Life has a way of throwing these curve balls at us. Just when we start getting comfortable with a person, place or a situation, something comes along to alter the recipe - A terrific neighbour moves away, someone in the family graduates and moves, a child finds new love and loyalties through marraige or the family's principle bread winner is laid off. There have been various such cases but its a matter of time and LIFE is normal again.
To a great degree, our ability to cope with change and disruption determines happiness and contentment in life.
But how do we do that?
Based on a philosophers thought, comfort can be found in remembering that "to everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven" - Let TODAY embrace the past with remembrance, and the future with longing.
I believe that SURVIVABILITY depends upon ADAPTABILITY. The answer to life's problem can be summed up in four words: "Go with the FLOW"
Once I read something in a surfer's column, which I had recorded in my book - "Its like surfing; you can't organize the ocean. Waves just happen. You ride them where they take you, then you paddle back out there and catch the next one. Sure, you're always hoping for the perfect wave where you can get. But mostly, ypu just take them the way they come".
I"m not exactly sure, but I thought that the surfer meant "Life is a series of events" - Both good and bad. No matter how smart our organizational skills are, there will always be life influencing factors over which we have no control. The truly successful person expects the unexpected, and is prepared to make adjustment should the need arise - as it almost always does.
That doesn't mean, we don't keep trying to make all our dreams come true. It just means that when things come up that aren't exactly in our plan, we work around them and then we move on. Ofcourse, some bumps along the road of life are easier to take on than OTHERS. But the principle is the same.
A famous philosopher, Thomas Carlyle once said "Change, indeed, is painful, yet ever needful. And if memories have its force and worth, so also has HOPE"
SO, rather than dwelling in something that is painful, let's focus on our HOPES for a brighter future. And then we'll go out and do everything we can to make that future happen.
UNTIL our plans change - AGAIN.
Cheers to CHANGE
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