Posts Tagged ‘Food for thought’
7 secrets of success!
Posted on: January 25, 2011
Success
We want to be successful. We are looking forward to find out the magic which can make us successful. We may wander at times: Why are some people more successful than others? (If you want to read about one habit which is common in all successful people, you may read it from: http://wp.me/sHUHq-786)
So, what is the magical formula to have success in our lives? Read the three things which all successful people learn to achieve success from: http://wp.me/pHUHq-cP
In this post, we will think over the seven secrets of success. In an interesting book: Destination success, the author (Dwight Bain) bring out seven secrets of success as follows:
Secret # 1: Define what success means to us?
If you think wealth = success, please rethink!
For many people, success may mean spending more time with family or success may mean freedom or success may mean reduced weight or any other thing. Hence, we need to define what success means to us. Read about 7 forms of wealth from http://wp.me/pHUHq-dr Read the rest of this entry »
Can face book make you a billionaire?
It did made one person a billionaire and that too, at a very young age!.
Further, I should also say: Face book made a few persons ‘millionaires’ as well!
Can you dream of becoming a billionaire by the age 23?
Who was that billionaire? I hope by now, you would have taken a guess about the person whom I am referring to. It was Read the rest of this entry »
The world is Flat!
Posted on: December 17, 2010
Once upon a time, people used to believe that the world is flat. Then came a scientist saying the world is round and not flat. And now, we have Thomas Friedman who tells us that the World is Flat!
The author has presented the ‘history’ of 21st century and has analyzed the phenomenon of globalization in detail.
Now, people don’t need to migrate from one country to another prove their innovation.
Through the use of internet technology, information about the work in one part of the world can move around the other parts of the world in an instant. It all depends upon the ‘skill set’ of marketing and presenting the services in a manner which can prove to be cost effective. One of the interesting examples given is about a traditional egyptian candle which was made locally by Egyptians which was used in local festivals. Now, thanks to China, electronic candles have flooded the egyptian markets and the local candles are fast disappearing!
In the interesting book, the author argues that now, we are in the era of ‘Globalization 3.0’. Read the rest of this entry »
3 ways to handle frustration!
Posted on: December 1, 2010
At times we are frustrated when things don’t go our way. At times when people around us don’t behave in the way we wanted them to behave.At times when desired results are not achieved, we are frustrated!
Now the question: How can we handle our frustration, particularly when people don’t perform in the way we have expected them to perform.
Below, I am sharing experience from practical life. You are more than welcome to share your thoughts on this blog:
1. When all else fails…… Read the rest of this entry »
Just ask some one: Do you have time?
Most common answer: I am too busy. Sorry I don’t have time!
Every one has 24 hours in a day. No one has a minute more or a minute less. However, look around: We will find some people achieve much more in same 24 hours. Why is it so? During our daily routine, we also set our priorities to complete XYZ tasks but at the end of the day, we find ourselves still working on our initial ‘to do’ list, though we had a very busy day!
Why at times we are very busy but we achieve very less? Are we ‘wasting’ our time without realizing it?
Here are seven big time wasters and a few tips on managing time effectively. Let’s see if we are wasting time because of any one of them: Read the rest of this entry »
Facebook can be dangerous!
Posted on: November 5, 2010
- In: action item | Lets think
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‘You are fired’
‘Why Sir – What is the reason? I have not done anything wrong. How can you do that to me?’
‘You applied for a week’s sick leave and furnished doctor’s certificate’
‘Yes sir’
‘But we found your pictures at Jumairah beach Dubai, at Ibn-e-batuta mall and emirates mall. Further you did travel on metro of Dubai free of charge on November 1, 2010 and you bought Chinese stuff from dragon mart at Dubai. You were supposed to be sick during all this time’
‘This is absolutely wrong. Who told you that?’ Read the rest of this entry »
Have you heard about rich people who are not happy at times?
Do you know about those people who have a very good job, they are earning well but complaining that they are not happy?
Who is a wealthy person? Do you think that a person is wealthy when he or she has lots and lots of money?
I think there is more to wealth than money only.
We all are wealthy in one way or the other. Really – Believe me!
In my view, a wealthy person is always happy. Why?
Because there are seven types of wealth:
How can we cure any kind of fear?
By taking action!
Act and fear will disappear! Try it. People without fear are self-confident. They show self confidence at every level in their lives. Can we learn to become self confident?
Answer is: Why not?
Here are five simple steps which help to develop self confidence: Read the rest of this entry »
self motivation
How can we motivate ourselves?
It happens that we want to do some thing like to read a good book or do some task but some how or the other, we are unable to motivate ourselves – what to do? I have been asked by many readers of this blog to write on self motivation and here are two ideas which will help us to understand how can we motivate ourselves?
We need to understand two basic emotions which we need to tackle if we really want to motivate ourselves.
Those two emotions are: Read the rest of this entry »
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