Moving Ahead in Life

Happy Life

2013-06-02T01:54:00.002-07:00

Spirit

2011-09-29T02:26:00.000-07:00

Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.

.....Albert Einstein

Satisfaction

2011-09-20T00:44:00.000-07:00

As long as I have a want , I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death

George Bernard Shaw

The Somalian Cat

2011-09-19T00:33:00.000-07:00

An international wrestling competition for cats was conducted, were cats from many countries participated. Big cats representing USA, Britain, Germany, China, Canada, Russia were seen as favorites. The preliminary round was conducted across two days which found many close and exciting bouts.

After the preliminary rounds cats from USA, Russia, Britain and to everyone's surprise Somalian cat qualified to semi-finals. In the semi cat from USA beat Russian cat to enter finals and in a very tight bout the Somalian cat beat the British cat to enter finals. This was totally to surprise of everyone as Somalia is believed to be a poor country where food is a big problem so strong cats are not expected from there.

Every one thought the US cat would have an easy finals. But again surprising everyone in the finals the Somalian cat beat the US cat in a tight fight and won the honors.

This defeat was too hard to be taken by some spectators and one among them went and asked the Somalian coach about the secret of their big success. After a lot of compulsion and assurance of keeping it a secret the Somalian coach said, “ Don't tell anyone, actually it is not a cat with me but a tiger, after starving for long in our country it is now looking like cat “

The Dog From America

2011-09-18T22:22:00.000-07:00

Once a handsome American dog came to India, and it was having a walk through the street. An Indian street dog saw him and was curious.

The Indian dog asked. "hey! I have not seen you here before who are you and where are you from"

The American dog answered proudly " I am from America"

The Indian dog was amazed.. " America oh great"

The American dog asked " How is your life here "

The Indian dog answered sadly," Oh, its very tough, I wonder here and there, I go in front of some hotels and may be some time they give me some old rice and spoiled curry.may be some time throw with the stone is what I get, At times I fight with my friends in the waste bin for food And we sleep in the street. Totaly life is pathetic here."

After a gasp the Indian dog asked, " How is your life in America"

The american dog answered proudly, " Its absolute luxuary for me, I get food 4 times a day in silver plate.. milk early in the morning, meat twice a day and fish once a day.. I am bathed in soap daily and I am given a good soft coat to sleep in. Actualy its a paradise you know you should be coming there"

The Indian dog listned amused and asked " Oh if you had all these luxuary why did you come here "

The American dog looked around and said " There we are not supposed to bark, I came here to bark free"

Prayer

2011-09-17T23:09:00.000-07:00

A saint planned of building one Ashram, so he thought of getting some financial help from, the king and went to his palace. At the door the saint was stopped by the soldiers and informed that the king was in the prayer room for pooja and so he has to wait. The saint requested permission to join the prayer..

In the prayer room, he found the king praying aloud, " Oh God! give me more wealth, more beautiful queen, may me be victorious in my battle with the neighbouring kingdom, ....."

Hearing this the saint got up and walked away.. the king on hearing his foot step asked him why he was going as he was supposed to ask him something..

The saint replied, I came to beg for some help for an ashram, but hearing you beg, I thought may be I shall beg directly to god....

Is praying begging ??? then what is praying ??

Love god ... As god is love that is prayer

Think before you act

2011-08-08T06:05:00.000-07:00

A person went for on an african safari and was wondering through a forest accompanied by two local tribe men. while passing through a cave a they heard a noice "coooooooooo " from inside and suddenly one of the tribe men removed his clothes and ran in. The person wondered and asked the other man what happened. The other man explained to him that this is the way the tribe women attracts males for fun.

Soon they came to another cave from where again a cooooooo sound came and the other tribe removed his clothes and ran in....

Now the person was alone and he continued his journey, after moving little more distance another cave came on the way and suddenly the man heard a cooooooo noice from inside. He quickly removed his clothes and ran into the cave....

The next day newspaper headlines

A naked man ran into a superfast train in a tunnel and was killed......

Moral : Think before you act

Former President of India DR. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 's Speech in Hyderabad . *

2011-08-07T23:37:00.000-07:00

Why is the media here so negative?
Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse acknowledge them--- Why?

We are the first in milk production.
We are number one in Remote sensing satellites.
We are the second largest producer of wheat.
We are the second largest producer of rice.
Look at Dr. Sudarshan , he has transferred the tribal village into a self-sustaining, self-driving unit.

There are millions of such achievements but our media is only obsessed in the bad news and failures and disasters.

I was in Tel Aviv once and I was reading the Israeli newspaper... It was the day after a lot of attacks and
bombardments and deaths had taken place. The Hamas had struck. But the front page of the newspaper had the picture of a Jewish gentleman who in five years had transformed his desert into an orchid and a granary. It was this inspiring picture that everyone woke up to. The gory details of killings, bombardments, deaths, were inside in the newspaper, buried among other news.

In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.

Why are we so NEGATIVE?

Another question: Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? We want foreign T. Vs, we want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology.

Why this obsession with everything imported. Do we not realize that self-respect comes with self-reliance? I was in Hyderabad giving this lecture,when a 14 year old girl asked me for my autograph. I asked her what her goal in life is. She replied: I want to live in a developed India . For her, you and I will have to build this developed India .
You must proclaim. India is not an under-developed nation; it is a highly developed nation.

Do you have 10 minutes? Allow me to come back with a vengeance.

Got 10 minutes for your country? If yes, then read; otherwise, choice is yours.
YOU say that our government is inefficient.
YOU say that our laws are too old.
YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage.
YOU say that the phones don't work, the railways are a joke,
The airline is the worst in the world, mails never reach their destination.
YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits.

YOU say, say and say. What do YOU do about it?

Take a person on his way to Singapore . Give him a name - YOURS. Give him aface - YOURS. YOU walk out of the airport and you are at your International best... In Singapore you don't throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat in the stores. YOU are as proud of their Underground links as they are. You pay $5 (approx. Rs. 60) to drive through Orchard Road (equivalent of Mahim Causeway or Pedder Road ) between 5 PM and 8 PM. YOU come back to the parking lot to punch your parking ticket if you have over stayed in a restaurant or a shopping mall irrespective of your status identity... In Singapore you don't say anything,

DO YOU?

YOU wouldn't dare to eat in public during Ramadan, in Dubai .
YOU would not dare to go out without your head covered in Jeddah .
YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange in London at 10 pounds ( Rs.650) a month to, 'see to it that my STD and ISD calls are billed to someone else.'
YOU would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph (88 km/h) in Washington and then tell the traffic cop,'Jaanta hai main kaun hoon (Do you know who I am?). I am so and so's son. Take your two bucks and get lost.'

YOU wouldn't chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the garbage pail on the beaches in Australia and New Zealand .

Why don't YOU spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo ? Why don't YOU use examination jockeys or buy fake certificates in Boston ??? We are still talking of the same YOU.

YOU who can respect and conform to a foreign system in other countries but cannot in your own. You who will throw papers and cigarettes on the road the moment you touch Indian ground. If you can be an involved and appreciative citizen in an alien country, why cannot you be the same here in India ?

Once in an interview, the famous Ex-municipal commissioner of Bombay , Mr. Tinaikar , had a point to make. 'Rich people's dogs are walked on the streets to leave their affluent droppings all over the place,' he said. 'And then the same people turn around to criticize and blame the authorities for inefficiency and dirty pavements. What do they expect the officers to do? Go down with a broom every time their dog feels the pressure in his bowels? In America every dog owner has to clean up after his pet has done the job. Same in Japan . Will the Indian citizen do that here?' He's right. We go to the polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all responsibility. We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the government to do everything for us whilst our contribution is totally negative. We expect the government to clean up but we are not going to stop chucking garbage all over the place nor are we going to stop to pick a up a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin. We expect the railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the proper use of bathrooms. We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide the best of food and toiletries but we are not going to stop pilfering at the least opportunity. This applies even to the staff who is known not to pass on the service to the public. When it comes to burning social issues like those related towomen, dowry, girl child! and others, we make loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse?

'It's the whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my sons' rights to a dowry.' So
who's going to change the system? What does a system consist of ? Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbours, other households, other cities, other communities and the government. But definitely not me and YOU. When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far away and wait for a Mr.Clean to come along & work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of his hand or we leave the country and run away. Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to America to bask in their glory and praise their system. When New York becomes insecure we run to England . When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out to the Gulf. When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home by the Indian government. Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country. Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our conscience is mortgaged to money.

Dear Indians, The article is highly thought inductive, calls for a greatdeal of introspection and pricks one's
conscience too.... I am echoing J. F. Kennedy 's words to his fellow Americans to relate to Indians.....

'ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE INDIA
WHAT AMERICA AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE TODAY'

Lets do what India needs from us.

Forward this mail to each Indian for a change instead of sending Jokes or junk mails.

Thank you,

Dr. Abdul Kalaam

Focus On Solution Not Problem

2011-08-05T02:41:00.000-07:00

If we are facing a problem, it means that we are alive. Everyone wants problem less life, but problems are the essence of life as, those are the stepping stones for our improvement. When we are into a problem, we have to understand there are no problems which doesn't have a solution, only thing we have to find it.To find it, we have to focus on its solutions rather than focusing on the problem itself.

Case 1
When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they found out that the pens wouldn't work at zero gravity (ink won't flow down to the writing surface). To solve this problem, it took them one decade and $12 million. They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down, underwater, in practically any surface including crystal and in a temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees C.

And what did the Russians do...?? They used a pencil.

Case 2

One of the most memorable case studies on Japanese management was the case of the empty soapbox, which happened in one of Japan 's biggest cosmetics companies. The company received a complaint that a consumer had bought a soapbox that was empty. Immediately the authorities isolated the problem to the assembly! line, which transported all the packaged boxes of soap to the delivery department. For some reason, one soapbox went through the assembly line empty. Management asked its engineers to solve the problem. Post-haste, the engineers worked hard to devise an X-ray machine with high-resolution monitors manned by two people to watch all the soapboxes that passed through the line to make sure they were not empty. No doubt, they worked hard and they worked fast but they spent a whoopee amount to do so.

But when a rank-and-file employee in a small company was posed with the same problem, he did not get into complications of X-rays, etc., but instead came out with another solution. He bought a strong industrial electric fan and pointed it at the assembly line. He switched the fan on, and as each soapbox passed the fan, it simply blew the empty boxes out of the line.

Moral: Always look for simple solutions. Devise the simplest possible solution that solves the problems. Always focus on solutions & not on problems. So the end of the day the thing that really matters is HOW ONE LOOK INTO THE PROBLEM and Resolve early.

The Auto Driver

2011-08-04T05:50:00.000-07:00

A Priest dies & is awaiting his turn in line at the Heaven's Gates.Ahead of him is a guy, fashionably dressed, in dark sun glasses, a loud shirt, leather jacket & jeans.

God asks him: Please tell me who are you, so that I may know whether to admit you into the kingdom of Heaven or not?

The guy replies: I am Pandi, Auto driver from Chennai!

God consults his ledger, smiles & says to Pandi: Please take this silken robe & gold scarf & enter the Kingdom of Heaven ...

Now it is the priest's turn. He stands erect and speaks out in a booming voice: I am Pope's Assistant so & so, Head Priest of the so & so Church for the last 40 years.

God consults his ledger & says to the Priest: Please take this cotton robe & enter the Kingdom of Heaven ...

'Just a minute,' says the agonized Priest. 'How is it that a foul mouthed, rash driving Auto Driver is given a Silken robe & a Golden scarf and me, a Priest, who's spent his whole life preaching your Name & goodness has to make do with a Cotton robe?'

'Results my friend, results,' shrugs God.

'While you preached, people SLEPT; but when he drove his Auto, people PRAYED'

"It's PERFORMANCE & not POSITION that ultimately counts."

"Think Outside of the Box."

2011-08-04T05:42:00.000-07:00

In an interview a person was asked,

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 shes about to die.
An old friend who once saved your life.
The perfect partner youve been dreaming about.
To whom would you offer a ride, 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.
* You could pick up the old lady, because shes going to die, and thus you
should save her first;
* or you could take the old friend because he once saved your life, and
this would be the perfect chance to pay him back.
* However, you may never be able to find your perfect mate again.

He simply answered:
"I would give the car keys to my old friend and let him take the lady to
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
patterns.

Never forget to "Think Outside of the Box."

Chanakya Quotes

2011-08-04T05:36:00.000-07:00

"A person should not be too honest.
Straight trees are cut first
and Honest people are victimised first."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC 75 BC)

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"Even if a snake is not poisonous,
it should pretend to be venomous."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)
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"The biggest guru-mantra is: Never share your secrets with anybody. ! It will destroy you."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)
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"There is some self-interest behind every friendship.
There is no Friendship without self-interests.
This is a bitter truth."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)
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"Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply
and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)

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"As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)

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"Once you start a working on something,
don't be afraid of failure and
don't abandon it.
People who work sincerely are the happiest."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275BC)

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"The fragrance of flowers spreads
only in the direction of the wind.
But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275BC)
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"A man is great by deeds, not by birth."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275BC)

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"Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years.
For the next five years, scold them.
By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend.
Your grown up children are your best friends."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275BC)
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"Books are as useful to a stupid person
as a mirror is useful to a blind person."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275BC)

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"Education is the best friend.
An educated person is respected everywhere.
Education beats the beauty and the youth."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275BC)
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Swami Vivekananda's Theory on Man Management

2011-08-04T01:52:00.000-07:00

There are four types of people :

One who knows not, but knows not he knows not. He is a fool, shun him.
One who knows not, but knows he knows not. He is illiterate, teach him.
One who knows, but knows not he knows. He is asleep, wake him.
One who knows and knows he knows. He is a leader, follow him.

Valuable Places

2011-08-02T02:38:00.000-07:00

Two Places are most valuable in the world. Want to know where ?

The nicest place is to be in someone's THOUGHT'

AND

The safesr place to be in someone's 'PRAYER'.

A Grim Fairy Tale

2011-07-29T07:51:00.001-07:00

Derek Redmond

2011-07-28T05:35:00.000-07:00

Barcelona Olympic games 1992, the 400 meters sprint line up was getting ready. The line up consisted of the British athlete Derek Redmond, who was considered a favourite to win a medal.

The race began and Derek had a good start, 150 meters into the race, Derek felt a scaring pain. In agony, he fell to the ground with a torn hamstring, but he was not willing to give up and was determined to finish the race, Derek got up and taking up all the pain limped ahead. During this time a person from the spectators broke through the security and came to Derek's side. It was his father.

" You don't have to do this," he told his son

" Yes I do, " came the answer

" Well then, we are going to finish this together," together the father and son continued

Shortly before the finish line, Derek's father let him go to complete his race, receiving a standing ovation from a crowd of over sixty five thousand.

When you don't give up, you cannot fail

Suresh Reddy

2011-07-28T04:58:00.000-07:00

“My credibility of carrying an IIM tag should compensate. If I say I am from x school people just walk off. If I am from IIM, people will pay at least one second attention. It is that one second that I am looking for.”
says Suresh Reddy, a 26 years old from Kolkata.

What is special about him, 100 per cent visually impaired, battled all odds to make it to the prestigious management school - IIM

"I have no other choice but to be optimistic and at least to follow if not to lead," he said

2011-07-28T04:28:00.000-07:00

Do your very best and god will do the rest.

Success

2011-07-26T21:38:00.000-07:00

Risk is my life,

Possible is my hope,

Impossible is my enemy,

Dangerous is my game,

come with me,

Because

my name is "SUCCESS" follow me.

If a child lives with

2011-07-26T00:05:00.000-07:00

If a child lives with criticism he learns to condemn

If a child lives with hostility he learns to fight

If a child lives with redicule he learns to shy

If a child lives with shame he learns to feel guilty

If a child lives with tolerance he learns to be patient

If a child lives with encouragement he learns confidence

If a child lives with praise he learns to appreciate

If a child lives with fairness he learns justice

If a child lives with security he learns to have faith

If a child lives with approval he learns to like himself

If a child lives with acceptance he learns to find love

Best advice in two lines

2011-07-25T22:03:00.000-07:00

Silence is the best answer for all questions.. Smiling is the best reaction in all situations..

Anonymous

Success

2011-07-25T22:00:00.000-07:00

Don't fear for facing failure in the first attempt, Because even the successful maths starts with "zero only"

A P J Abdul Kalam

Fortune

2011-07-25T21:36:00.000-07:00

A Tuesday morning, John woke up with a bad headache. John, a software engineer from India, is in the USA on an offshore project of his company. He usually goes to office in metro train that takes him about thirty minutes from his place to his office. This day all his morning activities are moving on the slower pace. The headache seems to have affected his enthusiasm and totally slowing him down. Breakfast also wasn't much to his liking. John was having a disgusting start to his day.

The train that he usually takes is at 8AM from the station at a ten minutes walk from his apartment. Today, but he has to hurry to get the train as only five more minutes left for the train. If this train is missed, then the next train will be after another thirty minutes that will make him late for the office. John was almost running to the station, but just to see the train pass by as he reached the entrance of the station.

John was totally annoyed with himself and was cursing his luck for the day. But the next forty five minutes showed him that he was actually lucky that day as the five minutes that caused him missing the train had actually saved his life because if he had got the train he would be in his office by 8:30AM, which is in the World Trade Center in Newyork City and would be in the list of casualties in the terrorist attack which happened on 8:45AM.

In life everything that happens to us would be for our good.

Tips For Handling Pressure

2011-07-22T03:37:00.000-07:00

I always disliked to work under pressure. I believe when we work taking on pressure of whatever sort the work would be more of a burden. And when we work over burden we tend to dislike it. When we dislike what we do, it most often gives result towards the negative side, so what we do should not be a burden. The secret of success is not to do what you like, but to like what you do. Though our life is full of scope for pressure, it is our approach towards these situations that enable us handle them properly.

In all walks of life we can find people who remain very cool towards situations. These people can be found to be standing among the categories of winners. Mahendra Singh Dhoni our Indian cricket team captain is very famous for his cool nature at most of the pressure situations. I think his pressure handling is the major reason behind making him a successful captain. It is not easy to keep cool in desperate situations, but I must say it is in our hands. More often it is our ego that makes us succumbed to emotions leading to wrong reactions. Keep away the ego.

I would like to share a technique I have been practising. I have always believed that god is within ourselves and he lives in our hearts. So whenever I do anything from the beginning I say it is the god within me who is doing, so whatever situations arises it would be the god within me who would be reacting. I always tell me when god is with us whatever may happen to us would be for our good.

Worthy trip to the Green City

2011-07-21T08:55:00.000-07:00

My business demanded this trip. The purpose was to know about the esteemed project - "Green City", coming up close to the 'City of 1000 Temples' Kanchipuram, the pride of TamilNadu. My trip started from Kochi and the travel is by train named Chennai Superfast Express. The train leaves Kochi around 9:45 pm and it is to reach Katpadi, the station were I had to get down. I was told that the train reaches there early morning 7.30 leaving just the nights' sleep in the train.

Thought the train started late from Kochi, reached Katpadi right in the scheduled time. On reaching Katpadi, I was told to move to Arcot, located on the eastern end of the Vellore city on the southern banks of Palar River. Arcot is 27 Kms from Katpadi and the frequent bus service both private and public transport is available to the place. Since I had already fresehened up from the train itself, I thought of heading straight to the destination without wasting time. I got a TamilNadu Transport bus right in the time I reached the bus stop. The bus took a fare of Rs. 6/- and 1 hr time to take me to the place. The travel from Katpadi to Arcot is completely through the Bangalore - Chennai National Highway from Vellore. And the route gave me good glimpse of the industrial development taking place in the area of Arcot. A lot of people in Arcot are employed with Industries in SIPCOT (RANIPET), a large Industrial Park. The place also has a big campus of BHEL.

From Arcot Bus stand I had to go to Randham, a village in the Arcot- Cheyyar State Highway (SH-5) . Moving towards Randham had some beautiful farms towards the left side of the road and the Adi Parasakthi group of Colleges towards the right side.

Green City project is located in the Nayathangal Village 3 Kms from Randham. I got the company of a local resident towards the village. He told me that Kanchipuram is being develped into a satillite city for the South Metro Chennai, this is the reason for making Green City project extremely ideal location for property investment.