Abraham Lincoln once said, “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”
"The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short: but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark." Michelangelo
“Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
– George Bernard Shaw
“To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart,” said Eleanor Roosevelt
“Be the change you wish to see in the world,” said Mahatma Gandhi, arguably one of the greatest change agents in the history of humankind
Nobel Laureate scientist Linus Pauling once said: “The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.”
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/the-hunt-for-new-ideas/433331/
How did he manage it having spent a better part of his 50-year career in a world that had nothing to – even remotely – with IT? “Well, management principles are the same everywhere – whether it’s a gas pipeline company, public service or an IT firm. You are basically managing the aspirations of people – something I think I have been quite good at,” he says.
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Sabharwal was struck by the thought: You don’t regret doing something; you always regret not doing something. “Twenty years down the line I will be kicking myself if I don’t do this today,” he says.
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Time is your best Friend. Learn to be an effective Time-Manager.
Remember, it's important to set your priorities but as importatnt to stick to them.
Be a good Planner: Try to plan a week or even a month ahead.
No Matter what the situation, don't get too stressed. Keep Breathing.
Now that you have your to-do list, focus only on what needs to be done
......... Dipali Goenka (Director Welspun Retail as published in India Today)
A Successful team is a group of many hands but of one Mind, coming together is a Beginning, staying together is Progress and working together is Success and finishing together is
Team Spirit.
"The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher." "An indecisive person allows instability to creep into every area of his/her life. If we don't decide what is important in our own lives, we will probably end up only doing the things that are important to others." - John L. Mason
The journey so far:
Sometimes I have to pinch myself to see that this is not a dream. I never dreamt of or aspired to do anything; I only did my best. If you give your best shot at whatever you are doing today, and if you follow your heart and passion, right things will happen to you. Yes, it has been a fantastic journey so far.
-- S Somasegar, Corporate VP, Microsoft Corp.
"You can either blow it all up or at sixty, turn back and look at what you have achieved. But at sixty, you won't get a second chance. So, make up your mind about what you want to do."
-- TVS
``I don't know what I know, but I know that it's big,''
``Going to India was extraordinary,'' she said, ``It really sort of puts you back... it snaps you into a place of perspective that doesn't really exist in the day-to-day world.'' .... `America's sweetheart', .... Julia Roberts.
``My Best Friend's Wedding'' ``The script begged for Julia's rare combination of characteristics: beauty, class, humor, strength, desperation and vulnerability .''
"APOLOGIES FOR BEING HUMAN"
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And if i hated too much
And loved too wild,too free
Forgive me for being human
Sainthood was not for me.
-- General Markus Wolf (MAN WITHOUT A FACE)
``Yes, at times there are days which bring,
disappointment. But then you meet better people the next day.''
Ms. R. Vaigai
(ADVOCATE)
The HP way:-
Treating people the way we would
like to be treated ourselves
"Who wants to be alone? i think there's a big difference between
what people want and what they need. Like i don't need a man
and i don't need to have a family. But doesn't mean i don't want it.
I do indentify with biological clock ticking thing.
-- Calista Flockhart .... ALLEY McBEAL
Today is the first day
of the rest of your life
.. Somebody ..
To be a Leader:
Give clear instructions.
Learn how to listen.
Recognise a job well done.
Know when and where to criticise.
Take an interest in their careers.
Offer a challenge.
Keep communication lines open.
Make workers feel important.
Be consistent.
Be impartial.
Know how to say "no."
`There Are Always A Thousand Suns Behind the Clouds'.
-- Dominique Lapierre ..
"Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire; you will what you imagine; and at last you create what you will."
--George Bernard Shaw as quoted in the company's latest annual report.
God, grant me
the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change;
the Courage to change the things I can; and
the Wisdom to know the difference.
-- Barry Spilchuk
"If the dream is big enough, the facts don't count."
Some men see things as they are and say "why?"....
I dream things that never were, and say, "why not?"
- G B Shaw
Happiness does not come from doing easy work
but from the afterglow of satisfaction that
comes after the achievement of a difficult
task that demanded our best.
--Theodore Isaac Rubin
Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.
-Blaise Pascal, philosopher andmathematician (1623-1662)
Great leaders never tell people how to do their jobs.Great leaders tell people what to do and establish a framework within which it must be done. Then they let people on the front lines, who know best, figure out how to get it done."
- Suresh Kumar …
Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we couldbe.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882)
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindnessCauses misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.
-AlbertSchweitzer, philosopher, physician, and musician (1875-1965)
"If a music artiste wants to blossom into a full-fledged person, it's not enough if he only knows classical music, well versed only in ragas and techniques. He should be interested in life and philosophy. In his personal life there should be, at least in some corner of his heart, a tinge of lingering sorrow."
-- A R Rahman .
"The nation needs young leaders who can command the change for transformation of India into a developed nation embedded with knowledge society in 20 years from now."
"The leaders are the creators of new organisations of excellence. Quality leaders are like magnets who will attract the best of persons to build the team for the organisation and give inspiring leadership even during failures of individuals or organisation."
"When I was asked by a young girl whether I was a scientist, technologist, or a Muslim, or an Indian, my reply was, 'First and foremost you should be a good human being and then all these elements are inside you."
"I can only say that we should try to see whether religion can graduate into spiritualism, managers can graduate into leaders, and political leaders turn into political leaders with compassion."
'The first vision for India was to gain independence. The second vision for a country of one billion people is to develop into a strong nation, economically strong and self-reliant, and its people to be globally respected.'
- A P J Abdul Kalam
In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and thefirst of that which comes; so with present time.
-Leonardo da Vinci,painter, engineer, musician, and scientist (1452-1519)
Accept People As they Are . – One thing which we cannot do, but we should at least give it a try.
- Art of Living.
To the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that myknowledge is pessimistic, but my willing and hoping are optimistic.
-AlbertSchweitzer, philosopher, physician, musician, Nobel laureate (1875-1965)
``Self-confidence, coupled with determination and hard work, is the only requisite for dreams to come true and there is no other parameter, including education and resources,'' says this unassuming loadmen, who can speak only Tamil, in typical Madurai dialect.
- `Madurai vignyani', O. Jayapandi
Worry Does Not Remove the Sorrows of Tomorrow, It Removes the Strength of Today
- K A
what you think that you are matters more than what actually you
are capable of"
its ok sir we are all part of the big game let us play
our part to perfection or imperfection""
some things are best expressed openly
some if left like that makes more sense
Whether it is good or bad we both are the ones to share.
Actually most times we are all alone & we need to make decisions on our own - its reality but we fail to realise it .
If things are not happening your way ,
either you try to change it else go with the wind.
-- Quotes out of Chats
What are the lessons you've learnt from a director of his calibre?Plenty. The most important being discipline. Only hard work counts. Good phases come and go but one has to maintain balance. Goal is important but not at the cost of another person. Trust is important to prosper and I surrendered to him. In any case, I think I am a director's actor.
- Kareena Kapoor.
Home is not where you live but where they understand you. –ChristionMorgenstern, writer (1871-1914) Prerna
A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which
is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.
-Alexander Pope, poet (1688-1744)
"Sow a thought, reap an action;
Sow an action, reap a habit;
Sow a habit, reap a character;
Sow a character, reap a destiny."
