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VOLUME 11 MARCH, 2015 NUMBER 3
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IF YOU DON’T DO IT SOMEONE ELSE MEMO FROM NARA … WILL Financially most educated people are up in India. They count rupees in lakhs and crores. In fact they earn such amounts every month. They are paid sumptuously and also they spend accordingly. Even though, everything like schooling of children, housing, transport, health service, vehicles etc. are costly. They are necessary for everyone. Food is also costly all other basic needs of human beings are expensive everywhere from small to big cities. For those who are crossing the age of 60 or 70 years – senior citizens – such a culture of handling lakhs and crores is unbelievable. They grew up in an age when the value of money was not like today. No one thought of lakhs and crores in those days. They handled only hundreds and thousands. The value of things was to the order of hundred or thousand rupees at the most. But today we have five hundred and one thousand currency notes which are easily spent when we go for a little shopping. We do find ads showing watches and cars costing lakhs of rupees. Electronic goods such as smart phones, tablets, TVs are costing more than fifty to hundred thousand rupees. I am sure such ads are unimaginable for the elders who are in their evening hours of their life. Instead of traveling in trains, today people take flights to go for work or vacation with their family members. They spend huge amounts of money. At the same time, there are people who are called ‘poor’ (aam admi) lives simple and hard life. The ruling parties represent mostly those people and they shed crocodile tears every time. But there are intelligent people among the poor who try to come up in life by joining politics to enjoy the modern-day life. Governments provide employments, health-care, schooling and many other facilities to these ‘poor’ at a subsidised cost. The ‘poor’ learn from the rich, how to become rich. That is the way of life we lead today. Bridging the gap between the ‘poor’ and the rich is not that easy, but it happens in every country and every time. To those who are old who compare the past with the present, it looks amazing and indigestible at times. In fact, the world is changing very fast. Is it changing for the better or bad? Some of us who are pessimistic say that it is for bad, whereas those who are optimist say that it is for the better. Change for good often occurs with people who are optimistic with positive thinking and honest. I do think at present we count money in lakhs and crores and in the future certainly it will be in millions and billions as we see in some advanced countries in the world. I don’t think the elders of today will not be there to see that sea change!
EFFICIENT PEOPLE are well organized and competent. They check things off their to-do list. They complete projects. They get stuff done. EFFECTIVE PEOPLE do all that…but they check the right things off their to-do list. They complete the right project. They get the right stuff done.
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TO QUOTE… What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal. – Albert Pike Awards are so unnecessary because we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself. – Natalie Portman
JUST TO LAUGH In heaven God told all husbands and wives to gather for a meeting. He told the men to stand in two queues… those who are controlled by their wives and those who control their wives! Only one man stood in the second queue…God said “So you control your wife…” Man: “Are you crazy??? My wife told me to stand here.” Teacher: “Anyone who thinks he’s stupid may stand up!” Nobody stand up. Teacher: “I’m sure there are some stupid students over here!” Sam stands up. Teacher: “Oh, Sam you think you are stupid?” Sam: “No, I just feel bad that you’re standing alone…” In a classroom a boy was praying. Teacher asked, why are you praying in the classroom? Boy: Mom advised me that before sleeping you must pray.
SELF-CARE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
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If it feels wrong, don’t do it. Say “exactly” what you mean. Don’t be a people pleaser. Trust your instincts. Never speak bad about yourself. Never give up on your dreams. Don’t be afraid to say “Yes.” Don’t be afraid to say “No.” Be kind to yourself. Let go of what you can’t control. Stay away from drama and negativity. Love.
Some Ideas for Yourself... INTERNET 1 # Vint Cerf And Bob Kahn - Father of the Internet. The Father of Internet Vint Cerf, together with Bob Kahn created the TCP/IP suite of communication protocol - a language used by computers to talk to each other in a network. Vint Cerf once said that the internet is just a mirror of the population and spam is a side effect of a free service. 2 # Tim Berners-Lee = Inventor of WWW. Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. He wrote the first web client and server and designed a way to create links, or hypertext, amid different pieces of online information. He now maintains standards for the web and continues to refine its design as a director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
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3 # Ray Tomlinson = Father of Email. Programmer Ray Tomlinson, the Father of Email made it possible to exchange messages between machines in diverse locations; between universities, across continents, and oceans. He came up with the “@” symbol format for e-mail addresses. Today, more than a billion people around the world type @ sign every day. 4 # Michael Hart = The birth of eBooks. Michael Hart started the birth of eBooks and breaks down the bars of ignorance and illiteracy. He created the Project Gutenberg and was considered world’s first electronic library that changed the way we read. The collection includes public domain works and copyrighted works with express permission
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Send kind words to others via e-mail, text, mail or call them personally to express your gratitude of having them in your life Watch a sunrise or sunset, even better if you can do both in the same day Smile Watch children play Write a poem Take a walk Feel grateful for everything currently in your life Dance as if no one is watching Sing out loud Accept another person's view as their right to think that way Spend the day thinking positive thoughts
Brain fitness is a hot topic at work. Our jobs require sharp intellectual
performance for everything from recalling important client or product information to learning training materials or just keeping track of key documents. No wonder corporate leaders and entrepreneurs alike have taken notice of this current health trend. Although the science of brain health remains young, the research clearly indicates that there is much we can do to improve how well we multitask and remember details such as names. Building better brain health can help us boost these skills and also lower our risk of serious memory
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Learn to say ‘no’ when necessary. Learning never stops. Learning new habits takes time. Learning new ways of thinking and behaving requires repetition. Learning to forgive is not a choice, it is a necessity.