New Year brings people together…
31 Dec 2011 1 Comment
in Observations Tags: New Year
The beauty of a new year celebration is that it is non religious, non political and is the only common celebration right around the world. People do live on hope and this day gives that. People who had problems in the past feel that the New Year will bring them good luck and so make the future joyful. People who are happy hope to become happier with more positive changes. Wishes are shared to make everyone feel positive. There is a strong bonding which is created among people who will carry them forward effortlessly in the coming year. The earth has started its new journey around the sun and will soon bring in the spring needed for all humans to increase their positive energy. Happy New Year to all beings.
Harmless Communication can also be harmful…
30 Dec 2011 Leave a Comment
When there is a pain/confusion created due to a communication to one of the parties, mostly it is because one person mentions something with no intended harm and the other takes it as a devious assault. One has to be very careful while communicating. It should not hurt anyone around even unintentionally. The timing of the communication and judging how others take it is also critical to make it harmless. It is also important for the receiver to carefully analyse what is communicated and not get hurt. Even harsh words can be ignored, brushed away or taken in a positive manner. Both the communicator and receiver is responsible to ensure that there is no pain.
Boxed in laws all your life…
05 Dec 2011 1 Comment
in Ideas for Life Tags: laws
When a child is born, it starts to get boxed in with laws of its home, it inherited religion, its country and the world. Laws and rules have evolved with time to create an environment of safe living with others around you. However, most changes in this world has come from people thinking our of this box fraught with multi dimensional laws. We now have to brush our teeth regularly because we broke a law of nature and eat all kinds of stuff. Most other living beings have a natural way of cleansing their teeth as they live with natural foods. If Mahatma Gandhi lived by the laws of the British, India would not have got its freedom. Laws are a framework to work within if it is beneficial to all and it is ok to break it when necessary to usher a positive change.
Proactive actions drives sucess…
30 Nov 2011 Leave a Comment
in Entrepreneurship Tags: proactive
A person starts as a worker after acquiring knowledge, building his skills and utilising them for a productive purpose in a positive manner. He then becomes adept in problem solving and crisis management with time and experience. Later he gains the ability to help others learn and becomes a mentor for many and learns to be a leader. A leader then in his own growth path starts to focus on long term strategies and planning. Being proactive is a key management skill which he is also learning along this journey. Being proactive becomes the most important trait when one anticipates problems well in advance and finds way to avoid it even before it happens. This trait helps a person create a smooth path for growth and success.
Religious activities can be joyful…
29 Nov 2011 Leave a Comment
in Ideas for Life Tags: religion
Whan a group of people decide to join together to perform religious rituals and practices, it can lead to a lot of joy for all. There is a common ground for all to be non egoistic, a place where all surrender themselves which in itself creates a freedom, a common purpose to pray for all their loved ones and the world at large, the power of faith giving confidence to all, a flow of unconditional gratitude to thank all who have helped to make you what you are and a deep comfort of hope for the future. The environment in a religious place is health for your body, mind and soul. It can nourish you for the future. It is also a place where people from all ages and all status can join in singing, dancing and being joyful effortlessly.
Initiative as a Leadership trait…
18 Nov 2011 Leave a Comment
in Entrepreneurship Tags: initiative
Any person with a natural energy to take initiative in any situation is likely to be an effective leader. There are people who enjoy leading and people who enjoy following. Both are needed to make a valuable team. People who learn to follow well are likely to be also good leaders. A Person who wants to lead but does not have happy followers to bound to fail. Initiative is an inner drive to take control of a situation even without anyone asking for it. It is an energy from one self which takes responsibility of a situation and finds ways to contribute positively. Most people have ideas but do not embark into action, Some take initiatives and then generate ideas to convert them into positive actions.
Earning and Growing Goodwill….
11 Nov 2011 Leave a Comment
in Entrepreneurship Tags: goodwill
Most organizations become valuable from the goodwill generated in the hearts of its stakeholders. This develops into a long-lasting emotional value created in an organization. Goodwill starts within it through its internal people who are attached to it. The trust of its people and shareholders and closeness to its vision, values is a starting point. This then transmits positive emotions to its external set of stakeholders. Customers, vendors and the public at large are watching and creating an emotional connect with the organizations at every step. These have a major impact on the overall value of the organization. It is but virtual, not easily measurable and a non financial value but has the power to convert the organization to a high values financial one. Goodwill includes trust, love, affection, a sense of belonging, unconditional encouragement etc etc.
Commitment to a task..
10 Nov 2011 Leave a Comment
in Entrepreneurship Tags: Tasks
People work with people. Tasks are either share with people or given to them. when a task is owned by a person, a commitment to complete the task is undertaken. Everyone else now trust and rely on this person to complete this task in a high quality, low-cost and effective manner. This commitment is the driver of this task owner to take it up. If that person is able to do it, it may be normally acknowledged and appreciated by others or just taken for granted. If the person needs help, its his duty to ask for it. If the person concludes that he cant do it, it becomes his duty to quickly give it back so that the task is reallocated. What is not acceptable is when the task is not done or completed shoddily but a lot of time and thought has gone to come up with a set of reasons to justify the failure of completion. If every member in a team is task oriented and driven, then the team will always succeed.
People love to work with People they like…
27 Oct 2011 1 Comment
in Entrepreneurship Tags: human resources
In any organization,it the positive interactions between people is what brings continuous success to it. It is this collective energy which drives the organization towards a positive direction. People are always analysing and choosing people whom they feel comfortable to work with and it is also true people leave some people to find new people to work with. One of the key objectives of an HR department is to create an ecosystem of lasting bond among its people. Corporate values one can relate to, a Vision where all want to be part of, a fun-loving set of colleagues, a manager who enhances his people’s knowledge and skills, a set of customers who are delighted, a set of vendors who love to serve the organization are all part of this bonding which is created.
Light and Darkness…
26 Oct 2011 Leave a Comment
in Ideas for Life Tags: balance
Our life and the world is made of opposites. Both are needed to obtain a balance. Day and night, light and dark, happiness and sadness, love and hate. One end is positive and the other is negative. To achieve happiness, one needs to comprehend sadness. To have gratitude on others, one needs to have gratitude for others. To enjoy light, one needs to experience or understand darkness. Everyone has a bit of both and is likely to be in various ratios and also it changes from time to time. The challenge is to maintain a healthy balance between the opposites to have more moments of joy in one’s life.
Business is doing well…
25 Oct 2011 Leave a Comment
in Entrepreneurship Tags: Business
What happens to businesses which are doing well ? How does a CEO react to such situation. While it is a pleasure to be in that situation, it is also time to act fast on maintaining and growing it. The risks are many at this time and it can start to go down without much effort. It is critical to analyse the possible risks and start mitigating it. It is also important to find harmless ways of cutting down costs, make some hard decisions which will help the organization when there is a slow down. It is time to build resilience in the organization. It is time to study and learn from the competition and try to be more focussed on customers by creating more differentiators. Customers are always looking to get more effective vendors and unless the organization continuously improves on its services, it cannot continue keep them.
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