"A CARELESS WORD MAY KINDLE STRIFE.
A CRUEL WORD MAY WRECK A LIFE.
A BITTER WORD MAY HATE INSTIL.
A BRUTAL WORD MAY SMITE AND KILL.
A GRACIOUS WORD MAY LIGHT A DAY.
A TIMELY WORD MAY LESSEN STRESS.
A LOVING WORD MAY HEAL AND BLESS. "
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Dec 28, 2008
Dec 13, 2008
Resolving Conflicts
"There is a magic formula for resolving conflicts. It is :
Have as your objective the resolving of the conflict, not the gaining of advantage.
There is a magic formula for avoiding conflicts. It is :
Be concerned that you do not offend, not that you are not offended."
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Have as your objective the resolving of the conflict, not the gaining of advantage.
There is a magic formula for avoiding conflicts. It is :
Be concerned that you do not offend, not that you are not offended."
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Nov 28, 2008
inspiration
If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.
Nov 26, 2008
A Thought To Ponder
"We teach some by what we say.
We teach more by what we are.
We teach most by what we do."
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Nov 10, 2008
Today's Quote
"To really master being impeccable will require that you heighten your awareness not just to the words you say, but also to the emotions you express, your attitude, your actions, and where you express the power of your belief.
You will need to develop a disciplined of mindfulness"
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You will need to develop a disciplined of mindfulness"
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Oct 23, 2008
Diwali
I am waiting for diwali. This is my first Diwali after marriage. Deepavali is the "festival of lights".
Oct 22, 2008
Tao Te Ching
If you want to be a great leader,You must learn to follow the Tao.
Stop trying to control.Let go of fixed plans and concepts.And the world will govern itself.
The more prohibitions you have,
The less virtuous people will be.
The more weapons you have,
The less secure people will be.
The more subsidies you have,
The less self-reliant people will be.
Therefore the Master says:
I let go of the law,
And people become honest.
I let go of economics,
And people become prosperous.
I let go of religion,
And people become serene.
I let go of all desire for the common good,
And the good becomes common as grass.
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Stop trying to control.Let go of fixed plans and concepts.And the world will govern itself.
The more prohibitions you have,
The less virtuous people will be.
The more weapons you have,
The less secure people will be.
The more subsidies you have,
The less self-reliant people will be.
Therefore the Master says:
I let go of the law,
And people become honest.
I let go of economics,
And people become prosperous.
I let go of religion,
And people become serene.
I let go of all desire for the common good,
And the good becomes common as grass.
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Oct 14, 2008
Karwachauth
I am very excited for my first Karwachauth. With whole heart and soul I will keep my Karwachauth for the long life of my husband Rishi.
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Oct 11, 2008
Endure
where is the focus of your life?
"Are you intent on fame?
Or are you reaching deep inside?
How are you playing the game?
Do you wish to amass a fortune or to transform yourself?
Loss can be gain, pleasure can lead to pain.
Hearts must be led
minds must be trained.."
We must open our hearts to the deepest values. Embracing the truth of our divinity and living through love and not fear.Open your heart to wisdom and wisdom guides you to deepest truth and joyful life....(TAO)
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"Are you intent on fame?
Or are you reaching deep inside?
How are you playing the game?
Do you wish to amass a fortune or to transform yourself?
Loss can be gain, pleasure can lead to pain.
Hearts must be led
minds must be trained.."
We must open our hearts to the deepest values. Embracing the truth of our divinity and living through love and not fear.Open your heart to wisdom and wisdom guides you to deepest truth and joyful life....(TAO)
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Oct 5, 2008
A Zen Quote
"Forget about self-help. The "self" is fine just the way it is, it doesn't need any help.
Concentrate on empowerment. That will produce far more powerful results."
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Concentrate on empowerment. That will produce far more powerful results."
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Sep 28, 2008
VARICOSE VEINS
Varicose veins (the blood vessels that return blood to the heart from the body tissues)are one of the most common problems of blood vessels. The condition occurs four times more often in women than in men. Most people with varicose veins are between ages 30 and 60. Varicose veins develop slowly, but once they start they progress. They do not get better on their own.
In normal veins, valves in the vein keep blood moving forward toward the heart. With varicose veins, the valves do not function properly, allowing blood to remain in the vein. When the blood remains in the vein, the vein enlarges.Some of the symptoms are:
Pain in the legs: fullness, heaviness, aching..
Visible, enlarged veins.
Mild swelling of ankles.
Bulging veins.
Veins that have a rope-like appearance .
Skin at the ankle discolored brown .
Skin ulcers near the ankle.
Can Varicose Veins be Prevented?
You can reduce your risk of developing varicose veins. The most common ways to avoid varicose veins is to avoid prolonged standing.
Being overweight puts added pressure on your veins
Prevention:
There's no way to completely prevent varicose veins. But improving your circulation and muscle tone can reduce your risk of developing varicose veins or getting additional ones. Traditional, common-sense approaches include:
Exercise. Get your legs moving. Walking is a great way to encourage blood circulation in your legs. Your doctor can recommend an appropriate activity level for you.
Watch your weight, and your diet. Shedding excess pounds takes unnecessary pressure off your veins. What you eat makes a difference, too. Follow a low-salt, high-fiber diet to prevent the swelling that may result from water retention and constipation.
Watch what you wear. Avoid high heels. Low-heeled shoes work calf muscles more, which is better for your veins. Don't wear tight clothes.
Don't sit with your legs crossed.
Avoid long period of sitting or standing.
Avoid as much as possible sugar, ice cream, fried foods, peanuts, junk foods, cheeses, tobacco, salt, alcohol, animal protein, and processed and refined foods.
After bathing apply Castor oil over the varicose veins affected and massage into your legs from the the feet.
Yogic breathing practice : Lie flat on your back and prop your feet up on a chair. Breathe slowly and evenly from your diaphragm, through your nose.
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In normal veins, valves in the vein keep blood moving forward toward the heart. With varicose veins, the valves do not function properly, allowing blood to remain in the vein. When the blood remains in the vein, the vein enlarges.Some of the symptoms are:
Pain in the legs: fullness, heaviness, aching..
Visible, enlarged veins.
Mild swelling of ankles.
Bulging veins.
Veins that have a rope-like appearance .
Skin at the ankle discolored brown .
Skin ulcers near the ankle.
Can Varicose Veins be Prevented?
You can reduce your risk of developing varicose veins. The most common ways to avoid varicose veins is to avoid prolonged standing.
Being overweight puts added pressure on your veins
Prevention:
There's no way to completely prevent varicose veins. But improving your circulation and muscle tone can reduce your risk of developing varicose veins or getting additional ones. Traditional, common-sense approaches include:
Exercise. Get your legs moving. Walking is a great way to encourage blood circulation in your legs. Your doctor can recommend an appropriate activity level for you.
Watch your weight, and your diet. Shedding excess pounds takes unnecessary pressure off your veins. What you eat makes a difference, too. Follow a low-salt, high-fiber diet to prevent the swelling that may result from water retention and constipation.
Watch what you wear. Avoid high heels. Low-heeled shoes work calf muscles more, which is better for your veins. Don't wear tight clothes.
Don't sit with your legs crossed.
Avoid long period of sitting or standing.
Avoid as much as possible sugar, ice cream, fried foods, peanuts, junk foods, cheeses, tobacco, salt, alcohol, animal protein, and processed and refined foods.
After bathing apply Castor oil over the varicose veins affected and massage into your legs from the the feet.
Yogic breathing practice : Lie flat on your back and prop your feet up on a chair. Breathe slowly and evenly from your diaphragm, through your nose.
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Sep 25, 2008
Managing Chaos
Whether it's your workplace or your personal relationships; whether you run a large organisation, a small business, a tiny team or simply your own life - the tools you need now are for managing chaos.
1. Know the "I" Start by considering a hurricane, or a cyclone … utter chaos, causing great devastation. Think of the centre. calm, peaceful, quiet. Think of it as yourself. You may not be able to stop or even control the wind and the noise around you. But you can retain your own centre. Find your strength, your capabilities, your power and your value, and stand quietly in your own ability to respond to each situation with courage and wisdom.
2. Know What Matters
"The first rule of success, and the one that supersedes all others, is to have energy. It is important to know how to concentrate it and focus it on the important things, instead of frittering it away on trivia." The most powerful thing you can do at any moment is re-focus. What do you want to achieve? Why is this important?
3. Nurture your network
No man is an island, nor a woman either. We operate best when interdependent. Not leaning, but supported. It may be time to re-value family, to re-assess social contacts, to re-energise team consciousness in the workplace. One of the keys to managing chaos is the ability to tap into support facilities. Productivity almost invariably increases when we delegate, leverage and pull together.
4. Courage to tell the truth.
This may not be so for you, but for many people an enormous amount of time and energy is wasted in developing and maintaining the mask.
5.Learn to live with less
This is a strange concept for many of us in business who have spent much of our working lives running after 'more'. When life moves fast, the less baggage we have to carry the better. Travelling light - in many ways - becomes more effective.
We're discovering that a simpler life can be a lot less stressful. Not to decry wealth and its pleasures - just to eliminate the desperate struggle for it!
6. Rejoice regularly
A behavioural researcher visited a kindergarten. "How many of you can sing," he asked? All hands went up. "How many of you can paint?" Again all hands were proudly thrust in the air. "And, how many can dance?" "Me, me, me," was the answer. The researcher asked the same questions in a university lecture hall. "How many of you can sing?" Two hands. "How many of you can paint?" Not one. "And how many can dance?" Fingers were pointed at others, with comments and laughter, but not one claimed the ability. What happened? Why did we forget, or decide our own self-expression was not good enough? It's just about a joyful release of stress hormones - good for the mind, the soul and the body....
Chaos is inevitable. In the sense that perturbation is evolutionary, it's also desirable. But managing it is essential. It's no use for any of us to hope that someone else will do it. Do you have your own personal strategies in place?
(Auther:Catherine Palin-Brinkworth)
1. Know the "I" Start by considering a hurricane, or a cyclone … utter chaos, causing great devastation. Think of the centre. calm, peaceful, quiet. Think of it as yourself. You may not be able to stop or even control the wind and the noise around you. But you can retain your own centre. Find your strength, your capabilities, your power and your value, and stand quietly in your own ability to respond to each situation with courage and wisdom.
2. Know What Matters
"The first rule of success, and the one that supersedes all others, is to have energy. It is important to know how to concentrate it and focus it on the important things, instead of frittering it away on trivia." The most powerful thing you can do at any moment is re-focus. What do you want to achieve? Why is this important?
3. Nurture your network
No man is an island, nor a woman either. We operate best when interdependent. Not leaning, but supported. It may be time to re-value family, to re-assess social contacts, to re-energise team consciousness in the workplace. One of the keys to managing chaos is the ability to tap into support facilities. Productivity almost invariably increases when we delegate, leverage and pull together.
4. Courage to tell the truth.
This may not be so for you, but for many people an enormous amount of time and energy is wasted in developing and maintaining the mask.
5.Learn to live with less
This is a strange concept for many of us in business who have spent much of our working lives running after 'more'. When life moves fast, the less baggage we have to carry the better. Travelling light - in many ways - becomes more effective.
We're discovering that a simpler life can be a lot less stressful. Not to decry wealth and its pleasures - just to eliminate the desperate struggle for it!
6. Rejoice regularly
A behavioural researcher visited a kindergarten. "How many of you can sing," he asked? All hands went up. "How many of you can paint?" Again all hands were proudly thrust in the air. "And, how many can dance?" "Me, me, me," was the answer. The researcher asked the same questions in a university lecture hall. "How many of you can sing?" Two hands. "How many of you can paint?" Not one. "And how many can dance?" Fingers were pointed at others, with comments and laughter, but not one claimed the ability. What happened? Why did we forget, or decide our own self-expression was not good enough? It's just about a joyful release of stress hormones - good for the mind, the soul and the body....
Chaos is inevitable. In the sense that perturbation is evolutionary, it's also desirable. But managing it is essential. It's no use for any of us to hope that someone else will do it. Do you have your own personal strategies in place?
(Auther:Catherine Palin-Brinkworth)
Sep 22, 2008
Top Ten Qualities Of Highly Successful People
We have all read about people who are successful briefly. They win a gold medal, make a fortune, or star in one great movie and then disappear.…These examples hardly inspire.
My focus and fascination is with people who seem to do well in many areas of life, and do it over and over through a lifetime. We all know examples of such people who go from one success to another.
They have the following traits in common:
1.They work hard! Yes, they play hard, too! They get up early, they rarely complain, they expect performance from others, but they expect extraordinary performance from themselves. Repeated, high-level success starts with a recognition that hard work pays off.
2.They are incredibly curious and eager to learn. They study, ask questions and read—constantly! An interesting point, however: While most of them did well in school, the difference is that they apply or take advantage of what they learn. Repeated success is not about memorizing facts, it's about being able to take information and create, build, or apply it in new and important ways. Successful people want to learn everything about everything!
3.They network. They know lots of people, and they know lots of different kinds of people. They listen to friends, neighbors, co- workers etc. They don't have to be "the life of the party," in fact many are quiet, even shy, but they value people and they value relationships. Successful people have a Rolodex full of people who value their friendship and return their calls.
4.They work on themselves and never quit! While the "over-night wonders" become arrogant and quickly disappear, really successful people work on their personality, their leadership skills, management skills, and every other detail of life. When a relationship or business deal goes sour, they assume they can learn from it and they expect to do better next time. Successful people don't tolerate flaws; they fix them!
5.They are extraordinarily creative. They go around asking, "Why not?" 6.They see new combinations, new possibilities, new opportunities and challenges where others see problems or limitations. They wake up in the middle of the night yelling, "I've got it!" They ask for advice, try things out, consult experts and amateurs, always looking for a better, faster, cheaper solution. Successful people create stuff!
7.They are self-reliant and take responsibility. Incredibly successful people don't worry about blame, and they don't waste time complaining.
8.They make decisions and move on.…Extremely successful people take the initiative and accept the responsibilities of success.
9..They are usually relaxed and keep their perspective. Even in times of stress or turmoil, highly successful people keep their balance, they know the value of timing, humor, and patience. They rarely panic or make decisions on impulse. Unusually successful people breath easily, ask the right questions, and make sound decisions, even in a crisis.
Extremely successful people live in the present moment. They know that "Now" is the only time they can control. They have a "gift" for looking people in the eye, listening to what is being said, enjoying a meal or fine wine, music or playing with a child. They never seem rushed, and they get a lot done! They take full advantage of each day. Successful people don't waste time, they use it!
10.They "look over the horizon" to see the future. They observe trends, notice changes, see shifts, and hear the nuances that others miss. A basketball player wearing Nikes is trivial, the neighbor kid wearing them is interesting, your own teenager demanding them is an investment opportunity! Extremely successful people live in the present, with one eye on the future!
Repeatedly successful people respond instantly! When an investment isn't working out, they sell. When they see an opportunity, they make the call. If an important relationship is cooling down, they take time to renew it. When technology or a new competitor or a change in the economic situation requires an adjustment, they are the first and quickest to respond.
These traits work together in combination, giving repeatedly successful people a huge advantage.
And finally, none of these traits are genetic! They can be learnt.
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(Source:Dr. Philip E. Humbert)
My focus and fascination is with people who seem to do well in many areas of life, and do it over and over through a lifetime. We all know examples of such people who go from one success to another.
They have the following traits in common:
1.They work hard! Yes, they play hard, too! They get up early, they rarely complain, they expect performance from others, but they expect extraordinary performance from themselves. Repeated, high-level success starts with a recognition that hard work pays off.
2.They are incredibly curious and eager to learn. They study, ask questions and read—constantly! An interesting point, however: While most of them did well in school, the difference is that they apply or take advantage of what they learn. Repeated success is not about memorizing facts, it's about being able to take information and create, build, or apply it in new and important ways. Successful people want to learn everything about everything!
3.They network. They know lots of people, and they know lots of different kinds of people. They listen to friends, neighbors, co- workers etc. They don't have to be "the life of the party," in fact many are quiet, even shy, but they value people and they value relationships. Successful people have a Rolodex full of people who value their friendship and return their calls.
4.They work on themselves and never quit! While the "over-night wonders" become arrogant and quickly disappear, really successful people work on their personality, their leadership skills, management skills, and every other detail of life. When a relationship or business deal goes sour, they assume they can learn from it and they expect to do better next time. Successful people don't tolerate flaws; they fix them!
5.They are extraordinarily creative. They go around asking, "Why not?" 6.They see new combinations, new possibilities, new opportunities and challenges where others see problems or limitations. They wake up in the middle of the night yelling, "I've got it!" They ask for advice, try things out, consult experts and amateurs, always looking for a better, faster, cheaper solution. Successful people create stuff!
7.They are self-reliant and take responsibility. Incredibly successful people don't worry about blame, and they don't waste time complaining.
8.They make decisions and move on.…Extremely successful people take the initiative and accept the responsibilities of success.
9..They are usually relaxed and keep their perspective. Even in times of stress or turmoil, highly successful people keep their balance, they know the value of timing, humor, and patience. They rarely panic or make decisions on impulse. Unusually successful people breath easily, ask the right questions, and make sound decisions, even in a crisis.
Extremely successful people live in the present moment. They know that "Now" is the only time they can control. They have a "gift" for looking people in the eye, listening to what is being said, enjoying a meal or fine wine, music or playing with a child. They never seem rushed, and they get a lot done! They take full advantage of each day. Successful people don't waste time, they use it!
10.They "look over the horizon" to see the future. They observe trends, notice changes, see shifts, and hear the nuances that others miss. A basketball player wearing Nikes is trivial, the neighbor kid wearing them is interesting, your own teenager demanding them is an investment opportunity! Extremely successful people live in the present, with one eye on the future!
Repeatedly successful people respond instantly! When an investment isn't working out, they sell. When they see an opportunity, they make the call. If an important relationship is cooling down, they take time to renew it. When technology or a new competitor or a change in the economic situation requires an adjustment, they are the first and quickest to respond.
These traits work together in combination, giving repeatedly successful people a huge advantage.
And finally, none of these traits are genetic! They can be learnt.
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(Source:Dr. Philip E. Humbert)
Sep 20, 2008
Quotes
Those that know, do.
Those that understand, teach...(Aristotle)
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Those that understand, teach...(Aristotle)
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"No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance."g g g
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