The German Autobahn has no speed limits because Western Germany saw them as a Nazi relic. This became effective in 1972.
Month: November 2020
Motivation
“Great Leaders Create More Leaders
Good leaders have vision and inspire others to help them turn vision into reality. Great leaders create more leaders, not followers. Great leaders have vision, share vision, and inspire others to create their own.”
– Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
Needs a Caption please…
Urban ethnographers do harm in speaking for Black communities | Aeon Essays
Russophile
Weird Word
one who admires Russia or the Russians
Heads Up
Meaning
: Used as an advanced warning. To become keenly aware.
The Doctor and the Doctor
The Doctor and the Doctor
Rhyming Couplet Ideas by jay
See the waddling of the doctor,
I think he’s angry at the prockter.
He finds it hard to see the beach,
Overshadowed by the ornamental breach.
Who is that slithering near the lorry?
I think she’d like to eat the laboratory.
She is but a grumpy doctor,
Admired as she sits upon a prockter.
Her pleasurable car is just an eagle,
It needs no gas, it runs on siegal.
She’s not alone she brings a girlfriend,
a pet zebra, and lots of downtrend.
The zebra likes to chase a lion,
Especially one that’s in the fionn.
The doctor shudders at the live cube
He want to leave but she wants the rectifying tube.
Admiral McRaven Leaves the Audience SPEECHLESS | One of the Best Motivational Speeches – YouTube
17. Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare – 30 November
17. Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare – 30 November
This day pays homage to victims of chemical warfare and aims to eliminate the threat of chemicals on the unsuspecting populace.
Content marketing ideas:
- Listicle idea: Chemical vs nuclear vs biological warfare: Which is the most dangerous?
- Infographic idea: What are the leading causes of chemical disasters?
- Video idea: How was chemical warfare used in the two World Wars?
- Podcast idea: Here’s what you should do if you’ve been exposed to a chemical weapon
30.11.2020 My weblog
Weather is cool, Just 2° C higher than the threshold limit I am told of the ChineseCoronaVirus i.e. 14°C and lower and now the 2nd wave of the scary period starts as the Vaccine approvals are still awaited.
A man and woman came from BBMP few days ago, asked my and family details like age, whether I recovered from COVID etc. Said it is for the Vaccine list. The RWA said their purpose of coming was something “different” and they did not go from flat to flat.
Anyways, we are better prepared than we were in March when the country’s PM told us to Bajao Thali Ghanta = as there was only Babaji ka Thullu as answer for Chinese Virus. Have we become wiser, better after over 1 Lakh deaths? I wonder.
Adhyay – 2 – Shloka -42,43,44
O ARJUNA, unwise people who think of nothing but material desires and pleasures, and who believe in the Vedas as well, think that heaven means the absolute end of oneself.
हे अर्जुन ! जो भोगों में तन्मय हो रहे हैं, जो कर्मफल के प्रशंसक वेदवाक्यों में ही प्रीति रखते हैं, जिनकी बुद्भि में स्वर्ग ही परम प्राप्य वस्तु है और जो स्वर्ग से बढ़कर दूसरी कोई वस्तु ही नहीं है —– ऐसा कहने वाले हैं, वे अविवेकजन इस प्रकार की ।। ४२ ।।
These same people, O ARJUNA, speak beautiful words describing heaven in all its glory and beauty. They speak of heaven as the ultimate goal for one to achieve in life. They speak of all the good actions they have performed in life and that the result of their good deeds will be the gaining of worldly pleasures, and everlasting wealth in their present life as well as ensure favourable and pleasant birth in their next life.
जिस पुष्पित अर्थात् दिखाऊ शोभायुक्त्त वाणी को कहा करते हैं, जो कि जन्मरूप कर्मफल देने वाली एवं भोग तथा ऐश्वर्य की प्राप्ति के लिये नाना प्रकार की बहुत-सी क्रियाओं का वर्णन ।। ४३ ।।
O ARJUNA, these ignorant people who seek pleasure through material possessions and prosperity, are brainwashed and obsessed with the desire for more and mire material pleasure. Because of this brainwashed state of mind and this obsession, they are unable to think logically, and lack the wisdom to make wise decisions for themselves in life.
करने वाली है, उस वाणी द्वारा जिनका चित्त हर लिया गया है, जो भोग और ऐश्वर्य में अत्यन्त आसक्त्त हैं, उन पुरुषों की परमात्मा में निश्चयात्मिका बुद्भि नहीं होती ।। ४४ ।।
Tomorrow on 1st December I have a 3 Shloka Combo to Read, write, understand, share. For some reason these 3 have come together. I am using a new Notebook for a few days now. It lets me write better but inkmarks appear when I try to write on both sides. What a Waste! I recall my poor childhood – I would use every 90% used notebook by others available to me to write and study or to write on all 4 covers of old books about to be thrown in Raddi or my own notebooks from yesteryears. Poverty did not let me reduce the size of my written fonts though. A change, I now see quite interestingly when I type more and write less and less. Wife is amused at my collection of pens, ball and roller pens and felt tipped sign pens and Gel pens. I don’t know when God made me able and I began collecting over 100 pens while I kept gifting them too.
My prayer
God make me able,
Able to Give and Give More
So that I can create empty space
So that you can Give me More.
seemed to have been answered by HIM along the way, without me even noticing. Such are the Showers of Blessings – which like the Chill weather come in our life with such regularity and we keep sending our demands in our prayers UPwards while God does not stop – his blessings keep coming down all the time.
Urban ethnographers do harm in speaking for Black communities | Aeon Essays
Content Marketing Ideas for your December calendar – courtesy: Scatter Newsletter
CONTENT CALENDARSNOVEMBER 25, 2020
Content Marketing Ideas for your December calendar
BY SCATTER EDITORIAL DESK7 MIN READ
There’s no doubt that 2020 has been a whirlwind year; with many ups and downs. But December brings with it a change in the air. There’s a feeling of renewed hope as everyone looks forward to another year of fresh beginnings and all things wonderful. Use these thought-starters to spark new conversations with your readers, whether it’s the practical International Day of Banks or the joyful event of Christmas.
What’s new in December 2020?
Winter Tax Filing
An important financial step that you usually take in July every year has now been moved to December because of the COVID-19 pandemic. So, what should your brand be talking about?
Content marketing ideas
- Listicle idea: X Exemptions and deductions that can reduce your taxable income
- Infographic idea: How to pick the right ITR form to file your taxes
- Video idea: A quick guide on how to file your taxes online
- Podcast idea: History of Income Tax worldwide
Virtual Christmas & New Year’s Eve
With plenty of festivities in store, it’s likely that many will let down their guard for parties and gatherings. Encouraging virtual celebrations could be a step in the right direction. And here are some conversations that your brand can initiate.
Content marketing ideas
- Listicle idea: X Innovative ideas for a socially distanced New Year’s Eve party at home
- Infographic idea: The best movies to watch if you’re spending Christmas alone
- Video idea: Can’t travel home? Here are some easy Christmas dishes you can try
- Podcast idea: How can you keep yourself safe if you’re at a New Year event?
New wave of COVID-19
After a few months of relative normalcy, a new wave of COVID-19 is hitting different cities across the world. Closer to home, it is possible that certain states and cities could see new restrictions and lockdowns. So, what can your brand talk about during this time?
Content marketing ideas
- Listicle idea: X Apps that can keep you updated with the latest news
- Infographic idea: Places that are most likely to be COVID-19 hotspots
- Video idea: Here’s how a second wave of the COVID-19 infection could affect your body
- Podcast idea: How can we handle the COVID-19 wave this time around?
Socially distanced wedding season
The wedding season is usually when hundreds of friends and relatives gather to celebrate their loved ones’ happy day. But with precautions and restrictions in place, how can you make the big day special?
Content marketing ideas
- Listicle idea: Video platforms that can take your virtual wedding a notch higher
- Infographic idea: Tips to make an attractive face mask to complement your ethnic outfit
- Video idea: How to arrange a perfect (and safe) wedding ceremony in your home
- Podcast idea: Celebration ideas for those who cannot physically attend your wedding
The history of the world according to corn – Chris A. Kniesly – YouTube
Drink your food, chew your water: R. Madhavan at the RWC16 – YouTube
My hunt for McDonald’s early french-fry recipe
How not to take things personally? | Frederik Imbo | TEDxMechelen – YouTube
What complexity science says about what makes a winning team | Aeon Essays
What is wrong
General Message-
What is wrong with the world today? Such questions are bound to arise in thinking minds, but often the answers given are not completely honest. Diagnoses given and remedies adopted have all been biased and so the situation remains vague and unresolved.
The crux of the matter lies in the correct reinterpretation of the ancient word “religion”. The West has very little religion, and whenever one hears of it, it is either subservient to politics or at best an adjunct of material life. The East is suffering from an overdose of religion, and consequently it hankers desperately for a material antidote.
Religion in the West is synonymous with scientific progress, which is distinctive in its manifestation. Religion in the East, and in India in particular, has gone underground and been replaced largely by crude ceremonies, vague rituals, and lifeless dogmas.
Instead of nourishing the seeds of peace and plenty, this subterranean religion tries to propagate communism, fanaticism, nationalism, and patriotism, which have now become by words associated with leadership and greatness, suffering and sanctity.
In short, religion as a living force has become obsolete.
The urgent need of today to resuscitate religion is to dig it out of its narrow, dark vault and let the spirit of man shine out once again in its pristine glory.
The most practical thing in the world is to be spiritually minded. It needs no special time, place, or circumstance. It is not necessarily concerned with anything out of the ordinary daily routine.
It is never too early or too late to be spiritual. It is just a simple question of having the proper mental attitude towards lasting value, changing circumstance, and avoidable eventualities, as well as a healthy sense of the inevitable.
Spirituality is not restricted to, nor can it be restricted by, anyone or anything, anywhere, at any time. It covers all life for all time, and it can easily be achieved through selfless service and that pure love which knows no bondage and seeks no boundary. A mighty surge of this spirituality is about to sweep over the world.
My blessings to you all.
——-AVATAR MEHER BABA
[LISTEN, HUMANITY. By Meher Baba. NARRATED AND EDITED By D.E. Stevens. An Avatar Meher Baba Trust eBook June 2011. Copyright © 1957 by Sufism Reoriented, Inc. Copyright © 1982 Avatar Meher Baba Trust]
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Why meaning is more sunken into words than we realise | Aeon Essays
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How ancient poetry can revitalise our erotic imaginations | Aeon Essays
Farmers Protest, A Ploy To Stop India’s Fast Economic Recovery
Which is better: Soap or hand sanitizer? – Alex Rosenthal and Pall Thordarson – YouTube
The history of the world according to corn – Chris A. Kniesly – YouTube
Why do we feel nostalgia? – Clay Routledge – YouTube
T’s Q
“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.”
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Fact – CALLER ID
After the release of the 1996 film Scream, which involved an anonymous killer calling and murdering his victims, Caller ID usage tripled in the United States.
W.O.T.D.
| WORD OF THE DAY |
| Dulcifydəl-sə-faiPart of speech: verbOrigin: Latin, late 16th century |
| 1Sweeten. | 2Calm or soothe. |
| Examples of Dulcify in a sentence “He used honey to dulcify his trademark lemonade.” “She attempted to dulcify the crying child with a lullaby.” |
f.q.t.d.
“Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.”
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A.Q.T.D.
“I decided on the spot that I would be an artist, and I assure you, it was no ordinary artist I had in mind.”
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Witty Quotes of the Day
“Writers don’t get mad they get even in their novels.”– Candace C. Bowen
“You can’t build a reputation on what you’re going to do.”– Henry Ford
Weird Words
schizogenesis
reproduction by division
29.11.2020 My Weblog
Back to Square One
Meaning:
To go back to the beginning; back to the drawing board.
I feel Readers like short posts rather than one whole weblog.
While Weblog is for self consumption but a Premium Blog is aimed at Readers/ Viewers for their benefit too.
So feeling of Going back to Square One is overpowering.,
Seth Godin’s Newsletter
More popular (and cheap, too)
If Harper Lee had written To Kill a Mockingbird today, there’s no doubt that the salesforce and the marketers would have pushed for a catchier title, probably with better SEO.
And it’s hard to imagine that Waiting for Godot would have ever been performed on Broadway.
On a similar note: What would happen if instead of taking elements out of our work in order to make the product cheaper, we put things in instead? What if we made it better?
It’s tempting to race to the bottom. The problem is that you might win, and then you’ll have to stay there. Worse, you might try and come in second, accomplishing not much of anything.
Linkbait is a trap, because it brings you attention you actually don’t want.
The alternative is to be idiosyncratic, specific and worth the effort and expense. What would happen if you made something important, breathtaking or wonderful? The race to the top is not only more satisfying, it’s also more likely to work.
And then you get to live there. Doing work you’re proud of, without excuses.
GIVE ME A CAPTION PLEASE….
MOTIVATION
“Do not let the hero in your soul parish, in lonely frustration, for the life you deserved but never have been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.”
– Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
W.O.T.D.
| WORD OF THE DAY |
| 1Having a strong, pleasant taste. | 2(of talk or writing) pleasant or interesting. |
| Examples of Sapid in a sentence “Lunch consisted of finger sandwiches and a sapid tea.” “The cheese was sapid and savory, and paired well with freshly baked bread.” |
Seth Godin’s Newsletter
Contradictory answers to obvious questions
That’s how you know that they’re not obvious.
When smart, committed people disagree about the answer to a question, you’ve found a question worth pursuing and a discussion worth having.
JAMES CLEAR NEWSLETTER
3 ideas, 2 quotes, 1 question (November 26, 2020)
“Working to deliver the most wisdom per word of any newsletter on the web.”
Happy 3-2-1 Thursday,
Let’s get right to it. Here are 3 short ideas from me, 2 quotes from others, and 1 question to ponder this week.
3 IDEAS FROM ME
I.
“If you genuinely care about the goal, you’ll focus on the system.”
II.
“Successes are revised mistakes.”
III.
“Amazing social skills are a superpower.
The ability to deliver bad news in a good way is a superpower.
The ability to de-escalate a tense situation into a calm one is a superpower.
The ability to transform a lose/win situation into a win/win situation is a superpower.”
2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS
I.
John F. Kennedy on gratitude:
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”
Source: Thanksgiving Day Proclamation, 1963
II.
Writer and entrepreneur Kevin Kelly on making life count:
“I am now 55 years old. Like a lot of people in middle age my late-night thoughts bend to contemplations about how short my remaining time is. Even with increasing longevity there is not enough time to do all that I want. Nowhere close. My friend Stewart Brand, who is now 69, has been arranging his life in blocks of 5 years. Five years is what he says any project worth doing will take. From moment of inception to the last good-riddance, a book, a campaign, a new job, a start-up will take 5 years to play through. So, he asks himself, how many 5 years do I have left? He can count them on one hand even if he is lucky. So this clarifies his choices. If he has less than 5 big things he can do, what will they be?”
Source: My Life Countdown
1 QUESTION FOR YOU
Some questions to consider before you speak:
Does this need to be said?
Does this need to be said by me?
Does this need to be said by me right now?
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Until next week,
James Clear
Author of the million-copy bestseller, Atomic Habits
Creator of the Habit Journal
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DID YOU KNOW…
Did you know…
… that today is the birthday of Dale Carnegie (1888)? Dale Carnegie was a pioneer in public speaking and personality development and became famous by showing others how to become successful. Carnegie’s book, How to Win Friends and Influence People, has sold more than 30 million copies and has been translated into numerous different languages.
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Today’s Inspirational Quote:
“If you can’t sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It’s the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep.”
— Dale Carnegie
Motivational story – Work and Live.
Father was a hardworking man who delivered bread as a living to support his wife and three children. He spent all his evenings after work attending classes, hoping to improve himself so that he could one day find a better paying job. Except for Sundays, Father hardly ate a meal together with his family. He worked and studied very hard because he wanted to provide his family with the best money could buy.
Whenever the family complained that he was not spending enough time with them, he reasoned that he was doing all this for them. But he often yearned to spend more time with his family.
The day came when the examination results were announced. To his joy, Father passed, and with distinctions too! Soon after, he was offered a good job as a senior supervisor which paid handsomely.
Like a dream come true, Father could now afford to provide his family with life’s little luxuries like nice clothing, fine food and vacation abroad.
However, the family still did not get to see father for most of the week. He continued to work very hard, hoping to be promoted to the position of manager. In fact, to make himself a worthily candidate for the promotion, he enrolled for another course in the open university.
Again, whenever the family complained that he was not spending enough time with them, he reasoned that he was doing all this for them. But he often yearned to spend more time with his family.
Father’s hard work paid off and he was promoted. Jubilantly, he decided to hire a maid to relieve his wife from her domestic tasks. He also felt that their three-room flat was no longer big enough, it would be nice for his family to be able to enjoy the facilities and comfort of a condominium. Having experienced the rewards of his hard work many times before, Father resolved to further his studies and work at being promoted again. The family still did not get to see much of him. In fact, sometimes Father had to work on Sundays entertaining clients. Again, whenever the family complained that he was not spending enough time with them, he reasoned that he was doing all this for them. But he often yearned to spend more time with his family.
As expected, Father’s hard work paid off again and he bought a beautiful condominium overlooking the coast of Singapore. On the first Sunday evening at their new home, Father declared to his family that he decided not to take anymore courses or pursue any more promotions. From then on he was going to devote more time to his family.
Father did not wake up the next day.
Did you know…
Did you know…
… that today is High Scoring Football Game? In the highest-scoring NFL game in history, the Washington Redskins defeated the New York Giants 72-41, combined for a total of 113 points in one game on November 27, 1966. There were a total of 16 touchdowns, 10 by Washington and 6 by New York, and a field goal by Washington’s kicker Charlie Gogolak with only 7 seconds left.
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Today’s Inspirational Quote:
“Each time we face our fears, we gain the strength, courage, and confidence we need to move forward. It’s far easier to change things than to change people. The real survivors in life are the ones who have the mental fortitude to press on even when the body wants to quit. Even if you don’t finish ‘first,’ you still need to continue on until you cross that finish line.”
— P.M. “Chief” DeMarks
My latest amateur paintings
Fact: A typical American Millionaire :)
Nowadays, millionaires with just $1 million isn’t considered wealthy anymore by most Americans. Now, the typical American sees at least $2.4 million as wealthy.
Of Chaotic Thrills and frills with the Reverse flowing Rivers… Motivational Quote..
“She had a wild, wandering soul but when she loved, she loved with chaos and that made all the difference.”
– Ariana Dancu
Random Pic – Needs a caption please…
Weird Word – Xanthophyll
xanthophyll
substance causing yellow colour of autumn leaves
There is no “I”
There’s No I in Team
Meaning:
To not work alone, but rather, together with others in order to achieve a certain goal.
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Best Morning Exercise.
Of course, now with 100, 100+ weight and Arthritis Unable to do these. Age has nothing to do with it.
In my childhood, P.P. Guruji Golwalkar used to have fun on my baby fat and slight paunch and would ask me to stay in Ashtangasana Yog without letting the tummy touch the earth. I struggled, struggled, and finally got it. The max times I did this was 108 times.
DID YOU KNOW…
Did you know…
… that today, besides being Thanksgiving in the U.S. (Happy Thanksgiving!), is First Fab Four Recording Session Day? On this day in 1962, the Fab Four had their very first recording session under name The Beatles. Trivia fans: Paul is not McCartney’s first name; it’s James. And John Lennon changed his middle name from Winston to Ono after marrying Yoko Ono in 1969.
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Today’s Inspirational Quote:
“Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.”
— Eckhart Tolle
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1-Sentence-Summary: Becoming The Boss shows leaders of all kinds, whether new or experienced, how to identify the pitfalls that stand in the way of influencing others for the better and overcome them.
Read in: 4 minutes
Favorite quote from the author:
I’ve summarized over 200 books so far. That’s a lot of ideas and I’ve noticed a few common threads in them. One of the biggest is how fast our world is changing and how hard we have to work to keep up. Leaders are no exception to this rule.
What worked well for the greats of the past like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs doesn’t always apply today. Technology is changing the way we communicate and learn so fast that it’s a wonder any of us can keep up, let alone those at the top!
What you need to succeed as a leader is to remain malleable enough to change and improve according to the modern world. And that’s just what you’ll learn how to do in Lindsey Pollak’s Becoming the Boss: New Rules for the Next Generation of Leaders.
Let’s dig in and see how much we can learn in just 3 lessons from the book:
- Learn how to lead yourself if you want to become a great leader.
- You will influence others best when your communication skills are excellent.
- Don’t gossip, prepare for difficult questions, and use people’s names when talking to them.
Read? Set? Lead! Here we go!If you want to save this summary for later, download the free PDF and read it whenever you want.
Lesson 1: The best leaders are the best at leading themselves.
When I was a missionary, our leaders had to teach us but also take care of their own areas. I didn’t understand how they could do it until I spend more time with them.
That’s when I realized that they were so good because they were excellent at leading themselves.
This requires you to be just as good at organizing your own life and improvement as you are at doing so for a whole team. It might sound daunting, especially if you’re new to your position, but there is hope for you.
The first rule you want to follow is don’t panic. Things change fast in the business world. Technology throws ideas at us at lightning speeds. It’s completely normal to be afraid occasionally, and you can learn to handle it.
One helpful way is to ask yourself if you want what’s in front of you more than you’re afraid of it. If you can answer yes, then push through your fears and go for it!
Also, learn to be creative. It used to be that you could become an expert in your field and that would be enough, but not anymore. If you want to stand apart, learn the ropes of other fields.
Additionally, always be learning and working harder. Assess your current knowledge. Pay attention to the skills you need to work on and make a plan. Check the LinkedIn profiles of people you admire to see what they’re good at and work on those things.
Lesson 2: Focus on others and make your communication skills top-notch if you want to have a positive influence on them.
In one of my favorite speeches I’ve attended, a leader I admire used a phrase that I’ll never forget:
“It’s not about you!”
This is some of the best leadership and life advice I’ve ever received. It still has a huge impact on everything I do today, especially whenever I get the chance to lead.
Research from the University of Texas confirms this, too. It identified that leaders don’t use the word “I” as much as non-leaders. So if you want to be excellent, stop thinking and talking so much about yourself!
It doesn’t do any good to just try to avoid doing something bad, you want to fill the gap with what’s good. And that’s thinking about your employees. You don’t want to talk about them behind their backs, and we’ll get to that in a moment.
You need to focus on the needs of your people and not your own. If you’re lost in what you need to improve all the time, you won’t be receptive to their needs.
Under-communication is another must-avoid when working with others.
One survey by Accountemps identified that not communicating often or openly enough hurts morale than anything else a manager can do wrong! So it’s better to do it too much than not enough.
Lesson 3: Use people’s names when talking with them, avoid gossip at all times, and know how to deal with difficult questions.
You’re not born with excellent communication skills, but you can learn them. Some of the most basic ones you can apply in just a few minutes to start seeing results!
One of the first is to remember people’s names and use them when you’re speaking with them. It’s an excellent persuasion tool, but you also need to check that you’re using the right names, too!
I had a manager once that wasn’t great at being a leader. But I do remember how he would always my name while talking with me. It did make me feel like I mattered, at least a little bit.
Additionally, we often overlook the power of eye-contact. Building this habit when conversing with employees will express confidence.
Sometimes, however, an unexpected question comes up that you won’t know the answer to. You can’t know the answer to everything, so don’t try to do that. Instead, maintain confidence by using one of these three techniques:
- Refer the person to another who might have the answer.
- Defer the question to another time by telling them you’ll get back to them.
- Ask them to be more specific.
You also want to avoid gossip at all times.
Have you ever been around someone that only likes to talk about other people? Every time I see this, I lose trust in the person. If they’re talking about another person behind their back, then what’s to stop them from talking about you behind yours?!
Don’t lose your employee’s trust. Never talk about other people when they’re not around.
Becoming The Boss Review
Becoming The Boss is an excellent book that I highly recommend everybody read, not just managers. I especially liked how it focused on looking inward at how you can improve as a leader. It seems that so much of being a boss these days is about having a commanding presence with no humility, but we need leaders that can see their faults too!
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Who would I recommend the Becoming The Boss summary to?
The 60-year-old executive who doesn’t think they need to change anything to be a better leader, the 36-year-old that just got their first management position and feels a little out of place, and anyone that wants to learn to lead themselves.
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SETH GODIN’S NEWSLETTER
The grateful pumpkin
It might not be autumn where you live, but the iconography of the large orange pumpkin travels around the world.
People carve faces into them, stick a candle inside and use them to ward off the darkness.
Perhaps we could consider writing on one instead. Inscribing all the things we’re grateful for, all the people who show up in our lives. We could highlight our heroes, our friends, the selfless people who show up for the community instead of simply looking for a shortcut… We could even remind ourselves of the systems, situations and dynamics that we take for granted.
Seeing that pumpkin every day is a great way to remind myself of how extraordinarily lucky I am. Even when it seems as though the news is an unending litany of selfishness and tragedy, it’s possible to find someone who made a difference.
Thank you for caring, for showing up and especially, for leading.
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James Clear Newsletter
3 ideas, 2 quotes, 1 question (November 26, 2020)
“Working to deliver the most wisdom per word of any newsletter on the web.”
Happy 3-2-1 Thursday,
Let’s get right to it. Here are 3 short ideas from me, 2 quotes from others, and 1 question to ponder this week.
3 IDEAS FROM ME
I.
“If you genuinely care about the goal, you’ll focus on the system.”
II.
“Successes are revised mistakes.”
III.
“Amazing social skills are a superpower.
The ability to deliver bad news in a good way is a superpower.
The ability to de-escalate a tense situation into a calm one is a superpower.
The ability to transform a lose/win situation into a win/win situation is a superpower.”
2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS
I.
John F. Kennedy on gratitude:
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”
Source: Thanksgiving Day Proclamation, 1963
II.
Writer and entrepreneur Kevin Kelly on making life count:
“I am now 55 years old. Like a lot of people in middle age my late-night thoughts bend to contemplations about how short my remaining time is. Even with increasing longevity there is not enough time to do all that I want. Nowhere close. My friend Stewart Brand, who is now 69, has been arranging his life in blocks of 5 years. Five years is what he says any project worth doing will take. From moment of inception to the last good-riddance, a book, a campaign, a new job, a start-up will take 5 years to play through. So, he asks himself, how many 5 years do I have left? He can count them on one hand even if he is lucky. So this clarifies his choices. If he has less than 5 big things he can do, what will they be?”
Source: My Life Countdown
1 QUESTION FOR YOU
Some questions to consider before you speak:
Does this need to be said?
Does this need to be said by me?
Does this need to be said by me right now?
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Creator of the Habit Journal
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Urgent and Important.. A motivational story
A philosophy professor stood before his class with some items on the table in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, about 2 inches in diameter.
He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.
The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up the remaining open areas of the jar.
He then asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous “Yes.”
“Now,” said the professor, “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The rocks are the important things – your family, your partner, your health, your children – things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter – like your job, your house, your car. The sand is everything else, the small stuff.”
“If you put the sand into the jar first,” he continued, “there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. The same goes for your life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take your partner out dancing. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party, or fix the disposal.”
“Take care of the rocks first – the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.”
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Witty Quotes of the day
“You can’t build a reputation on what you’re going to do.”– Henry Ford
“You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.”– Wayne Dyer
David Headley was a mystery, remains a mystery, but where is he – Oneindia News
Fear (f)phobias and Fact
Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13.
Love and Motivation
“Love demands everything, they say, but my love demands only this: that no matter what happens or how long it takes, you`ll keep faith in me, you`ll remember who we are, and you`ll never feel despair.”
– Ann Brashares, My Name Is Memory
Needs a caption please…
27-11-2020 My Daily Weblog
ARJUNA, if you fight this battle, think of how it shall benefit you. If you die during battle, you will go to heaven and be in eternal peace. If you shall be victorious O ARJUNA, you will be the ruler of this Kingdom. O ARJUNA, stand up, take courage, and fight!
या तो तू युद्ध में मारा जाकर स्वर्ग को प्राप्त होगा अथवा संग्राम में जीतकर पृथ्वी का राज्य भोगेगा । इस कारण हे अर्जुन ! तू युद्ध के लिए निश्चित करके खड़ा हो जा ।। ३७ ।।
The Blessed Lord spoke unto Arjuna:
O ARJUNA, by considering victory and defeat, pleasure and pain, gain and loss with indifference, you will not commit any sin.
जय-पराजय, लाभ-हानि और सुख-दुःखों को समान समझकर उसके वाद युद्ध के लिये तैयार हो जा : इस प्रकार युद्ध करने से तू पाप को नहीं प्राप्त होगा ।। ३८ ।।
Begin the day at 4.30. New Alarm was UNSTOPPABLE, Finally got up with heavy legs (wanting to rest some more) Lower back pain that’s not going for several days now,
Made some great Tea with Nettle Leaf tea added to normal Tea and to make it even stronger added Earl Grey Tea bag and Tea Masala tea bag, I like my morning cuppa Tea – strong, very strong. Add Cloves and Cardamom for taste,
Sometimes my tea is like a Kadha so esseniial for a COVID SURVIVOR with one teaspoon of Turmeric powder, bit of ginger, bit of Cinnamon too,. When I have back pain I try adding Moringa Powder too,
My 2nd Cuppa is actually my normal tea – made by wife, By then I am fully awake, done my weight, Temperature, BP, SPO2 checks and taken any medicines I forgot to take in the night.
These days wife gives me another antibody booster dose in the night and what it does is help clean the stomach and makes you hungry at the right times of the day, LIke yesterday – at 4 pm I was DINNER READY. But Cyclone Jowar had brought cold weather, incessant rains in Bengaluru city making morning or evening walks impossible, Impossible because, BBMP the Municipal corporation makes us choose only those as corporators who have JCB excavator machines. They get work for 5 years and are 24/7 at work digging holes, making roads, breaking roads, digging sewage water lines or drinking water pipe laying very close to ,,,,, FIBRE OPTIC CABLES so that we have no internet and we can not complain about them on SOCIAL MEDIA. Such Wise men,,, these corporators!
I began painting after a break and completing 3 in one go now and they are ready for Watercolor – final treatment and finishing touches, 6 years of amateur paintings – picking from web a great pic, printing it and then making a replica so I can learn, It is still Hobby painting, Wife as Mentor comes in telling me to straighten the staircase lines and ensuring that even in a Green and white only pic – I should add a different color to stairs as if that is why I wish to paint ! 🙂 🙂
But rant apart, this helped me gift over 3500 paintings for Covid Warriors and that was the high point, the real pineal gland pleasure (pun intended).
Thought provoking phrase today…
An Arm and a Leg
Meaning: Something that is extremely expensive.
Expensive things will cost you one of these. Figuratively speaking, of course.
And …
A Weird word
disport
to play about, frolic or gambol
Leadership
Leading during a crisis:
“There are certain kinds of rules in a crisis. Number one, I don’t respond in little pieces and then change my mind. I wait until I get the facts. And then I respond as quickly as I can, that I do so in a transparent way, that I do so from a set of values and character, that I respond in a way that I think produces remedy, that isn’t just apology, but produces remedy. I always tell everybody, when you have a crisis, remember this. It’s your response that defines who you really are in other people’s eyes.”
courtesy: a newsletter I subscribe to…
QUOTES
EXPLORE YOUR CURIOSITY
“In the past, success was more my need. Therefore, I was just a pawn in the hands of my audience. I’d do anything they wanted me to, just to fulfill their expectations of me. One of the things that drove me to become an actor was that I was insecure; I thought laughs and applause would give me the security I was looking for. But as I grew older and wised up and began to enjoy some of the benefits of success, I became less concerned with how the public responds to me collectively than with their private, individual response, which I can get better sitting at a bar talking with a stranger than I can sitting in an audience watching one of my own movies.”
— Lee Marvin
“And this is one of the great tasks of leadership for us, as individuals and citizens this year. But even if we act to erase material poverty, there is another greater task, it is to confront the poverty of satisfaction – purpose and dignity – that afflicts us all. Too much and for too long, we seemed to have surrendered personal excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things. Our Gross National Product, now, is over $800 billion dollars a year, but that Gross National Product – if we judge the United States of America by that – that Gross National Product counts air pollution and cigarette advertising, and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage. It counts special locks for our doors and the jails for the people who break them. It counts the destruction of the redwood and the loss of our natural wonder in chaotic sprawl. It counts napalm and counts nuclear warheads and armored cars for the police to fight the riots in our cities. It counts Whitman’s rifle and Speck’s knife, and the television programs which glorify violence in order to sell toys to our children. Yet the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages, the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country, it measures everything in short, except that which makes life worthwhile. And it can tell us everything about America except why we are proud that we are Americans.”
HOW MANY IN INDIA QUALIFY SIMILARLY…. I WONDER….
WHAT NOT TO DO
Billionaire Robert F. Smith said in a recent letter to investors, the “decision made twenty years ago has regrettably led to this turmoil. … I should never have put myself in this situation.”
Despite his numerous charitable givings, “He’d played a role in what federal prosecutors allege was the biggest tax evasion scheme in U.S. history, an effort by his longtime associate, Texas billionaire Robert Brockman, to hide $2 billion from tax authorities in an offshore scheme featuring a computer program called Evidence Eliminator and code names such as “Redfish” and “Snapper.””
When you’re too focused on making money you lose touch with the person you want to be. It’s as if you say to yourself, I’m going to make all this money and get to the end of your life and be ok with it. The world doesn’t work that way.
26/11/2020 My Weblog…
Did you know…
… that today is National Parfait Day? Think of layers of ice cream, whipped cream, and any combination of syrups and fruits served in a fancy glass… Yep, parfait is a fancy word for sundae. Whatever you call it, celebrate today by eating as many parfaits as you want! 🙂
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For me it brings the violent and sad memories of 26/11 which happened in Mumbai Killing 160 Civilians and numerous troops. Twitter friends from Maharashtra have been tweeting about this subject since early morning as there is no meniton of the Braveheart Constable Tukaram Ombale who caught the only live terrorist – kasab. Many officers names feature in it but this is a glaring omission.
NEVER FORGET
Near my home on Rammurthy nagar bridge is the memorial bust of Major Unnikrishan of NSG who gave his life – f\ighting to the terrorists.
Today’s Inspirational Quote:
“The quickest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it back in your pocket.”
— Will Rogers
In my role as Director Security, I had to arrange to evacuate many of our colleagues from Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai. One lady was adamant and wanted to visit TajMahal in Agra disobeying instructions. She finally reported as (on leave) and I had to literally tail her in Agra thru our staff unobtrusively as each life is precious.
Today’s Quote
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Witty Quotes
“You know, you’re rather amusingly wrong.”– Terry Pratchett
You will never find time for anything. You must make it.”– Charles Buxton
WHAT A PHRASE
Par For the Course
Meaning: What you would expect to happen; something normal or common.
TINY THOUGHT
FROM A NEWSLETTER I SUBSCRIBE TO…..
Imagine what you could accomplish if you weren’t focused on being busy all the time.
Bake this luxurious 19th-century Thanksgiving pie
Mail – Dhananjay Parkhe – Outlook
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FACT
The center of a comet is called a nucleus.
MOTIVATION
“Tolerance of intolerance is cowardice.”
– Ayaan Hirsi Ali
CAPTION PLEASE…
WEIRD WORDS
peise
weight; burden; load
Right Out of the Gate
Meaning:
Right from the beginning; to do something from the start.
W.0.T.D.
| WORD OF THE DAY |
| Anomalousə-NAM-ə-ləsPart of speech: adjectiveOrigin: Greek, mid 17th century |
| 1Deviating from what is standard, normal, or expected. |
| Examples of Anomalous in a sentence “The instrument’s readings were anomalous, so the captain decided to radio for help.” “The results were anomalous, leading the scientists to revise the experience from the beginning.” |
The Right Amount Is Key
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1-Sentence-Summary: Who Not How will skyrocket your success, happiness, and fulfillment in all areas of your life by identifying why you’re looking at your problems the wrong way and how simply seeking to get the right people to help you will make all the difference.
Read in: 4 minutes
Favorite quote from the author:
I still remember how devastated seven-year-old me was to see the Utah Jazz get destroyed in the NBA finals by Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls two years in a row. I was a huge Jazz fan and hated the Bulls and Jordan. At least until I learned their stories.
This team wasn’t always on top, and neither was Michael Jordan. When he came on in 1984, he wasn’t seeing much success, despite already showing signs of being the best player in the NBA.
The solution to their problem ended up not being a “How” but instead a “Who.” And it took a couple of Whos, including Scottie Pippen and coach Phil Jackson, for the Bulls to get to the point where I saw them dominating in and around 1997 and 1998.
I love hearing this story now not only because I don’t really care about the Jazz anymore, but more because I love learning how teaming up with the right people helps you stop spinning your wheels and instead leads to success.
That’s why I loved Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy’s newest book Who Not How: The Formula to Achieve Bigger Goals Through Accelerating Teamwork and believe that you’re going to love it too.
Here’s the book summarized in just 3 lessons:
- Ask yourself “who can help me accomplish this?” instead of “how am I going to get this done?”
- Getting the right Whos in your life will free up your time.
- You will make more money when you find Whos to complete your Hows.
Are you excited to discover a whole new world of productivity and freedom by asking one simple question? Let’s go!If you want to save this summary for later, download the free PDF and read it whenever you want.
Lesson 1: If you want to get more done, consider the people that can help you instead of worrying about the best way to do it.
A couple of years ago I was in a job working for a boss that I didn’t really like. I remember sitting there one day realizing that I didn’t want to be there anymore and asking myself how in the world I was going to get out.
But I was asking the wrong question, as I was soon to discover. Thankfully, I quickly began asking the right one without even knowing it.
Not long afterward I started writing on Medium.com. Six months later had a freelance writing gig because of friendships I’d made there.
Two months after that, I had lost my job. But again, because of my connections, I got to start my own company.
And just this month I get to buy a house in a wildly competitive market thanks to some amazing friends.
These experiences are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to how success has found its way to me because I’ve met the right people instead of worrying about how it was going to get done.
This is the power of Who Not How. I could complicate it but at its core, all you need to do to utilize the massive potential within this tool is stop asking “How will I get this done?” and instead ask “Who will help me reach my goal?” in all aspects of your life.
Lesson 2: You will have more time if you find the right people to help you reach your goals.
As a 16-year-old living in California, Richie Norton wanted to get a job. After hearing about this, Richie’s dad told him that he didn’t want Richie to get a job. What Richie really wanted was money, so his dad told him how he could get it.
Soon, Richie and his brother were driving their family’s van, with all the backseats out of it, to a watermelon farm. They bought all the deformed watermelons, which the farmers couldn’t sell.
Once they got home, Richie and his brother started going down the list in the phonebook, calling everybody and offering his watermelons. A few hours later he’d made more than he would have the entire summer working a full-time job.
Initially, Richie’s question was “How will I make the money I want?” The only answer he could come up with was a job that would have cost him the entire summer’s worth of time.
Instead, with the right Who, his entrepreneur dad, Richie cut down the amount of time it took him to earn that money significantly, leaving his whole summer open for fun.
When you ask Who instead of How, you’ll save an exponential amount of time.
Lesson 3: You will earn more money when you find the right Whos to solve your Hows.
In addition to being the managing editor here at Four Minute Books, I am also a licensed professional engineer. I own my own company for both the writing and engineering. While both are doing well now, they weren’t always.
Earlier this year I lost my biggest engineering client, and with them, over half of my income within that company. Thankfully it was a cordial separation, they’d just grown big enough to need their own engineer.
But I was still asking how to get the income back.
I was meeting with coaches, asking friends, and constantly wondering how I was going to find another client. I don’t have a lot of sales skills, so I felt lost.
Things began to change, however, after shifting my focus to the question “Who can help me get more clients?” I realized that I had a family member with sales experience who had recently lost his job. I asked him if he would like to make some money helping me get more clients, and he did.
He’s since helped me get not only one new client, but almost three, with opportunities to get more. Now, my engineering company is well on its way to making that money back and more.
If you want to reach your big financial goals, start asking “Who can help me with this?” instead of how.
Who Not How Review
Man, I love this idea. Not only did Shawn Achor prove it’s truth in Big Potential, but I’ve also personally seen the right Whos leading me to success, countless times. I firmly believe that, if you follow what it teaches, Who Not How is going to radically alter your life for the better.
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Who would I recommend the Who Not How summary to?
The 33-year-old business owner who isn’t sure how to get their company to the next level, the 48-year-old that desperately needs help with their teenager, and anyone who has big goals that wants to see how to work smarter to accomplish them.
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1-Sentence-Summary: Who Not How will skyrocket your success, happiness, and fulfillment in all areas of your life by identifying why you’re looking at your problems the wrong way and how simply seeking to get the right people to help you will make all the difference.
Read in: 4 minutes
Favorite quote from the author:
I still remember how devastated seven-year-old me was to see the Utah Jazz get destroyed in the NBA finals by Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls two years in a row. I was a huge Jazz fan and hated the Bulls and Jordan. At least until I learned their stories.
This team wasn’t always on top, and neither was Michael Jordan. When he came on in 1984, he wasn’t seeing much success, despite already showing signs of being the best player in the NBA.
The solution to their problem ended up not being a “How” but instead a “Who.” And it took a couple of Whos, including Scottie Pippen and coach Phil Jackson, for the Bulls to get to the point where I saw them dominating in and around 1997 and 1998.
I love hearing this story now not only because I don’t really care about the Jazz anymore, but more because I love learning how teaming up with the right people helps you stop spinning your wheels and instead leads to success.
That’s why I loved Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy’s newest book Who Not How: The Formula to Achieve Bigger Goals Through Accelerating Teamwork and believe that you’re going to love it too.
Here’s the book summarized in just 3 lessons:
- Ask yourself “who can help me accomplish this?” instead of “how am I going to get this done?”
- Getting the right Whos in your life will free up your time.
- You will make more money when you find Whos to complete your Hows.
Are you excited to discover a whole new world of productivity and freedom by asking one simple question? Let’s go!If you want to save this summary for later, download the free PDF and read it whenever you want.
Lesson 1: If you want to get more done, consider the people that can help you instead of worrying about the best way to do it.
A couple of years ago I was in a job working for a boss that I didn’t really like. I remember sitting there one day realizing that I didn’t want to be there anymore and asking myself how in the world I was going to get out.
But I was asking the wrong question, as I was soon to discover. Thankfully, I quickly began asking the right one without even knowing it.
Not long afterward I started writing on Medium.com. Six months later had a freelance writing gig because of friendships I’d made there.
Two months after that, I had lost my job. But again, because of my connections, I got to start my own company.
And just this month I get to buy a house in a wildly competitive market thanks to some amazing friends.
These experiences are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to how success has found its way to me because I’ve met the right people instead of worrying about how it was going to get done.
This is the power of Who Not How. I could complicate it but at its core, all you need to do to utilize the massive potential within this tool is stop asking “How will I get this done?” and instead ask “Who will help me reach my goal?” in all aspects of your life.
Lesson 2: You will have more time if you find the right people to help you reach your goals.
As a 16-year-old living in California, Richie Norton wanted to get a job. After hearing about this, Richie’s dad told him that he didn’t want Richie to get a job. What Richie really wanted was money, so his dad told him how he could get it.
Soon, Richie and his brother were driving their family’s van, with all the backseats out of it, to a watermelon farm. They bought all the deformed watermelons, which the farmers couldn’t sell.
Once they got home, Richie and his brother started going down the list in the phonebook, calling everybody and offering his watermelons. A few hours later he’d made more than he would have the entire summer working a full-time job.
Initially, Richie’s question was “How will I make the money I want?” The only answer he could come up with was a job that would have cost him the entire summer’s worth of time.
Instead, with the right Who, his entrepreneur dad, Richie cut down the amount of time it took him to earn that money significantly, leaving his whole summer open for fun.
When you ask Who instead of How, you’ll save an exponential amount of time.
Lesson 3: You will earn more money when you find the right Whos to solve your Hows.
In addition to being the managing editor here at Four Minute Books, I am also a licensed professional engineer. I own my own company for both the writing and engineering. While both are doing well now, they weren’t always.
Earlier this year I lost my biggest engineering client, and with them, over half of my income within that company. Thankfully it was a cordial separation, they’d just grown big enough to need their own engineer.
But I was still asking how to get the income back.
I was meeting with coaches, asking friends, and constantly wondering how I was going to find another client. I don’t have a lot of sales skills, so I felt lost.
Things began to change, however, after shifting my focus to the question “Who can help me get more clients?” I realized that I had a family member with sales experience who had recently lost his job. I asked him if he would like to make some money helping me get more clients, and he did.
He’s since helped me get not only one new client, but almost three, with opportunities to get more. Now, my engineering company is well on its way to making that money back and more.
If you want to reach your big financial goals, start asking “Who can help me with this?” instead of how.
Who Not How Review
Man, I love this idea. Not only did Shawn Achor prove it’s truth in Big Potential, but I’ve also personally seen the right Whos leading me to success, countless times. I firmly believe that, if you follow what it teaches, Who Not How is going to radically alter your life for the better.
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Who would I recommend the Who Not How summary to?
The 33-year-old business owner who isn’t sure how to get their company to the next level, the 48-year-old that desperately needs help with their teenager, and anyone who has big goals that wants to see how to work smarter to accomplish them.
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Weblog of the Day 25-11-2020
I subscribe to many Newsletters. One of them is from Vanessa Von Edwards ” People Science”. I learned a new word today morning “
verklempt/. fəˈklɛmt, vəˈklɛmt/
adjective INFORMAL•NORTH AMERICANV
Overcome with emotion. “she was all verklempt earlier this week over her latest split from her husband”
She is one of the best Udemy Instructor where I learned Body Language, Gestures and their use in my Toastmasters Projects. Profound !
A friend posted a Vintage Telephone – seeking a Caption. Does anyone here remember using this?
RANDOM Phrase of the day:
My Cup of Tea
Meaning: Someone or something that one finds to be agreeable or delightful.
WEIRD WORD OF THE DAY:
impedimentat
Things that impede;
baggage
| WORD OF THE DAY |
| Retroject reh-trə-JEKT Part of speech: verb Origin: Latin, mid 19th century |
| 1Project backwards. |
| Examples of Retroject in a sentence “He presented a hypothesis that retrojected the previous learnings.” “He was reminiscing about his youth, retrojecting about his past accomplishments.” |
RANDOM PICTURE: INTERESTING,, NO?
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE OF THE DAY
“I know that pain is the most important thing in the universes. Greater than survival, greater than love, greater even than the beauty it brings about. For without pain, there can be no pleasure. Without sadness, there can be no happiness. Without misery there can be no beauty. And without these, life is endless, hopeless, doomed and damned. Adult. You have become adult.”
– Harlan Ellison, Paingod and Other Delusions
A FACT.
Extreme ironing is a sport in which people take ironing boards to remote locations and iron items of clothing. It originated in England.
Witty Quotes of the day:
“Men are the sport of circumstances when it seems circumstances are the sport of men.” – Lord Byron
“She has all of the virtues I despise, and none of the vices I admire.” – Winston Churchill
Interesting article
Below: from Seth Godin’s Newsletter
Subconscious pre-filtering
It’s entirely possible to believe that your ideas come from the muse, and your job is to simply amplify them. And that successful people are lucky because the muse keeps giving them useful and powerful ideas.
I’m not sure that’s what successful people do. All of us get an endless supply of ideas, notions and inklings. Successful people, often without realizing it, ignore the ones that are less likely to ‘work’, and instead focus on the projects that are more likely to advance the mission.
It’s possible to get better at this pre-filtering. By doing it out loud. By writing out the factors that you’re seeking, by explaining to someone else how your part of the world works.
Instinct is great. It’s even better when you work on it.
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F.Q.T.D
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Butterfly hunting
Ideas are like that.
The successful editor, curator or entrepreneur doesn’t go hunting ideas to kill them, but to celebrate them, identify them and dance with them.
And a brutal, all-out frontal attack won’t work. It’s not about raising a ton of money or insisting that the world supply you with only the good ideas. Quibi failed because of the hubris of believing that the ideas could be conjured on a schedule. And countless middlemen have struggled with the dead-end of only wanting to embrace the good ideas, which are often impossible to distinguish from the others at a distance.
Sometimes, you need to look more closely, to reconsider or to circle around again.
And sometimes we go butterfly hunting and find nothing at all.
Fred Hills, who published fifty New York Times bestsellers (including my first one) died a few weeks ago. He took the quest literally, and used to go butterfly hunting with Nabakov. His belief in my book was matched by the trust he offered me and so many authors to find our voice and share it.
Chris Meyer was another butterfly hunter, patiently connecting, leading and challenging, turning on lights in a way that made everyone in the room see the possibilities that lay just ahead.
The ideas are there. It might take patience to nurture them.
[HT to Lisa DiMona.]
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Railways To Replace Guard Vans On Freight Trains With EoTT Devices
Railways To Replace Guard Vans On Freight Trains With EoTT Devices byArun Kumar Das-Nov 25, 2020 11:57 AM A guard van Snapshot The equipment is designed to do the guard’s job by giving an indication to the loco driver in case of parting of wagon or coach from the rear side of the train. Each set of EoTT devices is estimated to cost approximately Rs 10 lakh. Emphasising on technology, Indian Railways is installing a new system to do away with guard vans and the practice of deploying guards at the rear-end of goods trains to ensure all wagons remain intact when the train is in motion. The technology-driven initiative envisages replacement of guard vans with fully loaded wagons equipped with a sophisticated device called the End of Train Telemetry (EoTT) system.
Railways To Replace Guard Vans On Freight Trains With EoTT Devices
FCRA Inflows into India from Gospel For Asia since 2006: A Comprehensive Compilation – India Happenings
Belgium’s biggest banks propose system to share suspected money laundering information – ICIJ
Global tax system ‘programmed to fail,’ says new report on revenue losses – ICIJ
Countries lose more than $427 billion in revenue each year from tax dodging by companies and wealthy individuals, according to groundbreaking new research by the Tax Justice Network. The nonprofit published the “State of Tax Justice” report on Friday and estimates that global tax losses could pay for the salaries of almost 34 million nurses around the world. The United States, itself a tax haven that strips money from other countries, lost enough revenue from its own residents and corporations to pay for the salaries of more than 1.1 million nurses paid an average U.S. salary, TJN Found. “A global tax system that loses over $427 billion a year is not a broken system, it’s a system programmed to fail,” Alex Cobham, chief executive of the Tax Justice Network, said at the report’s release. “Under pressure from corporate giants and tax haven powers like the Netherlands and the UK’s network, our governments have programmed the global tax system to prioritize the desires of the wealthiest corporations and individuals over the needs of everybody else.” TJN says that its report is the first study to provide country-by-country estimates of losses due to corporate tax abuse and tax evasion. As the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists explains here, traditional definitions hold that tax evasion is illegal (a crime), but tax avoidance uses legal loopholes to reduce or avoid paying taxes. TJN found that multinational corporations avoid $245 billion while the world’s top 1 percent, who have been growing their wealth during the COVID-19 pandemic, avoid $182 billion. While rich countries lost the most tax revenue in overall terms, poorer countries lost disproportionately more than wealthier countries, TJN found. Latin America and Africa’s tax losses equal 20.4% and 52.5% of those regions’ public health budgets respectively, according to the report. Senegal in West Africa, for example, loses $168.2 million in revenue from tax dodging companies and individuals each year, according to the research. The amount is more than 70% of Senegal’s health budget. In 2016, ICIJ revealed as part of its Paradise Papers investigation that Senegal could have lost almost $9 million in taxes on one deal with a Canadian company. TJN’s report also shows Mauritius, the focus of ICIJ’s 2018 Mauritius Leaks investigation, drains other countries of more than $1.3 billion in revenue.
Global tax system ‘programmed to fail,’ says new report on revenue losses – ICIJ
writing prompt for the day
Eavesdropper
Write about the last thing you accidentally overheard.
Writing prompt for the day
The Joker
Write about a wildcard.
RANDOM QUESTION
Do you, or did you in the past, have any strange habits?
RANDOM QUESTION
If it was possible to transplant your brain to stay alive for another 100 years, would you?
ICC complaint alleging Uighur genocide cites China Cables as evidence – ICIJ
16. International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women – 25 November
16. International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women – 25 November
This day seeks to bring awareness of violent attacks against women, especially those from marginalized groups and communities.
Content marketing ideas:
- Listicle idea: Inspiring tales of women who dared to speak up against violence
- Infographic idea: X NGOs that are leading the fight against gender violence
- Video idea: Simple self-defense moves every woman should know
- Podcast idea: Why is it important to offer support to women who have undergone physical/mental abuse?
Brand campaign that worked:
Through its #ActAgainstAbuse campaign, Femina aims to highlight the rising cases of domestic violence during the COVID lockdown.
Anger Is a Kind of Madness
Anger Is a Kind of Madness
They didn’t have the studies to back it up, but they knew.
Anger makes you dumber. It makes you a worse leader, a worse decision-maker.
This is why Seneca wrote his On Anger to Nero. He didn’t think an emperor could afford to be ruled by his passions. “I tell you that anger is a kind of madness,” he wrote. A recent research study conducted and published by psychologist Michael Greenstein proves it.
According to the study, angry people were not only more susceptible to misinformation. They were more likely to use that misinformation to guide their decision-making and actions. Information and confidence, traditionally correlated, followed an opposite trajectory in angry people. As angry people got more false information, they became more confident.
Angry people, unknowingly, confuse their heightened state of emotion for heightened cognitive capabilities. They think their mind is alert, aware, firing on all cylinders. People after a few cocktails do too, but Greenstein implies that the angry-inhibited are more at risk than the alcohol-inhibited. Alcohol impairs memory. Anger gives you false memories.
“A constellation of risks” is how this new research refers to the implications of anger. But the Stoics have known this for 2000 years.
Ignore them at your peril.
For more Stoicism-based guidance that will teach you to control your emotions and not let your anger get the best of you, sign up for Daily Stoic’s Taming Your Temper challenge. It’s 11 days of exercises that will help you cope with your anger, create new habits to break out of the anger cycle, and more. Sign up now.
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NEVER HAVE I…
Never have I ever been to a concert.
WRITING PROMPT
Random Page
]Open a random page of a book or magazine and use that to write.
RANDOM QUESTION
What’s a food you vow never to eat?
F.Q.T.D.
“The problem with beauty is that it’s like being born rich and getting poorer.”
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T’s Q
“The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.”
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Today is Worldwide Backup Day
Today is Worldwide Backup Day
Google is not your friend, it’s a tool.
It’s been 2,702 days since they shut down Google Reader and people still remember.
Or consider that Google can shut you out of all their services with no recourse or appeal possible. All your data, photos, calendars, emails… gone.
But yes, you can back up your data. Do it today…
Visit this page to start the process. It’s free. Hopefully, you’ll never need it. Press a few buttons and back up your data to a cloud service so that it’s in two places–This should happen automatically, but since it doesn’t, it’s worth doing.
The internet was originally designed as a resilience machine, designed to heal itself and work around interruptions. And the essence of it was a distributed, peer-to-peer network that worked precisely because it was open. As data is hoarded, manipulated and monetized, that original intent has been turned upside down.
Resilient systems don’t have to trend toward monopoly. In fact, it’s better when they don’t. And don’t forget to backup your data.
[PS the post from earlier today was skewed by homonyms. Thanks to alert readers for pointing it out… sorry about missing it, but the metaphor is still worth thinking about.]