tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77740217138538559032024-03-07T04:01:52.268+08:00Amols' LedgeInspiration is all around us. Exotic locations, delicious food, beautiful people and unique experiences at work, home and around you. I thought of capturing these things in life and share them. I would like to invite you to come to Amols' Ledge(bench) and pen down your thoughts.amolsledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12865274309334027292noreply@blogger.comBlogger416125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774021713853855903.post-61325280769461492022015-06-09T23:03:00.000+08:002015-06-09T23:03:34.463+08:007 Things to Keep In Mind before Opting For a Loan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">Taking a loan is a commitment and a responsibility. Thus, before you opt for any loan, it is important to ensure that you really need it and have the ability to make the repayment on time. Opting for a loan for meeting your needs is not a bad thing as such, as long as you have the means to service your debt.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">Now, it might be difficult for a few of us to determine whether a particular proposal of loan from a particular lender is the right choice to make. Hence, for your benefit, </span><a href="http://personalfncom.intl.uncm09.com/personalfncom/lt.php?id=fU0ECFEGU1AJVkQCAlAJVRg=AQEDDgJNVgsOCB4XBRQDXFpVSiFRDARRDxZRXQg=&client=11555" style="background-color: white; color: #fd7319; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;" target="_blank">PersonalFN</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"> has listed down the things that must be considered before you borrow money. Comparing loan proposals given by different lenders on the below given criteria will help you to understand which one suits you the most.</span><br />
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<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;"><b>Check the interest rate and tenure</b><br /><br />The lower the interest rate, the lower will be the installment that you will have to pay every month. Check the interest rates for various tenures and then determine which is the most apt for you. Also, remember that interest rates could be fixed or floating. Choose an option which would suit you the best.<br /> </li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;"><b>Understand the paper work </b><br /><br />Apart from interest rate and tenure, you must also check the time taken by the lender to sanction the loan, application and processing charges, procedure for procuring the loan and all fees and charges, among other things. You should also be wary of hidden charges.<br /> </li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;"><b>Late payment penalties</b><br /><br />Yes, it is very important that you make all your repayments on time. However, for worst case scenarios, you must find out what penalty would be applicable if you delay the payment of an installment.<br /> </li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;"><b>Early repayment</b><br /><br />Sometimes, one may receive <a href="http://personalfncom.intl.uncm09.com/personalfncom/lt.php?id=fU0ECFEGU1ABUEQCAlAJVRg=AQEDDgJNVgsOCB4XBRQDXFpVSiFRDARRDxZRXQg=&client=11555" style="color: #fd7319;" target="_blank">windfall income (such as large inheritances, insurance settlements, lottery winnings etc.)</a> or arrears of salary increments. If you receive any of them, you might want to repay your loan earlier. However, some lenders might discourage early repayment by charging penalties for the same. Hence, it is important to find out how does a lender treat early repayment of loans.<br /> </li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;"><b>Other terms and conditions</b><br /><br />Sometimes some terms and conditions might not be mentioned explicitly in the advertisement that you have seen before approaching the lender for a loan. It is also possible that the lender's representative didn't tell you about them. Hence, in order to avoid any misinterpretation or being fooled, it is very imperative that you read all the loan related documents well from the beginning to the very end.<br /> </li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;"><b>Bargain for better rates and terms</b><br /><br />Remember that, there is no harm in trying to bargain for better interest rates as this may save you a huge amount of money. Lenders may also be willing to offer some value added services such as insurance, document storage facilities, waiver of processing fees, prepayment penalty waiver and so on. You must ask, bargain and negotiate for all these, and if one lender offers you something, ask for it on paper and show it to the other lender to make the loan a little more competitive in your favour.<br /> </li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;"><b>Take expert advice</b><br /><br />Taking the help of an expert will help you get some advice on improving your credit score, what kind of loan should you opt for, which lenders are reliable and offer loans at attractive and suitable terms etc.</li>
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PersonalFN is of the view that, you may get a good deal if you assess all loan proposals meticulously on the above given parameters. However, before you apply for a loan, please make sure that the monthly installments don't affect your ability to spend on other necessities and to contribute towards meeting important <a href="http://personalfncom.intl.uncm09.com/personalfncom/lt.php?id=fU0ECFEGU1ABV0QCAlAJVRg=AQEDDgJNVgsOCB4XBRQDXFpVSiFRDARRDxZRXQg=&client=11555" style="color: #fd7319;" target="_blank">financial goals</a>.</div>
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amolsledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12865274309334027292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774021713853855903.post-73322885975414193132014-08-13T17:30:00.000+08:002014-08-13T17:30:32.440+08:00There's nothing selfish about suicide...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Reach out to survivors of suicide. Practice using the words "suicide" and "depression" so that they roll off the tongue as easily as "unicorns" and "bubble gum." Listen as they tell their stories. Hold their hands. Be kind with their hearts. And hug them every single time.</div>
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Encourage help. Learn about the resources in your area so that you can help friends and loved ones in need. Don't be afraid to check in over and over again. Don't be afraid to convey your concern. One human connection can make a big difference in the life of someone struggling with mental illness and/or survivor's guilt.</div>
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<a href="http://www.save.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&page_id=705D5DF4-055B-F1EC-3F66462866FCB4E6" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #ba72ba; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink">30,000 people</a> commit suicide in the United States each year. 750,000 people attempt suicide. It's time to raise awareness, increase empathy and kindness, and bring those numbers down.</div>
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It's time to talk about suicide and depression.</div>
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amolsledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12865274309334027292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774021713853855903.post-58473537940768698252013-03-15T15:52:00.001+08:002013-03-15T15:52:12.229+08:0010 Hot Cloud Startups to Watch - CIO.com<a href="http://www.cio.com/article/729692/10_Hot_Cloud_Startups_to_Watch">10 Hot Cloud Startups to Watch - CIO.com</a>: <br />
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amolsledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12865274309334027292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774021713853855903.post-87936840391227952882012-12-17T11:57:00.001+08:002012-12-17T11:57:53.768+08:00Five Presentation Mistakes Everyone Makes - Nancy Duarte - Harvard Business Review<a href="http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/12/avoid_these_five_mistakes_in_y.html">Five Presentation Mistakes Everyone Makes - Nancy Duarte - Harvard Business Review</a>: <br />
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<a href="http://www.inc.com/paul-spiegelman/leadership-practices-to-stop-today.html" target="_blank">http://www.inc.com/paul-spiegelman/leadership-practices-to-stop-today.html</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Arial, Verdana; font-size: 17px; line-height: 18px;">If you want to be the best in your industry, you have to get rid of your outdated management style.</span><br />
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You might not feel it day-to-day, but business management is in a major transition. The old days of command-and-control leadership are fading in favor of what might be better termed a trust-and-track method, in which people are not just told what to do, but <em>why</em> they are doing it. More formally, we're moving from what was called "transactional" leadership to "transformative" leadership. And there's no turning back.</div>
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Business owners certainly have a long way to go, especially in more established companies where old practices die hard. But you can see increasing evidence that by creating a company with a clear purpose and values, you'll find your employees connect themselves to something bigger, and that increases productivity. In other words, a culture of engagement leads to greater customer loyalty, and better financial success.</div>
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Here's my list of "old school" practices you ought to chuck, and "new school" practices to champion instead:</div>
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1. Out: Micro-management, or the need to control every aspect of your company. In: Empowerment, the ability to give your people some rope--even rope to make mistakes without blame.</div>
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2. Out: Management by walking around the office; it is no longer enough to be visible. In: Leadership by watching and listening, engaging in conversation, implementing the ideas presented to you, and distributing the results.</div>
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3. Out: Pretending you know everything. You don't have all the answers, so why try to make people think you do? In: Knowing your leadership team members and trusting them. Choose great people who have the right skills and fit the culture. And get out of the way.</div>
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4. Out: No mistakes, or a "no tolerance policy" some still think works. In: Learning from mistakes, or being the first to admit an error.</div>
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5. Out: The balance sheet drives the business, and informs all other decisions. In: People drive the business, boosting customer loyalty, and profit.</div>
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6. Out: Job competency is sufficient. Do the job asked, and you'll survive. In: Recruit "A" players who will go the extra mile. They're out there.</div>
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7. Out: Invest in technology to increase productivity. In: Invest in people.</div>
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8. Out: Demand change; be very specific about what you want and when. In: Nurture change; your people can come up with the best ideas and you can give them credit for it.</div>
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9. Out: Fried food in the cafeteria. In: Wellness in the workplace.</div>
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10. Out: Incentives; pay employees more money and they'll do more. In: Rewards; being valued matters more than money.</div>
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So ask yourself which of these out-of-date practices you're still using. There's no time like now to try something new.</div>
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amolsledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12865274309334027292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774021713853855903.post-71551141777737725122012-11-14T11:33:00.001+08:002012-11-14T11:33:35.452+08:008 Things Remarkably Successful People Do<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I'm fortunate to know a number of remarkably successful people. I've described how<a href="http://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/9-beliefs-of-remarkably-successful-people.html" style="color: #003399;">these people share a set of specific perspectives and beliefs</a>.</div>
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They also share a number of habits:</div>
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<b>1. They don't create back-up plans.</b></div>
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Back-up plans can help you sleep easier at night. Back-up plans can also create an easy out when times get tough.</div>
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You'll work a lot harder and a lot longer if your primary plan simply has to work because there is no other option. Total commitment--without a safety net--will spur you to work harder than you ever imagined possible.</div>
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If somehow the worst does happen (and the "worst" is never as bad as you think) trust that you will find a way to rebound. As long as you keep working hard and keep learning from your mistakes, you always will.</div>
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<b>2. They do the work...</b></div>
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You can be good with a little effort. You can be really good with a little more effort.</div>
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But you can't be great--at anything--unless you put in an incredible amount of focused effort.</div>
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Scratch the surface of any person with rare skills and you'll find a person who has put thousands of hours of effort into developing those skills.</div>
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There are no shortcuts. There are no overnight successes. Everyone has heard about the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/12/10000-hours.html" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="10,000 hours">10,000 hours</a> principle but no one follows it... except remarkably successful people.</div>
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So start doing the work now. Time is wasting.</div>
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<b>3. ...and they work a <em>lot</em> more.</b></div>
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Forget the <a href="http://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/facebook-sheryl-sandberg-can-leave-early-why-arent-you.html" style="color: #003399; text-decoration: initial;">Sheryl Sandberg "I leave every day at 5:30"</a> stories. I'm sure she does. But she's not you.</div>
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Every extremely successful entrepreneur I know (personally) works more hours than the average person--<em>a lot more</em>. They have long lists of things they want to get done. So they have to put in lots of time.</div>
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Better yet, they <em>want</em> to put in lots of time.</div>
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If you don't embrace a workload others would consider crazy then your <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goal" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Goal">goal</a> doesn't mean that much to you--or it's not particularly difficult to achieve. Either way you won't be remarkably successful.</div>
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<b>4. They avoid the crowds.</b></div>
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Conventional wisdom yields conventional results. Joining the crowd--no matter how trendy the crowd or "hot" the opportunity--is a recipe for mediocrity.</div>
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Remarkably successful people habitually do what other people won't do. They go where others won't go because there's a lot less competition and a much greater chance for success.</div>
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<b>5. They start at the end...</b></div>
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Average success is often based on setting average goals.</div>
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Decide what you really want: to be the best, the fastest, the cheapest, the biggest, whatever. Aim for the ultimate. Decide where you want to end up. <em>That</em> is your goal.</div>
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Then you can work backwards and lay out every step along the way.</div>
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Never start small where goals are concerned. You'll make better decisions--and find it much easier to work a lot harder--when your ultimate goal is ultimate success.</div>
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<b>6. ... and they don't stop there.</b></div>
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Achieving a goal--no matter how huge--isn't the finish line for highly successful people. Achieving one huge goal just creates a launching pad for achieving another huge goal.</div>
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Maybe you want to create a $100 million business; once you do you can leverage your contacts and influence to create a charitable foundation for a cause you believe in. Then your business and humanitarian success can create a platform for speaking, writing, and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought_leader" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Thought leader">thought leadership</a>. Then...</div>
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The process of becoming remarkably successful in one field will give you the skills and network to be remarkably successful in many other fields.</div>
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Remarkably successful people don't try to win just one race. They expect and plan to win a number of subsequent races.</div>
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<b>7. They sell.</b></div>
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I once asked a number of business owners and CEOs to name the one skill they felt contributed the most to their success. Each said the ability to sell.</div>
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Keep in mind selling isn't manipulating, pressuring, or cajoling. Selling is explaining the logic and benefits of a decision or position. Selling is convincing other people to work with you. Selling is overcoming objections and roadblocks.</div>
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Selling is the foundation of business and personal success: knowing how to negotiate, to deal with "no," to maintain confidence and self-esteem in the face of rejection, to communicate effectively with a wide range of people, to build long-term relationships...</div>
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When you truly believe in your idea, or your company, or yourself then you don't need to have a huge ego or a huge personality. You don't need to "sell."</div>
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You just need to communicate.</div>
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<b>8. They are never too proud.</b></div>
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To admit they made a mistake. To say they are sorry. To have big dreams. To admit they owe their success to others. To poke fun at themselves. To ask for help.</div>
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To fail.</div>
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And to try again.</div>
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amolsledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12865274309334027292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774021713853855903.post-59264761027772017482012-08-22T16:43:00.001+08:002012-08-22T16:43:06.952+08:009 Things That Motivate Employees More Than Money | Business | TIME.com<a href="http://business.time.com/2012/08/21/9-things-that-motivate-employees-more-than-money/?iid=biz-main-lede">9 Things That Motivate Employees More Than Money | Business | TIME.com</a>: <br />
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a very interesting article.. shared on Linkedin..!!</div>
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The problem with many sales organizations is they still operate with the same principles and techniques they were using in the 60′s, 70’s and 80’s. While the technology supporting sales process have clearly evolved, the traditional sales strategies proffered by sales gurus 20 or 30 years ago have not kept pace with market needs. They are not nearly as effective as they once were, and as I’ve alluded to, in most cases they are obsolete.</div>
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Trust me when I tell you that your existing and potential clients have heard it all before. They can see the worn-out, old school closes coming a mile away. They can sniff antiquated selling strategies, and will immediately tune out on presentations not deemed relevant. If your sales force is still FAB-selling, spin-selling, soft-selling or using any number of outdated, one size fits all selling methodologies, your sales are suffering whether you realize it or not. If you want to create revenue, increase customer satisfaction, and drive brand equity, stop selling and start adding value.</div>
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Lest you think I’ve lost my mind, I want to be clear that I’m not advocating taking your eye off the revenue creation ball. Rather what I’m recommending will help you generate more revenue, with greater velocity by simply doing the right thing in putting your customer’s needs first.</div>
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I hear a lot of noise about the tough economy, and revenue being down for many companies. I hear complaint upon complaint that companies just don’t have money to spend, and that nobody is buying. If you’re experiencing this type of reaction from your customer, it’s not because they don’t have money to spend, it’s because you’re selling and not adding value. It’s because you’re talking and not listening. It’s because you don’t get it…</div>
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It’s not about you, your company, your products or your services. It’s about meeting customer needs and adding value. When you start paying more attention to your customer needs than your revenue needs, you’ll find you no longer have a revenue problem to complain about.</div>
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Creating or expanding business relationships is not about selling – it’s about establishing trust, rapport, and value creation<strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">without</em></strong> selling. Call me crazy, but I don’t want to talk to someone who wants to manage my account, develop my business, or engineer my sale. I want to communicate with someone who desires to fulfill my needs or solve my problems. Any organization that still has “<em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">sales</em>” titles on their org charts and business cards is living in another time and place, while attempting to do business in a world that’s already passed them by.</div>
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Engage me, communicate with me, add value to my business, solve my problems, create opportunity for me, educate me, inform me, but don’t try and sell me – it won’t work. An attempt to sell me insults my intelligence and wastes my time. Think about it; do you like to be sold? News flash – nobody does. Now ask yourself this question, do you like to be helped? Most reasonable people do. The difference between the two positions while subtle, are very meaningful and powerful.</div>
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The traditional practice of sales as a business discipline has become at best ineffective, and in many cases flat out obsolete. You see, good business practices are not static. Stale methodologies and disciplines simply die a slow and very painful death, and it is my contention the overwhelming majority of sales processes I see in today’s marketplace are just that – stale.</div>
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So, my first suggestion is you change nomenclature. Clients are people not fish. Don’t “lure” or “hook” them – engage them, listen to them and serve them. Eliminate the words “suspects” and “prospects” from your vocabulary and replace them with potential clients. Think about it – do you establish trust by profiling and targeting prospects, or by attempting to understand the needs of a potential client? This is much more than a semantical argument – it’s a philosophical shift in thinking, and a practical shift in acting. Stop selling and start serving.</div>
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The truth is most corporations have a hierarchy of sales that comes with a very established and entrenched pecking order. The enterprise sales folks and key accounts reps sit atop the food chain, followed by inside sales reps, and at the bottom of the ladder you’ll find the customer service reps. The hunters are revered and the farmers are tolerated. Regardless of the titles being used, this entire concept of sales is so antiquated it’s laughable. Frankly, most people I know would rather talk to a knowledgeable customer service person over a sales rep any day of the week. The reason for this should be obvious – the perception is a customer service professional is providing information and helping them meet their needs. A sales person is trying to sell them something.</div>
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It’s time for companies to realize that consumers have become very savvy and very demanding. Today’s consumer (B2B or B2C) does their homework, is well informed, and buys…they are not sold. If customer centricity is a buzzword as opposed to the foundation of your corporate culture then you have some work to do. The reality is until I know that you care more about meeting my needs than yours, you’ll remain on the outside looking in. By the way, in order to understand my needs you have to actually know something about me…</div>
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Since the large majority of all buying decisions either begin or conclude on the Internet, you better be visible online. In addition to the basics of search engine optimization and traditional search engine marketing, I would strongly suggest getting involved in social networking. Just by having a presence on Twitter, Facebook, <a href="http://www.forbes.com/companies/google/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Google</a>+, LinkedIn, YouTube and other social networking platforms, you not only open-up a new communications channel to your existing clients, but you also make yourself readily available to those looking to find what you have to offer.</div>
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Teach your sales force to become true professionals focused on helping their customers for all the right reasons vs. closing the big deal for personal benefit. To do otherwise will lead to missing substantial opportunities without even being aware of it.</div>
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The most important factor in creating revenue and building brand equity is the client/customer/end-user. If you don’t engineer <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">everything</em></strong> around the client, your client relationships will vanish before your very eyes. Don’t be just another vendor, become a trusted advisor and advocate.</div>
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Super Ways..!!!! Must read...amolsledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12865274309334027292noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774021713853855903.post-70472977736849148332012-04-19T08:30:00.000+08:002012-04-19T08:30:01.566+08:00The Best Advice I Ever Got<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://www.robinsharma.com/blog/04/the-best-advice-i-ever-got/">The Best Advice I Ever Got</a><br />
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This one is another good one from Robin.. Keep them coming Robin.. it means a lot to me.. !!<br />
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#1. Below you will find an idea-rich article called, “The Best Advice I Ever Got” that summarizes the powerful insights that exceptional business leaders use to win.</div>
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The Best Advice I Ever Got</div>
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All it takes is a single idea to change the game. One insight, shared in one quick conversation, can transform the way you think, work and live. One piece of wisdom from an epic performer – or a thoughtful producer – can dramatically alter the path of your career and your personal life. And, as with all big ideas, the simpler the better (simplicity is the trademark of Genius).</div>
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When I was about 21 years old, I was blessed to have a brilliant bond trader as a best friend. He was older than me, more instinctual and had developed the acute courage to live his life on his own terms (versus following the crowd). A true original, in my eyes. And a man who influenced my perspective deeply. We used to take long walks along the ocean and talk about business, creativity and getting big things done. One morning, he said something that still speaks to me this day: “Robin, you have to run your own race.” To me, that advice meant a few things, trust my own instincts, live by my own values, do my own dreams (and quickly dismissing the chattering opinions of the critics around us). Too easy to buy into society’s definition of success and miss out on our own. So easy to get distracted by what other people are doing and get off the clear vision we’ve set for ourselves. And I have to admit that I’d rather fail at my own “race” than win at someone else’s.</div>
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To keep you encouraged, focused and at peak inspiration as you pursue what’s most important to you, I’ve set out some of the best “advice I’ve learned” from some of the best businesspeople on the planet. Here you go:</div>
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Elon Musk, the visionary founder of Tesla – the electric supercar manufacturer – told FORTUNE magazine that the single best piece of advice he ever received came from the book The Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy. “Don’t panic” were the words that jumped out at him, and that have guided his world-class career as an entrepreneur. He shared that emotion causes imperfect decision making since we don’t see the facts clearly. As for bad advice he said: “My parents advised me to ignore bullies. That doesn’t work. You have to punch them in the nose.”</div>
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Leonard Lauder, Chairman of The Estee Lauder Companies learned an outstanding piece of advice from his mother that guided his career, “If you have something positive to say to someone, put it into writing. But if you have something bad to say, tell it to them to their face.” An example comes from his experience as chairman of The Whitney Museum in New York. He was upset with one of the trustees and wrote a letter that he left on his desk. An assistant found the letter and mailed it, causing the trustee to resign in disgust. Lauder says he still regrets writing that letter to this day.</div>
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Terry Lundgren, CEO, Macy’s: “You’re not going to do this forever. There’s a finite amount of time you’re going to be doing this. Do this really, really well.” (from an interview in The New York Times).</div>
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Tony Hsieh, founder of Zappos.com: “Hire more slowly and fire those who are harming the culture more quickly. Our #1 priority is company culture. Our belief is that if you get the culture right, then most of the other stuff like building a great brand and great customer service will happen naturally.”</div>
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Warren Buffett, the iconic investor, was profoundly influenced by his father Howard, a stockbroker. One of the maxims his dad would recite regularly came from the philosopher Emerson: “The great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.” This drilled into Buffett’s thinking the importance of thinking for yourself and contrarian investing.</div>
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“When you’re the first person whose beliefs are different from what everyone else believes, you’re basically saying, “I’m right, and everyone else is wrong.” That’s a very unpleasant position to be in. It’s at once exhilarating and at the same time an invitation to be attacked.” Larry Ellison, founder of Oracle (by the way, big thanks to the team at The Oracle CIO Summit in Dallas for your invitation to present the Lead Without a Title message to your much-valued leaders).</div>
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“Twenty five years ago I wish someone had told me about the exponential factor of time: that every year over forty years of age goes twice as fast and every year over fifty goes ten times as fast.” Harold Evans, former publisher, Random House (from If I Knew Then What I Know Now by Richard Edler)</div>
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A few final – and random – pieces of advice people have shared with me along the way that have formed my thinking:</div>
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<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Health is the crown on the well person’s head that only the ill person can see.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Fly 1000 miles for a 10 minute meeting (you can’t build great relationships via email).</li>
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#2. Here’s a 60 second video called “Face Fear Fast” that will encourage you to do what scares you, so you lead a life that matters: <a href="http://bit.ly/165uyf" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #b85b5a; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" target="_blank" title="Face Fear Fast">http://bit.ly/165uyf</a></div>
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#3. The world of work is in deep disruption. Here’s a piece I wrote called “The 50 New Rules of Work” that many of our clients have used as a discussion tool for team meetings:<a href="http://www.robinsharma.com/blog/03/the-50-new-rules-of-work/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #b85b5a; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The 50 New Rules of Work">http://www.robinsharma.com/blog/03/the-50-new-rules-of-work/</a></div>
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#4. The specially priced early-bird seats for <em><strong>The Remarkable Entrepreneur SuperConference 2012</strong></em> are completely sold out <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">but you can still get a seat at $2000 off the regular price for a limited time</span>. If you’re ready to double the sales of your business within 24 months while taking more time off to enjoy life, you can’t afford not to join me June 2 and 3 in Toronto, Canada for these 2 life-changing days where I share my most advanced business-building strategies.</div>
</div>amolsledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12865274309334027292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774021713853855903.post-92216963065469576592012-04-16T22:28:00.001+08:002012-04-16T22:28:16.222+08:00The 50 New Rules of Work<a href="http://www.robinsharma.com/blog/03/the-50-new-rules-of-work/">The 50 New Rules of Work</a><br />
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This is really very interesting read.. Every point is worth giving a thought.. I liked the idea of discussing these things in teams... at work..<br />
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<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Take care of your relationships and the money will take care of itself.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Lead you first. You can’t help others reach for their highest potential until you’re in the process of reaching for yours.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">To double your income, triple your rate of learning.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">While victims condemn change, leaders grow inspired by change.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Small daily improvements over time create stunning results.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Surround yourself with people courageous enough to speak truthfully about what’s best for your organization and the customers you serve.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Don’t fall in love with your press releases.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Every moment in front of a customer is a moment of truth (to either show you live by the values you profess – or you don’t).</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Copying what your competition is doing just leads to being second best.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Become obsessed with the user experience such that every touchpoint of doing business with you leaves people speechless. No, breathless.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">If you’re in business, you’re in show business. The moment you get to work, you’re on stage. Give us the performance of your life.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Be a Master of Your Craft. And practice + practice + practice.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Get fit like Madonna.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Read magazines you don’t usually read. Talk to people who you don’t usually speak to. Go to places you don’t commonly visit. Disrupt your thinking so it stays fresh + hungry + brilliant.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Remember that what makes a great business – in part – are the seemingly insignificant details. Obsess over them.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Good enough just isn’t good enough.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Brilliant things happen when you go the extra mile for every single customer.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">An addiction to distraction is the death of creative production. Enough said.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">If you’re not failing regularly, you’re definitely not making much progress.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Lift your teammates up versus tear your teammates down. Anyone can be a critic. What takes guts is to see the best in people.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Remember that a critic is a dreamer gone scared.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Leadership’s no longer about position. Now, it’s about passion. And having an impact through the genius-level work that you do.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">The bigger the dream, the more important the team.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">If you’re not thinking for yourself, you’re following – not leading.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Work hard. But build an exceptional family life. What’s the point of reaching the mountaintop but getting there alone.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">The job of the leader is to develop more leaders.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">The antidote to deep change is daily learning. Investing in your professional and personal development is the smartest investment you can make. Period.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Smile. It makes a difference.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Say “please” and “thank you”. It makes a difference.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Shift from doing mindless toil to doing valuable work.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Remember that a job is only just a job if all you see it as is a job.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Don’t do your best work for the applause it generates but for the personal pride it delivers.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">The only standard worth reaching for is BIW (Best in World).</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">In the new world of business, everyone works in Human Resources.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">In the new world of business, everyone’s part of the leadership team.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Words can inspire. And words can destroy. Choose yours well.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">You become your excuses.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">You’ll get your game-changing ideas away from the office versus in the middle of work. Make time for solitude. Creativity needs the space to present itself.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">The people who gossip about others when they are not around are the people who will gossip about you when you’re not around.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">It could take you 30 years to build a great reputation and 30 seconds of bad judgment to lose it.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">The client is always watching.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">The way you do one thing defines the way you’ll do everything. Every act matters.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">To be radically optimistic isn’t soft. It’s hard. Crankiness is easy.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">People want to be inspired to pursue a vision. It’s your job to give it to them.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Every visionary was initially called crazy.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">The purpose of work is to help people. The other rewards are inevitable by-products of this singular focus.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Remember that the things that get scheduled are the things that get done.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Keep promises and be impeccable with your word. People buy more than just your products and services. They invest in your credibility.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Lead Without a Title.</li>
</ol><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: none !important; color: #626262; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">I encourage you to share + discuss + debate these with your team and throughout your organization. Within a quick period of time, you’ll see some fantastic results.</div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: none !important; color: #626262; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><strong><em>Keep Leading Without A Title.</em></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: none !important; color: #626262; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.robinsharma.com/blog/03/the-50-new-rules-of-work/rsig/" rel="attachment wp-att-2743" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #b85b5a; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2743" height="62" src="http://www.robinsharma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/rsig.png" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; display: inline; float: left; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 7px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;" title="rsig" width="705" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: none !important; color: #626262; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Robin Sharma is the author of the #1 international bestseller <em>“<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1439109125?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwrobinsharc-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1439109125" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #b85b5a; font-family: inherit; font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" target="_blank" title="The Leader Who Had No Title ">The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable About Success in Business and in Life</a>“</em>, a book that is causing transformation in many of the best businesses in the world.</div>amolsledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12865274309334027292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774021713853855903.post-10414418158366087392012-04-09T14:27:00.000+08:002012-04-09T14:27:24.768+08:00NGO - Prerana (supported by Infosys foundation)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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</div>amolsledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12865274309334027292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774021713853855903.post-2017418129837859182012-03-28T19:35:00.000+08:002012-03-28T19:35:47.436+08:00The Magic of Doing One Thing at a Time<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This article was published on <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.linkedin.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="LinkedIn">Linkedin</a> - <a href="http://blogs.hbr.org/schwartz/2012/03/the-magic-of-doing-one-thing-a.html" target="_blank">HR Blog</a><br />
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Why is it that between 25% and 50% of people report feeling overwhelmed or <a href="http://www.techjournalsouth.com/2011/07/nearly-half-of-employers-say-workers-are-burned-out-on-their-jobs/" style="color: #b20022; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;">burned out at work</a>?</div>
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It's not just the number of hours we're working, but also the fact that we spend too many continuous hours juggling too many things at the same time.</div>
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What we've lost, above all, are stopping points, finish lines and boundaries. Technology has blurred them beyond recognition. Wherever we go, our work follows us, on our digital devices, ever insistent and intrusive. It's like an itch we can't resist <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scratching" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Scratching">scratching</a>, even though scratching invariably makes it worse.</div>
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Tell the truth: Do you answer email during conference calls (and sometimes even during calls with one other person)? Do you bring your laptop to <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meeting" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Meeting">meetings</a> and then pretend you're taking notes while you <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.symantec.com/web-security-software" rel="symantec" target="_blank" title="Web security">surf the net</a>? Do you eat lunch at your desk? Do you make calls while you're driving, and even send the occasional text, even though you know you shouldn't?</div>
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The biggest cost — assuming you don't crash — is to your productivity. In part, that's a simple consequence of splitting your <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Attention">attention</a>, so that you're partially engaged in multiple activities but rarely fully engaged in any one. In part, it's because when you switch away from a primary task to do something else, you're <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/25/business/25multi.html?pagewanted=all" style="color: #b20022; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;">increasing the time </a>it takes to finish that task by an average of 25 per cent.</div>
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But most insidiously, it's because if you're always doing something, you're relentlessly burning down your available <a href="http://hbr.org/2007/10/manage-your-energy-not-your-time/ar/1" style="color: #b20022; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;">reservoir of energy </a>over the course of every day, so you have less available with every passing hour.</div>
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I know this from my own experience. I get two to three times as much writing accomplished when I focus without interruption for a designated <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Time">period of time</a> and then take a real break, away from my desk. The best way for an organization to fuel higher productivity and more innovative thinking is to strongly encourage finite periods of absorbed focus, as well as shorter periods of real renewal.</div>
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If you're a manager, here are three policies worth promoting:</div>
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<strong style="font-weight: bold;">1. Maintain meeting discipline</strong>. Schedule meetings for 45 minutes, rather than an hour or longer, so participants can stay focused, take time afterward to reflect on what's been discussed, and recover before the next obligation. Start all meetings at a precise time, end at a precise time, and insist that all digital devices be turned off throughout the meeting.</div>
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<strong style="font-weight: bold;">2. Stop demanding or expecting instant responsiveness at every moment of the day</strong>. It forces your people into reactive mode, fractures their attention, and makes it difficult for them to sustain attention on their priorities. Let them turn off their email at certain times. If it's urgent, you can call them — but that won't happen very often.</div>
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<strong style="font-weight: bold;">3. Encourage renewal</strong>. Create at least one time during the day when you encourage your people to stop working and take a break. Offer a midafternoon class in yoga, or meditation, organize a group walk or workout, or consider creating a renewal room where people can relax, or take a nap.<br /><br />It's also up to individuals to set their own boundaries. Consider these three behaviors for yourself:</div>
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<strong style="font-weight: bold;">1. Do the most important thing first in the morning</strong>, preferably without interruption, for 60 to 90 minutes, with a clear start and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop-time" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Stop-time">stop time</a>. If possible, work in a private space during this period, or with sound-reducing earphones. Finally, resist every impulse to distraction, knowing that you have a designated stopping point. The more absorbed you can get, the more productive you'll be. When you're done, take at least a few minutes to renew.</div>
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<strong style="font-weight: bold;">2. Establish regular, scheduled times to think more long term, creatively, or strategically</strong>. If you don't, you'll constantly succumb to the tyranny of the urgent. Also, find a different environment in which to do this activity — preferably one that's relaxed and conducive to open-ended thinking.</div>
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<strong style="font-weight: bold;">3. Take real and regular vacations</strong>. Real means that when you're off, you're truly disconnecting from work. Regular means several times a year if possible, even if some are only two or three days added to a weekend. The research strongly suggests that you'll be far healthier if you <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/43136927" style="color: #b20022; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;">take all of your vacation time</a>, and more productive overall.</div>
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A single principle lies at the heart of all these suggestions. When you're engaged at work, fully engage, for defined periods of time. When you're renewing, truly renew. Make waves. Stop living your life in the gray zone.</div>
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</div>amolsledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12865274309334027292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774021713853855903.post-19950359873395412152012-03-25T21:30:00.000+08:002012-03-25T21:30:14.641+08:00Bosses: Stop Doing These 10 Things<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This is from an article on <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;"><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_management" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Information management">Information
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Here’s a few more “fresh” suggestions provided by clients for publication purposes since I wrote the original post. (Note to readers, this and the predecessor post with comments are ideal for printing and quietly leaving behind on the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boss_%28video_gaming%29" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Boss (video gaming)">boss</a>’s chair.)</div>
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<strong>At Least 10 More <a class="zem_slink" href="http://culturedcode.com/things/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Things (application)">Things</a> to Stop Doing if You’re the Boss</strong></div>
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<li>Cut what? Don’t expect us to heed your words on austerity/change/doing more with less if you’re not changing and you’re not cutting back. And thanks for telling me all about your new boat two weeks after we took a pay cut. That was special.</li>
<li>Accountability is for Everyone. Stop avoiding THE <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performance_problem_%28organizational_development%29" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Performance problem (organizational development)">performance problem</a> on the team. We’re watching your own performance on this one, and you’re credibility clock is just about out of time.</li>
<li>If I Need a Friend, I’ll Get a Dog. Stop trying to be my friend and focus on being my boss. I need a boss who tells me what I’m doing right and importantly, what I’m doing wrong and holds me accountable to improving on all fronts. I don’t need someone who uses a faux friendship to avoid helping me grow.</li>
<li>Fewer Clown <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodeo" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Rodeo">Rodeos</a>, Please. Quit descending upon our facility like a conquering general expecting a parade. If you have to show up, why not show up unannounced and see what happens on a day when we’re all focused on working instead of worrying about entertaining the clown from corporate.</li>
<li>They Can’t All Be <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategy" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Strategy">Strategic</a>! Stop saying “yes” to every project that comes along. You’ve more than succeeded at ensuring that we have too few resources chasing too many projects. It’s time to learn that powerful word, “No.”</li>
<li>How Old Are You? Quit yelling at us in public. Come to think of it, quit yelling at us. Grow up.</li>
<li>Everyone on the Planet Except You Knows This! Stop shooting down our ideas in <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainstorming" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Brainstorming">brainstorming</a> meetings. You must have missed the day in life when they taught ALL OF US the rules of effective brainstorming.</li>
<li>Quit Hiding Under Your Desk. Stop dodging the angry customer calls and dumping them back on us. You might learn something.</li>
<li>Everyone on the Planet Except You Knows This, part 2. Quit trying to pass off your growth targets as strategies. Growth is an outcome, not a strategy!</li>
<li>Stop. Reverse That. Quit taking credit for everything that goes right and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passing_off" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Passing off">passing off</a> blame for everything that goes wrong. You’ve got that backwards.</li>
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If you’re the boss and you’re doing any of the above, cut it out. Seriously.</div>
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If you’ve got some more polite or not so polite suggestions for the boss, feel free to pass them along.</div>
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<em>This blog originally appeared at <a href="http://artpetty.com/2012/03/19/at-least-10-more-things-to-stop-doing-if-youre-the-boss/" style="color: #b20838; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">artpetty.com</a>.</em></div>
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</div>amolsledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12865274309334027292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774021713853855903.post-3137666364850556002012-03-22T10:43:00.000+08:002012-03-22T10:43:00.335+08:00Unleash Your Inner Entrepreneur<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Another set of super tips from <a href="http://www.robinsharma.com/" target="_blank">Robin Sharma</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1) To have the results that
ultra-successful performers have, you need to be willing to do the things that
only ultra-successful people are willing to do.</span> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2) The discomfort of change is
always better than the heartbreak of complacency.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3) What the victim calls Genius, the
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<span style="background-color: #c1c1c1; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Chronic <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pain" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Pain">pain</a> doesn't just hurt your body; it hurts your <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Emotion">emotions</a>, too. It can impact your mood, your memory, your relationships, and your overall <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_of_life" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Quality of life">quality of life</a> -- if you let it. </span><em style="background-color: #c1c1c1; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Don't</em><span style="background-color: #c1c1c1; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">let it. Negative emotions will only worsen your pain and, in turn, mess more with your mind and mood. To avoid this vicious cycle, tailor a comprehensive <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pain_management" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Pain management">pain-management</a> plan that minimizes </span><em style="background-color: #c1c1c1; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">both</em><span style="background-color: #c1c1c1; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> the physical and emotional impacts of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_pain" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Chronic pain">chronic pain</a>.</span><br />
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Pain-Proof Your <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mood_%28psychology%29" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Mood (psychology)">Mood</a></h3>
<span class="fb_frame_side_right_span" hfbnode="imagebody" style="background-color: #c1c1c1; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">A continually sore, achy body can understandably cause frustration, <a href="http://www.realage.com/anger-management-plan?src=edit&chan=health-guide&con=flipbook&click=slide2" style="color: #126a9a; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">anger</a>, anxiety, and depression. Occasional bouts of such emotions may not be a big deal, but if they persist, it's important to take action. Distract yourself from pain and brighten your mood by engaging in activities you love. Explore new <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.bupa.com.au/health-and-wellness/health-information/az-health-information/stress-busting" rel="bupacom" target="_blank" title="Stress busting">stress-reduction</a> techniques, work with a <a href="http://www.realage.com/depression-treatment-cognitive-behavioral-therapy?src=edit&chan=health-guide&con=flipbook&click=slide2" style="color: #126a9a; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">cognitive behavioral therapist</a>, or join a pain <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Support_group" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Support group">support group</a>. </span><br /><br />
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Pain Can Hurt Your <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-esteem" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Self-esteem">Self-Esteem</a></h3>
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Don't Let Pain Isolate You</h3>
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Pain Can Hurt Your Marriage</h3>
<span class="fb_frame_side_right_span" hfbnode="imagebody" style="margin-bottom: 10px;">When you hurt all the time, it's tough to complete household chores, take care of the kids, contribute financially, or fully participate in normal family activities. Sexuality and intimacy can also take a hit. Frustration, resentment, and <a href="http://www.realage.com/how-to-communicate-for-a-better-relationship?src=edit&chan=health-guide&con=flipbook&click=slide5" style="color: #126a9a; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">communication</a> breakdowns can occur -- especially when a spouse doesn't understand or sympathize with the sufferer's condition. Solution: Seek guidance from a marriage counselor to help rebuild your relationship. </span><br /><br />
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Fight Pain-Induced Fatigue</h3>
<span class="fb_frame_side_right_span" hfbnode="imagebody" style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Pain is <em>exhausting</em>. A sore back, hip, or knee can steal your sleep, send your stress levels skyrocketing, and drain your motivation to exercise. Reduce fatigue by integrating the right <a href="http://www.realage.com/pain-self-care-remedies-to-ease-pain?src=edit&chan=health-guide&con=flipbook&click=slide6" style="color: #126a9a; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">self-care measures</a> into your pain management plan. Eat a healthy diet, kick your bad habits, get more sleep, and exercise every day. You'll feel more energized and cope better with your pain.</span><br /><br />
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Pain Can Hurt Job Performance</h3>
<span class="fb_frame_side_right_span" hfbnode="imagebody" style="margin-bottom: 10px;">It's hard to stay on your game at work when you hurt all the time. Pain can diminish concentration, memory, critical thinking abilities, and productivity. Solution: Talk to your doctor about daytime pain medications that won't sedate you, and get the sleep and exercise you need to keep your brain humming. Short, daytime <a href="http://www.realage.com/power-nap-to-increase-productivity-lower-blood-pressure?src=edit&chan=health-guide&con=flipbook&click=slide7" style="color: #126a9a; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">naps</a> may also help. Don't overcompensate by becoming a workaholic.</span><br /><br />
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Take It Easy at Home</h3>
<span class="fb_frame_side_right_span" hfbnode="imagebody" style="margin-bottom: 10px;">It's hard to manage a household when you constantly hurt. Running errands, managing finances, and taking care of the kids, the pets, and a spouse can feel overwhelming. Remember to pace yourself, simplify, and let go of perfection. It's also okay to ask family members for help. Your home should be your sanctuary from pain, not something that aggravates it.</span><br /><br />
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Pain and Your Doctor</h3>
<span class="fb_frame_side_right_span" hfbnode="imagebody" style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Does your doctor take your pain seriously or do you get the impression he or she thinks it's "all in your head?" Chronic pain, especially without a clear underlying cause, can be tricky to treat, and some doctors are better-equipped than others to do so. Bottom line: Pain is a real condition that can be effectively treated. If you're not getting relief from your doctor, it's time to find a new one.</span><br /><br />
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Take Back Your Power</h3>
<span class="fb_frame_side_right_span" hfbnode="imagebody" style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Pain can bring loss -- loss of your physical function, your athletic abilities, a favorite hobby, a career, and even close relationships. While it's healthy to <a href="http://www.realage.com/coping-with-grief?src=edit&chan=health-guide&con=flipbook&click=slide10" style="color: #126a9a; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">grieve</a>, don't let pain make you a victim. Take back your power. To start, try to accept that pain is a part of your life, but does <em>not</em> control who you are or your ability to improve, cope, and thrive. </span><br /><br />
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Here's why <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bean" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Bean">beans</a> always make our best-foods list: They're a healthy, cheap source of protein that'll <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redox" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Redox">reduce</a> your <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Risk">risk</a> of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.wikinvest.com/concept/Cardiac_Disease" rel="wikinvest" target="_blank" title="Cardiac Disease">heart disease</a> and cancer, lower your <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_sugar" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Blood sugar">blood sugar</a>, and flatten your belly. (Protect your heart with a batch of <em>EatingWell</em>'s <a href="http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/smoky_black_bean_soup.html" style="color: #126a9a; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Smoky Black Bean Soup tonight</a>.)</div>
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Yep, beans do all that and more. Here are 5 ways beans help your waistline, heart, and blood sugar:</div>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px;">Reduce <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdominal_obesity" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Abdominal obesity">belly fat</a>. <span style="font-weight: normal;">A recent study found that beans' <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietary_fiber" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Dietary fiber">soluble fiber</a> chases away deep-down, visceral belly fat -- the toxin-filled kind that threatens your vital organs.</span><br /></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px;">Lower blood sugar. <span style="font-weight: normal;">Beans are low on the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycemic_index" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Glycemic index">glycemic index</a>, which means they're digested slowly, so they stabilize your blood sugar. Translation: Beans reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes. Stabilize blood sugar deliciously with this <a href="http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/green_lentil_soup.html" style="color: #126a9a; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Very Green Lentil Soup</a> recipe from <em>EatingWell</em>.</span><br /></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px;">Reduce <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_pressure" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Blood pressure">blood pressure</a>. <span style="font-weight: normal;">Beans are rich in artery-friendly minerals and healthy plant protein -- the kind that's better for blood pressure than protein from animals. Substitute the deli meat on your next sandwich with <em>EatingWell</em>'s <a href="http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/greens_cannellini_panini.html" style="color: #126a9a; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Braised Greens & Cannellini Bean Panini recipe</a>.</span><br /></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px;">Protect heart health. <span style="font-weight: normal;">The soluble fiber in beans also helps reduce blood levels of C-reactive protein, which lowers your risk for heart disease and heart attacks. Try this pasta dish from<em>EatingWell</em> to help lower your heart disease risk: <a href="http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/orecchiette_with_broccoli_rabe_chickpeas.html" style="color: #126a9a; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Orecchiette with Broccoli Rabe & Chickpeas</a>.</span><br /></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px;">Reduce cancer risk. <span style="font-weight: normal;">Simply eating beans three times a week helps prevent colon cancer. (You're 33% less likely to develop colon polyps.) Cutting back on red meat can reduce cancer risk, too.</span></li>
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So, what's not to like about beans? Oh, those gas attacks? Ease into eating beans, and take the supplement <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beano" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="The Beano">Beano</a> (available at grocery stores) until your body is used to them. Beano's natural enzymes deflate gas attacks. The elevator crowd will thank you.</div>
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During the initiation and planning phases of a project, there are a number of key activities to be performed. I am going to cover 3 of the most important activities in this article:<br /><br />1. Scope Definition<br />2. Planning<br />3. Communications<br /><br /><span style="color: #351c75;"><b>SCOPE DEFINITION</b></span><br /><br />I cannot stress enough the importance of locking down the scope at the beginning of project.<br /><br />Using a scope document, it is critical to define exactly what is in scope and what is not. Of course, you will need to work with the project sponsors and, at times, the project team to do this. Once the scope is defined, it is crucial to have formal sign-off.<br /><br />Remember, if the scope is not locked down and agreed to, small changes at the beginning of a project will potentially have huge ramifications later on - potentially to resources, costs, ability to meet business objectives, etc.<br /><br />For example, if a ship leaves San Francisco bound for Hawaii and is 2 degrees off course, the ship will miss Hawaii altogether. A minor course correction in this area at the beginning of a project will ensure your project does not stray drastically off course.<br /><br /><span style="color: #351c75;"><b>PLANNING</b></span><br /><br />Developing a good plan is also critical. When done right, good planning will typically ensure the execution phase of a project runs very smoothly - barring any unforeseen issues.<br /><br />Developing a sequential plan (step 1, step 2, etc.) and understanding what can be run in parallel are also important. Clearly defining the work and breaking it into small work units is a key step. Once these work units are defined, resources can easily be assigned based on availability and skill sets.<br /><br />It's important not to rush project planning. It's better to spend a little extra time developing a good plan than it is to try to course correct during the execution phase when more resources are typically engaged and the impacts are greater.<br /><br /><span style="color: #351c75;"><b>COMMUNICATIONS</b></span><br /><br />This is one of my hot buttons. Good, frequent and consistent communications are key!<br /><br />What do I mean by this? Well, communications should be planned in advance and well thought out with the possible exception of emergencies. Here's a simple example of an ongoing communications plan:<br /><br />1. Weekly Status Report - sent only to project team every Friday<br />2. Weekly Project Meeting Notes - sent only to project team every Wednesday<br />3. Monthly Project Report - sent to all stakeholders and sponsors last Thursday of every month<br /><br />This is a simplified example but, as you can see, there is a definitive plan for communicating. By communicating in an organized manner, your project team and sponsors will know exactly what to expect and, as a side effect, this will help build their confidence in your work.<br /><br />Tip 1: good or bad, always communicate the true status. This will protect you as well as help sponsors know when to engage and assist.<br /><br />Tip 2: by consistently showing progress with resource names attached (e.g. task 1 due on this date - assigned to John Smith), more often than not this visibility will serve as a natural self-motivator for the assigned person to complete his or her work on time. Often, no additional follow up or prodding is needed.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2FProjectTemplates%2Ebiz&urlhash=LB-k&_t=tracking_anet" rel="nofollow" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #006699; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="blank">http://ProjectTemplates.biz</a> Offers a Complete Set of 184 Project Management Templates, Tools, Forms, Guides and Everything Which Can Increase the Efficiency of Project Managers to Meet Any Business Project or IT Project.</div>
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</div>amolsledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12865274309334027292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7774021713853855903.post-46399482304276055782012-02-25T13:23:00.002+08:002012-02-25T13:23:24.081+08:00Top 10 Foods for Lowering Cholesterol<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">If you have unhealthy cholesterol levels (or want to prevent them), one of the first things you should examine is your diet. Are you eating foods that help reduce cholesterol? Or avoiding the ones that cause unhealthy cholesterol levels to creep higher? If not, we've got 10 cholesterol-lowering foods you should grab next time you're at the grocery store. Bonus: Lowering your bad (LDL) cholesterol can make your RealAge 3.3 years younger if you're a man, 0.6 years younger if you're a woman!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Almonds are pretty hardworking nuts when it comes to lowering your cholesterol. First, they're rich in unsaturated fats that help raise healthy HDL cholesterol while lowering unhealthy LDL. Second, these fats also help make LDL cholesterol less likely to oxidize. Which is a fabulous thing, because when LDL oxidizes, it's more likely to gunk up your arteries and cut blood flow to the heart. Snack away. But do keep an eye on portion size. Almonds are high in calories, and all you need are a couple of ounces a day to reap benefits.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This oil is a nutritional superstar -- rich in antioxidants and heart-healthy monounsaturated fats that help lower "bad" LDL cholesterol and increase "good" HDL. In fact, in a study of people with high cholesterol, blood samples showed less potential for harmful clotting just two hours after the study subjects ate a meal with olive oil. That's because olive oil is rich in phenolics, plant substances that makes blood less likely to clot. All you need is about 2 tablespoons a day for benefit (use it in place of other fats).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">You've heard by now that blueberries are a nutritious superfood. One reason why they're so great? They help keep your arteries clear by reducing blood levels of artery-clogging LDL. Researchers suspect it's because the berries support liver function so well. The end result: cholesterol gets swept out of your system much more easily. Enjoy blueberries fresh, frozen, or freeze-dried. They still have the same benefits. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Include lycopene-rich tomato products in your diet every day for a few weeks, and you may knock your bad LDL cholesterol levels down by as much as 10 percent, according to a recent study. Researchers think the lycopene in tomatoes inhibits LDL production while at the same time helping break down this artery-clogging fat. You'll need to consume at least 25 milligrams of lycopene a day for cholesterol benefits. That's about a half cup of tomato sauce. Bring on the marinara! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We always keep ripe avocados in the RealAge kitchen. Why? They're chock-full of heart-healthy monounsaturated fats that help knock down bad LDL cholesterol and triglycerides while boosting healthy HDL cholesterol. Even better, we love the fruit's (yep, it's a fruit) mild flavor and creamy texture. Mash avocado into guacamole, add slices to a sandwich, chop it up in a salad, or -- for a tasty snack -- simply spread a little on whole-grain crackers with a tiny pinch of coarse sea salt. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">If you're a chocoholic, here's some good news. Study after study confirms dark chocolate is pretty amazing, healthy stuff. It's full of flavonoids, which are antioxidants that help lower cholesterol. It also has oleic acid, the same type of heart-healthy monounsaturated fat found in olive oil. To improve your cholesterol, just have a little nibble -- up to 1 ounce of dark chocolate a day. And check the label to make sure your chocolate is at least 70 percent cocoa. Cocoa is the stuff with all the heart-healthy ingredients.</span></div>
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Global – Bad bosses are causing close to 70% of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment" rel="wikipedia" title="Employment">employees</a> across the globe to switch jobs, a DDI survey has found. </div>
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In fact, 39% of respondents admitted they left a job primarily because of their leader, while 55% said they had considered it. Only 56% said their current leader helps them to be more productive, the ‘Lessons for Leaders from the People Who Matter’ report revealed.<br /><br />"These findings should be of enormous concern to any business. They show that leaders are failing in their obligation to employees and, therefore, their organisation,” <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Mitchell" rel="wikipedia" title="Simon Mitchell">Simon Mitchell</a>, a director at DDI <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=51.5,-0.116666666667&spn=10.0,10.0&q=51.5,-0.116666666667%20(United%20Kingdom)&t=h" rel="geolocation" title="United Kingdom">UK</a>, said. “The consequences of managers and bosses with poor leadership skills are enormous, and the impact good leaders have in terms of employee motivation and productivity is significant."<br /><br />While six in ten respondents reported their bosses have damaged their <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-esteem" rel="wikipedia" title="Self-esteem">self-esteem</a>, men (32%) were found to be twice as likely as women (17%) to say that their leader's actions damage the self-esteem.<br /><br />A further 34% considered their managers to be ineffective at their jobs. Similarly, more men (53%) than women (34%) felt they could be a more effective leader than their current boss.<br /><br />Across both genders, only 37% said they were "never" or "only sometimes" motivated to give their best to their leader. This feeling affects employee turnover rate, the report noted.<br /><br />When asked if their leader handles workplace conflict effectively, 42% respondents responded either “never” or “only sometimes”. At the same time, over a third felt their leader either “never” or “only sometimes” listens to their work-related concerns.<br /><br />Leaders remain stubbornly poor at these fundamental basics of good leadership that have little to do with the current challenging business climate, Mitchell added. “It's important that organisations equip the people managing their workforce with these basic leadership essentials, and that managers are aware of their own blind spots in these areas. The good news for businesses and employees alike is that many of these leadership skills can be learnt."<br /><br />The survey was conducted across 1,250 full-time employees in non-management positions in US, UK, Australia, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=45.4,-75.6666666667&spn=10.0,10.0&q=45.4,-75.6666666667%20(Canada)&t=h" rel="geolocation" title="Canada">Canada</a>, China, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=28.6133333333,77.2083333333&spn=10.0,10.0&q=28.6133333333,77.2083333333%20(India)&t=h" rel="geolocation" title="India">India</a>, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=52.5166666667,13.3833333333&spn=10.0,10.0&q=52.5166666667,13.3833333333%20(Germany)&t=h" rel="geolocation" title="Germany">Germany</a>, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=3.13333333333,101.7&spn=10.0,10.0&q=3.13333333333,101.7%20(Malaysia)&t=h" rel="geolocation" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a>, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=14.5833333333,121.0&spn=10.0,10.0&q=14.5833333333,121.0%20(Philippines)&t=h" rel="geolocation" title="Philippines">Philippines</a> and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=1.28333333333,103.833333333&spn=10.0,10.0&q=1.28333333333,103.833333333%20(Singapore)&t=h" rel="geolocation" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>.</div>
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This was an interesting finding on - <a href="http://www.humanresourcesonline.net/news/30966" target="_blank">Human Resources</a></div>
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<a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Delhi" rel="wikipedia" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a> – A solid 79% of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=28.6133333333,77.2083333333&spn=10.0,10.0&q=28.6133333333,77.2083333333%20(India)&t=h" rel="geolocation" title="India">Indian</a> <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment" rel="wikipedia" title="Employment">employers</a> agree that allowing <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flextime" rel="wikipedia" title="Flextime">flexible working</a> options have increased revenue and productivity.</div>
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According to a study by <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.regus.com/" rel="homepage" title="Regus">Regus</a>, 77% of leaders linked flexible working directly to <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.wikinvest.com/metric/Revenue" rel="wikinvest" title="Revenue">revenues</a>, and 72% believe their employees feel healthier because they are able to work flexibly. The same percentage also identified flexible working as a driver of productivity.</div>
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Overall, two thirds of firms said flexible working has led to staff generating increased revenue, <em><a class="zem_slink" href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/" rel="homepage" title="The Economic Times">The Economic Times</a></em> reported.</div>
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“Technology and network improvements as well as worker demands for a better <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work%E2%80%93life_balance" rel="wikipedia" title="Work–life balance">work-life balance</a> have driven flexible working to become the norm rather than the exception,” Madhusudan Thakur vice-president for regional <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asia" rel="wikipedia" title="South Asia">South Asia</a> at Regus, said.</div>
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“This survey confirms the business case for flexible working, revealing that global <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business" rel="wikipedia" title="Business">businesses</a> see increased productivity and greater revenue generation as directly linked to flexible working practices.” </div>
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The report, which polled 16,000 senior business managers in 80 countries, also found smaller companies are more open to the idea of flexible working, with 85% claiming their employers encourage them to do so, more than larger companies at 67%.</div>
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“As workforce expectations and demands change, part-time arrangements are therefore becoming more common not only for freelancers, working mums and the working elderly, but also generation Y employees going straight into multi-job employment,” the survey noted.</div>
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I found this interesting and Happy article on <a href="http://www.realage.com/health-action-plans/your-get-happy-plan?eid=1010657064&memberid=23746881#fbIndex1" target="_blank">Real age</a> about feeling Happy!!!</div>
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Are you happy? It's such an important question because happiness has such a huge impact on your health, from your arteries to your heart, from the glow in your skin to the pep in your step. Happy feelings influence your brain and body chemistry in ways that make you better able to cope with pain and stress and to fend off colds, flu, heart disease, and even cancer. Follow these steps to help make yourself happier, day in and day out and your RealAge up to 5.2 years younger!</div>
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Finding true happiness requires taking a good hard look at yourself. The goal is to identify any off-the-wall beliefs about your self-worth and adjust them. When you're at ease with yourself and open to others, friendships seem to blossom naturally. Just acknowledging secret self-doubts may help you develop enough humor and compassion toward yourself to reach out to others, who, underneath, are probably just like you: sometimes unsure and shy. Try these two tactics to overcome negative feelings about yourself.</div>
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Having someone in your immediate social circle who is upbeat ups your chances of happiness by 15%. Why? It seems happy people have the power to spread their feel-good vibes far and wide the same way a ripple spreads through a pond. Not only do immediate friends matter, but friends of friends, too. So make plans to have lunch with a friend or go for a walk together. It could have far-reaching benefits for your mental health.</div>
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Swap your endless to-do list for some spontaneous playtime. It packs big benefits for your health, mood, mind, job, and even your relationships. When you're floating free, happy, and totally absorbed, you're taking a mini vacation from deadlines, bills, and your crazy-busy schedule. Anything counts, from enjoying a silly moment with your spouse to hosting an impromptu gathering, to cooking up a new recipe in the kitchen. And, you'll make your guests happy with these party eats.</div>
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Make every effort to talk -- really talk -- to people you care about. If they're far away, stay in touch through e-mail, phone calls, video chat, and, when you can, face-to-face visits; you'll all benefit by connecting. Get physical, too; hugs stimulate oxytocin, the "cuddle hormone," spreading a feel-good boost. Lovemaking does, too, in steady relationships (those couples report the highest happiness levels). Plus, connecting with others may keep you healthier by providing a coping mechanism for stress. </div>
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Simply writing down what you're thankful for makes you healthier, happier and more optimistic. Feeling thankful comes, in part, from counting your blessings each day. If you're not sure how to journal, start by answering: What three things am I thankful for? You might find that journaling gives you a better, happier outlook for each day because you're looking for moments to include in your journal each night.</div>
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Volunteering at a nearby school or retirement residence, running to the pharmacy for a sick friend, or lending emotional support to a loved one can give your happiness quotient a big boost. How? Giving back and bonding with others inspires gratitude for what life has given you, and can help you define your purpose in life. The secret to being happy may be realizing that true happiness isn't about being high on life all the time, but slowing down enough to share your natural gifts with others.</div>
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Enjoy the Great Outdoors</div>
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Spending time with awesome Mother Nature makes you feel alert, enthusiastic, energetic, and simply happy. Is it the fresh air, the sunshine, the greenery? No one knows for sure. But something about being al fresco appears to help people get even bigger benefits from their workouts and they're also more likely to stick to their outdoor sports be it walking, bicycling, kayaking or an outdoor fitness class. </div>
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Turn On Some Tunes</div>
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If you want to feel happy, less stressed and more energetic, flip on your stereo. Whether you love Bach, Lady Gaga or The Beatles, music that makes you feel good increases your heart and breathing rates and makes your brain release dopamine, a lovely feel-good neurotransmitter. Plus, no matter whether you enjoy listening to your favorite music alone or with friends, it will more than likely give you the mood boost you're looking for. </div>
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Meditate or Pray</div>
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For some, being spiritual means going to church. For others, it means finding a quiet place to meditate and think about life. No matter how you do it or what you call it, meditation and prayer can help slow breathing and brain activity, and reduce heart rate and blood pressure. Plus, when you do pray or meditate, you're more likely to be filled with peace, joy, and other positive emotions that can also lead to positive physiological responses throughout your body. </div>
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Be Realistic</div>
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Being happy means facing the fact that life sometimes stinks and that there will definitely be times when you’ll be unhappy. This doesn't mean you have to lower your expectations. Instead, align them with reality by expecting to face challenges. A little unhappiness here and there forces you to work through problems and think about what gives you happiness so you can set new directions that may change your life. </div>
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