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Speaking With Good Intent
by Eric Garner
One of the really hard but powerfully effective skills of communications is to speak with good purpose.
Speaking with good purpose means conversing with others in a way that is honest, straightforward, and with the aim of building better relations... |
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Your Weakness Is Your Strength
by Guest Tickler
As an immigrant to the United States, I am not what one would consider part of the fabric of mainstream culture. Of Asian descent, I belong to a group that makes up just 4.4 percent of the population. I have dark hair, big eyes, a Singapore smile... |
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Cancel That Thought!
by Nithya Shanti
A woman enjoyed the practice of baking bread for members of her family. She also made an extra one for a hungry passerby. She kept the extra bread on the window sill, for whosoever would take it away. |
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Counting Losses
by Rajesh
Amidst conflicting news of the downturn having bottomed out, while yet another company is sacking employees and the more optimistic of the lot talking about leveraging the turnaround - one point seems to be falling between the tables. |
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Choice-ortunities
by Amy chastek
Life also presents opportunities and they too are everywhere. We need to be cognizant to keep our eyes and ears open so an opportunity doesn’t pass us by. |
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Instant Love And Disposable Relationships
by Rajesh
If everyone wanted to move on after the fun and games, who would be around for each other in moments of agony and pain? Is that why so many youngsters were lost and depressed in the downturn? And many even contemplated taking their lives? |
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Life Tsunamis
by Suresh Subramaniam
During one of my visits to an isolated beach strip off Chennai, I had a chance interaction with a middle aged fisherman mending his nets. We were the only souls on the beach at that time.
Curious, I asked him about the killer tsunami that struck... |
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What shall be my resolves for this year?
by PK
The festive season of Christmas is upon us. As they say we shall all be goaded to unwrap our personas and let the cheerful, forgiving, outgoing and loving side of us, come out in the open. The western media has done such a good job at hyping this period that even slothful individuals do rake up enough energy to unglue their backsides and stand up to be counted. |
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How Little Sparrows Can Fell Tall Trees
by Anitha Jebaraj
Two coconut trees were standing nearby each other. Whenever there was a gentle breeze they touched one another. They became good friends. There were a few sparrows on each of the coconut trees. They would also chat with each other. After few months, the sparrows became a little jealous of the friendship between the trees. |
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Reinventing Yourself
by Ann Ronnan Ph.D.
You are a beautiful essence expressing your own unique genius. Yes, I said genius. And no, I don’t mean like Albert Einstein. We each have something that delights us, that we enjoy doing and most times a yearning to share that with others in some... |
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The "as in the beginning" Buddha rule
by Danielle LaPorte
There is a Buddhist saying:
As in the beginning, so in the middle, so in the end.
...and it's one of my life compasses. It never fails me and it's nearly always proven true. Things often continue how they start. The click, the comfort, the clarity ... |
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Graduating From Parenthood
by Rajesh
In a family where communication has not been encouraged and allowed to flourish, this becomes a bubbling volcano. Soon it erupts, ignited usually by the youngsters as the elders are conditioned to control emotions and reactions. |
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4 questions to shine light on your vocation
by Danielle LaPorte
Here are a few sparks of The Burning Questions that I ask my Fire Starter clients:
1. What do people thank you for most often? What do they come to you for, or say about you most frequently {"positive" or "negative"}?
Gratitude leads you back t... |
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Follow your heart or the herd?
by Axee
All said and done, as we tread and trudge on, on the path of life, we need to follow too.
To Follow:
Training, Rituals, Rights, Maps, Diagrams, Advice, Instructions, Trends, Rules, Policies, Procedures, Instincts, Music, and now also, one of the... |
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Take what you need
by Danielle LaPorte
A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write. Virginia Woolf
For about six months, my sweet husband has been saying, "Look babe, if you want me out of the office, just say the word and I'll make space for myself in the loft."
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How To Prosper In A World Without Jobs
by Ann Ronnan Ph.D.
In his brilliant book titled Job-Shift: How to Prosper in a World Without Jobs, William Bridges says we are living in a jobless society. What you ask? There are no jobs? Let me explain. In the US, the concept that we have of jobs has only been in... |
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The Half Time Bell
by
My friend Yvonne sent me the following:
Question: How many women with menopause does it take to change a light bulb?
Woman's Answer: One! Only one! And do you know why? Because no one else in this house knows how to change a light bulb! They d... |
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The end of my crisis
by Arianna Neri
At the beginning, I felt slightly astonished. Glancing at my life, I realized that it was all gone, in a matter of instants. I thought about it for more than what seemed an endless second and the result wouldn't change.
I lost my job.
Funny how... |
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What Is It Going To Take....
by Danielle LaPorte
It occurred to me this week that this is a mighty powerful question.
What's it going to take?
We usually use that phrase in dire circumstances. What's it going to take for you to wake up? What's it going to take for me to quit? What's it going ... |
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Life Tsunamis
by Suresh Subramaniam
During one of my visits to an isolated beach strip off Chennai, I had a chance interaction with a middle aged fisherman mending his nets. We were the only souls on the beach at that time.
Curious, I asked him about the killer tsunami that struck... |
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What shall be my resolves for this year?
by PK
The festive season of Christmas is upon us. As they say we shall all be goaded to unwrap our personas and let the cheerful, forgiving, outgoing and loving side of us, come out in the open. The western media has done such a good job at hyping this period that even slothful individuals do rake up enough energy to unglue their backsides and stand up to be counted. |
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Instant Love And Disposable Relationships
by Rajesh
If everyone wanted to move on after the fun and games, who would be around for each other in moments of agony and pain? Is that why so many youngsters were lost and depressed in the downturn? And many even contemplated taking their lives? |
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Cancel That Thought!
by Nithya Shanti
A woman enjoyed the practice of baking bread for members of her family. She also made an extra one for a hungry passerby. She kept the extra bread on the window sill, for whosoever would take it away. |
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Your Weakness Is Your Strength
by Guest Tickler
As an immigrant to the United States, I am not what one would consider part of the fabric of mainstream culture. Of Asian descent, I belong to a group that makes up just 4.4 percent of the population. I have dark hair, big eyes, a Singapore smile... |
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How Little Sparrows Can Fell Tall Trees
by Anitha Jebaraj
Two coconut trees were standing nearby each other. Whenever there was a gentle breeze they touched one another. They became good friends. There were a few sparrows on each of the coconut trees. They would also chat with each other. After few months, the sparrows became a little jealous of the friendship between the trees. |
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True Professional!!
by D Muralidharan
(Thanks to Subroto Bagchi, for bringing “The Professional” to the world, and to my loving son Janardhan for getting me lay hands on “The Professional” last evening)
Mahadeva came to cosmopolitan Bangalore, as his dear mother walked out of ... |
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Choice-ortunities
by Amy chastek
Life also presents opportunities and they too are everywhere. We need to be cognizant to keep our eyes and ears open so an opportunity doesn’t pass us by. |
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A Dangerous Pitfall Called Comfort Zone
by PK
There is much talk of progress and success nowadays. Motivational programs are everywhere. In what sense of the word are we talking? For argument’s sake, let’s confine ourselves to the sense of advancement in career and money-making prospects. Th... |
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Communication is complete only when it is registered by the receiver!
by PK
As it is, humans are known to be bad listeners. We are so occupied with saying our piece that our ears are perennially switched off. So we have this lovely scenario where everyone is yapping away but there is little or no attempt to ensure that it is all registering at the other end. And this is precisely the point I wish to make. |
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The Weapon Called Ridicule
by PK
This style of belittling others is a quaint little habit. You will notice it is a regular habit in some people. Their persona is wrapped around it. It is impossible to make a statement or ask these people anything and it becomes an opening for them to show their wit rather than answer the question in a down-to-earth way or give a plain unadorned answer. |
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Mars and Venus as Each Other’s Teachers
by PK
Marriage is team-work and this is an acquired trait which has to be learnt and practised with serious intent. Of course, we complement each other but most of us would be equally happy living alone, content in our own selfish balloons. |
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How to Handle Control Freaks
by PK
Control freaks are always in a hurry and in their hurry end up destroying quite a lot of things around them that they themselves have built up. The trick is to let them rant but keep the control of the final action and pacing in one’s own hands |
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The world is upside down!
by PK
My own experience of life is that we are most of the time playing chess within our lives for no reason. For example when I was 10 or so, some boys wanted to steal mangoes. In the very first try we got caught. I decided then and there that there was no value in this cat-and-mouse game. The next time I wanted a mango, I just went and asked the owner and he gave me one! |
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