One fine day, a bus driver went to the bus garage, started his bus, and
drove off along the route. No problems for the first few stops - a few
people got on, a few got off, and things went generally well.
At the next stop, however, a big hulk of a guy got on. Six feet
height,built like a wrestler, arms hanging down to the ground. He glared at
the driver and said, " Big John doesn't pay!" and sat down at the back.
Did I mention that the driver was five feet three, thin, and basically
meek? Well, he was. Naturally, he didn't argue with Big John, but he wasn't
happy about it. The next day the same thing happened - Big John got on
again, made a show of refusing to pay, and sat down. And the next day, and
the next.
This grated on the bus driver, who started losing sleep over the way Big
John was taking advantage of him. Finally he could stand it no longer. He
signed up for body building courses, karate, judo, and all that good stuff.
By the end of the summer, he had become quite strong; what's more, he felt
really good about himself. So on the next Monday, when Big John once gain
got on the bus and said, " Big John doesn't pay!"
The driver stood up, glared back at the passenger, and screamed, " And why
not?"
With a surprised look on his face, Big John replied, " Big John has a bus
pass."
Management Lesson: "Be sure there is a problem in the first place before
working hard to solve one."
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Regulate the student and do not controll them
Youth today
In my opinion the present day youth faces lot of challenges in their life. They find it hard to succeed not because of lack of talent,skill or knowledge but because of right direction. They lack good leaders, role models and motivation. They need motivation.
Recent News
I am shocked to hear in the recent news that a student studying in St.Joseph's Engineering college ,Old mahabalipuram [ Jeppiaar's College ] committed suicide . I was told that students were ill treated, severely punished, controlled , and they needed humanitarian consideration. I am afraid whether this sets a negative trend in the development of a country like India.
Students are Capable
When the Indian Democracy permits an adult of age 18 years to vote and gives the right to decide the leader of his place, he is equally able to think about his own.
Atleast after college admission he is able to think about his own development. He is capable of deciding his destiny. He can think and decide about his marks. He knowns what is good and bad about his education. What best a college can do is motivate the student in the right way if he does not care or think about his future. They can conduct workshops , development programs and bring the talent of the students to light.
What if we force to make a student work:
It is inappropriate to me that forcing a student willfully would produce a desired result.He would fetch marks not the knowledge.He would write assignments but not learn the content. The transformation has to be internal and not external.Forcing a person most often produces non fruitful results.It increases the stress levels and makes aversion in learning. I feel the about news could be the result of forcing a student beyond exterme limits .
How are the young student generation ?
I believe the present day students are extremely talented and their potential have no bounds. They are able to utlise the technology to the maximum possible extent,provide solutions to technical problems, compete with either of them position in any part of the globe in areas like science,technology, art, music, medicine and the list is end less.They form social network through internet, able to share their own ideas, comment on stuff, browse the related videos, form a forum and so on. Even student in the rural areas have acces to internet and communication.
What can be done ?
Students have their own problem . It is the management which has to play a role of facilator to the students.Giving guidance is more important than framing rigid rules.
There are schools which spell punishment,threatening as badword in their dictionary.Let the college mangement start think about it.Students have to be encouraged and never discouraged. They are the mighty weapon the country can have and directing them in a proper direction gives prosperous results.Who knows in a short span there may be an alumnus who could either be scientist who could probably win a noble prize, or a musician winning oscar, or a Bharat ratna like Dr .Abdul Kalam.
In my opinion the present day youth faces lot of challenges in their life. They find it hard to succeed not because of lack of talent,skill or knowledge but because of right direction. They lack good leaders, role models and motivation. They need motivation.
Recent News
I am shocked to hear in the recent news that a student studying in St.Joseph's Engineering college ,Old mahabalipuram [ Jeppiaar's College ] committed suicide . I was told that students were ill treated, severely punished, controlled , and they needed humanitarian consideration. I am afraid whether this sets a negative trend in the development of a country like India.
Students are Capable
When the Indian Democracy permits an adult of age 18 years to vote and gives the right to decide the leader of his place, he is equally able to think about his own.
Atleast after college admission he is able to think about his own development. He is capable of deciding his destiny. He can think and decide about his marks. He knowns what is good and bad about his education. What best a college can do is motivate the student in the right way if he does not care or think about his future. They can conduct workshops , development programs and bring the talent of the students to light.
What if we force to make a student work:
It is inappropriate to me that forcing a student willfully would produce a desired result.He would fetch marks not the knowledge.He would write assignments but not learn the content. The transformation has to be internal and not external.Forcing a person most often produces non fruitful results.It increases the stress levels and makes aversion in learning. I feel the about news could be the result of forcing a student beyond exterme limits .
How are the young student generation ?
I believe the present day students are extremely talented and their potential have no bounds. They are able to utlise the technology to the maximum possible extent,provide solutions to technical problems, compete with either of them position in any part of the globe in areas like science,technology, art, music, medicine and the list is end less.They form social network through internet, able to share their own ideas, comment on stuff, browse the related videos, form a forum and so on. Even student in the rural areas have acces to internet and communication.
What can be done ?
Students have their own problem . It is the management which has to play a role of facilator to the students.Giving guidance is more important than framing rigid rules.
There are schools which spell punishment,threatening as badword in their dictionary.Let the college mangement start think about it.Students have to be encouraged and never discouraged. They are the mighty weapon the country can have and directing them in a proper direction gives prosperous results.Who knows in a short span there may be an alumnus who could either be scientist who could probably win a noble prize, or a musician winning oscar, or a Bharat ratna like Dr .Abdul Kalam.
You cannot change the world..but you can change yourself
Once upon a time, there was a king who ruled a prosperous country.
One day, he went for a trip to some distant areas of his country. When he was back to his palace, he complained that his feet were very painful, because it was the first time that he went for such a long trip, and the road that he went through was very rough and stony.
He then ordered his people to cover every road of the entire country with leather. Definitely, this would need thousands of cows' skin, and would cost a huge amount of money.
Then one of his wise servants dared himself to tell the king, "Why do you have to spend that unnecessary amount of money? Why don't you just cut a little piece of leather to cover your feet?"
The king was surprised, but he later agreed to his suggestion, to make a "shoe" for himself.
There is actually a valuable lesson of life in this story: to make this world a happy place to live, you better change yourself - your heart; and not the world.
One day, he went for a trip to some distant areas of his country. When he was back to his palace, he complained that his feet were very painful, because it was the first time that he went for such a long trip, and the road that he went through was very rough and stony.
He then ordered his people to cover every road of the entire country with leather. Definitely, this would need thousands of cows' skin, and would cost a huge amount of money.
Then one of his wise servants dared himself to tell the king, "Why do you have to spend that unnecessary amount of money? Why don't you just cut a little piece of leather to cover your feet?"
The king was surprised, but he later agreed to his suggestion, to make a "shoe" for himself.
There is actually a valuable lesson of life in this story: to make this world a happy place to live, you better change yourself - your heart; and not the world.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Right thing to come up
A = 1
B = 2
C = 3
D = 4
E = 5
F = 6
G = 7
H = 8
I = 9
J = 10
K = 11
L = 12
M = 13
N = 14
O = 15
P = 16
Q = 17
R = 18
S = 19
T = 20
U = 21
V = 22
W = 23
X = 24
Y = 25
Z = 26
______
Then
H = 8
A = 1
R = 18
D = 4
W = 23
O = 15
R = 18
K = 11
Makes 98%
______
K = 11
N = 14
O = 15
W = 23
L = 12
E = 5
D = 4
G = 7
E = 5
Makes 96%
_____
L = 12
O = 15
V = 22
E = 5
Makes 54%
_____
L = 12
U = 21
C = 3
K = 11
Makes 47%
(None of them makes 100%)
_____
Then what makes 100%??
Is it Money? ..... NO!!!
Leadership? ..... NO!!!
Every problem has a solution,
only if we perhaps change our "ATTITUDE".
It is OUR ATTITUDE towards
Life and Work that makes
OUR Life 100% Successful..
A = 1
T = 20
T = 20
I = 9
T = 20
U = 21
D = 4
E = 5
Makes 100%
THIS IS MY ATTITUDE
B = 2
C = 3
D = 4
E = 5
F = 6
G = 7
H = 8
I = 9
J = 10
K = 11
L = 12
M = 13
N = 14
O = 15
P = 16
Q = 17
R = 18
S = 19
T = 20
U = 21
V = 22
W = 23
X = 24
Y = 25
Z = 26
______
Then
H = 8
A = 1
R = 18
D = 4
W = 23
O = 15
R = 18
K = 11
Makes 98%
______
K = 11
N = 14
O = 15
W = 23
L = 12
E = 5
D = 4
G = 7
E = 5
Makes 96%
_____
L = 12
O = 15
V = 22
E = 5
Makes 54%
_____
L = 12
U = 21
C = 3
K = 11
Makes 47%
(None of them makes 100%)
_____
Then what makes 100%??
Is it Money? ..... NO!!!
Leadership? ..... NO!!!
Every problem has a solution,
only if we perhaps change our "ATTITUDE".
It is OUR ATTITUDE towards
Life and Work that makes
OUR Life 100% Successful..
A = 1
T = 20
T = 20
I = 9
T = 20
U = 21
D = 4
E = 5
Makes 100%
THIS IS MY ATTITUDE
Monday, March 23, 2009
It's called Mindset!!...
As my friend was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from the ropes they were tied to but for some reason, they did not. My friend saw a trainer nearby and asked why these beautiful, magnificent animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away.
Well," he said, "when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it's enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free." My friend was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn't, they were stuck right where they were.
Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before? So make an attempt to grow further.... Why shouldn't we try it again?
"YOUR ATTEMPT MAY FAIL, BUT NEVER FAIL TO MAKE AN ATTEMPT."
Well," he said, "when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it's enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free." My friend was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn't, they were stuck right where they were.
Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before? So make an attempt to grow further.... Why shouldn't we try it again?
"YOUR ATTEMPT MAY FAIL, BUT NEVER FAIL TO MAKE AN ATTEMPT."
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
work culture in India
In the recent days we find that many people shift their jobs not just because of one reason the pay hike. There are many other reasons which causes the shift. The objective of this blog is to explore the reasons why people change their work places. Do share the real reasons ,personal experiences and keep posted about the work culture existing in your work place. Do mail to subramanian.me@gmail.com.
this is an initiative to consolidate the culture in the work places in India.
this is an initiative to consolidate the culture in the work places in India.
Attitude Matters !!
A German once visited a temple under construction where he saw a sculptor making an idol of God. Suddenly he noticed a similar idol lying nearby. Surprised, he asked the sculptor, "Do you need two statues of the same idol?" "No," said the sculptor without looking up, "We need only one, but the first one got damaged at the last stage."
The gentleman examined the idol and found no apparent damage. "Where is the damage?" he asked. "There is a scratch on the nose of the idol." said the sculptor, still busy with his work. "Where are you going to install the idol?"
The sculptor replied that it would be installed on a pillar twenty feet high. "If the idol is that far, who is going to know that there is a scratch on the nose?" the gentleman asked. The sculptor stopped his work, looked up at the gentleman, smiled and said, "I will know it."
The desire to excel is exclusive of the fact whether someone else appreciates it or not. "Excellence" is a drive from inside, not outside.
Excellence is not for someone else to notice but for your own satisfaction and efficiency...
The gentleman examined the idol and found no apparent damage. "Where is the damage?" he asked. "There is a scratch on the nose of the idol." said the sculptor, still busy with his work. "Where are you going to install the idol?"
The sculptor replied that it would be installed on a pillar twenty feet high. "If the idol is that far, who is going to know that there is a scratch on the nose?" the gentleman asked. The sculptor stopped his work, looked up at the gentleman, smiled and said, "I will know it."
The desire to excel is exclusive of the fact whether someone else appreciates it or not. "Excellence" is a drive from inside, not outside.
Excellence is not for someone else to notice but for your own satisfaction and efficiency...
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