Snippets, Tips and Inspirational Stories

Met a good friend of mine recently, he was totally upset and stressed out because of his job. So, wanted to help him cheer up. Narrated similar incident of a colleague who was totally stuck at job and unsure about the next steps. I suggested the following method and it worked like magic for that colleague. This made so much sense to my friend that his outlook towards his job too totally changed and his reporting boss was all praises for him. The method I taught him is known as  "Act As If". Asked him to pretend that he has quit his job and just serving the notice period of say 90 days. Of course, he should also pretend he is joining his dream job with an unbelievable package. This thought made him very happy and relaxed, his outlook towards the current job, boss and clients totally changed. After that whenever his boss called, my friend was totally calm and composed because after all he was on a notice period. His communication with the organization and clients impr...

Image via Wikipedia Do you recognize the genial looking old man in white suit in the KFC logo? It is Colonel Harland Sanders. Read on, if you still haven’t heard his rags to riches story. Sanders first served his fried chicken in 1930. In 1935 he was granted the title of honorary Kentucky Colonel in recognition of his contribution to the state's cuisine. In 1940 Sanders devised what came to be known as his Original Recipe. The Sanders Court & Café generally served travelers headed to Florida. But he had to shut down his restaurant business because a new highway was being built where his restaurant was located. The only option for Colonel Sanders was to live off of $105 in the form of social security checks. Not wanting to accept that as his fate, he decided to franchise his chicken recipe at the age of 65. He started travelling by car to different restaurants and cooked his fried chicken on the spot for restaurant owners. If the owner liked the chicken, they would enter...

Ok! Finally you have decided to call it quits and move on to a new job. Congratulations! Below are the Six crucial steps you should consider before moving on to a new job. 3 months backup You must have at least 3 months back up of your expense. Include all expenses and also consider the annual recurring expense that might fall due during this period, like insurance premium, property tax, school fees, etc., Leave benefits PL (Privilege Leave) alone is eligible for encashment; CL (Casual Leave) cannot be encashed and lapses. If you have accumulated CL, this is the right time (before submitting resignation) to liquidate it. Why not spend that time off wisely? like spending more time with friends and family? Or even taking up a crash course in your area of interest? Insurance benefits Most of the organizations in India provide group medical insurance to their employees. This polices cover pre existing diseases and pregnancy. But such benefits are terminated on the last day of ...

Dr. Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was born in a poor family but rose to great heights by following a simple method. T his method helped him become a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and a diplomat. Yes the method was simple but powerful. Franklin discovered an idea when he was just a small printer in Philadelphia and badly in debt. He thought of himself as a simple man of ordinary ability, but believed he could acquire the essential principles of successful living, if only he could find the right method. Having an inventive mind, he devised a method so simple, yet so practical, that anyone could use it. Franklin chose thirteen subjects which he felt were necessary or desirable for him to acquire and try to master, and he gave a week's strict attention to each subject successively. In this way, he was able to go through his entire l...

Here are five rules that, if you observe them, will make you an interesting speaker. They make the difference between interesting talkers and uninteresting ones. Know what you want to say If you don’t know exactly what you want to say, don’t get on your feet or open your mouth. Speak with authority, from knowledge and with confidence. This can only be if you know what you want to say. Say it and sit down Be brief, be to the point and then sit down. Remember no one was ever criticized for saying too little. If more is desired from you, it will be asked of you. Look at the audience while you talk The importance of this rule is hard to overstate. Anybody worth talking to is worth looking at. This is why talkers who read their talks rarely go over. Talk about what the audience is interested in It is not what you want to say that is important; it is what the audience wants to hear. The audience’s interest is paramount, not yours. A sure fire method of being a winning and well liked s...

This is the story of a Farmer and an Old mule. Once, the mule fell into a well. The farmer heard the mule 'braying'. The well was deep and the cost of getting out the mule was more than buying a new mule or digging a well. After carefully assessing the situation, the farmer sympathized with the mule, but decided that neither the mule nor the well was worth the trouble of saving. So, he called his neighbors together and told them what had happened and requested them to haul dirt to bury the old mule in the well itself and put him out of his misery. Initially, the old mule was hysterical and was upset that the same folks whom he served all along were trying to kill him. All the nice things he did for the village folks flashed through his mind. But as the farmer and his neighbors continued shoveling and when the dirt hit his back he realized that self pity may not help. So, he wanted to turn the adversary into his advantage. It suddenly dawned on him that every time a shovel...