<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><rss version="1.0"><channel><title>Diary of Virag</title><link>http://virag.rediffiland.com/</link><description>Diary of Virag</description><language>en-us</language><item><title>The Art of Possibility</title><description><![CDATA[<BR><br><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Art of Possibility<br></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">"The Blind Leading the Blind"<br>"If your jurney to nowhere your life will nowhere"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Read it <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persist in trying to adapt the world to himself - <b>Bernard Shaw</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In first instance you will think , this unreasonable man is stupid, try to change world according to him. Okey .. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Now again read it <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persist in trying to adapt the world to himself, there fore , all progress depends on the<br>unreasonable man - <b>Bernard Shaw</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><br>Now what you think .. it is <span style="font-family: Arial;">unreasonable man , who make the differences . </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span style=""></span></span>You noticed how , your frame of reference in mind changed<span style="">  </span>toward unreasonable man .. <br>Another thing , you noticed that when things said by Great Person we don"t apply our mind / filter, we try to accept things in absolute manner usually <o:p></o:p><br><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Same in life, how you think make big difference. How you think about certain incident / situation make big difference.<span style="">  </span>So think Constructive, not destructive.<br><o:p></o:p></span></p><br><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoBodyText">**Love While You Live**<br>Realize things before its too late.<br>Accept things rather than deny them.<br>Love people before you loose them.<br>Life comes just once.<br>Love it while you live it.* * *<br>S/he not the best<br>but S/he not like the rest<br>~~~ Try to create balance always , extreme of any thing is always bad ~~~<span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p>We all know this all saying , still why<span style="">  </span>certain situation happen again and again <span style=""> </span>, how things creep into your life without you notice it ......<o:p></o:p></span></p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> It all happen because behind <span style="font-family: Arial;">the scene there is unconscious mind working and giving instructions... <o:p></o:p> <br><br></span><p>Every day we have about <b>50,000 thoughts</b>.<br>Our <b>thoughts</b> determine our <b>actions</b>  and our actions create <b>results</b>.</p><br>                  <p align="center"><img src="http://successandhappiness.net/images/results.jpg" alt="Success Seminars" height="176" width="400"></p><br>                  <p>Here"s the problem .</p><br>                  <p>when you keep having the <b><u>same</u> thoughts</b> - you keep getting the <b><u>same</u> results</b>!<br>You stay <b>trapped</b> in an endless circle of .<br>                  </p><p align="center"><img src="http://successandhappiness.net/images/thoughts.jpg" alt="Thoughts" height="129" width="287"></p><br>                  <p> Your <b><u>old</u> thoughts</b> are like <b>roadblocks</b>.<br>The <b>only</b> way to enjoy more success and  more happiness is to <b>break the cycle</b>!<br></p>                  <br>Most successful people are self-directing and self-managing. They take initiative, they know what they want to achieve, and they have discipline. They have self-knowledge and know their strengths and weaknesses. They have action plans to follow in order to <span style="font-family: Arial;">avoid procrastination and keep on track with goals.<o:p></o:p></span><br><br>Then why would successful people seek out the services of a coach , why they need to change , when theyare already successful man ? Why do so many executives  who are already in top <span style="font-family: Arial;">positions  demand an executive </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">coach as part of their benefits package? Because they know from experience that even their highly refined ability to see what is needed is limited by their own assumptions and beliefs. It is like the blind leading the blind when you only have yourself to turn to.</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The problem is that we all use our inner assumptions and beliefs to make decisions. We are driven by motivations and values that are outside our own awareness. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">What are we talking abouthere? Surely, age and experience provides self-knowledge and a certain wisdom. Most people know themselves pretty well and are able to set goals and make decisions that are in line with who they are. Well, most successful people have this ability, at least part of the time.and therein lies the problem. Sometimes our beliefs and assumptions are faulty or out of date. Yet we rarely take time<br>to update our assumptions and beliefs they are too ingrained. Let's define<br>further here what we need to discuss:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Beliefs</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Beliefs are the assumptions we make about ourselves, about others in the world and about how we expect things to be. Beliefs are about how we think things really are, what we think is really true and what therefore to expect as likely consequences that will<br>follow from our behavior.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h1>Values</h1><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Values are about how we have learned to think things ought to be or people ought to behave, especially in terms of qualities such as honesty, integrity and openness.<o:p></o:p><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1>Basic Assumptions</h1><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Basic assumptions are our automatic responses and established opinions. We are almost always unaware of the nature of our own basic assumptions, but </span>they are enacted through our <span style="font-family: Arial;">behavior  what we say and do. Basic assumptions are usually rooted in infancy and early family and social life. Assumptions shaping our behavior also come<br>from cultural context. <o:p></o:p><br></span></p><h1>Attitudes</h1><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Attitudes are the established ways of responding to people and situations that we have learned, based on the beliefs, values and assumptions we hold. Attitudes become manifest through our behavior. </span>There are two kinds of beliefs <span style="font-family: Arial;">that operate behind the scenes, so to speak:<o:p></o:p></span></p><br><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">1. <b>Empowering beliefs</b>:<br>these are related to excellence and how it can be achieved.<o:p></o:p></span></p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p>2. <b>Limiting beliefs</b>:<br><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">these are the beliefs that limit you; even though your behavior is not what you<br>want, you don't believe you can change.<o:p></o:p><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]-->Many of the situations that block us in our daily lives do so based on a framework of assumptions we make. Draw a different frame about the same set of circumstances and new pathways come into view.<o:p></o:p><br> </span></p>Have you ever tried to draw or paint a self-portrait? Even if you are artisticly talented, this is a difficult task. To take a look at your assumptions and beliefs<o:p></o:p> by yourself, and to explore them  examine them for their usefulness and value, is even harder to do  if <span style="font-family: Arial;">not impossible.<o:p></o:p></span><br><br><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">A coach can help you see what you can't see yourself.<o:p></o:p></span></p>A good coach will ask the <span style="font-family: Arial;">right kinds of questions<o:p></o:p></span><br> the kinds you can't answer <span style="font-family: Arial;">right away, the ones that make you think.<o:p></o:p></span><br><br><h1>The Questions that Challenge</h1><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">One of the best ways to surface underlying assumptions and beliefs with your coach is to drill down with a series of questions. You make a statement, and your coach asks, "What's important about that to you?" You answer. <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The coach continues to ask, "And,<br></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">what's important about that?" </span><br><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">until you surface the most important and essential beliefs about yourself and your world.<o:p></o:p></span></p><br><br><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">To explore further, the coach would ask about how you formed that belief, where it comes from. This exploratory discussion usually reveals an experience in childhood or early on in a career. There is a history around every belief, both the empowering ones<br>and the limiting ones. But we rarely examine them to see if they are appropriate for what is going on in the present.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Both our social and work habits have been built on these assumptions. Even our relationships and marriages operate on beliefs formed from our early histories. And while circumstances change, their continued use reconfirms the old beliefs  they<br>often still feel right to us. We keep on doing what we have always done, and expect<br>different results.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Examining your assumptions and beliefs with your coach requires trust and confidence in your relationship. First, you must be able to examine and explore without judgment. Next, you need a safe conversational environment to creatively explore and invent new beliefs.<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p>It's All Invented Anyway <span style="font-family: Arial;">Invent new beliefs? Yes. According to authors Ben </span>and Rosamund Zander in <span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>The Art of Possibility</b>, our beliefs are all of our own construction. <o:p></o:p></span><br><br><p style="margin-left: 40px;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"It's all invented anyway,<br></span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">so we might as well invent a story or a framework of meaning that enhances our<br>quality of life and the life of those around us."<o:p></o:p></span></p><br><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Here is what they suggest<br>you ask yourself: What assumption am I making,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">That I'm not aware I'm making,<o:p></o:p><br>That gives me what I see?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">When you have an answer to<br>that question, ask yourself this one:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">What might I now invent,<o:p></o:p><br>That I haven't yet invented,<o:p></o:p><br>That would give me other choices?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Here's a story to illustrate:<o:p></o:p></span></p>A shoe factory sends two <span style="font-family: Arial;">salesmen to Africa. One sends back a telegram:<o:p></o:p></span><br><br><p style="margin-left: 40px;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">SITUATION HOPELESS STOP NO ONE WEARS SHOES<o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-family: Arial;">The other writes back:<o:p></o:p></span><br><br><p style="margin-left: 40px;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">GLORIOUS OPPORTUNITY STOP THEY HAVE NO SHOES!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">If you only have yourself as a coach, you may be missing an opportunity to explore beyond your assumptions and beliefs, both the limiting and empowering ones.</span></p><br><br><br>~~ Read as much as Autobipgrahy of great people , it will help you to think diffrently and respond to situation properply  ~~~~~<br><br><BR>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:32:12 +0530</pubDate><link>http://virag.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/08/25/The-Art-of-Possibility-1.html</link></item><item><title>Balance Sheet of Life</title><description><![CDATA[<BR><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Balance Sheet of Life</span><!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></div><h1><br></h1><h1><br></h1><h1><br></h1><h1><br></h1><br><br><br><h1 style="text-align: left;"><br></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;">Part 1 </h1>Balance Sheet of Life (Thomas J. Watson)<o:p></o:p><br><p>Thomas J. Watson, founder of IBM, didn"t believe the road to happiness and<br>success was all that complicated. In fact, he often listed their components in<br>balance sheet format.<o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Liabilities:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p>Reactionary Ideas! Love of money! Unwholesome companions! Lax character!<br>Lack of love for others! False Friends<o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Assets</span><o:p></o:p></p><p>Vision Unselfishness Love Good Character Good manners Friendship (Real)"(1)<o:p></o:p></p><p>To Watson Sr., life was like a balance sheet. And in life, as in business,<br>building assets and reducing liabilities makes for good progress.<o:p></o:p></p><h1>Part 2<br> </h1><ol><li>Our Birth is our Opening Balance !Our Death is our Closing Balance!</li><li>Our Prejudiced Views are our Liabilities</li><li>Our Creative Ideas are our Assets</li><li>Heart is our Current Asset</li><li>Soul is our Fixed Asset</li><li><o:p></o:p>Brain is our Fixed Deposit<o:p></o:p></li><li>Thinking is our Current Account<o:p></o:p></li><li>Achievements are our Capital<o:p></o:p></li><li>Character &amp; Morals, our Stock-in-Trade<o:p></o:p></li><li>Friends are our General Reserves<o:p></o:p></li><li>Values &amp; Behaviour are our Goodwill<o:p></o:p></li><li>Patience is our Interest Earned<o:p></o:p></li><li>Love is our Dividend<o:p></o:p></li><li>Children are our Bonus Issues<o:p></o:p></li><li>Education is Brands / Patents<o:p></o:p></li><li>Knowledge is our Investment<o:p></o:p></li><li>Experience is our Premium Account<o:p></o:p></li><li>The Aim is to Tally the Balance Sheet Accurately.<o:p></o:p></li><li>The Goal is to get the Best Presented Accounts Award.<o:p></o:p></li></ol><h1>Part 3<br></h1><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="" trebuchet="" ms="" ;="">Work Life Balance: Take Time to Create a<br>Life Balance Sheet for Success</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><br><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" size="6"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" trebuchet="" ms="" ;="">It's important from time to time that we sit down and honestly assess our lives.  Doing so allows us to make an honest determination about where we are now and where we want to be in the future.  When we're assessing our finances, we prepare a financial balance sheet.  On it we list our debits and credits so that we can determine our bottom line.  What if you wanted to determine the state of the life you lead?  How is it, or is it not, serving you?  The answer is simple  prepare a Life Balance Sheet.  Much like a financial balance sheet, list all of your lifestyle debits (choices that detract from balance) such as the following:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" trebuchet="" ms="" ;=""><span style="font-size: 7pt;">     <br></span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 10pt;" trebuchet="" ms="" ;="">Maintaining relationships that drain you</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14pt;" trebuchet="" ms="" ;=""><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"></span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" trebuchet="" ms="" ;="">Constantly whining, griping, or complaining</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" trebuchet="" ms="" ;=""><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"></span><span style="font-size: 7pt;">       </span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 10pt;" trebuchet="" ms="" ;="">Inability to say no</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" trebuchet="" ms="" ;=""><span style="font-size: 7pt;">       </span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 10pt;" trebuchet="" ms="" ;="">Always expecting the worse</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" trebuchet="" ms="" ;=""><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"></span><span style="font-size: 7pt;">       </span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 10pt;" trebuchet="" ms="" ;="">Being ungrateful</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" trebuchet="" ms="" ;=""><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"></span><span style="font-size: 7pt;">       </span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 10pt;" trebuchet="" ms="" ;="">Unwilling to listen effectively</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" trebuchet="" ms="" ;=""><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"></span><span style="font-size: 7pt;">       </span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 10pt;" trebuchet="" ms="" ;="">Forgetting to mind your manners</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 10pt;" trebuchet="" ms="" ;="">Taking others for granted</span></li></ul><br><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="7"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" trebuchet="" ms="" ;="">Next list your credits  ways you live your life that support and honor you.  Anything positive you count as a credit  no action is too big or too small.  Below are a few credits that add to your life's bottom line.  </span><o:p></o:p></font></p><br><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" trebuchet="" ms="" ;="">       <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1.</span><font size="7"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">      </span></font></span><font size="7"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" trebuchet="" ms="" ;="">Smile  not just at people you know, but especially at those you don't<br>2.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"></span><span style="font-size: 7pt;">      </span>Give to others without expecting anything in return<br>3.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"></span><span style="font-size: 7pt;">      </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" trebuchet="" ms="" ;="">Do one thing outside of your  comfort zone that improves the quality of your life<br>4.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"></span><span style="font-size: 7pt;">      </span>Allow someone to merge into traffic  even if they didn't wait their turn<br>5.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"></span><span style="font-size: 7pt;">      </span>Compliment a salesperson/clerk on a job well done<br>6.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"></span><span style="font-size: 7pt;">      </span>Use the good crystal and china other than for a holiday<br>7.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"></span><span style="font-size: 7pt;">      </span>Be honest about what you need to be happy<br>8.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"></span><span style="font-size: 7pt;">      </span>Read to a child<br>9.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"></span><span style="font-size: 7pt;">      </span>Dance to your favorite music<br>10.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"></span><span style="font-size: 7pt;">  </span>Place your neighbors' newspaper right outside their door<br>11.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"></span><span style="font-size: 7pt;">  </span>Call someone just to say "hello" and to see how they are doing<br>12.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"></span><span style="font-size: 7pt;">  </span>Buy a co-worker a cup of coffee or ice cream cone<br>13.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"></span><span style="font-size: 7pt;">  </span>Walk barefoot in the grass<br>14.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"></span><span style="font-size: 7pt;">  </span>Tell someone "I love you"<br>15.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"></span><span style="font-size: 7pt;">  </span>Learn one new thing every week<br>16.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"></span><span style="font-size: 7pt;">  </span>Every day acknowledge at least one thing in life for which you are grateful </span><o:p style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="7"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" trebuchet="" ms="" ;=""><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">At least once a month, </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">create a Life Balance Sheet.  Take a look at your Life Balance Sheet at</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">least once a day.  This will empower you, at a glance, to realize how </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">wonderful life can be and allow you to make lifestyle adjustments as </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">necessary.  Remember, a great life is yours to create.  Go create a</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">fabulous life!</span> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p><br><br><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Some very Good and Very bad things ...</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The most destructive habit....... ......... ......Worry<o:p></o:p><br>The greatest Joy......... ......... ......... ....Giving<o:p></o:p><br>The greatest loss........ ........Loss of self-respect<o:p></o:p><br>The most satisfying work........ .......Helping others<o:p></o:p><br>The ugliest personality trait....... ......Selfishnes s<o:p></o:p><br>The most endangered species..... ....Dedicated leaders<o:p></o:p><br>Our greatest natural resource.... ......... ..Our youth<o:p></o:p><br>The greatest "shot in the arm"........ ..Encouragement<o:p></o:p><br>The greatest problem to overcome.... ......... ....Fear<o:p></o:p><br>The most effective sleeping pill........ Peace of mind<o:p></o:p><br>The most crippling failure disease..... .......Excuses<o:p></o:p><br>The most powerful force in life........ ......... .Love<o:p></o:p><br>The most dangerous pariah...... ......... ...A gossiper<o:p></o:p><br>The world"s most incredible computer.... ....The brain<o:p></o:p><br>The worst thing to be without..... ......... ..... Hope<o:p></o:p><br>The deadliest weapon...... ......... ........The tongue<o:p></o:p><br>The two most power-filled words....... ........" I Can"<o:p></o:p><br>The greatest asset....... ......... ......... .....Faith<o:p></o:p><br>The most worthless emotion..... ......... ....Self- pity<o:p></o:p><br>The most beautiful attire...... ......... .......SMILE!<o:p></o:p><br>The most prized possession.. ......... .....Integrity<o:p></o:p><br>The most powerful channel of communication. ....Prayer<o:p></o:p><br>The most contagious spirit...... ......... ..Enthusiasm<o:p></o:p><br>The most important thing in life........ ......... .GOD<o:p></o:p><br><br></div><br><br><br><br><BR><br><img src="http://ri.rediffiland.com/homepimages/home1/358/352afcb94de7fa5ce52fc3c97eedf46a/homep/images/1219636370">]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:20:01 +0530</pubDate><link>http://virag.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/08/25/Balance-Sheet-of-Life-1.html</link></item><item><title>Bachna Ae Haseeno........</title><description><![CDATA[<BR>.....<br><i style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Men :</i><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span> Bachna Ae Haseeno...... <br><i><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Women :</span> </i>why should we .... men  are like children. It"s just that they never grow up ... so better you "bacho"<br clear="all"><i style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Men :</i> whaaaat ???? , what ..... <br><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br>Women :</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span> men who chase women they have no intention of marrying...is like dogs chase vehicles they have no intention of driving.<br><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br>Men :</span>  -0<br><br>......<br> <br><br><br><BR>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:56:16 +0530</pubDate><link>http://virag.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/08/08/Bachna-Ae-Haseeno.html</link></item><item><title>Success vs. Happiness</title><description><![CDATA["A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out"<br><p class="MsoBodyText"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> One of my old friends came to my city. He is the friend who stand by me, when I need him , when I have trouble ,when I have short money to pay collage fee, when I have big fight in collage days :-) (Come on it all happen in collage days). </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">So I was too happy and want to take him all the place in city, all the restaurants in city.While going to one of good restaurant, I saw poster and it has definition of success </p><br><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">S</span>tart with your dream - then start working </li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">U</span>nderstand first, then be understood</li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">C</span>reate your own opportunities</li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">C</span>ourage, character, caring, communication</li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">E</span>mbrace challenges, expect no less than your best</li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">S</span>implify and maintain focus</li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">S</span>uccess is not the key to happiness.<span style=""> </span>Happiness is the key to success. </li></ul><br><p class="MsoNormal">Some more formula for success:</p><ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">"If A is a success in life, then A = X + Y + Z. where Work is x; y is play; and<br>     z is keeping your mouth shut." - Albert Einstein</li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""> </span>"If you want to succeed, double your failure rate." - Samuel Butlen</li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""> </span>"People always told me that my natural ability and good eyesight were the reasons for my success as a hitter.<span style="">  </span>They<span style="">  </span>never talk about the practice,<br>     practice, practice." - Ted Williams</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">"Eighty percent of success is showing up." - Woody Allen, American actor </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">"Success is made of 99 percent failure." - James Dyson, British entrepreneur</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">"The three P's of success: Passion, Persistence and Patience."<span style="">  </span>- Doug BronsonIf</li></ol><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">   <br> </span></p>Wait wait ..... don"t cariied away with above formula and success. Always remember Success is not equal to happiness, success is just one ingradient of Happiness. <br><br>"<em>Success can only be one ingredient in happiness, and is too dearly<br>purchased if all other ingredients have been sacrificed to obtain it</em>." <br><br><em>Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out</em>. - <em>Bertrand Russell</em> <br><br><em>Happiness can only be achieved from within</em>.  No amount of success can bring us happiness or satisfaction if we do not have inner peace. - <em>Mridula Agarwal</em><br><br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:44:51 +0530</pubDate><link>http://virag.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/08/05/Success-vs-Happiness-1.html</link></item><item><title>Hire People who....</title><description><![CDATA[<BR><div style="text-align: center;">~~~ People To Hier~~~~<br><div style="text-align: left;">Here is some tips to hier person <br></div></div><ol start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">People who solve problems ,not one who come with lots of problem <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">People who Lack ego and share things/skill/thought honestly <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Smart , who don't get into fistfight(Rat Race) , evaluate things in all angle <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">People who follow through (no reminder needed)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Fun/Funny, whose company ever one enjoy <o:p></o:p></li></ol><BR>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:43:28 +0530</pubDate><link>http://virag.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/08/04/Hire-People-who.html</link></item><item><title>Power Mantra</title><description><![CDATA[<BR><font class="f16" color="#000000"><b>Power Mantra</b></font><font class="f12" color="#000000"></font><div style="text-align: justify;">As per Robin Sharma"s book  "Power doesn`t come from forcing people to listen to you and coercing them to do what you say because you have the right title on your business card.Real power comes when you spread your passion, offer people a reason to climb your strategic mountaintops,<br>treat them with rare respect and give them permission to shine, grow and Lead Without Title.Be there for people and they will be there for you" - Amazing and True !!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div><font class="f12" color="#000000"><p>.......</p><p>It does not  matter what other people think of you. All that matters is<BR>what you think of you. We waste so much energy worrying about the<BR>opinions of others, wanting to be liked, needing to please. But<BR>authentic leadership and real personal mastery are all about rising<BR>above social approval - to self approval. Respect you. So long as you<BR>are living by your values, be authentic, running your own race and<BR>doing your dreams, why worry what anyone else thinks or feels or says<BR>about you? Success isn`t a popularity contest. And at the end of each<BR>day, what matters most is whether you were true to yourself.</p><p><br></p></font><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpc-t-Uwv1I" target="_self">Tony Robbins motivates you in 20 minutes</a><br><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Cpc-t-Uwv1I&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Cpc-t-Uwv1I&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></object><br><br></div><br><br><br><br><BR>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:49:38 +0530</pubDate><link>http://virag.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/08/01/Power-Mantra.html</link></item><item><title>24 Things to Always Remember</title><description><![CDATA[<BR><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14pt; color: navy;"><div><div class="Wj3C7c">          1. Your presence is a present to the world.<br>          2. You"re unique and one of a kind.<br>          3. Your life can be what you want it to be.<br>          4. Take the days just one at a time.<br>          5. Count your blessings, not your troubles.<br>          6. You"ll make it through whatever comes along.<br>          7. Within you are so many answers.<br>          8. Understand, have courage, be strong.<br>          9. Don"t put limits on yourself.<br>          10. So many dreams are waiting to be realized.<br>          11. Decisions are too important to leave to chance.<br>          12. Reach for your peak, your goal, and your prize.<br>          13. Nothing wastes more energy than worrying.<br>          14. The longer one carries a problem, the heavier it gets.<br>          15. Don"t take things too seriously.<br>          16. Live a life of serenity, not a life of regrets.<br>          17. Remember that a little love goes a long way.<br>          18. Remember that a lot . . . goes forever.<br>          19. Remember that friendship is a wise investment.<br>          20. Life"s treasures are people . . . together.<br>          21. Realize that it"s never too late.<br>          22. Do ordinary things in an extraordinary way and with love/care.<br>          23. Have health and hope and happiness.<br>          24. Take the time to wish upon a star.<br><br><br>          And don"t ever forget . . .<br>          For even a day . . .      How special you are. <br>your are not best .. but you are also not rest.<br><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14pt; color: navy;">Don"t comapre don"t compete , life is not hourse race.</span><br>Be your self , love yourself. <br>The most important relationship you can have, is the one you have with yourself. <br></div></div></span><br><div style="text-align: justify;">Be Brave <br>A real man is who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. It"s the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. Be a Hero , Always say " I have no fear" ( Lats para is from http://tumbleweed.rediffiland.com )<br><br></div><br><BR><br><img src="http://ri.rediffiland.com/homepimages/home1/358/352afcb94de7fa5ce52fc3c97eedf46a/homep/images/1217164556">]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:49:36 +0530</pubDate><link>http://virag.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/07/27/24-Things-to-Always-Remember-1.html</link></item><item><title>Handling ego/anger with Acceptance , Approval , Appreciations (AAA) Part-1</title><description><![CDATA[<BR><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Handling ego/Anger with <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">A</span>cceptance , <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">A</span>pproval , <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">A</span>ppreciations (AAA)</div><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Two of my good friend fall in love and got married </p>One day, I was asking my friends wife , who you handle my friend ( her husband ) because some time he seems to be very egoistic. She say simply by "acceptance" , acceptance is power. I oppose and said that mean<span style="">  </span>you compromise too much and it look unfair. She just say no ...<br><p class="MsoBodyText">She keeps explaining me, See ego is like hunger and everybody has ego (little or more). Until unless you don't feed hunger s/he will not think any thing else. If you say your problem is that you thinking too much on stomach. It is no use.<span style="">  </span>So feed hunger, once s/he satisfy , then tell what we think is right and what is wrong again make no demand just tell preferences. If you demand and keep thrashing,<br>it will increase his/her ego/hunger and make person more demanding. Once her/his hunger is satisfy, s/he ready to listen (that is important). In bottom of mind and heart every egoist person know what is right and what is wrong. It is his/her ego(=hunger ) that keep them away from wisdom/truth/understanding. Once his/her ego/hunger is satisfy, s/he able to concentrate on wisdom/truth and will behave more understanding way. Give person there space so he/she able to<br>analyze them self other wise s/he keep repeating. </p>Again if cup is full of tea and if you pore more tea , it will fell down. Same bubble of ego ( = wrong belief/image ) occupy all space in cup(= mind). Once ego / hunger is satisfy , bubble bust and there is enough space to occupy new thought / belief / wisdom / truth.<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p><br><p class="MsoBodyText">I oppose again and said , this way you will make person more demanding , every time his/her ego grow up. She Said use this formula AAA, ego will never grow up. AAA means </p><p style="text-align: left; margin-left: 40px;" class="MsoBodyText">A  Acceptance<br>A  Approval<br>A  Appreciations </p>She future said gratitude is power. First Accept what you have , Approve what you have and appreciate what you have. End of the day stability in life and peace of mind is more important then any other things.<br><p class="MsoBodyText">She further explain relation between belief system and ego. .....<br>She is from Big metro city and her husband is from Small town . and how she handle belief system clash <span style=""> </span>and culture differences <span style=""> </span>clash .... very peace fully ....with AAA<br></p><br><br><BR><br><img src="http://ri.rediffiland.com/homepimages/home1/358/352afcb94de7fa5ce52fc3c97eedf46a/homep/images/1216709380">]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:09:32 +0530</pubDate><link>http://virag.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/07/22/Handling-ego-anger-with-Acceptance-Approval.html</link></item><item><title>**Love While You Live**</title><description><![CDATA[<BR>**Love While You Live**<br>Realize things before its too late.<br>Accept things rather than deny them.<br>Love people before you loose them.<br> <br>Life comes just once.<br>Love it while you live it.* * *<br> <br>S/he not the best<br>but S/he not like the rest<br><br>~~~ Try to create balance always , extreme of any thing is always bad ~~~<br><br><br><BR>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:47:28 +0530</pubDate><link>http://virag.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/07/15/Love-While-You-Live.html</link></item><item><title>How to really achieve your childhood dreams</title><description><![CDATA[<BR><font size=""><h2><span style="text-align: justify;">Tell the truth if you want help </span></h2></font><div style="text-align: justify;"><font size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">    THE </span></font><font size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">'last lecture' series at Carnegie Mellon University has a quixotic </span></font><font size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">tradition. Distil a lifetime's wisdom in a single lecture in the event </span></font><font size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">of your being near death. The brief fit Randy Pausch's case chillingly </span></font><font size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">well. The 47-year-old professor of computer science had just been </span></font><font size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. His doctors said he had only three to </span></font><font size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">six months to live. The profes</span><span style="text-align: justify;">sor, </span></font><font size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">who had three small kids and a doting wife, took up the gauntlet and </span></font><font size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">delivered a jaw-droppingly inspirational lecture on "How to really </span></font><font size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">achieve your childhood dreams". <br><br></span></font><font size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">    A newspaper columnist who drove 300 miles to attend said: "It was like watching Babe Ruth hit </span><span style="text-align: justify;">his </span></font><font size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">last home run, or Michael Jordan hitting his jump shot at the end of </span></font><font size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">the NBA finals. It was electric in there. I knew it affected everyone </span></font><font size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">that was there. But I could not have foreseen what followed, even in my </span></font><font size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">wildest dreams." <br><br></span></font><font size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">    The journo wrote about the talk and put up </span></font><font size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">excerpts on a website, starting the viral run that ended up with </span></font><font size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">zillions of viewers watching the full speech on the World Wide Web in </span></font><font size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">several avatars. In an age filled with questionable or cheesy self-help </span></font><font size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">tomes, Pausch's straight-from-the-soul swansong was expected to top </span></font><font size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">best-seller charts: his life lessons had already been translated in 18 </span><span style="text-align: justify;">languages.<br><br></span></font><font size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">So what were his childhood dreams? "You may not agree with this list, </span></font><font size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">but I was there. Being in zero gravity; playing in the National </span></font><font size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">Football League; authoring an article in the World Book Encyclopedia. I </span></font><font size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">guess you can tell the nerds early," he said in the lecture. <br><br></span></font><font size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">    <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Although he achieved most of his dreams, Pausch flashed his rejection slips onscreen and spoke </span></span><span style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">about </span></font><font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">career setbacks: "Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls </span></font><font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">aren't there to keep us out. They are there to show us how badly we </span></font><font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">want things. Don't complain. Just work harder," he added showing a </span></font><font size=""><span style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">slide of Jackie Robinson, the first black major </span><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">league baseball player. </span><br><br></span></font><font size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">    "<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">It was in Robinson's contract not to complain, even when fans spit on him." <br><br></span></span></font><font size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">   <span style="font-weight: bold;"> How </span></span></font><font style="font-weight: bold;" size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">do you get people to help you? "By telling the truth: by being earnest. </span></font><font style="font-weight: bold;" size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">I'll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is </span></font><font size=""><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">short-term," Pausch says.</span> <br><br></span></font><font size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">    <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">His paean to truth vibes with a </span></span></font><font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">similar trip Nachiketas made to the House of Death in Kathopanishad. </span></font><font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">His message was rousing: Get up! Stir yourself! Master your fear and</span></font><br style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">attain all-pervading bliss. A hard path, the sages say, sharp as a </span></font><font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" size=""><span style="text-align: justify;">razor.</span></font><br><font size=""><span style="text-align: justify;"></span></font></div><font size=""><span style="text-align: justify;"><br></span></font><font size=""><h4><span style="text-align: justify;"><br>• VITHAL C NADKARNI for ET <br></span></h4></font><p><a href="http://chronicle.com/news/article/3072/an-inspirational-professors-final-lecture-reflects-his-life-and-legacy">A last lecture by Randy Pausch,</a> computer scientist and professor at CMU, who has pancreatic cancer and expects to have only a few more months of healthy life. <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119024238402033039.html">From this WSJ article:</a><br><br></p><blockquote style="font-style: italic;">He paid tribute to his techie background. "I've<br>experienced a deathbed conversion," he said, smiling. "I just bought a<br>Macintosh." Flashing his rejection letters on the screen, he talked<br>about setbacks in his career, repeating: "Brick walls are there for a<br>reason. They let us prove how badly we want things." He encouraged us<br>to be patient with others. "Wait long enough, and people will surprise<br>and impress you." After showing photos of his childhood bedroom,<br>decorated with mathematical notations he'd drawn on the walls, he said:<br>"If your kids want to paint their bedrooms, as a favor to me, let 'em<br>do it." <p>While displaying photos of his bosses and students over the<br>years, he said that helping others fulfill their dreams is even more<br>fun than achieving your own. He talked of requiring his students to<br>create videogames without sex and violence. "You'd be surprised how<br>many 19-year-old boys run out of ideas when you take those<br>possibilities away," he said, but they all rose to the challenge.</p><br>	<p>He also saluted his parents, who let him make his childhood bedroom his<br>domain, even if his wall etchings hurt the home's resale value. He knew<br>his mom was proud of him when he got his Ph.D, he said, despite how<br>she'd introduce him: "This is my son. He's a doctor, but not the kind<br>who helps people."</p><br><p><br></p><p>You Tube Video =&gt; <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo" target="_self">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo</a></p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo" target="_self">You can watch the lecture </a><a href="http://www.etc.cmu.edu/global_news/?q=node/42">here.</a> And read about his cancer journey <a href="http://www.cs.cmu.edu/%7Epausch/news/index.html">here</a></p></blockquote><br><font size=""><br><span style="text-align: justify;"></span></font><br><BR>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:03:26 +0530</pubDate><link>http://virag.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/07/02/How-to-really-achieve-your-childhoo.html</link></item></channel></rss>