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May 02, 2010

Short Leadership Quotes to Help You Succeed

What does it take to lead and be a successful corporate leader? Read these popular leadership quotes to find out.

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
Peter F. Drucker

The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.
Theodore M. Hesburgh

Leadership can be thought of as a capacity to define oneself to others in a way that clarifies and expands a vision of the future.
Edwin H. Friedman

A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice.
James Callaghan

Lead with your heart (leadership.)
Guide with your head (management.)
Jim Cathcart

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April 30, 2009

Speak English Better Tips

Do you feel embarrassed when you speak English? Are you at a disadvantage in job interviews because of your poor English language skills? Do you make a lot of grammar mistakes? Forget the past. Here’s our Speak English Better Tips that help you correct common mistakes. Would you like to learn, today?

Let’s learn how to correct this common error. “It was a blunder mistake.” It should actually be “It was a blunder.” You might wonder why. Blunder means a big mistake. Therefore if you use “blunder mistake”, it actually means big mistake mistake, you see. There’s no need of repeating the word “mistake”.

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February 02, 2009

Benefits of positive attitude at workplace

Make your life better regarding your work. Choose today that you will begin the process of changing your attitude. Start finding anything that you can be positive about your job. Focus on it. As you do, you will find more things that are good about it. In so doing, you will change your life.
Michael Murphy

Positive attitude helps to cope more easily with the daily affairs of life. It brings optimism into your life, and makes it easier to avoid worry and negative thinking. If you adopt it as a way of life, it will bring constructive changes into your life, and makes them happier, brighter and more successful. With a positive attitude you see the bright side of life, become optimistic and expect the best to happen. It is certainly a state of mind that is well worth developing and strengthening.
Remez Sasson

Just learning one new idea can change a person's life. The more exposure to quality suggestions you have the more positive and permanent the results can be. This is why the most successful people still go to many seminars on business and find even greater success by listening to and using self-help motivational recordings daily. Never stop learning; use all of the resources available to you. Do not limit your self to just one or two ideas. You acquire small amounts of knowledge from many sources. As you assimilate this knowledge use it wisely and you will have discovered your potential is unlimited and your future full of bright images of success as well as having a positive and can do attitude.
Frederick G. Burgin

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December 29, 2008

Anger Management Tips and Quotes

Take a "time out." Although it may seem cliche, counting to 10 before reacting, or leaving the situation altogether, really can defuse your temper.
Mayo Clinic

Relaxation can be achieved by replacing your
angry thoughts or images with those that are peaceful and
tranquil. Use your imagination and let it take you to a
happier time in your life or a more peaceful setting. Allow
yourself to relive a proud moment from your childhood or
to visually experience the vacation of your dreams.
Whether you are hitting the game-winning home run in little
league or lying on the most beautiful beach in the world, it
is extremely difficult to feel angry while feeling so at peace.
Dr. Lyle Becourtney

Don't vent out your anger; this may seem a strange thing to say, as a decade ago, any psychiatrist would tell you keep a punching bag for beating up when you are angry. Modern research shows the more you practice a particular emotion, you are more likely to use it too, just like the age-old idiom "practice makes perfect". So, instead of venting out anger, concentrate on eliminating it completely by thinking of better, nicer things. Reminiscing about something you've truly enjoyed in the past will take you mind away from the current anger. Also, make use of the old method advising you to "count to ten". Except, without making a boring 1,2,3...give a twist to it, and count to make it fun, like "1-frosted cake, 2-frosted cakes...by concentrating on the counting, you'll let go you of your anger.
Trevor Johnson

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November 28, 2008

Professionalism - a way to succeed at work

Professionalism is the art of performing a task in a methodical fashion, with conviction, dedication and passion to achieve better results each time. Its tough, it calls for a lot of commitment, but its certainly not impossible. Infact each one of us can be professional in our approach to work.

Intelligence + Talent + Ability + Professionalism = Achievements
Mere intelligence, talent or ability isn’t enough to achieve something. The dash of professionalism needs to be present too and practiced.

Plan for each day
Do you know what you’ll be doing each hour of the day today? If yes, then you’ve planned for the day. Before Tenzing and Hillary set foot on Mount Everest, they had to find out everything about the snowcapped mountains, terrain, weather, approximate time needed to reach, the distance to be covered and the right time for assault. If they didn’t plan things they’d have surely returned to base unsuccessfully. You need to prepare for any eventuality and not be caught by surprise.

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March 07, 2008

5 Ways to Bargain and Win.

From Delhi’s Paalika Bazaar to Linking Road in Mumbai, bargaining is what matters.

If you follow the rules of the art, not only will you save money, you will enjoy little games with the shopkeepers.

First, it is important to always remember that sellers are pretty smart folks, and have honed their art to perfection. They can be as charming as Cleopatra if needed, and are perhaps worthy enough of an entry in Wikipedia.

Games Sellers Play
Let me narrate a story about their psychological games.

A lady walks into a sari store. After enquiring about her budget (range, as they call it), the shopkeeper proceeds to show her a few pieces. She can't seem to decide on buying.

He spots the indecision, and quickly capitalizes on it.

Suddenly, in a PC Sorcar-like act, he pulls out a few saris at a higher price than the range quoted.

As she goes through them, the choice is pretty clear. Sensing the opportunity to seal the deal, the salesman says, "Madam, take the lesser priced range, it suits your budget.

The lady, feeling insulted, "Pack the blue coloured higher priced sari."

"OK Madam," says he, with a wry smile, knowing he's won the game.

We are all bargaining most of the time. Sometimes over which program to watch on TV. At other times over the salary your next company should pay. Many a time, we don't realise that we are bargaining.

But, when we do and learn to communicate, negotiate and close deals better, we become good at the game. Here are a few tips that will stand you in good stead.

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January 29, 2008

Learn to Kick Your Bad Habits

Habits acquired over the years can be unhealthy, sheer waste of time, utterly boring or unrewarding. They can reduce efficiency. Lower our life span. Make people love us less. Or push us to the brink of risking our lives.

But, they could also be good, healthy and positive. They could improve our efficiency. Help organize our lives better. Inculcate self-discipline.

A lot depends on whether the habit is good or bad. Something that's done regularly over a long period of time turns into a habit. And when that happens it's no longer in the realm of conscious acts. Habits exist independently in our subconscious. Which makes it all the more important for you to identify and work on the bad habits, or they could kill your time, reduce efficiently and stunt your personality.

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April 07, 2006

Learn to Give if You Want to Get

Forever, we yearn for a lot of things in Life. Especially, what we want others to give us.

Receiving gives us pleasure and makes us feel wanted. And we feel loved too.

Have you ever wondered if others think the same? Did you attempt to GIVE.

Not just birthday gifts or lunches. But kind words, a pat on the back, a warm hug or a phone call to share happiness.

Most of us miss it, right?

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