Information – Positive Thinking
15 Tips to help you succeed at whatever you wish.
15 Tips to help you succeed at whatever you wish.
Tip 1 Ask for what you want.
How does the world know what to give you unless you put it out there? Ask for what you want and need. Let the world know what you want from it and look for it in return.
Tip 2 Be the person you want to be.
It’s call modeling. If you act like it, people will believe it. Assume the role you want others to see you in. Sell it from the inside out.
Tip 3 Believe in yourself.
If you don’t, no one will. People will follow; you just need to lead them. Forget worrying; concentrate on making things happen. Action and momentum are infectious.
Tip 4 Make a plan.
No one goes anywhere without a destination. Know your destination, and plot your journey. Take whatever pleasures you need on the way, but know that you are moving forward and will arrive at your destination.
Tip 5 Nervous = excited.
Realize that being nervous is the same as being excited. Instead of dreading it, welcome the surge of positive energy. Own it, and use it. It’s infectious in a good way!
Tip 6 Thinking about your failure brings your failure.
Concentrate on your success and watch it happen. Your mind will move in whatever direction you point it in. Make sure it’s pointed toward where you want to go and not where you don’t!
Tip 7 Feel whatever way you choose.
You control your feelings. You allow yourself to be upset, annoyed or frustrated. Only you control your feelings and no one else. Take back the power you give others and choose to feel strong, clear-minded and in control.
Tip 8 Communicate.
Listening and being understood are the keys to communication. People want to talk about themselves and they want to hear interesting things about you. No one wants to hear a sermon or hear a rant about your latest victory or great audition. Listen, observe and speak about mutually interesting subjects. Otherwise, you’re a bore.
Tip 9 Freak out.
Bad audition, interview or meeting? Take ten minutes to beat yourself up. Blame yourself, be annoyed and frustrated. Then, learn your lesson and move on. Now that all your anger is gone, put your energy into the lessons learned and move forward once again.
Tip 10 Speak your mind, NOW.
People swallow their feelings and anger, they postpone what they really want to say, thinking, “I’ll just wait till a good time.” DON’T! Handle the situation now, before the situation changes. Have a problem? Be a diplomat and talk about it. Handling a minor situation now will prevent it from becoming a festering chasm of misunderstanding and resentment later.
Tip 11 Dive in.
Someone make you feel inadequate? A situation makes you feel uneasy? In a room with a big shot and feeling small? Don’t overcompensate, navigate or fake your way through it, because you can’t. Dive in and address the problem. Address your feelings and say, “I’ve got to be honest, I’m a big fan and I’m feeling a little intimidated right now.” As soon as you own up to your feelings and the playing field is understood, you’re both able to move ahead. Everyone wants to deal with someone who’s truthful and honest, and not afraid to address their own insecurities.
Tip 12 Exploit yourself.
Find out what makes you different and exploit it. Each of you has a quality that makes you unique. Instead of trying to be what others are, exploit your uniqueness. It’s the one “ace” you have that no one else possesses.
Tip 13 Don’t accept the unacceptable.
Train people to treat you as you want to be treated. Being late is not acceptable, not returning calls is not acceptable and them not doing their job is not acceptable. Don’t accept these behaviors from people.
Tip 14 Walk a mile in someone else’s shoes.
Be someone else. Changing perspective is an amazing tip to see the world from another point of view. Assume a character and role and act it out for one day, then go out in the world as if it’s all new to you. You’ll be amazed at the new perspective you gain.
Tip 15 Say thank you.
Send an email from Hallmark, a card or a simple phone call. Don’t underestimate the value of someone feeling appreciated and recognized for their efforts. It leaves a lasting impression when someone thanks you for meeting or helping them.
A TRICK
A TRICK
A young man, a student in one of our universities, was one day taking a walk with a professor, who was commonly called the students’ friend, for his kindness to those who waited on his instructions.
As they went along, they saw lying in the path a pair of old shoes, which they supposed to belong to a poor man who was employed in a field close by, and who had nearly finished his day’s work.
The student turned to the professor, saying: “Let us play the man a trick: we will hide his shoes, and conceal ourselves behind those bushes, and wait to see his perplexity when he cannot find them.”
“My young friend,” answered the professor, “we should never amuse ourselves at the expense of the poor. But you are rich, and may give yourself a much greater pleasure by means of the poor man. Put a coin into each shoe, and then we will hide ourselves and watch how the discovery affects him.”
The student did so, and they both placed themselves behind the bushes close by.
The poor man soon finished his work, and came across the field to the path where he had left his coat and shoes. While putting on his coat he slipped his foot into one of his shoes; but feeling something hard, he stooped down to feel what it was, and found the coin.
Astonishment and wonder were seen upon his countenance. He gazed upon the coin, turned it round, and looked at it again and again. He then looked around him on all sides, but no person was to be seen. He now put the money into his pocket, and proceeded to put on the other shoe; but his surprise was doubled on finding the other coin.
His feelings overcame him; he fell upon his knees, looked up to heaven and uttered aloud a fervent thanksgiving, in which he spoke of his wife, sick and helpless, and his children without bread, whom the timely bounty, from some unknown hand, would save from perishing.
The student stood there deeply affected, and his eyes filled with tears. “Now,” said the professor, “are you not much better pleased than if you had played your intended trick?”
The youth replied, “You have taught me a lesson which I will never forget. I feel now the truth of those words, which I never understood before: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.'”
— Author Unknown
Team 1 news – 479 dt 15082007 – 60th Independence Day Special
Dear members,
A warm welcome to all of you to sit, relax and read through the 60th Independence Day Special edition of Team 1 news.
India is a land of tradition and 60th Birthday is one which all family members take pride and care to celebrate in the best way and pay tribute to those whom we love and lived with. On such occasions we all tend to give a gift of our choice. As a truly patriotic Indian, it is my simple and humble gift to my mother country and fellow Indians. If I am able to generate a Positive and Quality feeling in you to contribute and build our nation to a greater height, I will be more than satisfied. Making an effort is something which is always better than doing nothing. I believe totally in it.
Do not hold on to your thoughts and ideas. If you would like to contribute to Team 1 with your own articles, photos or any thing which is of Quality Value to our readers, please email them at team1dubai@gmail.com .
For a pdf version of the newsletter in full, please email your request to team1dubai@gmail.com.
God Bless,
Ramesh Menon
15082007
Seeing a world with sound
My dreams are usually shapeless and colourless, says bin daher.
Seeing a world with sound
By Siham Al Najami, Staff Reporter/GULF NEWS Published: August 03, 2007, 23:12
Dubai: Imagine a world with no colour, a personal world with no boundaries, a world without any visual inputs.
One such world belongs to Dana Nashwati, a 20- year-old who lost her sight at the age of 13 after a severe bout of flu, which affected the nerves around her eyes. She can still see a blur of colours and shapes in her dreams, although it is now gradually turning into only shades and sounds.
She can still visualise things by learning to identify the characteristics of an object. “I still use colours to identify people I haven’t seen before losing my eyesight. I visualise individuals by giving them a colour by the sound of their voice,” said Nashwati. 
Khalfan Bin Dhaher (left), Ahmad Al Jafli (right) and members of the Blind Association.
She tries to help visually-impaired people to learn how to match colours to sounds. She is surrounded by her friends from the Blind Association, who occasionally escape busy schedules to enjoy a day with nature and good company.
Among the group is Khalfan Bin Daher, who was demonstrating his knowledge of guessing people’s age and skin colour by feeling their hands. In a few minutes he was able to correctly guess the age of the person next to him. “I don’t know how people look like, but through the sense of touch I can find out about the person’s age and skin colour,” said the 18-year-old.
“I can see light when it directly hits my eyes. That’s the only thing I can ‘see’, but I would love to learn how to match colours. I would like to know if red goes well with blue,” he said.
He explained that he sees things the way his imagination visualises it. “My dreams are usually shapeless and colourless. But then reality will always be defined by perception,” he said.
Composing music
Ahmad Al Jafli, 20, enjoys listening and composing music. The media communications student and radio presenter said he can recognise the mood of a person by carefully listening to every unconscious movement and sound.
“People can control their expressions, but they are usually unconscious of certain movements due to discomfort, happiness,” he said.
Nashwati points out that people are increasingly taught to be visually-driven. “This undermines the significance of their other senses,” she said.
Mona and Sharifa Al Hashemi, they visualise objects by the sound they make. “I identify objects by listening to the sound they create. I dream with sounds,” said Mona.
All the group members were born visually impaired except for Nashwati.
“Losing your eyesight is obviously difficult, but your visual impairment is not always a restriction. The visual element can be deceptive at times. I learned to understand matters and people better because I take the time to listen to their views … you learn the art of listening,” she said.
The groups of friends feel the country needs more awareness about the needs and wants of visually impaired people. Most shopping malls and buildings are not accessible for the visually impaired, they said.
“We still have to depend on someone to get from one place to another. We all want our independence. We always try to challenge ourselves … but we need the resources and means,” Bin Daher said.
Have your say:
Do you know someone who is visually-impaired? What is it like to spend a day with them? Tell us your experiences.
Quotes on Success
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. – Thomas Jefferson
Keep steadily before you the fact that all true success depends at last upon yourself. – Theodore T. Hunger
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. – Robert Collier
The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen. – Frank Loyd Wright
A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in on the experience.
– Elbert Hubbard
There is only one success–to be able to spend your life in your own way.
– Christopher Morley
Failures do what is tension relieving, while winners do what is goal achieving.
– Dennis Waitley
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will. – Vince Lombardi
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure–which is: Try to please everybody. – Herbert Bayard Swope
Success does not consist in never making blunders, but in never making the same one a second time. – Josh Billings
The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. – Earl of Beaconsfield
Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration and inspiration. – Evan Esar
If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.
– Jospeph Addison
Impatience never commanded success. – Edwin H. Chapin
The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do, well.
– Henry W. Longfellow
To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first. – Shakespeare
Try not to become a man of success but a man of value. – Albert Einstein
And one quote just for fun…..
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no use being a damn fool about it. – W.C. Fields
Contribution by Barkha Temle Member Cite HR
‘It was all about the will to win’
‘It was all about the will to win’
By Sayed Ali, Staff Reporter / GULF NEWS Published: July 31, 2007, 23:12
Dubai: The Iraqi skipper Younis Mahmoud who led his country to their first Asian Cup said it was the great will of the Iraqi players that helped them win the title.
“Despite the suffering of our people in Iraq and the poor preparation, we fought hard armed with strong determination and firm will in all matches which played a significant role in our great victory,” Younis told Gulf News at Movenpick Hotel yesterday after the Iraqi team arrived from Jakarta.
He said the Iraqi players do not have to think of good preparation.
“Our players were heros. They know the tragic and disastrous conditions of Iraq. The only thing we were thinking of was to bring joy for our people.
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“And we put that in front of us as a target must be achieved at any cost. We succeeded in making the Iraqi people happy and united as they are and they will stay the same way.”
The Iraqi skipper expressed gratitude and appreciation to His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice- President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, for honouring them even before they returned to Baghdad.
“This a great moment for us to be honoured by His Highness whom we know as a great sportsman. I take this opportunity to thank him and the UAE people for the great support they gave us until we achieved this excellent success,” said Younis.
The striker, who made the Iraqi people united, said no one was expecting them to reach the final.
“Most of the expectations were of other teams and some of them couldn’t reach the semifinals. But we as Iraqi players spared no effort in winning the title as a valuable gift for our people.”
Younis said after they beat Australia in Group A, they recaptured confidence following a 1-1 draw against hosts Thailand.
“We drew against Oman to top the group and beat Vietnam in the quarterfinals. In the semis we fought hard against South Korea. It was the most difficult match, because the Koreans are strong.
“Thank God, we won on penalties and reached the final. It was a great chance for us and it may not be repeated again. We didn’t let it slip from our grip and clinched our first Asian Cup.”
The 24-year-old Younis is playing as a professional for Al Garafa club in Qatar, said it’s a successful experience for him in the Qatari league.
“Not only me, all the Iraqi players gained experience by playing as professionals outside Iraq. For me, I have one more year with Al Garafa, but I am thinking of playing in Europe. If there is any offer for me, I think they will have to speak to the Al Garafa chairman.”
He said the players who drew his attention most in the Asian Cup were – UAE’s Ahmad Dada, Malek Maaz of Saudi Arabia, Takahara of Japan and Sebastian Soria of Qatar.
Younis does not like the practice of staging the Asian Cup in four countries.
“We suffered from fatigue by travelling from one airport to another. I think holding it in one country will make it a success. The 2011 Asian Cup to be held in Qatar will be a very successful one,” said Younis.
FOREST
Have you ever thought of living in a Forest – Athirappilly near Chalakudy in Trichur District Kerala is a nice place where you can plan if you have time. During the rainy season, it was looking more wilder – and this time too I couldn’t resist myself to skip this beauty.
Loyal member
Some people deserve to be mentioned for their dedication and loyalty. And we normally tend to give long service awards to such members to appreciate their efforts and support. I felt it should be the case for animals too. I am not an ardent fan or supporter of Maneka Gandhi’s animal protection movement where she conveninently close her eyes when it comes to matters related to rich and when it comes to middle class or poor where stray dogs attacking children and killing them in Bangalore – 6th such incident happened recently – and coming out with support for them and not allowing the authorities to take actions against. Result – bikers have to fear, small children and families – especially with infants have to fear for these dogs. As long as we do not react, everything is possible – in India and elsewhere.
Coming back to our Loyal Member, I happened to meet him at a friends house. I was very much impressed – 30 years + – he has been with them and still continuing his affection, support and loyalty. Look at his eyes, he has so many stories to tell you – and will pass on them to you through our Jaaju Jaaju section very soon.
Congrats man, may God bless you to have some more years of peaceful and dutiless life in this world.
90/10 secret
During my short stay, I had a chance to pass by a beach side on the coastal route – National Highway 17 passing through Trichur in Kerala. It was not a popular spot to attract tourist but had many fisherman folks living there. The heavy monsoon had taken its toll on the day I passed and almost all the boats and catamarans from the area were lined up neatly as they were unable to go out to the sea for fishing. It was beyond there means and many of them who had ventured out on that day had to return half way because of warning from Weather department and Coastal authorities. Even at these adverse situation, the fishermen projected a courageous and courteous smile and watched and joined the few who had come to watch the violent sea.
I include a forward from Vijayakumar, Dubai which is very apt when we think of how each situation we come across in life can be handled with poise, graise and determination. Enjoy reading the same:
90/10 secret – Understand and apply the 90/10 secret. It will change your life!
What is this secret?
10% of life is made up of what happens to you.
90% of life is decided by how you react.
What does this mean? We really have no control over 10% of what happens to us.
1. We cannot stop the car from breaking down.
2. The plane may be arriving late, which throws our whole schedule off.
3. A driver may cut us off in traffic.
We have no control over this 10%. The other 90% is different. You determine the other 90% !!
How? ….By your reaction.
* You cannot control a red light, but you can control your reaction.
* Don’t let people fool you, YOU can control how you react! Let’s use an example….
You’re eating breakfast with your family. Your daughter knocks over a cup of coffee onto your business shirt. You have no control over what just happened. What happens next will be determined by how you react. You curse. You harshly scold your daughter for knocking the coffee cup over.She breaks down in tears. After scolding her, you turn to your spouse and criticize her for placing the cup too close to the edge of the table. A short verbal battle follows. You storm upstairs and change your shirt. Back downstairs you find your daughter has been busy crying, and so, is not able to finish breakfast and get ready for school.
She misses the bus. Your spouse must leave immediately for work. You rush to the car and drive your daughter to school. Because you are late, you drive 40 miles an hour in a 30 mph speed limit. After a 15 minute delay and throwing rs 200 to the Cop as fine…..
In the evening, you look forward to going home. When you arrive home you find small wedge in your relationship with your spouse and daughter.
Why?Because of how you reacted in the morning. Why did you have a bad day?
A) Did the coffee cause it?
B) Did your daughter cause it?
C) Did the Policeman cause it?
D) Did you cause it?
The answer is ” D “.
You had no control over what happened with the coffee. How you reacted in those 5 seconds is what caused your bad day. Here is what could have and should have happened:
” Coffee splashes over you. Your daughter is about to cry. You gently say “It’s OK honey, you just need to be more careful next time”. Grabbing a towel you rush upstairs. After grabbing a new shirt and your briefcase. You come back down in time look through the window and see your child getting on the bus. She turns and waves. You and your spouse kiss before you both go to work. You arrive 5 minutes early and cheerfully greet the
staff. Your boss comments on how good of day you are having.” Notice the difference.
Two different scenarios. Both started the same way but both ended differently.
Why? Because of how you REACTED !!!
You really do not have any control over 10% of what happens. The other 90% is determined by your reaction. Here are some ways to apply the 90/10 secret :
If someone says something negative about you, do not be a sponge. Let the attack roll off like water on glass. You don’t have to let the negative comment affect you!
React properly and it will not ruin your day. A wrong reaction could result in losing a friend, being fired, getting stressed out, etc.
How do you react if someone cuts you off in traffic? Do you lose your temper? Pound the steering wheel? (A friend of mine had the steering wheel fall off!) Do you curse? Does your blood pressure skyrocket? Do you try and bump them?
WHO CARES if you arrive ten seconds later at work? Why let the blue car ruin your drive. Remember the 90-10 principle, and do not worry about it!You are told! you lost your job. Why lose sleep or get irritated? It will work out. Use your “worrying” energy and time into finding another job.
The plane is late. It is going to mangle your schedule for the day. Why take out your frustration on the flight attendant? She has no control over what is going on. Use your time to study, get to know the other passenger, etc. Why get stressed out? It will just make things worse.
You now know the 90/10 secret. Apply it and you will be amazed at the results.
Remember :
“Minds are like parachutes, they function best when open”
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