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Power of giving
This story is about a beautiful, expensively dressed lady whocomplained to her psychiatrist that she felt that her whole life was empty, it had no meaning. So, the lady went to visit a counselor to seek out happiness. The counselor called over the old lady who cleaned the office floors. The counselor then said to the rich lady “I’m going to ask Mary hereto tell u how she found happiness. All I want u to do is listen toher.” So the old lady put down her broom and sat on a chair and told her story: “Well, my husband died of malaria and three months later my only son was…
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HOW TO OVERCOME FEAR OF LOSING MONEY?
We all have lot of fear but i have found the most of the people havefear of losing money. What if i get cheated when i am purchasingsomething? What if i donate money or give it to someone else and notenough will be left for me? What if i start business and i dontsucceed in that and i will lose money? If i will purchase somethingtoday and what if i dont have money in future for my survival? Because of this fear most of us either delay their decision or theydont take that decision at all. When ever we are dealing with money this fear crops up. Basicallyevery fear is…
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TATA Steel – Toilet Story – Creative Leadership
As the story goes : Russi Mody, Chairman of Tata Steel from 1984-1993, was once holding a weekly meeting with Tata Steel staff at a football ground in Jamshedpur. A worker took up a niggling issue. He said the quality and hygiene of toilets for workers was very bad. Whereas, he pointed out that the cleanliness and hygiene of Executive toilets are always very good. Mr Mody asked his top executive how much time he needs to set it right. The executive asked for a month to set it right. Mr Mody said “I would rather do it in a day. Send me a carpenter.” Next day, when the carpenter came, he ordered the…
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What differentiates “Rich” from “Super Rich”
Only 1 question differentiates “Rich” from “Super Rich” Recently Rafael Badziag, interviewed 21 self-made billionaires around the world and consolidated his learning’s in the book “The Billion Dollar Secret: 20 Principles of Billionaire Wealth”. According to him, the key difference between Rich and Super Rich lies in how you answer this question of “What do you like more, making money or spending it?” If you analyze most of the Super Rich (Billionaires) in the world they are known to be frugal with their spending habits. However, the Rich (Millionaires) they would spendthrift. The difference underlies the key fact that the Billionaire derives pleasure in making money and not spending it. Debrief:…
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Tricks to get good marks in exams
Today we are embarking upon a very significant and emotional subject in every student’s life i.e. EXAMINATION. If there is a show of hands for how many of us feel that we got fewer marks in the exam even after studying hard. Then I am sure most of the hands will go up (about 95%, if not more). However, most of us never introspect and try to understand the reason for this mismatch. As human psychology, we tend to blame others but seldom claim responsibility for our failures. Preparing for an exam is a skill and unfortunately, not many of us are being taught how to prepare for the exam…
