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Thursday, April 22, 2010
No one can hurt you without your consent
No one can hurt you without your consent
On the first day, as President Abraham Lincoln entered to give his inaugural address, just in the middle, one man stood up. He was a rich aristocrat. He said, “Mr. Lincoln, you should not forget that your father used to make shoes for my family.” And the whole Senate laughed; they thought they had made a fool of Abraham Lincoln.
But Lincoln --- and that type of people are made of a totally different mettle. Lincoln looked at the man and said, “Sir I know that my father used to make shoes in your house for your family, and there will be many others here…. Because the way he made shoes; nobody else can. He was a creator. His shoes were not just shoes; he poured his whole soul in it. I want to ask you, have you any complaint? Because I know how to make shoes myself. If you have any complaint I can make another pair of shoes. But as far as I know, nobody has ever complained about my father’s shoes. He was a genius, a great creator and I am proud of my father”.
The whole Senate was struck dumb. They could not understand what kind of man Abraham Lincoln was. He was proud because his father did the job so well that not even a single complaint had ever been heard.
Remember:
“No one can hurt you without your consent.”
“It is not what happens to us that hurts us. It is our response that hurts us.”
On the first day, as President Abraham Lincoln entered to give his inaugural address, just in the middle, one man stood up. He was a rich aristocrat. He said, “Mr. Lincoln, you should not forget that your father used to make shoes for my family.” And the whole Senate laughed; they thought they had made a fool of Abraham Lincoln.
But Lincoln --- and that type of people are made of a totally different mettle. Lincoln looked at the man and said, “Sir I know that my father used to make shoes in your house for your family, and there will be many others here…. Because the way he made shoes; nobody else can. He was a creator. His shoes were not just shoes; he poured his whole soul in it. I want to ask you, have you any complaint? Because I know how to make shoes myself. If you have any complaint I can make another pair of shoes. But as far as I know, nobody has ever complained about my father’s shoes. He was a genius, a great creator and I am proud of my father”.
The whole Senate was struck dumb. They could not understand what kind of man Abraham Lincoln was. He was proud because his father did the job so well that not even a single complaint had ever been heard.
Remember:
“No one can hurt you without your consent.”
“It is not what happens to us that hurts us. It is our response that hurts us.”
Entertainment a click away!!!!!!!!!!!
Joke 1:
Can I borrow that book of yours How To Become A Millionaire?
Sure. Here you are.
Thanks - but half the pages are missing.
What's the matter? Isn't half a million enough for you?
Sure. Here you are.
Thanks - but half the pages are missing.
What's the matter? Isn't half a million enough for you?
Joke 2: Blonde Password
During a recent security audit, a company discovered that a
blonde employee was using the following password:
blonde employee was using the following password:
“MickeyMinniePlutoHueyLouieDeweyDonaldGoofySacramento”
When the company asked the blonde why she had such a long password, she said the login screen required the password to be at least 8 characters long and include at least one capital.
Enjoy the Break
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Appraisal Process....Too Good !
The Art of Appraisal
Big Boss: This year your performance was good, excellent and outstanding. So, your rating is "average".
Kumar: What? How come 'average'?
Big Boss: Because...err. ..uhh...you lack domain knowledge.
Kumar: But last year you said I am a domain expert and you put me in this project as a domain consultant.
Big Boss: Oh is it? Well, in that case, I think your domain knowledge has eroded this year.
Kumar: What???
Big Boss: Yes, I didn't see you sharing knowledge on Purchasing domain.
Kumar: Why would I? Because I am not in Purchasing, I am in Manufacturing.
Big Boss: This is what I don't like about you. You give excuse for everything.
Kumar: Huh? *Confused*
Big Boss: Next, you need to improve your communication skills.
Kumar: Like what? I am the one who trained the team on "Business Communication" , you sat in the audience and took notes, you remember?
Big Boss: Oh is it? Errr...well. .I mean, you need to improve your Social Pragmatic Affirmative Communication.
Kumar: Huh? What the hell is that? *Confused*
Big Boss: See! That's why you need to learn about it.
Kumar: *head spinning*
Big Boss: Next, you need to sharpen your recruiting skills. All the guys you recruited left within 2 months.
Kumar: Well, not my mistake. You told them you will sit beside them and review their code, and most resigned the next day itself. Couple of them even attempted suicide.
Big Boss:*stunned* (recovers from shock) Err...anyway, I tried to give you a better rating, but our Normalization process gave you only 'average'.
Kumar: Last year that process gave me 'excellent'. This year just 'average'? Why is this process pushing me up and down every year?
Big Boss: That's a complicated process. You don't want to hear.
Kumar: I'll try to understand. Go ahead.
Big Boss: Well, we gather in a large room, write down the names of sub-ordinates in bits of paper, and throw them up in the air. Whichever lands on the floor gets 'average', whichever lands on table gets 'good', whichever we manage to catch gets 'excellent' and whichever gets stuck to ceiling gets 'outstanding' .
Kumar: (eyes popping out) What? Ridiculous! So who gets 'poor' rating?
Big Boss: Those are the ones we forget to write down.
Kumar: What the hell! And how can paper bits stick to ceiling for 'outstanding' ?
Big Boss: Oh no, now you have started questioning our 20 year old organizational process!
Kumar: *faints*
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Building Wave Connections
I am looking for people interested in trying out Google WAVE, not just for the sake of it but to find out capabilities and facilities provided.
Also people should have inclination towards inviting more people proactively.
Reply me via comments with your mail ID's and I'll try to add you
Also people should have inclination towards inviting more people proactively.
Reply me via comments with your mail ID's and I'll try to add you
Scott Hanselman .........Is the man!!!!!!!
I have been listening and looking at innovations by Google.
Recently they have entered limited edition of WAVE. Availability is by invitation only. Getting a invitation is another bog thing.
Looked all over the internet for a quick invitation and found that people online are sending requests and blogger/techie/people are replying back with invitations to people. But again there are limited invitation and a long list of people waiting.
As I frequently watch various people managed site for latest materials and articles. I thought why not ask them for an invitation. After a quick thinking I pinned it down to only one person Scott Hanselman, as rightly said by Tess - “The man, the myth, the legend” Scott Hanselman.
In today's world were email prevails over snail mail, the behavior on an average is still the same i.e replies are less often. But on the contrary there are people like Scott who do reply to mails. Before this day I was following Scott on a C2C kind of model i.e. hearing about him on sites and audio channels. Now I am going to follow him because of my own experience which is getting a reply for a 'wave invitation', no matter how insignificant it is, it still makes sense.
Thanks again to the one and only Scott Hanselman
Recently they have entered limited edition of WAVE. Availability is by invitation only. Getting a invitation is another bog thing.
Looked all over the internet for a quick invitation and found that people online are sending requests and blogger/techie/people are replying back with invitations to people. But again there are limited invitation and a long list of people waiting.
As I frequently watch various people managed site for latest materials and articles. I thought why not ask them for an invitation. After a quick thinking I pinned it down to only one person Scott Hanselman, as rightly said by Tess - “The man, the myth, the legend” Scott Hanselman.
In today's world were email prevails over snail mail, the behavior on an average is still the same i.e replies are less often. But on the contrary there are people like Scott who do reply to mails. Before this day I was following Scott on a C2C kind of model i.e. hearing about him on sites and audio channels. Now I am going to follow him because of my own experience which is getting a reply for a 'wave invitation', no matter how insignificant it is, it still makes sense.
Thanks again to the one and only Scott Hanselman
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