If live gives us rocks, don't sit back and blame life for that.
At every turn of our life, it gives us choices which we fail to recognise.
So when life gives you rocks,
It's still your choice whether to build a wall or to build a bridge.
Showing posts with label Creative Thinking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Creative Thinking. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Monday, April 28, 2008
Virtues of Enlightened Living
Master Your Mind
Follow Your Purpose
Practice Kaizen
Live with Discipline
Respect Your Time
Selflessly Serve Others
Embrace the Present
Source/Reference: The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by: Robin Sharma www.robinsharma.com
- Cultivate your mind - it will blossom beyond your expectations
- The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your thoughts
- There are no mistakes - only lessons. See setbacks as opportunities for personal expansion and spiritual growth
Follow Your Purpose
- The purpose of life is a life of purpose
- Discovering and then realizing your lifework brings lasting fulfillment
- Set clearly defined personal, professional and spiritual goals, and then have the courage to act on them
Practice Kaizen
- Self-Mastery is the DNA of life mastery
- Success on the outside begins within
- Enlightenment comes through the consistent cultivation of your mind, body and soul
Live with Discipline
- Discipline is built by consistently performing small acts of courage
- The more you nurture the embryo of self-discipline, the more it will mature
- Willpower is the essential virtue of a fully actualized life
Respect Your Time
- Time is your most precious commodity and it is nonrenewable
- Focus on your priorities and maintain balance
- Simplify your life
Selflessly Serve Others
- The quality of your life ultimately comes down to the quality of your contribution
- To cultivate the sacredness of each day, live to give
- By elevating the lives of others, your life reaches its highest dimensions
Embrace the Present
- Live in the "now". Savor the gift of the present
- Never sacrifice happiness for achievement
- Savor the journey and live each day as your last
Source/Reference: The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by: Robin Sharma www.robinsharma.com
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Don't change the World - Just change yourself
Once upon a time, there was a king who ruled a prosperous country. One day, he went for a trip to some distant areas of his country.
When he was back to his palace, he complained that his feet were very painful, because it was the first time that he went for such a long trip, and the road that he went through was very rough and stony. He then ordered his people to cover every road of the entire country with leather. Definitely, this would need thousands of cows' skin, and would cost a huge amount of money.
Then one of his wise servant dared himself to tell the king, "Why do you have to spend that unnecessary amount of money ? Why don't you just cut a little piece of leather to cover your feet?"
The king was surprised, but he later agreed to his suggestion, to make a "shoe" for himself.
There is actually a valuable lesson of life in this story: to make this world a happy place to live, you better change yourself - your heart; and not the world.
You Can Change Your Life
By changing your thinking, you can change your beliefs.
When you change your belief, you change your expectations.
When you change your expectations, you change your attitude.
When you change your attitude, you change your behaviour.
When you change your behavior, you change your performance.
When you change your performance, you change your life!
When he was back to his palace, he complained that his feet were very painful, because it was the first time that he went for such a long trip, and the road that he went through was very rough and stony. He then ordered his people to cover every road of the entire country with leather. Definitely, this would need thousands of cows' skin, and would cost a huge amount of money.
Then one of his wise servant dared himself to tell the king, "Why do you have to spend that unnecessary amount of money ? Why don't you just cut a little piece of leather to cover your feet?"
The king was surprised, but he later agreed to his suggestion, to make a "shoe" for himself.
There is actually a valuable lesson of life in this story: to make this world a happy place to live, you better change yourself - your heart; and not the world.
You Can Change Your Life
By changing your thinking, you can change your beliefs.
When you change your belief, you change your expectations.
When you change your expectations, you change your attitude.
When you change your attitude, you change your behaviour.
When you change your behavior, you change your performance.
When you change your performance, you change your life!
Monday, April 21, 2008
Free Your Mind
A man went to a Buddhist monk and said that "I am not happy with my life". "I have a hut and I am living with my big family". In his family he has his wife, 2 children, father, mother and grand
mother. The monk asked that "do you have any pet also". The man replied "Yes, I have 2 cows, 2 goats and a dog". "Where are they living" asked the monk. "In my hut's
Backyard" replied the Man.
The Monk asked the man to let your pets also live along with him in his hut and come back here after 7 days. As the man respected the Buddhist Monk he followed his advice. Life of man became even more worst for the next 7 days. He came back to the Monk and asked for his advice. The Buddhist Monk now asked the Man to again let his pets live in the backyard of hut and look at the the difference. Now the Man felt relieved in the same hut with the same space and same members of his family.
Moral: This story is related to the human mind. We have lots of good and bad ideas in our mind. Remove those good and bad ideas and see the difference in your life. Emptiness of your mind is the real essence of Enlightenment.
mother. The monk asked that "do you have any pet also". The man replied "Yes, I have 2 cows, 2 goats and a dog". "Where are they living" asked the monk. "In my hut's
Backyard" replied the Man.
The Monk asked the man to let your pets also live along with him in his hut and come back here after 7 days. As the man respected the Buddhist Monk he followed his advice. Life of man became even more worst for the next 7 days. He came back to the Monk and asked for his advice. The Buddhist Monk now asked the Man to again let his pets live in the backyard of hut and look at the the difference. Now the Man felt relieved in the same hut with the same space and same members of his family.
Moral: This story is related to the human mind. We have lots of good and bad ideas in our mind. Remove those good and bad ideas and see the difference in your life. Emptiness of your mind is the real essence of Enlightenment.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Three Stories One Moral
Story 1: Fly
We all must have seen a fly trapped in a room ! If it reaches a glass window it continues to flutter at the glass, trying to escape. It does not think there can be other openings in the room to escape!
Story 2 : Salesman
Once there was a sales man whose sales ranged between 80% to 95% of his budget. Disheartened with the results, he took an appointment with a marketing consultant, to know where he was wrong. He reached the consultant’s office at the appointed time. After entering the office he saw two doors, instead of a receptionist. One door was marked “SALES LESS THAN 100%” and the other door was marked “SALES MORE THAN 100%”. Since his average sale was less than 100%, he entered to the Ist door. After entering the room he found two more doors – one was marked “EARN INCENTIVES” and the other door was marked “NOT EARN INCENTIVES”. Since he did not earn incentive on regular basis, he entered the 2nd door. He again found two doors, one was marked “HAPPY WITH YOUR SELF” and the other was marked “NOT HAPPY WITH YOUR SELF”. Since he was not an achiever, he was not happy and so entered the 2nd door. And surprisingly on entering it he found himself on the same street where he had entered.
Morale of these two stories
If we continue to work with same attitude and with same approach, if our style of functioning remains the same, if we take same steps then we will meet the same fate. Similar actions again and again will lead to similar results, again and again. To get different or desired results : we have to bring about a change in our attitude, in our approach towards our customer, bring about a change in our style of functioning, thus we must open different doors.
Story 3: Bees and Flies
If you put an equal number of bees and flies in a glass bottle and keep the bottle horizontally with the open end away from the light, the bees will not be able to get out of the bottle while the flies will. The reason being, bees are quite smart and know that opening must be the place from which light is visible. They do not understand the glass and hence keep banging against it. However, the flies are quite ignorant of all this intellectual reasoning and therefore fly hither and thither and discover the opening quite by chance and fly off to freedom.
The bees' own intelligence is its' undoing.
Are there too many bees doing Strategy formulation in Companies and not enough flies?
"In times of transitions, the question itself is the answer"
We all must have seen a fly trapped in a room ! If it reaches a glass window it continues to flutter at the glass, trying to escape. It does not think there can be other openings in the room to escape!
Story 2 : Salesman
Once there was a sales man whose sales ranged between 80% to 95% of his budget. Disheartened with the results, he took an appointment with a marketing consultant, to know where he was wrong. He reached the consultant’s office at the appointed time. After entering the office he saw two doors, instead of a receptionist. One door was marked “SALES LESS THAN 100%” and the other door was marked “SALES MORE THAN 100%”. Since his average sale was less than 100%, he entered to the Ist door. After entering the room he found two more doors – one was marked “EARN INCENTIVES” and the other door was marked “NOT EARN INCENTIVES”. Since he did not earn incentive on regular basis, he entered the 2nd door. He again found two doors, one was marked “HAPPY WITH YOUR SELF” and the other was marked “NOT HAPPY WITH YOUR SELF”. Since he was not an achiever, he was not happy and so entered the 2nd door. And surprisingly on entering it he found himself on the same street where he had entered.
Morale of these two stories
If we continue to work with same attitude and with same approach, if our style of functioning remains the same, if we take same steps then we will meet the same fate. Similar actions again and again will lead to similar results, again and again. To get different or desired results : we have to bring about a change in our attitude, in our approach towards our customer, bring about a change in our style of functioning, thus we must open different doors.
Story 3: Bees and Flies
If you put an equal number of bees and flies in a glass bottle and keep the bottle horizontally with the open end away from the light, the bees will not be able to get out of the bottle while the flies will. The reason being, bees are quite smart and know that opening must be the place from which light is visible. They do not understand the glass and hence keep banging against it. However, the flies are quite ignorant of all this intellectual reasoning and therefore fly hither and thither and discover the opening quite by chance and fly off to freedom.
The bees' own intelligence is its' undoing.
Are there too many bees doing Strategy formulation in Companies and not enough flies?
"In times of transitions, the question itself is the answer"
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Three types of people
According to Leonardo da Vinci, there are three classes of people:
1. Those who do not see.
2. Those who see when they are shown.
3. Those who see.
1. Those who do not see.
2. Those who see when they are shown.
3. Those who see.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Change your Strategy.
One day, there was a blind man sitting on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet and a sign that read: "I am blind, please help".
A creative publicist was walking by him and stopped to observe he only had a few coins in his hat, he dropped a few more coins in his hat and without asking for his permission took the sign,turned it around, and wrote another announcement. He placed the sign by his feet and left. That afternoon the creative publicist returned by the blind man and noticed that his hat was full of bills and coins. The blind man recognized his footsteps and asked if it was him who had re-written his sign and he wanted to know what did he write on it?
The publicist responded: "Nothing that was not true, I just rewrote your sign differently". He smiled and went on his way.The blind man never knew but his new sign read : "TODAY IS SPRING AND I CANNOT SEE IT".
Change your strategy when something does not go your way and you'll see it will probably be for the best. Have faith that every change is best for our lives.
A creative publicist was walking by him and stopped to observe he only had a few coins in his hat, he dropped a few more coins in his hat and without asking for his permission took the sign,turned it around, and wrote another announcement. He placed the sign by his feet and left. That afternoon the creative publicist returned by the blind man and noticed that his hat was full of bills and coins. The blind man recognized his footsteps and asked if it was him who had re-written his sign and he wanted to know what did he write on it?
The publicist responded: "Nothing that was not true, I just rewrote your sign differently". He smiled and went on his way.The blind man never knew but his new sign read : "TODAY IS SPRING AND I CANNOT SEE IT".
Change your strategy when something does not go your way and you'll see it will probably be for the best. Have faith that every change is best for our lives.
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Innovation & Team work wins the race
A hare and a tortoise live in India. They are good friends and like all good friends, sometimes have a dig at each other. One day, in a light mood the hare ridiculed the tortoise for his slow pace. The tortoise reacted by challenging the hare for a race between Delhi to Gurgaon. On the appointed day and time the two assemble at the starting line and start the race. The hare dashes off the start line like a flash. After crossing the midway mark , he feels that a short nap would do no harm. The short nap turned out to be a bit too long. Meanwhile the tortoise crosses the hare and reaches the destination. The hare wakes from the slumber, oblivious of the time, and dashes off towards the finish. To his dismay he finds the tortoise having a nap at the finish line.
The moral of the story is "Slow and steady wins the race."
The story does not end here.....
The hare goes home and soon understands that complacency and overconfidence were the reasons of his defeat. He vows not to repeat the mistake again. He then invites the tortoise for another race. The tortoise agrees to his friend’s request. They meet at the appointed day and time at the starting point. The race starts. This time the hare dashes off to the finishing line without taking a break and wins the race comfortably.
The moral of the story is "Fast and steady wins the race".
The story does not end here.....
The tortoise goes home and thinks hard. He was aware that the hare cannot be defeated in speed. He then ponders over his core competence. At last he finds a solution and invites the hare to another race. This time the course is changed. It is from Delhi to Airport. The hare agrees. At the appointed day and time the two meet at the start line and the race begins. The hare dashes off like a flash. Soon he arrives at the banks of river Yamuna and is overwhelmed by a sense of dejection as he did not know how to swim. The tortoise comes to the bank , looks at the hare with sympathy and coolly gets into the water. He swims to the other side goes to the airport and comes back.
The moral of the story is "Core competence wins the race."
But the story does not end here.....
Both the friends decide it was enough of racing against each other. Why not think hard and find a way by which they together could travel from Delhi to airport at the minimum possible time. At the end of a brain storming session they come out with a solution and decide to try out the next morning. At the appointed time they meet at the starting line. The tortoise sits on the back of the hare. The hare dashes off from Delhi to the banks of Yamuna. There the hare gets on the back of the tortoise and the tortoise swiftly crosses the river. On reaching the other side the tortoise again sits on the back of the hare. The hare runs as fast as he can to the airport. Thus they both reach airport in the fastest possible time.
The moral of the story is "Innovation and team work wins the race"
The moral of the story is "Slow and steady wins the race."
The story does not end here.....
The hare goes home and soon understands that complacency and overconfidence were the reasons of his defeat. He vows not to repeat the mistake again. He then invites the tortoise for another race. The tortoise agrees to his friend’s request. They meet at the appointed day and time at the starting point. The race starts. This time the hare dashes off to the finishing line without taking a break and wins the race comfortably.
The moral of the story is "Fast and steady wins the race".
The story does not end here.....
The tortoise goes home and thinks hard. He was aware that the hare cannot be defeated in speed. He then ponders over his core competence. At last he finds a solution and invites the hare to another race. This time the course is changed. It is from Delhi to Airport. The hare agrees. At the appointed day and time the two meet at the start line and the race begins. The hare dashes off like a flash. Soon he arrives at the banks of river Yamuna and is overwhelmed by a sense of dejection as he did not know how to swim. The tortoise comes to the bank , looks at the hare with sympathy and coolly gets into the water. He swims to the other side goes to the airport and comes back.
The moral of the story is "Core competence wins the race."
But the story does not end here.....
Both the friends decide it was enough of racing against each other. Why not think hard and find a way by which they together could travel from Delhi to airport at the minimum possible time. At the end of a brain storming session they come out with a solution and decide to try out the next morning. At the appointed time they meet at the starting line. The tortoise sits on the back of the hare. The hare dashes off from Delhi to the banks of Yamuna. There the hare gets on the back of the tortoise and the tortoise swiftly crosses the river. On reaching the other side the tortoise again sits on the back of the hare. The hare runs as fast as he can to the airport. Thus they both reach airport in the fastest possible time.
The moral of the story is "Innovation and team work wins the race"
Thursday, February 21, 2008
The dog and the leopard story
A lady takes her pet dog with her on a safari holiday. Wandering too far one day the dog gets lost in the bush, and soon encounters a very hungry looking leopard. The dog realizes he's in trouble, but, noticing some fresh bones on the ground, he settles down to chew on them, with his back to the big cat. As the leopard is about to leap, the dog smacks his lips and exclaims loudly, "Boy, that was one delicious leopard. I wonder if there are any more around here."
The leopard stops mid-stride, and slinks away into the trees.
"Phew," says the leopard, "that was close - that evil little dog nearly had me."
A monkey nearby sees everything and thinks he'll win a favour by putting the stupid leopard straight. The dog sees the monkey go after the leopard, and guesses he might be up to no good.
When the leopard hears the monkey's story he feels angry at being made a fool, and offers the monkey a ride back to see him exact his revenge.
The little dog sees them approaching and fears the worse.
Thinking quickly, the little dog turns his back, pretends not to notice them, and when the pair are within earshot says aloud, "Now where's that monkey got to? I sent him ages ago to bring me another leopard..."
By keeping yourself calm and using your brain, you turn the avert dreadful situations.
Lesson: Creative thinking, Quick thinking, Avert disaster, Boldness
The leopard stops mid-stride, and slinks away into the trees.
"Phew," says the leopard, "that was close - that evil little dog nearly had me."
A monkey nearby sees everything and thinks he'll win a favour by putting the stupid leopard straight. The dog sees the monkey go after the leopard, and guesses he might be up to no good.
When the leopard hears the monkey's story he feels angry at being made a fool, and offers the monkey a ride back to see him exact his revenge.
The little dog sees them approaching and fears the worse.
Thinking quickly, the little dog turns his back, pretends not to notice them, and when the pair are within earshot says aloud, "Now where's that monkey got to? I sent him ages ago to bring me another leopard..."
By keeping yourself calm and using your brain, you turn the avert dreadful situations.
Lesson: Creative thinking, Quick thinking, Avert disaster, Boldness
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