A quote by Liebniz:
"Reality cannot be found except in one single source, because of the connection of things with one another."
Perhaps our definitions and concepts lead us astray. We could simply be creating a surface for reality that we do not go beyond.
Wednesday, 31 March 2010
Ego: a product of society
The universe is ruthless and does not care who you are. The universe simply does what it does without reason. It is our natural evolution that has lead to us living in a society. However such a society places great burdens on us individually. Society is also ruthless, it does not care what you do as long as it benefits society as a whole. The society gives us morals and guidelines to adhere to, which we can abandon on a whim as long as it benefits society (such as killing in wartime). Society tells you how you are expected to behave and in doing so marks out who you "are". This sense of self then leads to a foundation for a way of thinking, where everything you do is justified by this sense of self. It is this "self" that we call the ego. The ego then controls us much like a computer virus. However, we are afraid of letting go of the ego, when it gives us the feeling of belonging and sense of purpose. If we let go of the ego we are left with nothing, a great sense of emptiness resides within us. However what we do not realize is that this emptiness is the source of all ideas, it is the "stage of all possibilities". It is massive all encompassing. It is our true self.
The nature of time
People have wondered for centuries; what time actually is. Physicists have found ways to incorporate the idea into physical theories. However quantum theory and general relativity, two incompatible theories have provided us with different notions of what time are. Perhaps a resolution to the incompatibilities of the two theories is a way to eliminate time altogether in much the same way that the notion of inertia was eliminated from early theories of motion (even though it is such an intuitive concept).
Things to think about:
(i) What role does time play in the mind?
(ii) Can we really assign a time in between thoughts (does time exist when there are no thoughts)?
(iii) How do we observe time in the mind?
(iv) How does this relate to universal time, if it exists?
Things to think about:
(i) What role does time play in the mind?
(ii) Can we really assign a time in between thoughts (does time exist when there are no thoughts)?
(iii) How do we observe time in the mind?
(iv) How does this relate to universal time, if it exists?
Using true reality to solve our problem.
We have a crude understanding of what life is. Most of us have dreams and desires that we wish to pursue. However, to do so we use the crude understanding of life. When there is a problem and we find it difficult to achieve our goal we turn to our crude understanding. If for instance you cannot afford the most stylish car you get another job you sell your time (and your life) for money. This is using the standard reality that we live in, that tells us we need more expensive material possessions to show off our success, and the way we achieve these things is through selling our time.
Can we use true reality (if such a thing exists)? Can we realize how stupid the pursuit for so called success is? Can we see the material possessions for what they really are? Can we experience true living? Can we stop deceiving ourselves putting what others think about us as top priority? Can we focus on experiencing and enjoying the short and insignificant life that we have?
After all you only live once.
Can we use true reality (if such a thing exists)? Can we realize how stupid the pursuit for so called success is? Can we see the material possessions for what they really are? Can we experience true living? Can we stop deceiving ourselves putting what others think about us as top priority? Can we focus on experiencing and enjoying the short and insignificant life that we have?
After all you only live once.
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Change Your Vision
There was a millionaire who was bothered by severe eye pain. He consulted so many physicians and was getting his treatment done. He did not stop consulting galaxy of medical experts; he consumed heavy loads of drugs and underwent hundreds of injections. But the ache persisted with great vigour than before. At last a monk who has supposed to be an expert in treating such patients was called for by the millionaire. The monk understood his problem and said that for some time he should concentrate only on green colours and not to fall his eyes on any other colours. The millionaire got together a group of painters and purchased barrels of green color and directed that every object his eye was likely to fall to be painted in green colour just as the monk had directed. When the monk came to visit him after few days, the millionaire's servants ran with buckets of green paints and poured on him since he was in red dress, lest their master not see any other colour and his eye ache would come back. Hearing this monk laughed said "If only you had purchased a pair of green spectacles, worth just a few rupees, you could have saved these walls and trees and pots and all other articles and also could have saved a large share of his fortune. You cannot paint the world green." Let us change our vision and the world will appear accordingly. It is foolish to shape the world, let us shape ourselves first.
Lets change our vision..!!
Think simple,Live simple.."
Lets change our vision..!!
Think simple,Live simple.."
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
The Top 50 Marketing Blogs
| The Top 50 Marketing Blogs To Watch |
After the success of last year's list we are ready to release the list of the Top 50 Marketing Blogs to watch in 2009. We searched all around the Internet looking for the best marketing blogs in a number of different categories. We've sorted them into nine different areas and if you're looking at building your marketing presence in 2009, these are the must read blogs for you to check out. Enjoy! |
Small Business Marketing Seth Godin's Blog | Affiliate Marketing ProBlogger | Online Marketing CopyBlogger |
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General Marketing How to Change the World | Search Marketing Search Engine Land | Marketing and Technology ShoeMoney |
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Marketing and Advertising Trend Hunter | Social Media Marketing Professional Online Publishing | Brand Marketing Logic + Emotion |
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Sunday, 14 March 2010
Reaching Your Potential ( To be the best out of the best )
The Idea in Brief 
Despite racking up impressive accomplishments, you feel frustrated with your career--convinced you should be achieving more. You may even wish you had chosen a different career altogether.
These feelings often stem from a common error: buying into others' definitions of success. To reach your potential, Kaplan suggests taking a deeply personal look at how you define success:
Begin by recognizing that managing your career is your responsibility. Then, follow these three steps:
Despite racking up impressive accomplishments, you feel frustrated with your career--convinced you should be achieving more. You may even wish you had chosen a different career altogether.
These feelings often stem from a common error: buying into others' definitions of success. To reach your potential, Kaplan suggests taking a deeply personal look at how you define success:
Begin by recognizing that managing your career is your responsibility. Then, follow these three steps:
Know yourself by identifying your strengths and weaknesses and the activities you truly enjoy doing.
Excel at the activities critical to success in your desired role.
Demonstrate character and leadership by putting
the interests of your company and colleagues ahead of your own.
The Idea in Practice
Kaplan offers these guidelines for reaching your potential at work:
Excel at the activities critical to success in your desired role.
Demonstrate character and leadership by putting
the interests of your company and colleagues ahead of your own.The Idea in Practice
Kaplan offers these guidelines for reaching your potential at work:
Know Yourself
Write down your 2-3 greatest strengths and weaknesses. If (like most people) you struggle with identifying key weaknesses, solicit the views of people (peers, direct reports, trusted friends) who will tell you the brutal truth. Ask for very specific feedback ("How well do I listen?" "What is my leadershi
p style?"). Be receptive to the input you receive.
Then figure out what you truly enjoy doing. What's your dream job? Resist the lure of a hot field: If you go into it without a strong enthusiasm for the actual work, you may waste a number of years before you admit it's the wrong job for you. Once you've chosen your ideal job, you'll have to start from scratch. But choosing a field you love gives you strength to weather the inevitable setbacks and long hours needed to reach your full potential in any career.
Write down your 2-3 greatest strengths and weaknesses. If (like most people) you struggle with identifying key weaknesses, solicit the views of people (peers, direct reports, trusted friends) who will tell you the brutal truth. Ask for very specific feedback ("How well do I listen?" "What is my leadershi
p style?"). Be receptive to the input you receive.Then figure out what you truly enjoy doing. What's your dream job? Resist the lure of a hot field: If you go into it without a strong enthusiasm for the actual work, you may waste a number of years before you admit it's the wrong job for you. Once you've chosen your ideal job, you'll have to start from scratch. But choosing a field you love gives you strength to weather the inevitable setbacks and long hours needed to reach your full potential in any career.
Excel at Critical Activities
Identify the 3-4 activities essential for success in your desired or current role. Then develop a plan for excelling in these activities.
A new division head at a large industrial company was struggling to grow sales and profits. Through interviews with staff and customers, he concluded that success in his business hinged on developing close relationships with top customers' purchasing managers, putting the right people in critical leadership positions, and staying at the cutting edge of product innovation. He began delegating activities less central to success so he could focus on raising the bar on the three success factors he had identified. Sales and profits improved.
Demonstrate Character and Leadership
Character and leadership make the difference between good and great performance. To demonstrate character:
· Put the interests of your company and colleagues ahead of your own, doing things for others without regard to what's in it for you.
· Adopt an owner's mindset, asking yourself what you would do if you were the ultimate decision maker.
· Be willing to make recommendations that will benefit your organization's overall performance, possibly to the detriment of your own unit. Trust that you'll eventually be rewarded. To exhibit leadership, speak up--even when you're expressing an unpopular view. Your superiors desperately want dissenting opinions so they can make better choices. If you play it safe instead of asserting your heartfelt opinions, you may hit a plateau in your career.
Identify the 3-4 activities essential for success in your desired or current role. Then develop a plan for excelling in these activities.
A new division head at a large industrial company was struggling to grow sales and profits. Through interviews with staff and customers, he concluded that success in his business hinged on developing close relationships with top customers' purchasing managers, putting the right people in critical leadership positions, and staying at the cutting edge of product innovation. He began delegating activities less central to success so he could focus on raising the bar on the three success factors he had identified. Sales and profits improved.
Demonstrate Character and Leadership
Character and leadership make the difference between good and great performance. To demonstrate character:
· Put the interests of your company and colleagues ahead of your own, doing things for others without regard to what's in it for you.
· Adopt an owner's mindset, asking yourself what you would do if you were the ultimate decision maker.
· Be willing to make recommendations that will benefit your organization's overall performance, possibly to the detriment of your own unit. Trust that you'll eventually be rewarded. To exhibit leadership, speak up--even when you're expressing an unpopular view. Your superiors desperately want dissenting opinions so they can make better choices. If you play it safe instead of asserting your heartfelt opinions, you may hit a plateau in your career.
This collection offers strategies for changing course if you feel dissatisfied with your life's direction:
If you're putting in longer hours, only to become less productive and more exhausted, read the suggestions for reviving four types of personal energy in "Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time," by Tony Schwartz and Catherine McCarthy. For example, replenish emotional energy by viewing upsetting situations as learning opportunities. Free up physical energy by setting an earlier bedtime and reducing alcohol intake.
· If you're making trade-offs between your professional and personal obligations, consider making small changes that benefit multiple dimensions of your life, as Stewart Friedman recommends in "Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life." For instance, join a club with coworkers. You'll forge closer friendships with them, strengthening your sense of community and improving on-the-job collaboration.
· If you've lost touch with what matters most to you, explore "Do Your Commitments Match Your Convictions?" by Donald N. Sull and Dominic Houlder. They recommend a disciplined process for articulating your deepest values, determining which are receiving insufficient time and energy from you, and closing gaps.· If you want to know your strengths, weaknesses, and desired work environment better, read Peter F. Drucker's "Managing Yourself." He presents a way to clarify five aspects of your professional identity and recommends seeking job opportunities and environments that fit that identity most closely.
If you're putting in longer hours, only to become less productive and more exhausted, read the suggestions for reviving four types of personal energy in "Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time," by Tony Schwartz and Catherine McCarthy. For example, replenish emotional energy by viewing upsetting situations as learning opportunities. Free up physical energy by setting an earlier bedtime and reducing alcohol intake.
· If you're making trade-offs between your professional and personal obligations, consider making small changes that benefit multiple dimensions of your life, as Stewart Friedman recommends in "Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life." For instance, join a club with coworkers. You'll forge closer friendships with them, strengthening your sense of community and improving on-the-job collaboration.
· If you've lost touch with what matters most to you, explore "Do Your Commitments Match Your Convictions?" by Donald N. Sull and Dominic Houlder. They recommend a disciplined process for articulating your deepest values, determining which are receiving insufficient time and energy from you, and closing gaps.· If you want to know your strengths, weaknesses, and desired work environment better, read Peter F. Drucker's "Managing Yourself." He presents a way to clarify five aspects of your professional identity and recommends seeking job opportunities and environments that fit that identity most closely.
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Leadership Guru
Here is the best 20 guru of management and leadership of today….and the criteria of their selection. Two things pumped into my mind:
- There is no word about people & human & individual, which is really weird as no leadership of any organization would be possible without personal leadership…
- Also I have the impression that all of them are great for big companies, but 95% of the companies in the world are not big.
Any case, here they are…
The gurus who make our Excellence 100 list today possess a rare combination of traits and abilities. Here are the eight criteria:
1. Preparation: academic and professional.
2. Character: values, ethics, beliefs, purpose, mission, integrity, walk the talk.
3. Principles: big message, point of view, tenets, main points.
4. Personality: charisma, style, originality, authenticity, one of a kind.
5. Performance: inspiring action, real-world performance, work ethic.
6. Experience: beyond local and regional, more national and international.
7. Expression: substance and style in writing, speaking, coaching, consulting, mentoring, training.
8. Influence: difference, results, change, transformation.
http://eugeniug.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/leadership-guru/
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
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