Life Skills

- The most important aspect of living a happy and satisfying life is developing the personal life skills to be happy. Being happy is the result of combining the inner person with their day-to-day activities. Personal development is a lifelong process which requires will, dedication and daily discipline. The right attitude can help you stay calm and happy even in the most difficult of times. This life skills blog includes tips on simple ways to make life better. We wanted to share life enriching information with our friends and family during 2013, at the same time one of our co-founder was deciding to quit MNC job and work on life skills full-time. In thirst of fullfiling this ambition we were looking at various online platforms. Finally we came to know about blogger.com  from Google. We humbly started our life skills blog simply called as 'life skills'. What is 'life skills'? According to World Health Organization (WHO), Life skills are defined as “a group of psychos...

- There are many ways that patience affects our relationships with other people. Having patience with people can improve our lives and make them happier. When we have enough patience to deal with people calmly, we can easily handle the conflicts and lose our stress.  There are many benefits to patience. How we behave patiently with others is important. Patience is not easy. It is a mental exercise, one which takes tolerance and will power. It is necessary for every one of us. We must become patient with people.  Compassionate and supportive people are more likely to have patience with everyone and everyone is likely to become more compassionate and supportive towards them.  Source: written with writer sonic AI.

 - Today life skills blog brings to you story of a young professional Mr Phani, who rose from being a office boy to become a CEO. After office boy position, after clearing exam he secured a clerical job. Later on he had to sacrifice that secure government job to chase his dream. He resigned from government job, even after facing srong disapproval from family and friends. He says skills are the key for success. Phani adds, once upon a time coal was gold and petrol was gold, but today multi-skilled technology resources are gold. As long as we’ve skilled resources, our growth is assured. While sharing the possibility of future success, Phani says, it is possible because of 'values we believe in and the leadership team we have on board. From our MD to our office assistants, we call our enablement teams 'Leaders of Ojas'-. Click below link to read the story from Yourstory platform: https://yourstory.com/2021/09/office-boy-district-court-multicrore-ojas-innovative/amp

 Dr Roy: Mental health is equally important. We are so driven in our lives and jobs and in general. Our lifestyle is very stressful. Many people are working long hours around the clock without realising that they have not given time to their own physical and mental health. It is the pressure to prove oneself in the professional life that is also leading to this high-voltage lifestyle where little time is given to personal health. IT: Is genetic predisposition or family history also a factor? Dr Roy: Asians are more predisposed to having cardiac disorders due to our genes. And, there is nothing we can do about it. One of the reasons is the genetic formation. Hence, young people in our country are facing heart attacks more than our western counterparts. IT: What can people do to prevent these disorders? Dr Roy: Get regular health check-ups. Avoid smoking to release stress. Avoid drugs abuse. Take care of mental health through meditation and yoga. One needs to 'slow down' to check...

  - Image you are silently working for your start up company for 20 years without any limelight and fame. And suddenly a day comes you have sold your company for $4.7 billion (Approx 34,300 Crore INR ). This happened to trio entrepreneurs and co-founders, Srinivasu MN, Ajay Kaushal, and Ganapathy. All the three are IIM Alumni. The 3 commonly met in Arthur Andersen in 1999. By the third quarter of 1999, all of them decided that it would be good to start their entrepreneurial venture. In an interview Srinivasu said, 'We spent the first 90 days ideating on what to do and incorporated the company in March 2000'. This shows the value of drilling down the idea before venturing, and being self confident of the task we are taking up. Entrepreneurs often start a startup to solve world problems, or the problem they have faced at personal level. This story is of similar nature, about an organisation 'BillDesk'. This is a platform that provides an interoperable service through a di...

 It was a beautiful British Summer day the day before. An Afro- Caribbean man was standing in a long queue for the ice cream shop at Knowsley Safari Park.  I asked him if he wanted to know a secret? He said NO!  Despite that I told him that if he goes to the other side, he will find another window and there’s no queue! He found it hard to trust me, believe and act. Yet, I persisted and advised him to go check and let me know if that’s not the case. I shall hold his place reserved for him in the long queue. He went, confirmed the information was true and came back to thank me. Later on, I found him in another queue for bumping 🚗. He greeted me with a smile and thanked again. I also found that Umar, my 5 year old son was playing tag with his children and his father was now my trustworthy friend as I was for him. Those around me were surprised to see that I had friends in a totally unknown place!  We find several opportunities to be nice and kind on a daily basis. Litt...

- Ibn al-Jawzī said: “When your companion becomes angry and says something that is unwarranted, you should not take it too hard. His situation is that of a drunken person who is not aware of what is taking place. Instead, be patient, even if it means only for a little while. If you reciprocate his words with harsh words of your own, you become like the sane person who seeks revenge on a madman, or the conscious person who seeks retribution from an unconscious one. Look at him with a merciful eye and pity him for his actions.” ‎● [سيد الخاطر صحفة ٤٠٦] Source: received through whatsapp message

- The seven scientists in the Tokyo Olympics 1. Anna Kiesenhofer (Austria) won the cycling route, without a professional coach. She has a doctorate in mathematics from the Technical University of Vienna and the University of Cambridge, UK. She works in research and teaching at the Technical University of Lausanne, in Switzerland. 2. Hadia Hosny (Egypt) finished an impressive career in badmington, but has two gigantic additions: she is a professor at the British University of Egypt, she has a master's degree in biomedicine from the University of Bath, UK, and a doctorate in pharmacology from University of Cairo and has researched and published articles on an anti-inflammatory drug used for various diseases. And she's a congresswoman in her country. 3. Charlotte Hym (France), debuted in the "street skateboarding", when she gets off the board she is a doctor in neuroscience and her current job is to investigate the effect of the mother's voice on the development of m...

 - Effectuation is an idea with a sense of purpose – a desire to improve the state of the world and the lives of individuals by enabling the creation of firms, products, markets, services, and ideas. Effectuation is a process theory that explains the process that entrepreneurs use to create new ventures. When looking at ways to create value for a business, entrepreneurs have the choice between ways of thinking: causal (or predictive) thinking and effectual thinking (or effectuation). As an example, a chef using causal logic decides to cook a particular meal recipe and then gathers the requisite ingredients to do so. A chef using effectuation logic looks in the fridge to see what ingredients are available, then improvises a meal using what is there. Causation: The current approach taught in management. The focus is on achieving a desired goal through a specific set of given means. Causation invokes search and select tactics and under-lies most good management theories. Causal thinke...

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 The scene is the final of men's high jump at the Tokyo Olympics.  Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi was facing Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim in the final.  Both of them jumped 2.37 meters and were on par !  Olympic officials gave three more attempts to each of them, but they were unable to reach more than 2.37 meters. One more attempt was given to two both of them, but Tampberi withdrew from the last attempt due to a serious leg injury.  The moment when there was no other opponent in front of Barshim, the moment when he could have easily approached the gold alone ! But Barshim asked the official "if the gold can be shared between the two of us if I withdraw from the final attempt ?"  The official checks and confirms and says "yes then the gold will be shared between the two of you".  Barshim then had nothing to think about, announces withdrawal from the last attempt. Seeing this, the Italian opponent Tamberi ran and hugged Barshim and screamed !  What we sa...

- Eagles typically live between 20-30 years in the wild. As apex predators, they are relatively long-lived compared to many other birds. The oldest wild eagle on record is about 32 years of age. It can live up to 70 years . There are many motivational learnings from eagles. Like below, -  In order to take on a New Journey ahead, let go of your negative old limiting beliefs. - The problem is common to all but the attitude to solve it makes the difference! - Only Freed from the past burdens can we take advantage of the present. Click to read: Story of an eagle. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/readersblog/vishwabramana/story-of-an-eagle-23667/

-  *The Power of Visualisation & Imagination* "Reader’s Digest reprinted an article from The Rotarian by Joseph Phillips called “Chess: They Call It a Game,” in which Phillips tells how the great chess champion Capablanca was so superior to all competition that it was believed by experts that he would never be beaten in match play. He is widely accepted as one of the greatest players of all time.   José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera is the full name of Capablanca. He was a Cuban chess player who was world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. A chess prodigy, he is widely renowned for his exceptional endgame skill and speed of play. Capablanca was born in 1888 in Havana. It was believed by experts that, he was so strong that he would never be beaten in match play. Yet he lost the championship to a rather obscure player, Alekhine, who had given no hint that he even posed a serious threat to the great Capablanca.  The chess world was stunned by the upset, which today wou...

* Life is like a Race between Cat and Rat.  Rat mostly wins because Cat runs for food and Rat runs for Life.  Remember Purpose is more Important than Need. There is another similar anecdote about cheetah and deer. In the chase between cheetah and deer, many times deer wins. Because cheetah runs for food and deer for life.  Remember…  here too, “The purpose is more important than need.” Purpose is more important because it gives us a reason to wake up in the morning. It makes life easier to live knowing that you have a purpose and are able to achieve that purpose. Your purpose should make you excited to be alive and breathing. John F. Kennedy has quoted, “Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.” Everyone on earth is busy, be it a CEO, blue collar worker, a street vendor everyone over there is busy busy busy. While you can be busy with a dozen tasks every day, when you don’t have a clear purpose of your life or career, you may be heading towar...

 -  *Shortest article ever:* We are discussing 5Cs, the 4Cs not to do, and 1C to do. 4C not to do *Don't* Criticize Cry Complain Compare 1C to do *Do* Compliment ---- At the end remember,  Do not play victim card. Victim playing is the fabrication or exaggeration of victimhood for a variety of reasons such as to justify abuse of others, to manipulate others, a coping strategy, attention seeking or diffusion of responsibility.

-  Sharing something interesting that I came across today. Quite insightful. "Buy one - get one free" may be a marketing gimmick. But it is true in real life in many sense. We buy (i.e. harbouring this emotion) anger and get acidity free. We buy jealousy and get headache free. We buy hatred and get ulcer free. We buy stress and get blood pressure free and so on. Conversely, if we buy trust, we get friendship free. If we buy exercise, we get health free. If we buy peace, we get prosperity free. If we buy honesty, we get sleep free. If we buy LOVE, we get all good virtues free. May Almighty bless us with the wisdom to buy right things for a healthy and purposeful life! Source: received through whatsapp message

 Wake up! Wake up !! To make up yourself  And others to be awesome; To grow handsome and wholesome!! Stand up and march as a torchbearer To protect the lovely Nature,  And to preserve the water  For us and the generations of the future!!   It is not the time to sleep  Unreasonably for so long! Do you have a hang over? For what, whence and how long? Sun rose above the sky  Babies stopped their cry  Don’t ask and plead, why? Get up, dress up, startup, don’t be shy!! Since you have been sleeping ... Traffic jams have become rampant   Garbage ornated the roads of passerby ; Hearths are off, Foods from inn - nearby !! Books are dusted, waiting for one  Sold like hot cake on “Second to none”;  Kindles were bright surely on day one  Reading as a habit gradually gone !! Life givers are now on life supports  In the buildings called Old Age Home;  Sacrifices in vain, parents are in pain   Helpless or hapless...

- A story of ANGELA MERKEL a chancellor of GERMANY when her nation BID FAREWELL to her during end of her term. With six minutes of warm applause, on the streets, balconies, windows, the whole Country applauded for 6 minutes - spectacular example of leadership and defense of humanity, chapeaux ! Image source: https://getlighthouse.com/ The Germans elected her to lead them, and she led 80 million Germans for 18 years with *competence, skill, dedication and sincerity*. *She did not utter nonsense. She did not appear in the alleys of Berlin to be photographed. She was dubbed "The Lady of the World" and who was described as the equivalent of six million men.* During these eighteen years of her leadership of the authority in her Country, *no transgressions were recorded against her. She did not assign any of her relatives to a government post. She did not claim that she was the maker of glories. She did not get millions in payment, nor did anyone cheer her performance, she did not ...

 During a brutal study at Harvard in the 1950s, Dr. Curt Richter placed rats in a pool of water to test how long they could tread water. On average they'd give up and sink after 15 minutes. But right before they gave up due to exhaustion, the researchers would pluck them out, dry them off, let them rest for a few minutes - and put them back in for a second round. In this second try - how long do you think they lasted? Remember - they had just swam until failure only a few short minutes ago... How long do you think? Another 15 minutes? 10 minutes? 5 minutes? No! 60 hours! That's not an error. That's right! 60 hours of swimming. The conclusion drawn was that since the rats BELIEVED that they would eventually be rescued, they could push their bodies way past what they previously thought impossible. I will leave you with this thought: If hope can cause exhausted rats to swim for that long, what could a belief in yourself and your abilities, do for you? So let’s inject HOPE in p...

- Do you want to know the philosophy of why you get hurt when people say something; then this article is for you.   You might have come across people telling you, “You are very disturbing”. “I don’t like the way you behave” “You don’t know how to cook a good food” “You are not productive at work”   Do the above kind of attitudes from others affect and hurt you? Well, you should not be offended when they say something to you, or comment something on your behaviour, calm yourself down and think of it as their perspective or a joke for the day. I know it’s not so easy to practice.   Tell yourself the person who is the potential offender has as much right to his opinion as you do to yours. Besides, they’re only words. They are not judgements on you. What can words do? They certainly can’t break your bones!   Have a philosophy that ‘words-will-never-hurt-me’ it’s a very important philosophy of communication in any relationship. Think that people ar...

  - Have you ever had a bad fight or argument. A financial setback. Got bad or  unpleasant news. Lost someone or something important and special to you. As humans all experience this as a natural course of action. Positive emotions—such as happiness, comfort, contentedness, and pleasure—help us make good decisions: And the good news is Positive emotions can practised into a habit. Picture source: The positive mind Emotion is a complex experience of consciousness, bodily sensation, and behaviour that reflects the personal significance of a thing, an event, or a state of affairs. People who do a good job of managing  emotions  know that it's healthy to express. Because of this, they're able to react to  situations  in productive ways and they are able to win situations in day to day life. And also people who are good at managing emotions tend to have lasting and productive relationships. During the 1970s, psychologist Paul Eckman identified six basic...

 - A Ghanaian Medical Officer in the USA has sent this through to help each and everyone. Please read and take care of yourself - Dr. Okyere. The rate at which  young people are suffering from Kidney disease is alarming. I am sharing a post which can help us.  Please read below:  IMPORTANT - KIDNEY DESERVES THE BEST. Barely two (2) days ago, we all received the news of the demise of the Nigerian actor as a result of kidney disease. ALSO OUR MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS, the Honorable Teko Lake is currently in the Hospital on life support with Kidney problems. I want to show you how to avert this menace of kidney disease. *SO HERE ARE THE TOP 6 CAUSES OF KIDNEY DISEASE:* 1. Delaying going to a toilet. Keeping your urine in your bladder for too long is a bad idea. A full bladder can cause bladder damage. The urine that stays in the bladder multiplies bacteria quickly. Once the urine refluxes back to the ureter and kidneys, the toxic substances can result in kidney infectio...