Life Skills

- *Vanilla Ice Cream that puzzled General motors!!!!* An Interesting Story.  Once long time ago a complaint was received by the Pontiac Division of General Motors: 'This is the second time I have written to you, and I don't blame you for not answering me, because I sounded crazy, but it is a fact that we have a tradition in our family of Ice-Cream for dessert after dinner each night, but the kind of ice cream varies so, every night, after we've eaten, the whole family votes on which kind of ice cream we should have and I drive down to the store to get it. It's also a fact that I recently purchased a new Pontiac and since then my trips to the store have created a problem..... You see, every time I buy a vanilla ice-cream, when I start back from the store my car won't start. If I get any other kind of ice cream, the car starts just fine. I want you to know I'm serious about this question, no matter how silly it sounds "What is there about a Pontiac that makes

 - Many times we discuss with people, express our thoughts, and feel that we could have put across the message more clear and strong. A good communicator and speaker is an influencer, be it at office, community, home, friends etc.  Persuasion is an art and it's like giving energy supply to language, to make it more effective. It is an effective communication technique. Persuasion can be treated as a synonym of a ‘positive force’. Every leader is expected to master it. Great leaders know that it is not just what they say that is important but how they say it. The manner of saying something is more important than matter itself.  In short, persuasion skills can be used to improve the lives of those with whom we relate. How do persuaders convince others? They use anecdotes, empathy, emotive language, catchy and convincing phrases, chatty style, rhetorical questions, repetition. At times, we may have to convey a negative message to someone. An effective communicator will convey a negati

 - *Corporate lesson*  Be cautious when you take a leave from your job - it should be short enough to let the team miss you and definitely not so long enough that your team realise that it can function without you.. . The above message was received through whatsapp. This thought makes you believe that your team should be made to feel that the team is functioning because of you. Actually this thought comes out of job insecurity concern. We need to believe and remember that the job is not about job satisfaction and money. The job is about outcome, an impact and a true care for the people we care for. What ideally should be the situation. We should strengthen our team in such a way that the team should function without 'me'. The team should get the skills and attitudes from you which should develop expertise in your team. We should learn to care and share with team; and have faith and trust in them and we will find these assets for ourself. William A. Ward had said, three keys to

 Hello!! Life is all about how you give direction by understanding where and how you are heading forward. A small act such as, being thankful or saying thanks to someone who does even a small thing for us makes them feel better with our gratitude attitude. A small analysis of our job or career makes us perform better in our job and gives us better clarity where are we heading to. Credence Learning Foundation brings to you a 3 week introspective journey towards  *Self Re-engineering*, this program gives you important research based tools spread across 5 stages.  Venue: Whatsapp Starts soon, start enrolling. Time: Flexible, the activity is posted by 10 AM everyday (India time). To enroll you can send a message at (+91) 9916 7777 53 (India) Email: reach.clf@gmail.com Click to check out program insight: https://credencelifeskilltools.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-key-to-success-personal-life.html?m=1 Regards,  Maaz Mohammed A.Q Co-founder  Credence Learning Foundation- India

 - Does our facial expression depends on culture or it's universal? A UC Berkeley study reveals how similar people are in different corners of the world in how they express emotion in the face of the most meaningful contexts of lives.  'The typical human face has 43 different muscles that can be activated around the eyes, nose, mouth, jaw, chin, and brow to make thousands of different expressions'. A large study used the algorithm to track instances of 16 facial expressions one tends to associate with; amusement,  anger,  awe,  concentration,  confusion,  contempt,  contentment,  desire,  disappointment,  doubt,  interest,  pain,  sadness,  surprise, and  triumph. The results revealed that people from different cultures share about 70% of the facial expressions used in response to different social and emotional situations. Click to read in detail from source: https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/are_facial_expressions_the_same_around_the_world Note: 'Life skill

 Forgive yourself first. Release the need to replay a negative situation over and over again in your mind. Don't become a hostage to your past by always reviewing and reliving your mistakes. Don't remind yourself of what should have, could have or would have been. Release it and let go. Move on. Stop cross-referencing your life, path, achievements & growth with what others are doing. Respect the fact that everyone is on their own journey and their timing is unique to them.  Great things will happen to you if you work hard, believe in yourself and keep your vibration high. When you are thankful for what you have, you will be rewarded with more. Stay positive and things will get better. Changing Times: It is wise to bend rather than to break.  Those who change will get spiritual wisdom. Conversely, those who have wisdom will decide to change.  Change is the first law of Nature. In fact, change is the mark of Time. All your efforts to achieve power, money, or anything else, ar

  A “mouse” was put at the top of a jar filled with grains. He was too happy to find so much food around him. Now he doesn’t need to run around searching for food and can happily lead his life. As he enjoyed the grains, in a few days’ time, he reached the bottom of the jar. Now he is trapped and he cannot come out of it. He has to solely depend upon someone to put grains in the same jar for him to survive. He may even not get the grain of his choice and he cannot choose either. Here are FOUR lessons to learn from this: 1) Short term pleasures can lead to long-term traps. 2) If things are coming easy and you are getting comfortable, you are getting trapped into survival mode. 3) When you are not using your skills, you will lose more than your skills. You lose your CHOICES. 4) The right Action has to be taken at the right time, or else you will lose whatever you have. Nothing comes easily in life and if it comes easily, maybe it is not worth it.  Thank you !!! Source: Received through wh

 *Why some people have all the Luck ?* By Professor Richard  Wiseman, University of Hertfordshire Why do some people get all the luck while others never get the breaks they deserve A psychologist says he has discovered the answer Ten years ago, I set out to examine luck. I wanted to know why some people are always in the right place at the right time, while others consistently experience ill fortune. I placed advertisements in national newspapers asking for people who felt consistently lucky or unlucky to contact m Hundreds of extraordinary men & women volunteered for my research & over the years, I have interviewed them, monitored their lives & had them take part in experiments I carried out a simple experiment to discover whether this was due to differences in their ability to spot such opportunities. I gave both lucky and unlucky people a newspaper, and asked them to look through it & tell me how many photographs were inside. I had secretly placed a large message hal

 - Book to read is "Die Empty" by Todd Henry. The author was inspired and got this idea of writing ​​this book while attending a business meeting.   When the director asked the audience: "Where is the richest land in the world?" One of the audience answered: "Oil-rich Gulf states." Another added: "Diamond mines in Africa." Then the director said: "No it is the cemetery. Yes, it is the richest land in the world, because millions of people have departed/died and they carried many valuable ideas that did not come to light nor benefit others. It is all in the cemetery where they are buried." Inspired by this answer, Todd Henry wrote his book, "Die empty . The most beautiful of what he said in his book is: "Do not go to your grave and carry inside you the best that you have.  Always choose to die empty. The TRUE meaning of this  expression, is to die empty of all the goodness that is within you. Deliver it to the world, before you