Life Skills

Release the Donkey _(interesting take)_ A donkey was tied to a tree. A demon came and untied it. The donkey ran into the fields and was destroying the crop. The farmer's wife saw this and shot the donkey dead. The donkey's owner was upset so he shot the farmer's wife. The farmer came back to see his wife dead, he went and shot the donkey's owner. The wife of the owner of the donkey  asked her sons to go and burn the house of the farmer. The boys went late evening and carried out their mother's orders happily assuming that the farmer too would have been burnt with the house. Sadly for them it wasn't that, so the farmer came back and shot the wife & the two sons of the owner of the donkey. Remorseful, he asked the demon why did all this have to happen? The demon said, "I did nothing, I only released the donkey, but, all of you reacted, overacted and released the inner devil." The devil doesn't do anything but wake you up by trig...

An old teacher was being interviewed by a young professional. The professional started interviewing the teacher as planned earlier. Young  professional - "Sir, in your last lecture, you told us about "Contact" and  "Connection." It's really confusing. Can you explain?" The old teacher smiled and apparently deviating from the question asked the young professional: "Are you from this city?" professional : "Yeah..." Teacher : "Who are there at home?" The professional felt that the teacher was trying to avoid answering his question since this was a very personal and unwarranted question. Yet the  young  professional said: "Mother had expired. Father is there. Three brothers and one sister. All married..." The old teacher, with a smile on his face, asked again: "Do you talk to your father?" The  young  professional looked visibly annoyed... The old teacher : "When did you talk to him...

- EQ- Emotional quotient. Emotional quotient is a very important concept which tries to understand a person's social understanding, interaction and bonding. It also tries to understand how good a person is able to understand the opposite person. It is the level of a person's emotional intelligence, it is represented by a score in a standardized test. Let's understand your empathetic skills by taking this test. Click to take test: Source of test: Psychology tools website

*Raita* _*Adding Extra Curd*_ On a Sunday afternoon a family gathered over the Lunch table to have their favourite Mutton Biriyani, Wife was serving the food to both her Son and her Husband. After the food was served, husband tasted the Biriyani along with Raita and starting yelling at his wife for adding More salt in Raita. She opened the refrigerator and added some curd to it, and she served it again, after tasting it the husband said “You should have done it properly and checked it before serving it to us, because of the extra salt, you have spoilt my mood of eating Biriyani” After some time, the son and the father completed their lunch and wife served herself and completed her lunch, while she was washing the vessels, son came to meet her and he saw his mother with tears in her eyes, when he inquired why she was crying, she just wiped her tears and said “ nothing” and asked him what he wants, he asked for some money, and she told him to take it from her purse. After some y...

*ETIQUETTE*- “The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline.” Anonymous   Personal Discipline-- 1. Don’t call someone more than twice continuously. If they don’t pick up your call, presume they have something important to attend to...... 2. Return money that you have borrowed even before the other person remembers asking for it  from  you. It shows your integrity and character. Same goes with umbrellas, pens and lunch boxes; 3. Never order the expensive dish on the menu when someone is giving you a lunch/dinner. If possible ask them to order their choice of food for you; 4. Don’t ask awkward questions like ‘Oh so you aren’t married yet?’ Or ‘Don’t you have kids’ or ‘Why didn’t you buy a house?’ Or why don't you buy a car? For God’s sake it isn’t your problem; 5. Always open the door for the person coming behind you. It doesn’t matter if it is a guy or a girl, senior or junior.  You don’t grow small by treating someone well in public; 6. If...

*What is the meaning of ‘Association* ":.. “A rain drop from the sky: if it is caught by clean hands, is pure enough for drinking. If it falls in the gutter, its value drops so much that it can’t be used even for washing your feet.  If it falls on a hot surface, it will evaporate...  If it falls on a lotus leaf, it shines like a pearl and finally, if it falls on an oyster, it becomes a pearl...  The drop is the same, but its existence & worth depends on whom it is associated with.”... Always be associated with people who are good at heart..You will experience your own inner transformation.

The telephone rang.  It was a call from his mother. He answered it and his mother told him, "Mr.  Belser died last night.  The funeral is Wednesday." Memories flashed through his mind like an old newsreel as he sat quietly remembering his childhood days. "Jack, did you hear me?" "Oh, sorry, Mom.  Yes, I heard you.  It's been so long since I thought of him.  I'm sorry, but I honestly thought he died years ago," Jack said. "Well, he didn't forget you.  Every time I saw him he'd ask how you were doing.  He'd reminisce about the many days you spent over 'his side of the fence' as he put it," Mom told him. "I loved that old house he lived in," Jack said. "You know, Jack, after your father died, Mr.  Belser stepped in to make sure you had a man's influence in your life," she said. "He's the one who taught me carpentry," he said.  "I wouldn't be in this business i...

☄Perspective: Leadership series 1.2: Personal leadership is utmost important: When we assume a leadership role, it's not only getting ourselves on toes to tasks, but also getting others along us. If something is not achieved in a team, it could lead us into a super action mode. We become uneasy. It's a good thing that the mission is touching our heart, but the important caution is, it should not hijack our personal life. If we are able to balance personal life with our tasks, then we can give our best in professional life. That's where our personal leadership is utmost important. Sometimes we might react on a professional goal, but if an opposite person is too much emotional or immatured, he might take it as a personal remark and this will lead professional life crumble. Given this, we should streamline vision, goals, actions and people. Then we are able to continuously succeed. And yes still there is lot to be finished. Personal leadership includes, Motivation, Delegat...