When opportunities don’t knock, its the time to make them knock…

A small cartoon which shows us that there is nothing that can’t be done. There is a definite solution to every problem. an old quote goes, ‘The same opportunity never knocks again’. But today, what we believe is, when you do not have an opportunity, its the time to create one. Further, the opportunities are everywhere, all you need to do is, FIND THEM!!!

Here is a doctor who doesn’t have patients and lets see what new profession he takes up…

Go on, the world is a bundle of opportunities, find them and make the best us of them. But yes, definitely not like this doctor who has followed wrong steps to create them. Be righteous and keep yourself active. You will soon achieve…

Lessons in Logic…

If your father is a poor man, it is your fate

but

If your father-in-law is a poor man,it’s your stupidity

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I was born intelligent

Education ruined me

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Practice makes perfect

But nobody’s perfect

So why practice

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If it’s true that we are here to help others

Then what exactly are the others here for

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Since light travels faster than sound

People appear bright until you hear them speak

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How come ‘abbreviated’ is such a long word

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Money is not everything

There’s Mastercard & Visa

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One should love animals.

They are so tasty

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Behind every successful man, there is a woman

And behind every unsuccessful man, there are two

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Every man should marry

After all, happiness is not the only thing in life

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The wise never marry

And when they marry they become otherwise

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Success is a relative term

It brings so many relatives

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Never put off the work till tomorrow

What you can put off today

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‘Your future depends on your dreams’

So go to

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There should be a better way to start a day

Than waking up every morning

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‘Hard work never killed anybody’

But why take the risk

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‘Work fascinates me’

I can look at it for

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God made relatives

Thank God we can choose our friends

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The more you learn, the more you know

The more you know, the more you forget

The more you forget, the less you know

So, why learn

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A bus station is where a bus stops

A train station is where a train stops

On my desk, I have a work station

What more can I say

Login and Logout process at different companies…

Infy

Login= Powered by Intellect… Driven by Values…

Logout= Exhausted by Work… Driven by Night Shuttle…

So, dont work like this…

Always take time for your life and enjoy this short time on the earth…

Mind your thoughts…

Negative Thought Can Kill Dreams

Thoughts Are the First Principle in the Science of Getting Rich

How do you handle your thoughts? Did you know that on average you have anywhere between 40-50,000 thoughts a day? This is without adding all the negativity you might be getting from the TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, and the internet. What do you think sells – negative or positive news? A few years back ABC News actually had a 5 minute segment of positive news at the end of the national news on Friday night. It lasted a couple of years and they found that it wasn’t popular with its viewers, so they stopped having a good news segment

Here’s another startling statistic. Did you now that 87% of our thoughts are negative? It’s not a wonder everyone dwells on negativity and one of the major reasons we have so many negative people in this world

Wallace Wattles writes

“Every form and process you see in nature is the visible expression of a thought in the original substance. As it thinks of a form, it takes that form; as it thinks of a motion, it makes that motion. That is the way all things were created. We live in a thought world, and this world is a part of a thought universe.” (SoGR-Chapter 4)

We all have ‘ thought’ choices. Remember the saying ‘garbage in — garbage out’. Well that’s what’s happening to us with disastrous results. Some choices you can make to change this are to limit the amount of time you watch the news or read the newspaper. Paraphrasing what Wattles said is ‘when you think negative thoughts, you will create that thought’

Thoughts just come and go and if we spent all of our time giving each thought ownership, we’d be a complete mess. Our mind allows us to filter our thoughts, and we get to choose which ones we want to pay attention to and expand on. This is where we have to choose wisely, for thoughts become feelings and feelings create action with the end becoming a result

Now just think if you chose what you want to think about and impress those thoughts upon the universe. What you think about most often is what you become or what you form. Watch your thoughts – it’s who you become. Learning how to control your thoughts is the first principle in the Science of Getting Rich

MIND YOUR THOUGHTS

By Anil Bhatnagar

Have you ever thought about the fact that there is never a moment when you are not thinking—that whatever happens in this world begins with a thought? Here are five simple steps to help you manage your thoughts and achieve success and happiness in life

Be aware of your thoughts…

Start watching your thoughts, without identifying with them. Watch them as a detached observer. You may even get carried away by your thoughts. Never mind. It is natural—especially for a beginner. What you need to do, whenever you detect this, is to take yourself out of your thoughts immediately and get back to the process of thought-watching once again as a detached observer. Do not get perturbed by your thoughts. Don’t condemn or justify them. Don’t try to control them. Just watch them. After some time, you will come to know what your negative thoughts are about. Now concentrate on all the positive thoughts that you can replace these thoughts with, in order to switch over to a more positive attitude towards them. Our attempt should be to cut down the quantity of unnecessary thoughts and to improve the quality of the necessary ones. Keep yourself busy. Simple food, deep breathing and relaxation exercises also help manage your thoughts easily. Expect less from others

Identify negative thoughts…

Keep a logbook. Jot down your thoughts. Write down happenings of the day. Were they positive, appropriate and adequate or were they confused, superfluous and negative? Could you notice the interval between the happening and your response? If yes, could your foresee your negative thoughts? If not, what can, you do to notice this interval? Was there any discrepancy between words and thoughts? If yes, was it justified—could you find a better way of harmonizing your words and thoughts? Was the verbal response necessary, appropriate and adequate?

Sometimes we talk to others, or simply to ourselves, or think about something just like that. Ask yourself what provoked you to take the initiative to start a conversation. Was it essential? What was the purpose? Did it serve the purpose? If no, then why not? Did it use any unnecessary and emotionally charged negative words? Were the words used in thinking, inner dialogue or in talking to the other person, precise, appropriate, adequate and positive? Did you feel happy or satisfied after the interaction with the other person or with your inner self? Can you find ways of improving your performance as a thinker or a speaker? Keep in mind that logbooks are meant to get you started and make you aware of your negative thoughts. It is far more important, however, to be aware of these thoughts when they are just taking birth, rather than leave them for later analysis. Be conscious of the interval that separates the event from thoughts with which you respond to the event

Negative thoughts…

Imagine a strong sun radiating a powerful light. Use this mental sunshine to kill your negative, undesirable thoughts, emotions and images as and when these are detected. Take this sun as a mighty weapon which is always on the alert and which automatically chases any negative thought and kills it with a flash and then withdraws. Don’t forget to imagine that this sun is your faithful friend and is extremely kind to you

Keep a note of how many times you need to call the sun for its services. There will be a gradual increase, followed by a drastic fall. This is so because initially the number of times you call on your mental sunshine increases gradually as your awareness of your thoughts grows. The drastic fall is because what we do not use (the negative thoughts, in this case), we tend to lose

Replace with positive thoughts…

A vital step in this process is the immediate replacement of all negative thoughts by the positive ones. The shorter the interval between the disinfecting and the replacing stage, the better it is. Longer intervals between these two events weaken the impact of the positive thoughts. Our success and happiness depend on identifying our goals precisely and chasing them effectively, both of which, in turn, depend on how well we manage our thoughts. The quality of our thoughts decides the quality of the outcomes we land up with. Thoughts have the power to materialize themselves because they are instrumental in channeling energy towards the physical or mental condition they are about. External situations and the remarks of others can harm us through our thoughts—but only to the extent our thoughts allow them to. So think positive. Talk positive. Read positive quotable quotes of great people. Surround yourself with posters and cards bearing positive messages. Keep them on your table. Hang them on the walls. Paste them near the bathroom mirror and on the doors. Stick them on your watchstrap. Keep them on the refrigerator. Have them on the dashboard of the car. Slip them under the glass of the table in front of you. Slide them in the inner side of the briefcase you carry. Find other suitable places where you are bound to look at them every day

Remember that these messages will stale with prolonged use. So keep changing their position and contents. Do not let the momentum of these thoughts get weaker. Use them appropriately in response to specific negative thoughts. The replacing thought must be positive in every sense. Apart from being inspiring and assuring, it should also be suggestive. For example, if you confront a negative thought, “I can never succeed”, it will not suffice if you replace it with “Sun! Attack! I can succeed”. This kind of replacement may not be effective, for it sounds like wishful thinking and lacks assurance, depth and penetrating certainty. It is better to break your replacing thought down into more definite and specific steps or instructions.The replacing thought in this case may be: “I can succeed. By earlier failures I have become rich in experience and have come to know specific areas that require special attention. I will jot them down and systematically think of the ways in which I can improve. I shall plan. And then stick to it. There is absolutely no reason why I should not succeed. I will assess, plan, execute, monitor, modify and carryon with the plan, and finally succeed. In fact, I think that success has already been achieved and only time separates my thought of success and its transformation into reality. I am committing myself to all that is required to achieve success. I am a river that knows no obstacles. I shall find my way anyhow—and if there is none I shall make one.”

Reinforce…

Thoughts like these can be further reinforced with emotions and images. All this may take longer than one single replacing thought, but these are far more effective since they allow you to divide the desired target into workable units. Focus on a pleasant event that took place in the past. This way your thoughts will turn positive and your emotions and images will reinforce each other, resulting in an overall positive attitude

Cancer update from John Hopkins…

YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY (TRY THE KEY WORD) AND ELIMINATE CANCER, JOHN HOPKINS IS FINALLY STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY

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Cancer Update from John Hopkins

1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment , it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size
2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person’s lifetime
3. When the person’s immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and preventedfrom multiplying and forming tumors
4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has multiple nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic , environmental , food and lifestyle factors
5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies , changing diet and including supplements will strengthen the immune system
6. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing cancer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone marrow , gastro-intestinal tract etc , and can cause organ damage , like liver , kidneys , heart , lungs etc
7. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns , scars and damages healthy cells , tissues and organs
8. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often reduce tumor size. However prolonged use of chemotherapy and radiation do not result in more tumor destruction
9. When the body has too much toxic burden from chemotherapy and radiation the immune system is either compromised or destroyed , hence the person can succumb to various kinds of infections and complications
10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other sites
11. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply
    CANCER CELLS FEED ON
    a. Sugar is a cancer-feeder. By cutting off sugar it cuts off one important food supply to the cancer cells. Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet , Equal , Spoonful , etc are made with Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses but only in very small amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in color. Better alternative is Bragg’s aminos or sea salt
    Milk causes the body to produce mucus , especially in the gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milk and substituting with unsweetened soya milk cancer cells are being starved
    c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish , and a little chicken rather than beef or pork. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics , growth hormones and parasites , which are all harmful , especially to people with cancer
    d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice , whole grains , seeds , nuts and a little fruits help put the body into an alkaline environment. About 20% can be from cooked food including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance growth of healthy cells. To obtain live enzymes for building healthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean sprouts)and eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C)
    e. Avoid coffee , tea , and chocolate , which have high caffeine. Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer-fighting properties. Water-best to drink purified water , or filtered , to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic , avoid it
12. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines become purified and leads to more toxic buildup
13. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By refraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the body’s killer cells to destroy the cancer cells
14. Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6 , Florescence , Essiac , anti-oxidants , vitamins , minerals , EFAs etc.) to enable the body’s own killer cells to destroy cancer cells. Other supplements like vitamin E are known to cause apoptosis , or programmed cell death , the body’s normal method of disposing of damaged , unwanted , or unneeded cells
15. Cancer is a disease of the mind , body , and spirit. A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor. Anger , unforgiveness and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy life
16. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment. Exercising daily , and deep breathing help to get more oxygen down to the cellular level. Oxygen therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer cells

Some important notes

• No plastic containers in micro
• No water bottles in freezer
• No plastic wrap in microwave

Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as well

Dioxin chemicals causes cancer , especially breast cancer.Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies. Don’t freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases dioxins from the plastic. Recently , Dr. Edward Fujimoto , Wellness Program Manager at Castle Hospital , was on a TV program to explain this health hazard. He talked about dioxins and how bad they are for us.. He said that we should not be heating our food in the microwave using plastic containers. This especially applies to foods that contain fat. He said that the combination of fat , high heat , and plastics releases dioxin into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body. Instead , he recommends using glass , such as Corning Ware , Pyrex or ceramic containers for heating food. You get the same results , only without the dioxin. So such things as TV dinners , instant ramen and soups , etc. , should be removed from the container and heated in something else. Paper isn’t bad but you don’t know what is in the paper. It’s just safer to use tempered glass , Corning Ware , etc. He reminded us that a while ago some of the fast food restaurants moved away from the foam containers to paper. The dioxin problem is one of the reasons

Also , he pointed out that plastic wrap , such as Saran , is just as dangerous when placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave. As the food is nuked , the high heat causes poisonous toxins to actually melt out of the plastic wrap and drip into the food. Cover food with a paper towel instead

This is an article that should be sent to anyone important in your life

The splendor of our creation…

Wanna be a gal…

A man was sick and tired of going to work everyday while his wife stayed home. He wanted her to see what he went through so he prayed: Dear Lord, I go to work every day and put in 8 hours while my wife merely stays at home. I want her to know what I go through, so please allow her body to switch with mine for a day, Amen. God, in his infinite wisdom, granted the man’s wish. The next morning, sure enough, the man awoke as a woman. He arose, cooked breakfast for his mate. Awakened the kids, set out their school clothes, fed them breakfast, packed their lunches, drove them to school. Came home and picked up the clothes for dry cleaning, took it to the cleaners, and stopped at the bank to make a deposit. Went grocery shopping, then drove home to put away the groceries, paid the bills and balance the checkbook. He cleaned the cat’s litter box and bathed the dog.
Then it was already 1pm and he hurried to make the beds, do the laundry, vacuum, dust, and then sweep and mop the kitchen floor. Ran to the school to pick up the kids and got into an argument with them on the way home. Set out cookies and milk and got the kids organized to do their homework, then set up the ironing board and watched TV while he did the ironing. At 4:30 he began peeling potatoes and washing vegetables for salad, breaded the pork chops and snapped fresh beans for supper. After supper he cleaned the kitchen, ran the dishwasher, folded the laundry, bathed the kids, and put them to bed. At 9 PM he was exhausted and, though his daily chores weren’t finished, he went to bed where he was expected to make love which he managed to get through without complaint. The next morning he awoke and immediately knelt by the bed and said, “Lord, I don’t know what I was thinking. I was so wrong to envy my wife’s being able to stay home all day. Please, oh please, let us trade back.” The Lord, in his infinite wisdom, replied, “My son, I feel you have learned your lesson and I will be happy to change things back to the way they were. You’ll just have to wait nine months, though”. “But why, My Lord?” the man asked. God replied,”You got pregnant last night.” DON’T YOU JUST LOVE IT? (Especially if you are a WOMAN…)Voted Women’s Favourite Email of the Year…

The story of an armyman…

The following may take few minutes, but worth reading in its right earnest Thnx & rgds to all who read it very patiently
Vivek Pradhan was not a happy man. Even the plush comfort of theair-conditioned compartment of the Shatabdi express could not cool hisfrayed nerves. He was the Project Manager and still not entitled to airtravel. It was not the prestige he sought, he had tried to reason with theadmin person, it was the savings in time. As PM, he had so many things to do!!
He opened his case and took out the laptop, determined to put the time to some good use. “Are you from the software industry sir,” the man beside him was staring appreciatively at the laptop. Vivek glanced briefly and mumbled in affirmation, handling the laptop now with exaggerated care and importance as if it were an expensive car.
“You people have brought so much advancement to the country, Sir. Today everything is getting computerized. “
“Thanks,” smiled Vivek, turning around to give the man a look.He always found it difficult to resist appreciation. The man was young and well built like a sportsman. He looked simple and strangely out ofplace in that little lap of luxury like a small town boy in a prep school.
He probably was a railway sportsman making the most of his free traveling pass. “You people always amaze me,” the man continued, “You sit in an office and write something on a computer and it does so many big things outside.”
Vivek smiled deprecatingly. Naiveness demanded reasoning not anger. “It is not as simple as that my friend. It is not just a question of writing a few lines. There is a lot of process that goes behind it.” For a moment, he was tempted to explain the entire Software Development
Lifecycle but restrained himself to a single statement. “It is complex,very complex.” “It has to be. No wonder you people are so highly paid,” came the reply.
This was not turning out as Vivek had thought. A hint of belligerence crept into his so far affable, persuasive tone. ” Everyone just sees the money. No one sees the amount of hard work we have to put in. Indians have such a narrow concept of hard work. Just because we sit in an air-conditioned office, does not mean our brows do not sweat. You exercise the muscle; we exercise the mind and believe me that is no less taxing.” He could see, he had the man where he wanted, and it was time to drive home the point.
“Let me give you an example. Take this train. The entire railwayreservation system is computerized. You can book a train ticket between any two stations from any of the hundreds of computerized booking centres across the country. Thousands of transactions accessing a single database, at a time concurrently; data integrity, locking, data security. Do you understand the complexity in designing and coding such a system?”
The man was awestuck; quite like a child at a planetarium.This was something big and beyond his imagination. “You design and code such things.” “I used to,” Vivek paused for effect, “but now I am the Project Manager.” “Oh!” sighed the man, as if the storm had passed over, “so your life is easy now.”
This was like the last straw for Vivek. He retorted, “Oh come on, does life ever get easy as you go up the ladder. Responsibility only brings more work. Design and coding! That is the easier part. Now I do not do it, but I am responsible for it and believe me, that is far more stressful. My job is to get the work done in time and with the highest quality. To tell you about the pressures, there is the customer at one end, always changing his requirements, the user at the other, wanting something else, and your boss, always expecting you to have finished it yesterday.”
Vivek paused in his diatribe, his belligerence fading with self-realisation. What he had said, was not merely the outburst of a wronged man, it was the truth. And one need not get angry while defendingthe truth. “My friend,” he concluded triumphantly, “you don’t know what it is to be in the Line of Fire”.
The man sat back in his chair, his eyes closed as if in realization. When he spoke after sometime, it was with a calm certainty that surprised Vivek. “I know sir, I know what it is to be in the Line of Fire.” He was staring blankly, as if no passenger, no train existed, just a vast expanse of time. “There were 30 of us when we were ordered to capture Point 4875 in the cover of the night. The enemy was firing from the top. There was no knowing where the next bullet was going to come from and for whom. In the morning when we finally hoisted the tricolour at the top only 4 of us were alive.”
“You are a…?”
“I am Subedar Sushant from the 13 J&K Rifles on duty at Peak 4875 in Kargil. They tell me I have completed my term and can opt for a soft assignment. But, tell me sir, can one give up duty just because it makes life easier. On the dawn of that capture, one of my colleagues lay injuredin the snow, open to enemy fire while we were hiding behind a bunker. It was my job to go and fetch that soldier to safety. But my captain sahibrefused me permission and went ahead himself. He said that the first pledge he had taken as a Gentleman Cadet was to put the safety and welfare of the nation foremost followed by the safety and welfare of the men he commanded… ….his own personal safety came last, always and every time.”
“He was killed as he shielded and brought that injured soldier into the bunker. Every morning thereafter, as we stood guard, I could see him takingall those bullets, which were actually meant for me. I know sir….I know, what it is to be in the Line of Fire.”
Vivek looked at him in disbelief not sure of how to respond. Abruptly, he switched off the laptop. It seemed trivial, even insulting to edit a Word document in the presence of a man for whom valour and duty was a daily part of life; valour and sense of duty which he had so far attributed only toepical heroes.
The train slowed down as it pulled into the station, and Subedar Sushant picked up his bags to alight.
“It was nice meeting you sir.”
Vivek fumbled with the handshake. This hand… had climbed mountains, pressed the trigger, and hoisted the tricolour. Suddenly, as if by impulse, he stood up at attention and his right hand went up in an impromptu salute.
It was the least he felt he could do for the country.
PS: The incident he narrated during the capture of Peak 4875 is a true-life incident during the Kargil war. Capt. Batra sacrificed his life while trying to save one of the men he commanded, as victory was within sight. For this and various other acts of bravery, he was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, the nation’s highest military award.
Live humbly, there are great people around us, let us learn!

Stephen Covery’s 90:10 principle…

Discover the 90/10 PrincipleAuthor: Stephen Covey
It will change your life (at least the way you react to situations). What is this principle? 10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react. What does this mean? We really have no control over 10% of what happens to us. We cannot stop the car from breaking down. The plane will be late arriving, which throws our whole schedule off. A driver may cut us off in traffic. We have no control over this 10%. The other 90% is different. You determine the other 90%. How? ¡­¡­¡­.By your reaction. You cannot control a red light. but you can control your reaction. Don’t let people fool you; YOU can control how you react. Let’s use an example. You are eating breakfast with your family. Your daughter knocks over a cup of coffee onto your business shirt. You have no control over what just happened. What happens next will be determined by how you react. You curse. You harshly scold your daughter for knocking the cup over. She breaks down in tears. After scolding her, you turn to your spouse and criticize her for placing the cup too close to the edge of the table. A short verbal battle follows. You storm upstairs and change your shirt. Back downstairs, you find your daughter has been too busy crying to finish breakfast and get ready for school. She misses the bus. Your spouse must leave immediately for work. You rush to the car and drive your daughter to school. Because you are late, you drive 40 miles an hour in a 30 mph speed limit. After a 15-minute delay and throwing $60 traffic fine away, you arrive at school. Your daughter runs into the building without saying goodbye. After arriving at the office 20 minutes late, you find you forgot your briefcase. Your day has started terrible. As it continues, it seems to get worse and worse. You look forward to coming home. When you arrive home, you find small wedge in your relationship with your spouse and daughter. Why? ¡­. Because of how you reacted in the morning. Why did you have a bad day? A) Did the coffee cause it? B) Did your daughter cause it? C) Did the policeman cause it? D) Did you cause it? The answer is “D”. You had no control over what happened with the coffee. How you reacted in those 5 seconds is what caused your bad day. Here is what could have and should have happened. Coffee splashes over you. Your daughter is about to cry. You gently say, “Its ok honey, you just need to be more careful next time”. Grabbing a towel you rush upstairs. After grabbing a new shirt and your briefcase, you come back down in time to look through the window and see your child getting on the bus. She turns and waves. You arrive 5 minutes early and cheerfully greet the staff. Your boss comments on how good the day you are having. Notice the difference? Two different scenarios. Both started the same. Both ended different. Why? Because of how you REACTED. You really do not have any control over 10% of what happens. The other 90% was determined by your reaction. Here are some ways to apply the 90/10 principle. If someone says something negative about you, don’t be a sponge. Let the attack roll off like water on glass. You don’t have to let the negative comment affect you! React properly and it will not ruin your day. A wrong reaction could result in losing a friend, being fired, getting stressed out etc. How do you react if someone cuts you off in traffic? Do you lose your temper? Pound on the steering wheel? A friend of mine had the steering wheel fall off! Do you curse? Does your blood pressure skyrocket? Do you try and bump them? WHO CARES if you arrive ten seconds later at work? Why let the cars ruin your drive? Remember the 90/10 principle, and do not worry about it. You are told you lost your job. Why lose sleep and get irritated? It will work out. Use your worrying energy and time into finding another job.. The plane is late; it is going to mangle your schedule for the day. Why take outpour frustration on the flight attendant? She has no control over what is going on. Use your time to study, get to know the other passenger. Why get stressed out? It will just make things worse. Now you know the 90-10 principle. Apply it and you will be amazed at the results. You will lose nothing if you try it. The 90-10 principle is incredible. Very few know and apply this principle. The result? Millions of people are suffering from undeserved stress, trials, problems and heartache. We all must understand and apply the 90/10 principle. It CAN change your life!!! Enjoy¡­.

5 things you never knew your cell phone could do…

Five (5) THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW YOUR CELL PHONE COULD DO. There are a few things that can be done in times of grave Emergencies.Your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for survival.Check out the things that you can do with it:FIRSTSubject: EmergencyThe Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112.If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile; network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked.Try it out.SECONDSubject: Have you locked your keys in the car?Does your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their cell phone from your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end.Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other “remote” for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).Editor’ s Note: It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a cell phone!”THIRDSubject: Hidden Battery PowerImagine your cell battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370# Your cell will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your cell next time.FOURTHHow to disable a STOLEN mobile phone?To check your Mobile phone’s serial number, key in the following digits on your phone: * # 0 6 # A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. When your phone gets stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code.They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless. You probably won’t get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can’t use/sell it either.If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.And FinallyFIFTHCell phone companies are charging us $1.00 to $1.75 or more for 411 information calls when they don’t have to. Most of us do not carry a telephone directory in our vehicle, which makes this situation even more of a problem. When you need to use the 411 information option, simply dial: (800) FREE 411, or (800) 373-3411 without incurring any charge at all. Program this into your cell phone now.This is the kind of information people don’t mind receiving, so pass it on to your family and friends.

The Sachin Mania…

When he became the first batsman to score 50 hundreds in international cricket, Sachin Tendulkar established himself as the greatest of all Indian cricketers. Recognised by Sir Donald Bradman as his modern incarnation, Tendulkar has a skill – a genius – which only a handful have possessed. It was not a skill that he was simply born with, but one which was developed by his intelligence and an infinite capacity for taking pains. If there is a secret, it is that Tendulkar has the keenest of cricket minds. At times in a Test series he looks mortal. But he learns every lesson, picks up every cue, dominates the opposing attack sooner or later, and nearly always makes a hundred. His bravery was proved after he was hit on the head on his Test debut in Pakistan, when he was only 16; and his commitment to the Indian cause has never been in doubt

If captaincy – or rather the off-field management of men less skilled than himself – was beyond him at his first attempt, his reading of the game, and his manifold varieties of bowling, have shown the same acute intelligence. His cricket has been played in the right way too, always attacking, and because he knew that was the right way rather than because he was a child of the one-day age, as he himself modestly said. The awe of opponents was as great as that of crowds. But the finest compliment must be that bookmakers would not fix the odds – or a game – until Tendulkar was out

Just have look at the records held by Sachin Tendulkar

No wonder why, British Prime Minister is suggesting him for the honor of Sir

Some records held by Sachin Tendulkar

Highest Run scorer in the ODI

Most number of hundreds in the ODI- 41

Most number of nineties in the ODI

Most number of man of the matches(56) in the ODI’s

Most number of man of the series(14) in ODI’s

Best average for man of the matches in ODI’s

First Cricketer to pass 10000 run in the ODI

First Cricketer to pass 15000 run in the ODI

He is the highest run scorer in the world cup (1,796 at an average of 59.87 as on 20 March 2007)

Most number of the man of the matches in the world cup

Most number of runs 1996 world cup 523 runs in the 1996 Cricket World Cup at an average of 87.16

Most number of runs in the 2003 world cup 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup

He was Player of the World Cup Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup

Most number of Fifties in ODI’s- 87

Appeared in Most Number of ODI’s- 407

He is the only player to be in top 10 ICC ranking for 10 years

Most number of 100’s in test’s- 38

He is one of the three batsmen to surpass 11,000 runs in Test cricket, and the first Indian to do so

He is thus far the only cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India’s highest sporting honor

In 2003, Wisden rated Tendulkar as the No. 1 and Richards at No. 2 in all time Greatest ODI player

In 2002, Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman after Sir Donald Bradman

He was involved in unbroken 664-run partnership in a Harris Shield game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli

Tendulkar is the only player to score a century in all three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debuts

In 1992, at the age of 19, Tendulkar became the first overseas born player to represent Yorkshire

Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Padma Shri by Indian government. He is the only Indian cricketer to get all of them

Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODI’s 7 times

Tendulkar has scored 1894 runs in calendar year in ODI’s most by any batsman

He is the highest earning cricketer in the world

He has the least percentage of the man of the matches awards won when team looses a match. Out of his 56 man of the match awards only 5 times India has lost

Tendulkar most number man of match awards(10) against Australia

In August of 2003, Sachin Tendulkar was voted as the “Greatest Sportsman” of the country in the sport personalities category in the Best of India poll conducted by Zee News

In November 2006, Time magazine named Tendulkar as one of the Asian Heroes

In December 2006, he was named “Sports person of the Year

The current India Poised campaign run by The Times of India has nominated him as the Face of New India next to the likes of Amartya Sen and Mahatma Gandhi among others

Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket

Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 75 centuries in international cricket:79 centuries

He has the most overall runs in cricket, (ODIs+Tests+ Twenty20s), as of 30 June 2007 he had accumulated almost 26,000 runs overall

He is second on the most number of runs in test cricket just after Brian Lara

Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly hold the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They have put together 6,271 runs in 128 matches

The 20 century partnerships for opening pair with Sourav Ganguly is a world record

Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches when they scored 331 runs against New Zealand in 1999

Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches – a record that he shares with Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid

Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998

Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs (41 Centuries and 87 Fifties)(as of 18th Nov, 2007)

The only player ever to cross the 13,000-14,000 and 15,000 run marks in ODI

Highest individual score among Indian batsmen (186* against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999)

The score of 186* is listed the fifth highest score recorded in ODI matches

Tendulkar has scored over 1000 ODI runs against all major Cricketing nations

Sachin was the fastest to reach 10,000 runs taking 259 innings and has the highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs

Most number of Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds

Most number of Consecutive ODI Appearances: 185

On his debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant in the world

When Tendulkar scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century

Tendulkar’s record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record

Tendulkar holds the current record (217 against NZ in 1999/00 Season) for the highest score in Test cricket by an Indian when captaining the side

Tendulkar has scored centuries against all test playing nations. He was the third batman to achieve the distinction after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten

Tendulkar has 4 seasons in test cricket with 1000 or more runs -2002 (1392 runs), 1999 (1088 runs), 2001 (1003 runs) and 1997 (1000 runs). Gavaskar is the only other Indian with four seasons of 1000+ runs

He is second most number of seasons with over 1000 runs in world

On 3 January 2007 Sachin Tendulkar (5751) edged past Brian Lara’s (5736) world record of runs scored in Tests away from home

Tendulkar and Brian Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them achieved this in 195 innings

Second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches

Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and the third International player behind Allan Border and Brian Lara

Tendulkar is fourth on the list of players with most Test caps. Steve Waugh (168 Tests), Allan Border (158 Tests), Shane Warne (145 Tests) have appeared in more games than Tendulkar

Tendulkar has played the most number of Test Matches(144) for India (Kapil Dev is second with 131 Test appearances)

First to 25,000 international runs

Tendulkar’s 25,016 runs in international cricket include 14,537 runs in ODI’s, 10,469 Tests runs and 10 runs in the lone Twenty20 that India has played

On December 10, 2005, Tendulkar made his 35th century in Tests at Delhi against Sri Lanka. He surpassed Sunil Gavaskar’s record of 34 centuries to become the man with the most number of hundreds in Test cricket

Tendulkar is the only player who has 150 wkts and more than 15000 runs in ODI69. Tendulkar is the only player who has 40 wkts and more than 11000 runs in Tests

Only batsman to have 100 hundreds in the first class cricket

Recently, he also got out Hit Wicket, which is another unique achievement

I just wish, the last two thing which he has to do before he retires is

1. Fastest Century

2. A double century in one dayers

Good going…

Chak De India!!!

Here are some words that people used to describe this master

In terms of technique and compactness, Tendulkar is the best: Desmond Haynes

I have watched a lot of Tendulkar and we have spoken to each other a lot. He has it in him to be among the very best: Sir Garfield Sobers

He is 99.5 per cent perfect. I’d pay to see him: Viv Richards

I saw him playing on television and was struck by his technique, so I asked my wife to come look at him. Now I never saw myself play, but I feel that this player is playing much the same as I used to play, and she looked at him on Television and said yes, there is a similarity between the two… his compactness, technique, stroke production… it all seemed to gel: Sir Donald Bradman

Technically he stands out as the best because of his ability to increase the pace at will: David Boon

There is no shame being beaten by such a great player, Sachin is perhaps only next to the Don: Steve Waugh

Sachin is cricket’s God: Barry Richards

India’s fortune will depend on how many runs the little champion scores. There is no doubt Tendulkar is the real thing: Sunil Gavaskar

A complete batsman — he’s the best in the business: Mohinder Amarnath

Sachin is an attacker. He has much more power than Sunny. He wants to be the one to set the pace. He has to be on top. That’s the buzz about him: Jeff Thompson

If I’ve to bowl to Sachin, I’ll bowl with my helmet on. He hits the ball so hard: Dennis Lillee

You take Don Bradman away and he is next up I reckon: Steve Waugh

I’ll be going to bed having nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting me back over the head for six. He was unstoppable. I don’t think anyone, apart from Don Bradman, is in the same class as Sachin Tendulkar. He is just an amazing player: Shane Warne

When it comes to judging the best among these fabulous band of batsmen, my vote goes to Tendulkar. He has an uncanny ability to come out on top under different circumstances and under different conditions, whether it is Test cricket or one-day internationals. And more importantly, he has done this so young: Shane Warne

Don’t bowl him bad balls, he hits the good ones for fours: Michael Kasprowicz

Hell, if he had stayed, even at 11 an over he would have got it: Allan Border (after India won the Coca-Cola cup in Sharjah)

He is a perfectly balanced batsman and knows perfectly well when to attack and when to play defensive cricket. He has developed the ability to treat bowlers all over the world with contempt and can destroy any attack with utmost ease: Greg Chappell

It’s scary, where the hell do we bowl to him: Allan Border

Yeah mate, but that’s with all great players: Ian Chappell

Imagine what he’ll be like when he’s 28: Allan Border

I’d like to see him go out and bat one day with a stump. I tell you he’d do okay: Greg Chappell

Sachin’s better; Lara is more risky outside the off stump: Mark Waugh

You have to decide for yourself whether you’re bowling well or not. He’s going to hit you for fours and sixes anyway. Kasprowicz has a superior story. During the Bangalore Test, frustrated, he went to Dennis Lillee and asked, “Mate, do you see any weaknesses?” Lillee replied, “No Michael, as long as you walk off with your pride that’s all you can do”

He’s a phenomenon. We have to be switched on when he plays allow him no boundries, for then he doesn’t stop: Mark Taylor

Tendulkar is the most complete batsman I have stood behind. I saw the hundred in Perth on a bouncy pitch with Hughes, McDermott and Whitney gunning for him — he only had 60-odd when No 11 came in. I’ve seen him against Warne too: Ian Healy

Harder he works, the luckier he gets: Ian Chappell

He has defined cricket in his fabulous, impeccable manner. He is to batting what Shane Warne is to bowling: Richie Benaud

Sachin’s the best. I’ve had this view since I saw him score that hundred in Sydney in 1992. He’s the most composed batsman I’ve ever seen: Mike Coward

The pressure on me is nothing as compared to Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin, like God, must never fail. The crowd always expects him to succeed and it is too much pressure on him: Mark Waugh

I still think Tendulkar is the best batsmen in the world ahead of Steve Waugh and Lara: Glenn McGrath

He is currently the best batsman in the world: Sir Gary Sobers

There’s no doubt about it. He is the best: Tony Grieg

Technically, you can’t fault Sachin. Seam or spin, fast or slow — nothing is a problem: Geoffrey Boycott

Sometime back I had written a piece that said that Sachin’s the master and Lara a genius with his head high up somewhere. That’s it: Peter Roebuck

A little genius. Reminds me of Sunny Gavaskar: Kieth Fletcher

He is Sachin Tendulkar. I hope he stays Sachin Tendulkar. We need a new player, a player in his own way. He has a technique which is the hallmark of a great player. Everything indicates that he will be a great player and I am sure he will prove me right. Reminds me of Barry Richards: Eddie Barlow

Destined to be a great: Barry Richards

What we (Zimbabwe) need is 10 Tendulkars: Paul Strang

The original little master, Sunil Gavaskar, had said that the champion cricketer was an example of the perfect batsman. Gavaskar praised Tendulkar for the stillness of his head, his straight back-lift, the ease with which he played his shots and their wide range

West Indian great Brian Lara said Sachin Tendulkar was a peerless batsman with a lot more to offer. Lara, Test cricket’s leading scorer with 11,294 runs, regarded Tendulkar the best batsman he ever watched despite the prolific success of Australian captain Ricky Ponting and South African Jacques Kallis. Lara said: “For me, the best batsman in the world is Sachin Tendulkar. I admire Jacques Kallis’ consistency and Ricky Ponting, with the purple patch he’s going though. Everybody gets 15 minutes of fame. But if there’s one person I’ve admired over a 15-year period, it’s definitely Sachin.”

The fact of the matter is that India still need Sachin in a big way. All this talk of the youngsters taking over is very foolish. The reason why Tendulkar is so important for the team is because of his ability to inspire others and make them perform under pressure – TOI

Not only did Tendulkar continue playing, but he also emerged as one of the finest batsmen to grace the game and was regarded by the great Don Bradman as his modern reincarnation. Greg Chappell too is impressed with Sachin. The Australian believes the hype and expectations on Sachin is greater than even Bradman faced in his day

The Indian coach said: Sachin carries a weight of collective expectation to the crease that few can comprehend. Bradman would not have had the weight of expectation that Sachin has on him every time he went out to bat.”

“Cricketers like Sachin come once in a lifetime and I am privileged he played in my time,” said Pakistan legend Wasim Akram

Many hold Tendulkar’s mastery of the craft high above anyone else in the modern era. Even the great Sir Don Bradman saw Sachin as his closest replica, indirectly branding the batting maestro better than Gavaskar- TOI

But the finest compliment must be that bookmakers would not fix the odds – or a game – until Tendulkar was out

WHEN TENDULKAR GOES OUT TO BAT, IT IS BEYOND CHAOS- IT IS A FRANTIC APPEAL BY A NATION TO ONE MAN. -MATTHEW HAYDEN