Monday, February 27, 2006

Thought Management-A Life Time Gift

THOUGHT MANAGEMENT: A LIFE TIME GIFT


Let me begin the topic with a stanza: -

The intake of food effects your moods and affects your thinking
The thinking effects your mind and affects your vibrations
The vibrations effects your path and affects your living and
The right vibrations will lead you to right thinking and living.

-JK-

To summaries above: -

The “inputs” determines the “output”...........Have good inputs of food
Good inputs of thoughts and associations, to bring about
Good vibrations to lead you to the right destination of life
In the right manner and through right and righteous path.

This is not a philosophical concept but a practical solution for a better, harmonious and happy living.

Every thing we see and experience in today’s world is as a result of: -

What you think
Why you think
How you think
And
When you think

Many of you must have read and studied a lot on various topics on Management and have earned degrees and doctorates in various subjects in management as there are number of leading management schools and institutes imparting coaching in management subjects across the globe- yet it is desirable to know some thing about” THOUGHT MANAGEMENT”

No management institutes/schools can impart coaching in thought management for simple reason that there is an institute of thoughts embedded in every human being, generating thoughts and all that’s needed is to manage these thoughts through chanalising in the right direction within the mind and body before brining it out in the form of actions. That’s why it is being emphasized that one need not attend to any management institute/school to know and learn on THOUGHT MANAGEMENT. It is a self-study and self-mastering subject and once you master it you are the emperor your kingdom (i.e. your body and mind) with all things you would like to achieve to better your living under your control and command.

Now before trying to manage the thoughts, let’s understand how to create vibrant, stimulant, creative and precious thoughts within us.

Please always remember the “inputs” determines the” output” formula.

Morning wake-up: The way you begin your day determines the way you live your day. The first one hour from time you wake up little early in the morning are most valuable moments with profound influence on the remaining of your day and if this precious time is put to use with wisdom and self discipline you will think only purest of thoughts and link only the finest of action, and at the end of this precious hour, you will notice and rejoice to understand that you are going to have a great and marvelous day ahead of you.

Intake of food: -Do not ever put anything less than the best into your body while eating. This will enable you to increase your energy level, maintain perfect health and keeps your moods in perfect harmony. The following items are a must in your daily diet menu: -

Fresh Fruit Juice: Start the morning with a glass of fresh fruit juice. It Increases high-energy level keeps you active and helps to maintain an “Offbeat” mood.

Daily intake of normal food: Make it less greasyand cholosteral in oprder to maintain a high level of motivation and effectiveness. Add green vegetables in your daily menu-this will keep your bodily systems light and cool. Avoid root vegetables as far as possible (with an exception to white and red radish) as it makes you lousy, feel heavy and could lead to gastric related issues. Home made fresh vegetable soups (not the one ready to boil and use stacked in stores) recommended before supper and to end the supper, some fresh fruits of your choice like apple, plantain, oranges etc. This will keep your digestive system in undisturbed condition and you will bodily feel quite light.

Living Environment: Keep your living environment serene and moderately creative. Get up in the morning with good memories and experience of life. Earmark a tiny and cozy corner exclusively for you without any interference and disturbance (could be in a corner of your bedroom, living room or prayer room) for concentration and meditation. This place must be put to its desired use twice in a day first thing in the morning as you wake up and last thing i.e. before you retire to sleep. Now coming to meditation, according to me there is no hard and fast rule, as so many teachers/tutors of meditation has devised their own methods- ultimately it is gradually and in a phased manner bringing your concentration to the focal point between the center of your two eye brows (called meditation point) keeping in mind a divine/serene object and slowly bringing to the meditation (focal) point, retain it there as long as you are able to and then relax mentally and bodily. You will have a feeling of floating with no feeling of body weight. For sitting posture too, there is no hard and fast rule as it depends upon physical /health conditions, age factors etc. What matters are concentration, focus and keeping up of regular timings and these cannot be subject to any compromise.

Maintain good and friendly association so that it matches for you to achieve your life’s goal. Change yourself to circumstances and environments rather than trying the other way.

Work place: You spent a quite a lot of your time in the work place and therefore it is essential that this place remains conducive and congenial to work. Maintain excellent rapport and relationship with all i.e. your sub-ordinates, colleagues, and superiors and boss- in spite of what they are and what moods they are in. Always bear in mind that you have taken steps to change your way of living for good and not to change others minds and moods. At the end of the day you must return home happy contended and justified with your actions and reactions at work place.

Back home to be with your lovable and loving ones: Once you are back home after completing the hectic commitments of the work place, it is essential and be prepared to have an interactive session with your family members. Narrate your days experience/incidents with your wife and child (ren), get feed back from them, Ascertain from them their homely/work place/school/college experience and place your suggestions and opinions if they need from you. Discuss your and their future plans and visions and find a way out to reach the goals set forth by every one in your family (Mind you that this is also a team work and effort and not from commercial /trade point of view but purely from bonded blood knit relationship scenario) Keep in mind that a meal a day together with your family members should form a habit-come what may and this together eating meal should be filled with fun and enjoyment. Otherwise what’s the purpose behind life and living, supposed to be with caring and sharing? Please do not make your life with mundane hectic and herculean activities unrelated to family relationships, affinity and harmonious living. Please ensure to spend at least an hour after joint dinner with your family, (particualarly with your wife and child (ren), engaging all of them in useful and fruitful discussions relating to present and future.

With the above suggested principles and activities, in routine manner good thoughts will be generated in the mind for simple reasons that you have tuned your body and mind in perfectly good harmony.

Now we are coming to the fag end of the subject i.e. how to retain and manage such good thoughts. Adhere to the following guideline principles in your day-to-day living and experience the amazing and marvelous changes that will shake up your undesirable and unwanted thoughts and wake up memorable and good thoughts.

Do not lose the touch with the purpose of living.
Do not lose touch with harmony.
Do not lose touch with humanity.
Do not forget what good, life is all about.
Do not forget to have amity and happiness with your near and dear
Ones.
Do not find fault with others, instead rectify the faults in you.
Accept all that comes to your life as it is, without grudge or greed.

And last but not least

Count your blessings and not disguise.

Regards..................JK


Saturday, February 25, 2006

The Other Things Being Equal

“The other things being equal” - A good old Economics clause.

My economics teacher used to apply the above clause, ampty number of occasions while conducting Economics class. Those days, being an immature lad with the lack of grasping power added with inadequacy in command over English language, I hardly could understand anything out of his class lecturers.

Later after entering into commercial activities and own business, I started reading books on Economics and articles related to Economics, I started knowing little more about it and have come to a conclusion that “ THE OTHER THING BEING EQUAL” being used in economics seems to have become “THE OTHER THINGS ARE NEVER QUITE EQUAL”. Observe the contrast.

In the present global scenario trade negotiations by countries, by and large looks more like a barter relationship rather than being modern market transactions. Countries are upto mischievous stand to exert as much as they can to extract in the form of not only concessions and advantages but also in the form of information unconnected with the trade negotiations (an unethical conduct). They make short-term alliance and agreements of short while existence to suit and accommodate their convenience. They even conceal relevant information, instead reveal irrelevant information and the end result looks more like a “modus vivendi” burying the principles of “modus operandi”to be based on the logic of economics and trade justice.

There appears to to exist uncertainty on agreements arrived at (as I have read in the press reports recently) over the recently held Hong Kong ministerial summit. Please take note that developing countries are no longer going to be succumbed into bartering their interests, leading to economic imperfection and such a situation can either delay or defer decisions, creating economic imbalance. The need of the hour is to make a viable, acceptable trading system by all countries. The existing market solutions will not fit into all cases mainly as a result of power relationship amongst the countries and lack of symmetric of information and this impede the clean flow of simple economic models envisage. Its now evident that “THE OTHER THINGS BEING EQUAL” will not work out.
While open trade by all countries should be a welcome concept, may place some developed countries into unacceptable position and this can further impede the infrastructure development, Industrial policies connected with economic development and growth of developing countries. As one size may not fit and suit all, what exactly will fit and suit to which country, will continue to remain a matter of intense debate. As open trading system is mostly a good thing and an acceptable solution for economic development, the barter relationship by countries, existing in the present trade negotiations must be put an end and instead countries should commit themselves to provide free market access in all goods to all developing countries keeping in mind -as the saying goes-You have a right to be protected against the rich and not against the poor. Hence it’s for all countries to keep their fair trade options open within the framework of ethical negotiations keeping in mind “LIVE AND LET LIVE” concept.
Look…. In to-days business scenario anything and everything depends on various policies of the countries, viz economic policy, financial policy, Trade policy, commerce policy, industrial policy, bilateral policy so on and so forth. Therefore its essential for countries policy makers to bear in mind all considerations favorable to developing countries are taken care of and to ensure fair policies are compiled and framed for compliance. Let’s work together to achieve global economy wherein every country will participate and once the global economy is brought to rich, individual economy automatically comes within the reach of richness in economy.
J.KANNAN

Thursday, February 23, 2006

Values of Living

VALUES OF LIVING...................

Remixing ancient values, traditions, heritage and culture with modern out look of living looses the aesthetics of healthy, ethical, fruitful and purposeful living and it is shamelessly being titled and called- Modern Living in the Modern Era and in the modern world. What an agrravative and emphatic situation?
Who has to bear and own the responsibility for this state of undesirable situation: -

Parents
Teachers
Society
Leaders
Rulers
Yes- every one owns their share of this responsibility, which I earnestly and with humility would like to term as our DEBT. Yeas we created this DEBT in the world and it is we alone are responsible to eliminate and do away with this DEBT. Once this DEBT is cleared you will see people living in equity surrounded by the above mentioned richest of ingredients of living.

How to achieve this?

Nothing is IMPOSSIBLE as Napoleon used to think. With joint efforts followed by clear interaction and earnestness coupled with Napoleon way of thinking- the undesired modernity in living can certainly be routed out and make this world a beautiful place to live beautifully.

Initiate good values of living from the very child hood- and for those grown up and missed the opportunity of being initiated follow the right method of counseling at the required intervals. There is no problem with that section of human that have inherited these qualities by virtue of their good luck and circumstances under which lived and grown up- they are indeed lucky and blessed ones. For those who could not for obvious reasons inherit these qualities need to be inculcated in them in the right manner. Parents and teachers will find it easier than other three categories being in a position to easy access to children/pupil and by and large parents and teachers have their own driven initiative for this. The society can also make its contribution appropriately in a desired manner with the efforts and interaction of parents and teachers. This may cover up say about less than 50% of the needy. The remaining needs to be taken care of by leaders and rulers-they play a vital role in building up good citizens, good nation and a good world. It’s so simple for these leaders and rulers to achieve this provided they possess the ancient values, traditions, heritage, and culture within them. My dear friends be cautious and careful while selecting your leaders and electing your rulers. Is there any other better solution? I shall welcome it for spreading.
Thank you all.

Regards.............JK

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Food for thought & assimilation

FOOD FOR THOUGHT & AND ASSIMILATION

I feel that the following quotes will be inspiring and useful to readers.

Thank you for reading- J.KANNAN

1. Whatever we learn to do, we learn by actually doing it.
-Aristotle-
2. The successful person has the habit of doing things failures don’t like to do – E.M.Grey.

3. Remember if your life is worth thinking about, it is worth writing about –Robin Sharma-

4. The words that enlighten the souls are more precious than jewels. – H.I.Khan

5. I have had a lot of troubles in my life, some of which actually happened. – Mark Twain

6. Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration. – Thomas Edison

7. We don’t laugh because we are happy, we are happy because we laugh. - William James-

8. Life is beautiful-Living is a gift and make best use of it in every day of our living. –J.K-

9. There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. - Peter Drucker- (My inspirator)

10.Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
- Emerson-
11.So long as you live, keep learning how to live. -Seneca-

12.How high you will rise in your life will be determined not
by how hard you work, but by how well you think.
-Robin Sharma-

13. The Greatest Leaders in this new economy will be the
greatest thinkers- and the person you will be five years
from now will mainly depend upon two influences - The
people you associate with and the books you read.
-Robin Sharma-
14. Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar.-Emerson-

15. The reward for a thing well done is to have done it.
-Emerson-

16. He who asks may be a fool for five minutes, He who does
not is a fool for life time.-Chinese proverb-

17. We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.
-John Dryden-

18. Society is built upon TRUST- Trust is built upon FAITH
and faith is built upon TRUTH. –JK-

Importance & necessity for GOALS setting

Importance and necessity for GOALS setting

It is essential to have GOALS setting in order to achieve the desired results in personal & professional life.

A clearly set GOAL will relieve you of torment of choice.

GOALS well defined in a planned manner will take away the worry out of living.

The actions you initiate will be based on the GOALS you set to meet your life’s mission rather than your day-to-day moods.

GOALS setting will restore a sense of focus in you.

GOAL setting will relieve you of complications arising out of a situation that is imperatively complicated with multifarious options.

Set clearly defined GOALS for all areas of your life- it will result in beyond wonders.

Distractions that compete with your living and take away your attention can be over come by well-defined GOAL setting.

Clearly defined GOALS setting will place you within the framework of making right choices.

GOALS settings keeps you alert to new opportunities that you need to seize in order to achieve personal and professional life of your choice and liking.

GOAL setting inspires and makes you act on your priorities and make things you have in mind to happen.

Select and set GOALS that engage and motivate you to boost up your personal well being and professional achievements.

Friday, February 10, 2006

IDEAS & CONCEPTS

IDEAS AND CONCEPTS – HOW TO CONCEIVE AND MAKE IT WORK FOR A CONTENDED AND HAPPY LIVING


Thoughts are the root cause and origin of ideas, which in turn are made concepts. Hence it is distinctly clear that one should have clean and clear thoughts compounded by divinity and reverence while formulating thoughts. In order to achieve this, one should visualize and imbibe only good thoughts and contemplate on good thoughts with concentration and orthodox discipline. Regular practice of this will entail in building up good ideas and concepts, which is an essential factor for self-enrichment, achievement of your set aim and attainment of the purpose of having born as human on this earth- be it in biz or personal life. This in turn should be utilized for the enrichment of the people around you to realize the purpose of getting self-enriched.

It is often said that “ Necessity is the Mother of invention” to add to this please remember-“ Need is the Mother of innovation” and it is the cutting edge for a better development. Ideas, Concepts, Creativity and innovations are inter related and one cannot do with out the other to achieve the desired good effect and results- hence all these should float around within one while formulating thoughts. Now in order to conceive ideas and concepts and make it work effectively let’s follow certain system- and this system is not created and prescribed by me but identified by great scholars and Masters of ancient period, who had experienced life in all its fullness while devoting themselves in the pursuit of truth.

Anything we endeavor to begin should commence with invocation to God, to achieve fruitful and desired effects and results- this is what the heritage and customary of human race. So as soon as you wake up in the morning make it a practice to follow this first. It is a known and accepted fact world wide that parents (Mother & Father) are considered to be holding an honored position and are to be considered as God. They are directly related to our birth and upbringing and undoubtedly we are obliged to them more than to anyone and anything else, offer your first prayer to them and you don’t have to seek their blessings because its always for you and with you- and this should be followed by paying reverence and offering prayers to our ancestors daily. In today’s scenario it is enough if children are able to remember their immediate grand parents and abide by the requirements, daily before you get involved with normal and busy routine of the hectic day. Its not going to take a long time to comply with this- May be five to ten minutes of regular and concentrated prayers- but essentially requires life long concerted efforts to ensure that you do not do anything that would adversely affect our rich and valuable heritage, tradition, culture and legacy.

To concise and conclude - follow the above suggested system religiously & sincerely in routine and see for yourself how it works! Excellent ideas and concepts will generate within you as per your wish- because God is truth and it prevails- and I offer my prayers to God to keep all children together with their parents and grandparents in Love and harmony, to live a purposeful and serene life.

Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Mother the Divine & Greatest of everything

MOTHER- The Divine and the greatest of everything in the
UNIVERSE.

There is an age-old saying authenticated by great yogis (direct disciples of Supreme power) and discovered from the ancient writings (scriptures) and it goes like this: -

Matha, Pitha, Guru & Deivam (in Divine Indian Language) and its true translation in English: - Mother, Father, Master & God in the order of laid down preference and priority for retaining in the mind and heart, paying reverence and to worship.

A discussion was going on between Mother, Father, Master and God as to what they give to their children. The God said- I unhesitatingly and always shower my grace to my children. The master said I pour my blessings to my children always. Now came the turn of the father-he took more time than the God and the Master to tell what all he gives to his children and it goes on like this:

I give A to Z of everything to my children. I give them Ability to Bloom and brighten in a Charismatic and Dignified way. Enthusiasm and Fillip together with Generosity of Happiness filled with Integrity and Joy. I impart knowledge with Love and magnificently give nearness to all good things. As Oneness is a Primary factor to quench the thirst for Togetherness in Reality, I inculcate this in my children with Serenity and Truthfulness. Being Unique is a value added Wisdom thought and I exemplify and Zoom these with Yogic value and groom them for a fine future, contended and happy living

The God and the Master were spell bound and wondered, BUT ONLY FOR AWHILE… and mentioned-What an amazing and great father-he has given so much to his children!!!!!
Now it’s the turn of the Mother to say what she gives. She calmly and reverently said- I give ONLY LOVE to my children added with GRACE, flavored with BLESSINGS and mixed with all that the father has given to children, as I have all these in abundance with me. The God, Master and father were trembled and humbled at the mother and said: -

GOD is Great
Master is Greater
Father is lesser than greatest
AND
MOTHER IS THE GREATEST
And I humbly take the privilege and reverently mention that: -

Mother is an embodiment of LOVE when alive & monument of LOVE when mortal.