Effective Ways of Communicating with People!
The most common reason why people hesitate in communicating effectively with other people is their fear of making a fool of themselves in front of other people. People tend to shy away from interaction to avoid being ridiculed at. What such people don’t realize is that the other person is just like them. He might have the same apprehensions as them. He might have the same amount of limited knowledge on a subject as they have. Instead of retiring into the cocoon of anonymity, if we muster some confidence to voice our opinions and thoughts, we might be able to make an impactful impression on others.
Another reason why people avoid interactions is to avoid conflict. What they don’t realize is that conflict is the exact learning experience they need to provide the growth, knowledge and confidence for dealing with people in the first place. Conflict management or managing the conflict of ideas and thoughts between two or more people can be an incredible learning experience for everyone involved; so much information is revealed in these intense periods that if we can learn to keep our integrity intact during these short bursts of emotion; common ground can be quickly found.
Be assertive when you are dealing with others. Being assertive means that you can stand up for yourself, express yourself effectively and prevent others from taking advantage of you. Being assertive helps boost self-confidence and may help you win respect from others. It can also help control stress and anger. All this helps in communicating with others in a better way as it elevates you to a stronger and esteemed pedestal. When you get positive vibes from others, you tend to be in better control of your thoughts and actions.
Don’t be afraid to take risks and voice your opinions. Tell others what you feel about a situation or a thing exactly the way you feel about it. Honesty is always appreciated by everyone. People respect a person who has the courage to stand up for what he feels and doesn’t hesitate to stand for his convictions.
Always be prepared in advance. If you have enough knowledge on the matter to be addressed, it automatically pumps a lot of confidence in you. That confidence is then well exhibited in the way you communicate with other people.
Dealing with people effectively is a skill that can be learnt and developed over time. If you feel nervous or shaky about doing this, you need to feel the fear and do it anyway, if it’s on your mind, the time will come when you will have to act, go in, do it with the expectation you are going to get it all wrong, but it is never as bad as you think it is going to be. So just close your eyes, take a long breadth, and clam down all anxieties you have before approaching another person. Present yourself in a confident and assertive way and you are sure to win the battle.
Health Benefits of Taking Green Tea!
Do you need a dose of caffeine to get going in the morning? Are you apprehensive that your caffeine intake might cause health problems for you? Do you want a remedy for it? Well, you are reading just the right article for it then. The solution is “Green Tea”. Green tea has increasingly become a very popular drink worldwide because of its immensely powerful health benefits.
Asian cultures have used green tea for medicinal purpose throughout the course of time. However, in Ancient China, it was used especially against headaches and depression. Green tea has a great importance in China history. It is produced from the leaves of Camellia Sinensis. While green, oolong, and black tea all come from the same plant, the Camellia green tea is processed differently than the other teas. The leaves are steamed. Therefore, the compound that is so helpful isn’t oxidized as it is in the other teas. Green tea has considerably less caffeine than coffee.
The various health benefits of consuming green tea are:
- Lowering of cholesterol: Green tea helps in reducing cholesterol levels in the body as it has high concentration of antioxidants. Green Tea helps to increase liver’s LDL receptors. This helps in reducing bad cholesterol in the blood, thereby lowering the total cholesterol levels.
- Remission of cancerous cells: The antioxidant in green tea is 100 times more effective than vitamin C and 25 times better than vitamin E. It helps in inhibiting the enzymes which aid cancer cells spread throughout the body. It can decrease tumor sizes and prevent further tumor formation.
- Eases the pain associated with arthritis: The antioxidants in the tea ease swelling, which in turn, helps ease the pain associated with arthritis.
- Keeps bones strong: The very key to this is high fluoride content found in green tea. It helps keep the bones strong by preserving the bone density.
- Prevents heart diseases: The tea helps break down plaque on artery walls. This allows better blood flow, and thus, heart disease prevention.
- Cures infections: Another health benefit of drinking green tea is its ability to cure infections. The antioxidants in the tea have the ability to kill the disease causing organisms. Polyphones and antioxidants exist in green tea. These help with the stimulation of the immune system. This helps in building strength and fighting immunity.
- Treating acne: Natural antioxidants and antibacterial properties of green tea make it useful for the treatment of acne. It also reduces some of the hormone levels that are known to cause acne. For acne problems, it can either be ingested or administered directly on the skin in the form of a cream.
- Prevents cavities: As green tea can destroy bacteria and viruses, it inhibits the growth of cavities, which are primarily caused by these things.
- Promotes longevity: The polyphones in green tea help to fight against free radicals. This helps in fewer wrinkles and longer life.
- Helps in weight loss: Green tea helps shed those extra kilos. It burns fat and boosts the metabolism rate naturally. It can help burn up to 70 calories in just one day. That translates to 7 pounds in one year.
- Prevents obesity: Green tea prevents obesity by stopping the movement of glucose in fat cells. If you are on a healthy diet, exercise regularly and drink green tea, it is unlikely you’ll be obese.
- Prevents Diabetes: Green tea improves lipid and glucose metabolisms, prevents sharp increases in blood sugar level, and balances the metabolism rate.
- Slows process of Alzheimer’s: Though there is no cure for this disease, green tea helps slow the process of reduced acetylcholine in the brain, which leads to Alzheimer’s.
- Retards the growth of Parkinson’s: Antioxidants in green tea helps prevent against cell damage in the brain, which could cause Parkinson’s. People drinking green tea also are less likely to progress with Parkinson’s.
- Prevents cold and flu: Vitamin C in green tea helps prevent cold and flu.
- Reduces Asthma: Theophylline in green tea relaxes the muscles which support the bronchial tubes, reducing the severity of asthma.
- Relieves stress: L-theanine, which is a kind of amino acids in green tea, helps in relieving stress and anxiety.
- Relieves allergies: EGCG found in green tea relieves allergies. So, if you have allergies, you should really consider drinking green tea.
How you can Motivate your customers to buy your product!
Whenever a product is launched, the obvious motive behind it is profit. And that profit would come only if the product sells more than its competitors in the market. So it is very important to understand what factors motivate a customer to buy a product. You need to find out what the customer wants your product to accomplish in their life. How it will make them feel in owning it? Does it make them look intelligent to their neighbors? Does it make them sexier to their mate? Or does it help them to accomplish other goals by saving them money? What is this really doing to affect the quality of their life either directly or indirectly?
The first and foremost thing that motivates a customer is the need for the product. Customers will satisfy their need by selecting the best available solution that they can find; at the time they need it. You have to convince your consumer that they need your product. A company selling exercising equipment advertises by highlighting the dangers of over-weight. Beauty products are sold by targeting the “marriageable section of society”. Anti-infectants try to strike the soft emotions of a mother. People buy life insurance because they fear dying prematurely and leaving their family financially strapped. So your product should be such that it generates an essence in the lives of the customer. Present problems and offer solutions. Early on in your offer is a great place to do this. Outline a problem that your target audience is probably facing and then point out how your product provides the solution. Present luxuries and offer opportunities. The flipside to that coin is to present something that triggers their passion and offer them a chance to obtain it.
The next thing to attract a customer is the value of the product. There are two basic ways that we judge value; Quantity and Quality. Who would not be enticed by offers like “Two for the price of one. Buy one get one free.” These are nothing but ways of providing more quantity for the same price. And that, in a lot of cases, is a determining factor as to how valuable something is.
Then is the quality of product. There are a lot of people who would pay a premium because of quality. People don’t mind shelling out some extra bucks simply because a product is of higher quality. That is how a ‘Rado’ differentiates itself from a ‘Titan’; there is a separate segment of customers for an ‘Armani’ or a ‘Luis Vitton’.
Value is closely related to the sale of products on the basis of recognition. People buy things because of name recognition. People buy things because of familiarity. They feel more comfortable in owning something which is widely recognized. Judge it for yourself. You go to the store to buy a tooth brush. There is a Colgate and a new brand lying on the same shelf. What would your instinct tell you to pick knowing the fact that it is for your precious teeth and has to be used daily?
And finally, the icing on the cake goes to presentation. With the proper presentation of your offer, you can conquer all other laws at the same time. You can trigger the need, provide value, build expectation for your product; if you learn to present your offer the right way, then selling is the easy part. Go to Rodeo drive in San Francisco (it is the most expensive street in San Francisco) and you will be amazed at how all the top brands have gone out of their way to display their products. They entice you the moment you step onto that road.
If you find out what a customer’s true motivation is by finding out what their values and beliefs are you can design an individual sales presentation. You can then determine how to sell specific features about your product or service to this unique person based on ideas that you know will determine a more positive outcome for both you as well as the customer.
India’s Most and Least Corrupt States!
In the Global Corruption Index, a survey of 133 nations conducted by TI (a Berlin-based anti-graft watchdog), India is ranked 72 among 180 countries as far as corruption is concerned. In India all the states are categorized into 4 categories: Alarmingly Corrupt; Very Highly Corrupt; Highly Corrupt; and Moderately Corrupt.
Alarmingly Corrupt:
There are four states in this category.
Bihar
Bihar is the 12th largest Indian state in terms of area and the third largest when it comes to population. This highly downtrodden state has never been able to rise above poverty, corruption and natural calamities.
Jammu & Kashmir
Kashmir was once called the paradise on earth, but today it is nothing but a constant battleground between Indian security forces and terrorists. Terror strikes have reduced the once-booming tourism trade in the state to nothing but a distant memory.
According to the survey, police department in all these states tops the corruption chart, followed by others — including the forest department, land records/registration and housing.
Electricity, banking, education, water supply and the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme fell under the other corrupt services.
Madhya Pradesh
Nepotism and corruption are very conspicuous in this state.
Uttar Pradesh
India’s most populous state, with agriculture as its main occupation is fighting a losing battle against corruption. It is one of India’s major tourist hubs, especially since it houses the magnificent Taj Mahal in Agra. The state also has some large manufacturing units and is one of the top IT centers in India too.
Very Highly Corrupt:
Karnataka
It has one of the fastest growing economies in the country with a booming IT sector as its backbone, still it is a very highly corrupt state.
Rajasthan
This state has a lot to offer as far as tourism is concerned. It stands strong with forts to guard its periphery, yet it has to fight tooth and nail to curb the growing corruption.
Tamil Nadu
The fact that the state is categorized as being ‘Very Highly Corrupt’ is quite surprising as Tamil Nadu is also one of India’s most literate states, bursting with great talent across all sectors of human activity. Its per capita income too is higher than the national average.
Highly Corrupt:
Chhattisgarh
It is one of the fastest growing states but is a victim of long time neglect due to which corruption is rising here.
Delhi
India’s capital Delhi is one of India’s richest states with its per capita income more than twice the national average. The state is the seat of the Indian government and, perhaps, that makes it vulnerable to corruption as industrialists and common folk alike throng the corridors of power to get their ‘work done.’
Gujarat
It is one of the richest states in the country with major projects like Reliance industries backing it. It also has a rich and flourishing agricultural sector, and is also blessed with rich mineral ore.
Jharkhand
It was carved out of Bihar in 2000, and is dogged my corruption at all levels of government.
Kerala
It is one of the most literate states of the country. The standard of living in Kerala is among the best in India. The state has a very well developed tourism, banking and finance, and communications sectors.
Orissa
Mineral –rich Orissa has been on the forefront of privatization and economic reforms despite the high levels of poverty. Even this could not save it from being in the Highly corrupt category.
Moderately Corrupt:
Andhra Pradesh
This state has emerged as a major IT hub. This sector has generated large-scale employment in the urban areas of the state.
Haryana
Haryana is the home of major IT and BPO firms. It is also a huge manufacturing base for many a global company, having received a massive amount of foreign direct investment. The state’s business-friendly policies have seen it grow on all parameters of economic development. It is also one of India’s richest states.
Himachal Pradesh
This state lies in the lap of nature and attracts thousands of tourists. The state also has mega hydro-electric projects.
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is India’s most industrialized state. It is also one of the richest. It has a great mix of giant industrial units, well developed agricultural base, flourishing services sector, a fairly free market economy, and a booming financial, banking, and insurance sector.
Punjab
It is one of the richest states with agriculture as its mainstay.
Uttarakhand
This state was carved out of UP. Uttarakhand is blessed with natural beauty that helps promote tourism. It also has many dams where it seeks investment to set up huge power projects.
West Bengal
Being economically backward, the state becomes a hotbed for corruption. West Bengal, despite its problems, is one of the fastest growing states in India due to rapid industrialization and a booming information technology sector. West Bengal is also a power-surplus state.
Commercialization of Journalism in India!
The strength and importance of media in a democracy is well recognized. Article 19(1)(a) of the Indian Constitution, which gives freedom of speech and expression includes within its ambit, freedom of press. The existence of a free, independent and powerful media is the cornerstone of a democracy, especially of a highly mixed society like India. Media is not only a medium to express once feelings, opinions and views, but it is also responsible and instrumental for building opinions and views on various topics of regional, national and international agenda. The pivotal role of the media is its ability to mobilize the thinking process of millions. But in today’s highly commercialized market, the press is losing its main focus. Journalism had deviated from the path of responsible journalism to more saleable journalism. There is more news about the “rich and the happening” rather than the poor and dying.
P. Sainath, the Magsaysay Award-winning rural affairs editor of The Hindu, at the Rajendra Mathur memorial lecture organized by the Editors’ Guild of India, says the moral universe of the India media has shifted; outrage and compassion among journalists has died. He said “You have a lot of drawing-room outrage, but not over issues that moved earlier generations of journalists. The structural shutout of the poor is evident in the way beats are organized in newspapers.”
“How many national media journalists were covering the agrarian crisis in Vidarbha? There were six. But there were 512 journalists covering the Lakme Fashion Week in Bombay.” He lamented.
“There is journalism and there is stenography; 80 per cent of journalism you are reading or viewing today is stenography. “
Some alarming figures quoted by Sainath were:
#1. Except one TV channel and one newspaper in the whole country, not one media organization thought Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar admission in Parliament that about 1.6 lakh farmers committed suicide between 1997 and 2007 was news.
#2. Mass media even failed to report the outcome of a house-to-house survey of farmers, conducted by the Maharashtra government, which revealed that 2 million farming families were in a highly distressed state
#3. While the media spoke about the farmers and there were panel discussion on television channels, there were no farmers or somebody who knew about farming on the panel.
Tejpal who has had a 24-year career in the media recalled the earlier times when almost every news channel had a rural reporter. “Today, the total coverage that the 250 million Dalits and tribes in India gets is less than the share given to actress Kareena Kapoor alone,” he said.
The gap between mass media and mass reality is growing at an alarming pace. Nowadays media is primarily focusing only “the elite” section of society. How much does the unforgettable tour of the Bachchans affect us? And how much would a disaster like Bihar floods affect the people? Yet, the media is more interested in focusing on what should be printed on page 3. Ask yourself, does page 3 mean more than the realities of life? Though the role and importance of media is increasing in our lives today, it’s sad that its accountability and professionalism is dwindling. “With great power comes great responsibility”. Television channels in a bid to increase their TRP ratings are resorting to sensationalized journalism with a view to earn a competitive edge over the others. Sting operations have now become the order of the day.
Journalism is losing its basic purpose of connecting to the masses. Journalists of today are forgetting that their responsibility is to report even mundane social issues in an interesting way so that they sell and not target only the glamorous and jazzy world of fashion and fame to increase their TRP’s.
India The dumpground for International Waste!
You must have heard of garments, oil, and food items being exported to India but have you heard of waste being shipped to our country? Yes, that’s true. No matter how shocking this might sound, it’s a reality. Household waste collected weekly across Britain for recycling is being shipped and dumped in India, according to an investigation by ITVs ‘Tonight programme’. Nowadays, the manufacturing, consumption and disposal of goods are geographically separated like never before. Production takes place in one country; products are consumed in another, and disposed in a third.
UK council has asked all the households to carefully separate waste into different categories: plastics, metal, paper and glass so that they all can be recycled. This has been done in their effort to “go green” and improve the environment. European Union law bans sending waste abroad for dumping but allows it to go overseas if it has already been separated and recycled, according to the Sunday Mirror. But the tragedy is that the waste is being dumped into India without being recycled. Unfortunately, a relatively poor country like India is a cost effective target for more developed nations. It costs up to 148 pounds to recycle a ton of rubbish once it is separated but only 40 pounds to ship it to India.
ITV’s Tonight programme found British waste, including children’s report cards and a St George’s flag, buried in farmland wells near the migration path of wild elephants in the state of Tamil Nadu. The rubbish also included bags of Walkers crisps, Sainsbury’s apple juice, Tesco packaging, plastic bags from Mothercare and newspapers. Mail was addressed to residents living in the local authority areas of Tendring, Wellingborough and Wakefield district councils and Leicestershire county Council. All UK councils are required to recycle. But after householders separate their rubbish and bin workers collect it, councils pass it on to waste firms, who in turn use subcontractors. They are under no obligation to reveal what they actually do with it. The situation is grim because many of these products are toxic and chemical laden, including PVC plastic containers, metal cans with toxic paints, multi-layered packaging, batteries and even genetically modified foods, all of which produce waste that can be hazardous. It’s easier for the developed countries to make countries like India their dumpsters because environment and health issues are still not very high on the agenda in South Asia. In any case, even if there is a consciousness or laws that address such problems, regulation is weak and expensive. Also, underdeveloped countries of South Asia are technologically challenged. As south Asian countries are relatively poor countries, they are unable to afford expensive and stringent standards for recycling. Nowadays, the export of electronic waste is on a rise. Used electronics such as computers, mobile phones, and telephones are being dumped in China and India, mainly due to obsolescence. The United States alone exports more than 10 million tons annually. The waste from these products contains toxic heavy metals such as cadmium, lead in computer monitors, mercury in lamps and chips, and flame-retardants in plastics. Research by Toxics Link shows that this high-tech waste is recycled in very unhealthy conditions in New Delhi.
The outcome of such a hideous act is that the workers have to bear the brunt of occupational and industrial risks of working in unprotected and shanty conditions. Majority of such workers include women and children and people with very low nutritional status, making them vulnerable even to very low-level exposures. Health surveys have shown that recyclers regularly suffered from complaints such as respiratory diseases and skin rashes.
A computer may be manufactured in Asia, used in North America and disposed in India. Electronic waste is labeled as second-hand computers, ostensibly to help schools and villages run education programs. Their health is bargained on pretext of education. The rich buy new computers, while older models find their way into the hands of more deprived consumers. The waste is then dumped onto the poorer communities, which shoulder the greatest burden of the impact of globalization.
Translocation to the South enables cost cutting all around, although the burden of waste is borne by local peoples and their environment. The poorer countries are becoming dirtier as the rich ones become cleaner. This disaster must stop before it wipes out our nation completely.
Dharavi – A land of dreams!
Mumbai is a land of dreams. And who says that only rich can dream? The poor who desire to earn a livelihood in the dreamland throng the city in abundance every day. But the sky scrapers bedecking the skyline of Mumbai cannot be home for everyone. So, in a city where house rents are among the highest in the world, Dharavi provides a cheap and affordable option.
Dharavi, in central Mumbai (Bombay), is home to up to a million people and is notoriously known as Asia’s biggest slum (as many as 18,000 people crowd into a single acre). Rents here can be as low as 185 rupees ($4) per month. Dharavi borders three railway lines and is near several major roads. It’s convenient connectivity and central Mumbai location, makes it a real-estate developers dream. But while some call it an embarrassing eyesore in the middle of India’s financial capital, its residents call it home.
Even in the smallest of rooms, there is usually a cooking gas stove and continuous electricity. Many residents have a small color television with a cable connection. Some of them are even richer to afford a video player. Dharavi also has a large number of thriving small-scale industries that produce embroidered garments, export quality leather goods, pottery and plastic. Most of these products are made in tiny manufacturing units spread across the slum and are sold in domestic as well as international markets.
Due to its locational benefits, the state government has plans to redevelop Dharavi and transform it into a modern township, complete with proper housing and shopping complexes, hospitals and schools. It is estimated that the project will cost $2.1bn. According to the slum redevelopment plan, most Dharavi residents would be given a free, legal apartment in a modern concrete block on the same site. The Dharavi scheme is unique because it’s being driven by the private sector, not by international aid or tax-payers money. The poor would get a free home in a prime location, but the scheme allows the private companies to use the land left over from tower blocks to build shopping malls or office space, for profit.
But is this proposal acceptable to the millions of people dwelling in Dharavi? Let’s find out from a few. Some welcome the free flats, but Aarti (who works in a tiny market stall made of corrugated stall) says she cannot earn a livelihood in a high-rise flat.
Families, who were given flats in the high rise, said they preferred their ground-level shack because it was larger than their free apartment, and because the crime rate was higher in that concrete block. Many of those who had been given a free home had sold it to middle class families and moved away. They made a sizeable profit in Mumbai, a city of sky-high property prices, but ended up moving far from the city centre.
Meera Singh, another resident of Dharavi, says, “What reason would I possess to move into a 225-square-foot (21 square meters) apartment, even if it were free? I have nearly 400 square feet (40 square meters). “Informal housing” is good for me. I receive 1,100 rupees a month from the furniture workers and another thousand from renting my basement. Why should I give this up for a seven-story apartment building where I’ll be saddled with fees, including “lift” charges? I don’t like to ride in elevators. They give me jitters.”
Residents of Dharavi’s famous “Pongol Houses” object to the idea of being forced to leave the economic powerhouse of Mumbai. These men hail from distant Jharkhand state. They work on building sites and all live in this tiny room. They pay a nominal rent, and send all their money back home to their families, whom they visit for a month or two each year. As tenants, they would not receive free flats in the redevelopment scheme.
When the clock strikes 5:00 A.M., every available inch of open space seems to be converted into a toilet in Dharavi. Obviously, in a place where there is only one toilet for every few hundred people, the prospect of having one’s own bathroom would seem to be a powerful selling point. But even this is not an allurement for many Dharavi locals. “What need do I have of my own toilet?” asks Nagamma Shilpiri, who came to Dharavi from Andhra Pradesh 20 years ago and now lives with her crippled father and 13 other relatives in two 150-square-foot (14 square meters) rooms. Certainly, Shilpiri is embarrassed by the lack of privacy when she squats in the early morning haze beside Mahim Creek. But the idea of a personal flush toilet offends her. To use all that water for so few people seems a stupid, even sinful, waste.
When I picture the dilapidating conditions in which millions live in Dharavi, it sends shivers down my spine. Ideally I would assume anyone to be excited about the prospect of being offered a much better and decent life. But on the contrary, people in Dharavi are strongly objecting to the upgradation they are being offered. My mind is constantly debating whether to empathize with the complacency of the socio-economic conditions of the people of Dharavi or contest the ignorance of these illiterate and poor people.
Think and let me know!!!
Faults in the Education System!
Education in India is a privilege enjoyed only by the middle and rich class of society. When a rich man’s son learns the complexities of trigonometry, the poor man’s son learns the tricks to combat his poverty. Though this itself is a grave situation to ponder on, what is more intriguing is that even after getting the luxury of education, the children aren’t getting the quality of education which would mould them into knowledgeable, practical and responsible citizens of their country.
The main drawback with our education system is that it fails in teaching various arts, and in particular common sense to children. Curriculums are never changed. Tough the technologies and principles are changing with every stroke of the clock; the content of the textbooks remains the same. More emphasis is given on passing an exam, rather than understanding the subject. There is very little practicality related to what is taught to the children as compared to the education given at international level. One good thing about the International curriculum is the children are made to think on their own right from kindergarten. They are given various activities where in they have to use their minds and their coordination skills. Also whatever is taught to them is done in the form of practical activities. Our education system is more bookish and although children study various subjects and cover so many topics in depth, they still do not have any practical exposure. So along with the syllabus, the approach towards teaching the syllabus also needs to be changed. Rather than being monotonous and bookish, teaching should involve more practical activities which makes learning more interesting and also enables the children to develop thinking and analytical skills.
Another aspect hindering our education system is the unhealthy competition lurking underneath the façade of accelerated growth. My heart goes out for the infants who are burdened with heavy bags at the tender age when they should be just playing and enjoying themselves. When you talk to the mothers of such children, they defend their act by saying that their child needs to learn faster in this competitive age to be able to outshine his comrades. In their quest to produce geniuses, the parents exert unwanted pressure on their children and force them to mug up things rather than devote more time in understanding the subject.
Since no emphasis is given on development of various art forms except sciences and mathematics in schools, subjects like fine arts is becoming obsolete. The students prefer being associated to a “happening” and “lucrative” course, rather than evaluating what they are actually good at. Unlike the plethora of vocational choices available abroad, students here have no option but to choose from the mundane courses like B.Com, B.tech or M.B.B.S. As a result, you may find an engineer at every other crossroad but you will hardly come across a violinalist harmonizing his melodies.
Majority of Indians flee the country in quest of better and improved education to join universities abroad. If we want to discourage the “brain drain” phenomena and hold on to our brilliant resources, we need to change the present education system.
5 ways to communicate properly in office!
I started my career as the software professional with Satyam computers limited. As a fresher I had big dreams of making my mark in the company. I was ready to burn midnight oil lamps to impress my bosses.
I had heard horror stories about the tough life of the software professionals but that didn’t shake my spirits. Little had I known that my happiness was very short lived. I was put under the supervision of the toughest boss on the floor. Though I tried to deliver my best, he never seemed to like my work. He would always ask me to re-do my work, sometimes all of it.
He found errors in every job log that I wrote. He found my methodology of organizing my data obsolete and senseless. I felt restless and anxious around him. I would feel worn out at 9 A.M. in the morning. It was then that I decided to change my company. So after 2 years of hell I finally thought I would get a respite when I got an offer from another software company. But it was when I started working in the new team did I realize what my previous boss had done for me. In my new job, everyone thought I was a very meticulous person who delivered her project right on time and with minimal errors.
My boss and the entire team was very happy and impressed with my performance. I had been grilled so much by my previous boss that subconsciously I was still trying to be extra careful in delivering my work. As a result I ended up committing very minimal mistakes. Till date I thank my first supervisor because he turned out to be the best teacher in disguise of a very stubborn and tough person. Based on my experiences I can list out some tips which might help you to deal with tough instructors.
- Be rational: Don’t categorize your instructor as a toughie if he is stricter than you expected. Try and analyze if your reasons are valid. Think objectively to avoid falling into the trap of disliking your instructor for the wrong reasons.
- Be respectful: No matter how much you dislike your boss, never forget your mannerism and code of conduct. Remember he still is your mentor, someone with more experience and knowledge and it’s your moral obligation to show respect to him. Never get into loggerhead with your instructor or bad-mouth him.
- Be positive: Always remember that no matter how difficult your instructor is, he is not a permanent figure in your life. He is just a temporary discomfort which would become history once you move ahead in life. Try not to give him a reason to remember you with ill feelings.
- Be prepared: Always keep yourself updated and ready for whatever questions he might have for you. Be ready by preparing your work well in advance. This would help you to gain respect from your boss.
- Make judicious use of the extra time: Whatever extra time you get, try and make the best use of it by getting your doubts cleared by your boss. Going the extra mile will communicate to your instructor that you take your work seriously and will leave a lasting good impression on him.
Bollywood: A new trend of Costly songs begins!
From some time, trends in Bollywood are changing. After a fashion of costliest movie of Bollywood, now comes the trend of making costliest song. Salman Khan recently shot Bollywood’s most expensive song ever for his upcoming flick, ‘Veer’ with a record budget of Rs 3.5 crore.
Along with playing the lead role, Salman is script writer of the movie. Opposite to Salman is a new actress whose name is not yet disclosed by the film makers.
“Salman, Sohail, Mithun and the new glamdoll chipped in for shooting an 11 day long schedule for this particular song in a Mumbai studio earlier this month. The song has around 600 junior artists dancing along with the main stars,” an industry insider revealed
After a supposed break up with Katrina, and the alleged tiff with Akshay, Salman has reportedly contributed a lot to the song, right from its conceptualization to helping execute it all.
He personally got involved in all the discussions with the creative team of the film and the choreographer before the shooting for the song began.
He is doing big efforts towards the release of the song. It was told that the actor was present on all 11 days even when his part was not being shot.
The film also stars the very talented Mithun, along with actor Sohail Khan. Salman has been so passionate and excited about this particular song that he thinks it shall be the film’s biggest highlight.
Earlier, the song ‘Shehenshah’ form Ashutosh Gowariker’s ‘Jodhaa Akbar’, was recorded with a budget crossing Rs 3 crore. The new song of the upcoming film Veer will beat Jodha Akbars song in budget. About the hit or flop, public will decide after releasing. But yes, this new initiative towards costly songs is opening a new fashion in Bollywood.