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[Ramana]

Three Words Three Words
What is the theme of almost every song ever sung -
and almost every movie ever made?

LOVE.

Lost love, found love, risky love, scorned love.
It's endless! We just want love!

Almost everything we do is an attempt to get more love.
We buy cool clothes and flash cars.
We climb the corporate ladder.
We do crash diets, get Botox and pierce body parts.

Everyone you pass on the street and everyone who has ever
walked into your office is aching for love and acceptance -
and some of us are doing crazy things to get it.

We figure:
‎"If I look ----, people will love me."
‎"If I am clever, people will love me."
‎"If I am successful and 97% wrinkle free, people will love me."

We can get so busy trying to find love that we forget
to love the people we care about …

Fred says, "I told my wife last month that ! I love her.
Doesn't she remember?"
She remembers, Fred, but she wants to be told every month.
Actually, she wants to be told every day.

Children want to hear it.
Little Johnny is born. Dad hugs him daily and tells him,
‎"Daddy loves you!" … until he's about six.
Then Dad decides, "My son is becoming a man."
He stops telling Johnny, "I love you."
He stops cuddling Johnny.
And Johnny wonders, "Doesn't Dad love me any more?"

I've lost count of the number of grown men
that have told me at one time or another:
‎"All I wanted my whole life was for my Dad to tell me
he was proud of me - that he loved me."

It is in times of tragedy that we are
reminded about what matters most.

That's when people say "If only I had told him …"‎
IN A NUTSHELL
To say "I love you" costs so little and means so much.

And whenever it is too hard to say, "I love you",
‎"thank you" is a good start.‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎

[Ramana]

Words & Thoughts

Words & Thoughts

Imagine a boxer stepping into the ring, and telling himself:
"I'm a loser. I'm a chicken!"
How long would he last?

Imagine a singer walking onstage, and telling herself:
"I'm pathetic! They'll hate me!"
How well would she sing?

It's a recipe for disaster.

Yet, lots of us use this same recipe every day. We tell ourselves:
"I'm fat."
"I have a rotten memory."
"I'm always broke."
"I'm an idiot."
Then we wonder why we fail!

If you expect to forget, you will forget!
If you expect to be broke, you will stay broke.
If you expect to behave like an idiot ...

So how do we start to think positively?

The first step is to watch your mouth! Notice what you SAY about yourself.

From today, NEVER SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT YOURSELF.
Never tell people: "I'm hopeless, I always screw up, my boyfriends always dump me ..."

Make a commitment: "From today, I will not criticise myself. If I have nothing good to say about me, I will keep my mouth shut."

It's hard to control our thoughts - but we CAN control what comes out of our mouth. Once we take control of our language, we begin to have more positive thoughts ... and life gets better.

We become what we think about!

[Ramana]

Happiness In a Nutshell

Patience

A woman approached the great violinist Fritz Kreisler after one of his concerts...


She said, "Mr Kreisler, I would give my life to play as you play!"
He turned and smiled and said, "I DID!"



If you want to be really good at something, you might need to spend your whole life practising ... or ten years practising ... or at least six months!



A hundred years ago, most people understood this. Nowadays, people want instant results

For whatever you want to do, here's a strategy ... practise every day, but don't expect to see progress every day!



If you are:

* getting your body fit

* learning a language

* refining your golf swing

* taking singing lessons

* learning a new sport, beginning a hobby, starting a new career ...



give yourself enough time.



Get a daily plan, stick with it ... AND allow yourself time to improve.



You might see little progress in a month. Give it six months of effort - or a year of effort - THEN assess your improvement.



Most people quit too soon!

IN A NUTSHELL

To be successful, this is what you need - in order of importance:

1. Patience and persistence
2. Talent

[minizoro]

that was really interesting
i didn't know

[Azot]

That was coooooooooool

Thanks.
I think everyone who knows a little English can read it

I agree with you ... but it was a great text ...

[Kurosh]

Efficiency vs. Productivity
 
It is important to understand the differences between the concepts of productivity and efficiency. While both concepts are important to a company's bottom line, the words do not mean the same thing. If you think that these two concepts are the same thing or have similar meanings, you are not alone. This article will help you understand the meaning of each concept and how they relate to your bottom line. If you are already sure of their meanings and how they are different, then you can skip this article. But for those of you who might want a refresher course, or just don't know the difference, please read on. Failing to understanding the difference between _efficiency_ and _productivity_ might just be the reason why it seems so hard to take your company's work force to the next level of productivity. So, let me explain the difference.
 
Efficiency
 
Efficiency is a term that we use to describe the amount of effort or energy that it takes to accomplish a certain task or operation. When a process such as construction has many operations happening all at the same time, each operation should be as efficient as possible. Office personnel, for example, develop a system to be efficient when paper work needs to be filed. If this is done efficiently, then a piece of paper is easy to find the next time that you need it. In other words, finding that piece of paper requires a small amount of effort.
 
Productivity
 
Productivity, on the other hand, is a measure of how much work is done in a certain amount of time. For example, how many pieces of paper are filed and retrieved in a day. If the filing process is done efficiently, then the office staff is productive, that is if they can work together as a team. If each staff member has an _efficient_ system to file documents, but no other person in the office can figure out what folder the document was filed in, it'll be hard to improve the _productivity_ of the office staff.
Now, I'll illustrate this difference between the two concepts from another point of view. Let's use a rope and attach a high _efficiency_ motor to a cart that is loaded with spindles that need to be installed on a staircase. Turn the motor on and little effort is needed by the carpenter to move the cart over to where he is working. Say another carpenter wants to use the same spindles on a different staircase. He in turn attaches another motor and rope to the other side of the cart. Both motors are exactly the same horsepower. Both carpenters turn their motors on and...... An electrical _tug-of-war_ begins. Even though both motors are operating at the peak of _efficiency_, no spindles are being installed. Then we can say as far as this team of two carpenters is concerned, their _productivity_ has taken a disastrous decline. What's a supervisor to do in a case like this? …d

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Don't say you're not important,
It simply isn't true,
The fact that you were born,
Is proof, God has a plan for you.
The path may seem unclear right now,
But one day you will see,
That all that came before,
Was truly meant to be,
God wrote the book that is Life,
That's all you need to know.
Each day that you are living,
Was written long ago.
God only writes best sellers,
So be proud of who you are,
Your character is important,
In this book, you are the 'Star'…

Have a Fabulous Day!