Good to Great..Edition 5

Hello Friends, Here comes Edition 5 of Good to Great. This week's special thanks and Credits are to Yogeetha, Angelenaa, Sridhar, Sri, Appan and Raji.

Also from this week, the Blog would be published over the weekend. Yes Balancing Work and Personal life
This weeks changes – Under the floating topics, AD-ZAP and Cartoons have been added in place of
"A Great Book to read" and "A Great Movie to watch".

Also experimenting with Videos and photos, will try to get something meaningful in there.

As always, to share interesting articles, puzzles, thoughts, views, feedback...jus mail them to balajineela@gmail.com (Or leave feedback in the Blog itself)

Contents:
1. It's all about YOU God and YOU B/f Gavaskar / Siva/ Murthy
2. Cost savers
3. Health(y) tips Lock your Bathroom B/f Jags
4. Inspiring...web From frustration to delight.... B/f Angelenaa
5. Jokes Corner B/f Srikanth
6. Safety Safety tips for the bedroom(?)
7. Thought for the Week B/f Ramalingam
8. Management Thirukkurals 3 Words
9. Management Fundas A Leader Should manage Failure B/f Yogeetha
10. Trivia Word Play B/f R S Murthy
11. Tip for this week Presentations
12. Cartoon Funny toonz B/f Aravind
13. Parenting Our Role as Parents B/f Kala
14. AD-ZAP Good Advts on Screen
15. A Puzzle
16. Closing thoughts

1. It's all about YOU God and YOU!!!

Happiness keeps You Sweet,
Trials keep You Strong,
Sorrows keep You Human,
Failures keep You Humble,
Success keeps You Glowing,
But Only God keeps You Going!
You are so special!

2. Cost Savers WATER IS PRECIOUS! SAVE IT!

A little bit of effort on your part can go a long way in conserving water –
a precious resource. Given below are a few tips to conserve water.

Activity Brushing Teeth
Method Running tap for 5 min Water used 45 Liters
Suggested Method Tumbler/ Glass Water used 1Liters
Savings 44 Liters

Activity Washing Hands
Method Running tap for 2 min Water used 18 Liters
Suggested Method Tumbler/ Glass Water used 1Liters
Savings 17 Liters

Activity Shaving
Method Running tap for 2 min Water used 18 Liters
Suggested Method Mugs Water used 5 Liters
Savings 44 Liters

3. Health(Y) Tips Lock your Bathroom….

Always lock the Bathroom of your house, if you have pets….want to know why?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDyKwjcNxZc

4. Awe Inspiring Web From frustration to delight....

When does an employee feel frustrated and how can an organisation
change it into delight....To get answers link on to

http://www.businessgyan.com/content/view/4354/433/

5. Jokes corner

An elderly gent was invited to an old friend's home for dinner one evening.
He was impressed by the way his buddy preceded every request tohis wife with endearing terms such as: Honey, My Love, Darling, Sweetheart, Pumpkin, etc.

The couple had been married almost 70 years and clearly, they were still very much in love. While the wife was in the kitchen, the man leaned over and said to his host, 'I think it's wonderful that, after all these years, you still callyour wife those loving pet names' The old man hung his head. 'I have to tell you the truth,' he said,

'Her name slipped my mind about 10 years ago and I'm scared to death to askher what it is!'

6. Safety Safety tips for the Bedroom

i. Lamps or switches should be located close beds - this will enable people
getting up at night to see where they are going.

ii. Rearrange furniture closer to switches or move lamps closer to beds.
iii. Install night lights.

iv. In case of an emergency, it is important to be able to reach the telephone
without getting out of bed.

v. Do not smoke in bed. Smoking in bed is a major cause of accidental fire deaths in homes

7. Thought for the Week

One day the sun and wind quarreled about which was stronger among them and the wind said,

‘I will prove I am. See the old man down there with a coat? I bet I can get his coat off him quicker than you can.’

So the sun went behind a cloud, and the wind blew until it was almost a tornado, but harder it blew, the tighter the old man clutched his coat to him. Finally, the wind calmed down and gave up and the sun came out from behind the clouds and smiled kindly on the old man. Immediately he pulled off his coat. The sun then told the wind that gentleness and friendly approach can make people change their minds more readily than all the bluster and storming in the world. – Dale Carnegie

8. Management Thirukkurals 3 words that make a difference
“I respect you.”

Respect is another way of showing love. Respect conveys the feeling that another person is
a true equal. If you talk to your children as if they were adults you will strengthen the bonds
and become close friends.

This applies to all interpersonal relationships.

9. Management Fundas 'A Leader Should Know How to Manage Failure'
(Former President of India APJ Abdul Kalam at Wharton India Economic forum, Philadelphia,
March 22, 2008)

Question: Could you give an example, from your own experience, of how leaders should manage failure?

Kalam: Let me tell you about my experience. In 1973 I became the project director of India's satellite launch vehicle program, commonly called the SLV-3. Our goal was to put India's "Rohini" satellite into orbit by 1980. I was given funds and human resources -- but was told clearly that by 1980 we had to launch the satellite into space. Thousands of people worked together in scientific and technical teams towards that goal.

By 1979 -- I think the month was August -- we thought we were ready. As the project director, I went to the control center for the launch. At four minutes before the satellite launch, the computer began to go through the checklist of items that needed to be checked. One minute later, the computer program put the launch on hold; the display showed that some control components were not in order. My experts -- I had four or five of them with me -- told me not to worry; they had done their calculations and there was enough reserve fuel. So I bypassed the computer, switched to manual mode, and launched the rocket. In the first stage, everything worked fine. In the second stage, a problem developed. Instead of the satellite going into orbit, the whole rocket system plunged into the Bay of Bengal. It was a big failure.

That day, the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization, Prof. Satish Dhawan, had called a press conference. The launch was at 7:00 am, and the press conference -- where journalists from around the world were present -- was at 7:45 am at ISRO's satellite launch range in Sriharikota [in Andhra Pradesh in southern India]. Prof. Dhawan, the leader of the organization, conducted the press conference himself. He took responsibility for the failure -- he said that the team had worked very hard, but that it needed more technological support. He assured the media that in another year, the team would definitely succeed.

Now, I was the project director, and it was my failure, but instead, he took responsibility for the failure as chairman of the organization.

The next year, in July 1980, we tried again to launch the satellite -- and this time we succeeded. The whole nation was jubilant. Again, there was a press conference. Prof. Dhawan called me aside and told me, "You conduct the press conference today."
I learned a very important lesson that day. When failure occurred, the leader of the organization owned that failure. When success came, he gave it to his team. The best management lesson I have learned did not come to me from reading a book; it came from that experience

10. Trivia Word Play

Someone out there either has too much spare time or is deadly at Scrabble. (Wait till you see the last one)!

Original Word Re-arranged word
Dormitory-- Dirty Room
Astronomer-- Moon Starer
The Eyes --They See
The Morse Code --Here Come Dots
Election Results-- Lies Let'S Recount
Snooze Alarms-- Alas! No More Z 'S
A Decimal Point-- Im A Dot In Place
The Earthquakes --That Queer Shake
Grand Finale:
Eleven Plus Two-- Twelve Plus One

Yep! Someone with waaaaaaaaaaay .. Too much time on their hands!

11. Tip for the Week Tips for a Great Presentation:

i) Create variations: Picture after picture and bullet list after bullet list will be boring. Try to keep it exciting.

ii) Use a nice quality theme: Same here; your audience has seen the standard a million times.

iii) Don’t use over the top charts: If you use a pie chart; don’t a have it split up in 40 categories.

iv) Pick your colours: Colours bring emotion into your presentation, do some research on the net and choose them wisely.

v) Keep it simple: You are telling the story and don’t let you audience be distracted by what they see on the monitor.

vi) Choose your fonts well: What happens if your audience can’t read your presentation?

vii) Limit transitions and animations: Try to keep it subtle and don’t make a movie of your slide.

viii) Use video or audio: Use audio clips such as interviews but keep away from the cheesy sounds like clapping audience.

ix) Use only high quality graphics: Don’t use the PowerPoint clip art. Your audience has seen them a million times. Grab some nice photos from the net or take some pictures yourself

12. Cartoon

TOO MUCH ENGROSSMENT OF WORK IS DANGEROUS TO YOU & YOUR COMPANY





Click on the picture to see an enlarged view







13. Parenting

Giving education, good character, social security, wealth etc..., and the general implied definition of parenting. What is the need of the hour? With advent of technology varieties of computer games, play station, game boy are flooded in the market. Children are glued to those items with zero physical activities. The children eyes are not in their head, but in anyone of those items. "MECHANICAL" is not only to be associated with jobs, life. It is Mechanical studies, mechanical school.
Make children active, lively with other activities. Do not blame children. Parents should spend time with children by playing games, riddles, drawing, exploring the creativity by making them to write or speak. If we do not spend time, it is obvious for them to resort to any of the games mentioned above. It is mothers who be with children and make them active, productive. If mothers are working, plan the day for your child and spend time in the evenings. Job is always not an excuse. Develop right eating habits/activities for a better healthy future.

Encourage children to be creative. Correct their thoughts, mistakes, by appreciating the positive side. Children should be balanced in all aspects & not only in studies.

14. AD ZAP

Here are some famous catch lines from current advts. the products in the advts is
not being recommended, but watch for these good catchy words in these advts

"Losers always find excuses for not winning - But winners always find ways to overcome
these excuses"...well that was Sachin and Dhoni in the New Boost Advt.

15. A Puzzle

Here is my all time favourite

http://www.miniclip.com/games/blobs/en/

16. Closing thoughts

This weeks closing thoughts are on The World Cup 1983 – the historic Indian Cricket victory out of no-where and what are some of the learning's from this Great win…The Indian team were clearly the underdogs, expected to be just another participant (not expected to even qualify to next round)…Yet we Won the tournament against a famed opponents. So what happened..

- The team played as ONE unit
- No Expectations…allowed them to play freely
- No Ego clashes…the team just went to there and gave its best
- No Personal targets / goals were sought to be achieved (Like leading wicket taker, fastest 50, etc.) ;
- Focus was on the team and Winning
- Inspiration from Kapil the Captain – In one of the matches, though the team was down to 19/5… Kapil just went in and Smashed 175 runs –turned the course of the match and the confidence of the team…

Yes…Sounds so easy…so let us copy paste for our offices and home… and we will have Winners all the way!!!