Hello Friends, So here comes Edition 10 of Good to Great. Thanks all for your continued support. This week's special thanks and Credits are to Murali, Chandra, Jayashree, Malathy,Mohit, Srini, Srinath, Priya. Fresh topics for this week: Puzzles, funny SMS, and more lateral thinking.

Please read in Leisure and skip over to topics that are more relevant to you. Click on the pictures to see an enlarged image.

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Contents:

1. It's all about YOU….IF YOU can..Mohit
2. Health….Healthy Heart…b/f Murthy
3. Jokes Corner….B/f Srini
4. Thought for the Week….B/f Angelenaa
5. Lateral Thinking...
6. Management Thirukkurals..Quality..B/f Priya, Angelelnaa
7. Puzzles…Maths, Maths..B/f Murali
8. Mind your Language..The right way…b/f Jasmine
9. Management Fundas…. Stress Management..B/f Sumathi
10. Tip for this week….
11. Cartoon…. …b/f Angelenaa
12. Parenting….Relationships..B/f Murthy
13. Safety.....Telephone safety...B/f Murthy
14. Thought provoking Advts
15. Funny SMS…
16. Closing thoughts

1. It's all about YOU….IF,
(Good One, from Rudyard Kipling)
If you can keep your head when all about you

Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,

But make allowance for their doubting too;

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,

Or being hated, don't give way to hating,

And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master,

If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster

And treat those two impostors just the same;

If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken

Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,

Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,

And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings

And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,

And lose, and start again at your beginnings

And never breath a word about your loss;

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew

To serve your turn long after they are gone,

And so hold on when there is nothing in you

Except the Will which says to them:

"Hold on!" If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch,

If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,

If all men count with you, but none too much;

If you can fill the unforgiving minute

With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,

Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,

And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)

2. Health….Healthy Heart

3. Jokes Corner….

A little girl asked her father, 'How did the human race appear?'

The father answered, 'God made Adam and Eve and they had children and so was all mankind made.'

Two days later the girl asked her mother the same question. The mother answered, 'Many years ago there were monkeys from which the human race evolved.'

The confused girl returned to her father and said, 'Dad how is it possible that you told me the human race was created by God, and Mom said they developed from monkeys?'

The father answered, 'Well, dear, it is very simple. I told you about my side of the family and your mother told you about hers.

4. Thought for the Week

"If you take your eyes off your goals, all you see is obstacles."

5. Lateral Thinking Sheikh's Heritage

An Arab sheikh tells his two sons to race their camels to a distant city to see who will inherit his fortune. The one whose camel is slower will win. The brothers, after wandering aimlessly for days, ask a wise man for advise. After hearing the advice they jump on the camels and race as fast as they can to the city. What does the wise man say?

Personally, MY favourite. The answer when identified is so simple. Think a little more and answers as always somewhere in this blog after Parenting.

6. Management Thirukkurals

A gentleman was once visiting a temple under construction. In the temple premises, he saw a sculptor making an idol of God. Suddenly he saw, just a few meters away, another identical idol was lying. Surprised he asked the sculptor, do you need two statutes of the same idol.

No said the sculptor. We need only one, but the first one got damaged at the last stage.

The gentleman examined the statue. No apparent damage was visible. Where is the damage? asked the gentleman. There is a scratch on the nose of the idol. Where are you going to keep the idol?

The sculptor replied that it will be installed on a pillar 20 feet high.
When the idol will be 20 feet away from the eyes of the beholder, who is going to know that there is scratch on the nose? The gentleman asked.
The sculptor looked at the gentleman, smiled and said, ' God knows it and I know it '.
The desire to excel should be exclusive of the fact whether someone appreciates it or not.

Quality is a drive from Inside not Outside!

7. Puzzles

Very simple math puzzles for everyone, you can put any signs of math between these digits and get the result... for example:

2 2 2 = 6 answer, 2 + 2 + 2 = 6, easy isn't it?

now try ur intelligence to solve these ----

1 1 1 = 6
2 2 2 = 6
3 3 3 = 6
4 4 4 = 6
5 5 5 = 6
6 6 6 = 6
7 7 7 = 6
8 8 8 = 6
9 9 9 = 6

Put any signs and give me the result,

please do not use not equal to =/= sign, as answers are correct,
Answers are simple, for most of them….keep trying…

check out right answers somewhere after Parenting

8. Mind your Language..The Right way

Here are some basic tips to further improve our English
Wrong &............................the right Way.

One and a half month……… One and a half months
UK, US…………The UK, The US
Good night, bath room…. Goodnight, bathroom
Updation……Update or updates

More language tips next week.

9. Management Fundas…. Stress Management

A lecturer was giving a lecture to his student on stress management. He raised a glass of water and asked the audience, "How heavy do you think this glass of water is?"
The students' answers ranged from 20g to 500gm. “It does not matter on the absolute weight. It depends on how long you hold it.”

If I hold it for a minute, it is OK
If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm.
If I hold it for a day, you will have to call an ambulance

It is the exact same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.”
If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on, the burden becoming increasingly heavier."
What you have to do is to put the glass down, rest for a while before holding it up again."
We have to put down the burden periodically, so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on.

So before you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work down.

Don't carry it back home. You can pick it up tomorrow.
Whatever burdens you are having now on your shoulders, let it down for a moment if you can.

Pick it up again later when you have rested...
Rest and relax. …..Life is Short, enjoy it!!!

10. Tip for this week….eMail Etiquettes

* All sent messages must be clear, easy to understand and quick to interpret.

* Write a subject line that provides insight into core of the message.
* Keep e-mails short.
* Stick to one topic per mail. Better with two different shorter mails about a single subject each, than a long

mail covering both.
* Clearly indicate whether the message is for information or for action. Without exceptions, start all subject

lines with "(FYI)" For Your Information
or "(FYA)" (i.e. , For Your Action)
* It is considered common courtesy that you send a reply to an action mail.
* Do not send a courtesy reply to an FYI mail
* Do not include attachments over 1 Mb. For file sharing of larger files, use a document storage solution.
* Never request a read receipt. They are experienced as stressing for a receiver. As a receiver, you may refuse all requested read receipts

11 Cartoon…. …

I'm Still waiting.... I did what you told me ....

I sent the email to 10 people like you said .. I'm still waiting for that miracle to happen .

To all my friends who in the past sent me best 'wishes', chain letters, 'angel' letters or other promises of good luck if I forwarded something, NONE OF THAT SH*T WORKED!

For the rest of 2008, could you please just send money, Vodka, chocolate, movie tickets, gas cylinders or petrol vouchers instead!

12. Parenting….Relationships and Trust

Little girl and her father were crossing a bridge.

The father was kind of scared so he asked his little daughter, "Sweetheart, please hold my hand so that you don't fall into the river."

The little girl said, "No, Dad. You hold my hand."What's the difference?" Asked the puzzled father.

"There's a big difference," replied the little girl. "If I hold your hand and something happens to me, chances are that I may let your hand 1 But if you hold my hand, I know for sure that no matter what happens, you will never let my hand go."
In any relationship, the essence of trust is not in its bind, but in its bond. So hold the hand of the person whom you love rather than expecting them to hold Urs...

Answers to Lateral Thinking mystery – The wise man asks the two sons to exchange their camels. Now they would try and make the camel they are riding to come first so that the other camel (which is their own) would come second and so they would inherit the wealth. Simple isn't.

13. Safety.....Telephone Safety Tips

* Don't give any personal information out if called about surveys, contests, subscription drives, purchases or deliveries until the source of the call has been verified. Ask for a number they can be called back at and confirm with what is listed in telephone book.

* Never give your name, address, or phone number to someone you don’t know.

* Never give any information to “wrong number” callers, ask for the number they are trying to dial.

* Always give the impression you are not alone.

* If they ask for someone who is not there, say they can’t come to the phone and ask for a name and number.

* When you first realize the caller is obscene or harassing, hang up immediately. Do not listen to them or show any type of emotional response. Report continuing incidents to the telephone company and police.

* If all else fails, change your phone number and have it unlisted.
* In cases of emergency, know what number to dial (911) and what to say when calling.

Answers to the Maths Puzzle (Section 6)

(1 + 1 + 1)! = 6
2 + 2 + 2 = 6
3 * 3 - 3 = 6
sqrt(4) + sqrt(4)+ sqrt(4)= 6
5 / 5 + 5 = 6
6 + 6 - 6 = 6
-7 / 7 + 7 = 6
qbrt(8)* qbrt(8)*qbrt(8)* = 6
sqrt(9) * sqrt(9)- sqrt(9)= 6

14. Cool Advts


15. Funny SMS

Q: What did the gangster's son tell his dad when he failed his examination?

A: Dad they questioned me for 3 hours but I never told them anything."

16. Closing thoughts

Know Your GPM. In engineering, gpm is gallons per minute, a design criterion. In Management GPM is an acronym for Goals, Plans, and Metrics.

To achieve your goals, you must first determine what your Goals are.

Then you have to develop a Plan that gets you to your goal.

Finally you need Metrics (measurements) to know if you are moving toward your goal according to your plan.

Setting goals that are unrealistic sets you up for failure. While it's good to set high goals for yourself, be sure not to overdo it. Set goals that are difficult yet reachable.