Management Lessons from a 500 rupee note

Prakash Iyer, Managing Director, Kimberly-Clark Lever and Executive
Coach shares two important management lessons he learnt from a
500-rupee note. Read on: -

It happened some years ago but I can recall the evening like it
happened just last week.

I was in an audience listening to a motivational guru. The speaker
whipped out his wallet and pulled out a five hundred-rupee note.
Holding it up, he asked, "Who wants this five hundred rupee note?"
Lots of hands went up. Including mine.
A slow chorus began to build as people began to shout "Me!" "Me!"  I
began to wonder who the lucky one would be who the speaker would
choose. And I also secretly wondered - and I am sure others did too -
why he would simply give away five hundred rupees.
Even as the shouts of "I want it" grew louder, I noticed a young woman
running down the aisle. She ran up onto the stage, went up to the
speaker, and grabbed the five hundred-rupee note from his hand.

"Well done, young lady," said the speaker into the microphone.  "Most
of us just wait for good things to happen. That's of no use. You've
got to make things happen."  The speaker's words have stayed with me
ever since. 'Simply thinking about doing something is of no use' Our
lives are like that. We all see opportunities around us. We all want
the good things.
  But the problem is we don't take action.  We all want the five
hundred rupee notes on offer. But we don't make the move. We look at
it longingly. Get up, and do something about it. Don't worry about
what other people might think. Take action.  Several years later, it
was another day, another time. And another motivational guru.  As I
watched him pull out a five hundred rupee note and hold it up for all
to see, I thought I knew what he was going to do next.

But he just asked a simple question. "How much is this worth?"  "Five
Hundred rupees!" the crowd yelled in unison.
"Right," said the speaker. He then took the note and crumpled it into
a ball and asked "How much is it worth now?"  "Five Hundred rupees!"
screamed the audience.  He then threw the note on the ground, stamped
all over it and picked up the note and asked one more time: "And how
much is it worth now?"  "Five Hundred rupees!" was the response.
"I want you to remember this," said the speaker.  "Just because
someone crumples it, or stamps on it, the value of the note does not
diminish.
All of you should all be like the five hundred rupee note.

In our lives, there will be times when we feel crushed, stamped over,
beaten. But never let your self-worth diminish. Just because someone
chooses to crush you - that doesn't change your worth one bit!

Never mess with an older woman

   
An older lady gets pulled over for speeding...

Older Woman: Is there a problem, officer?

Officer: Ma'am, you were speeding.

Older Woman: Oh, I see.

Officer: Can I see your license please?

Older Woman: I'd give it to you but I don't have one.

Officer: Don't have one?

Older Woman: Lost it, 4 years ago for drunk driving.

Officer: I see...Can I see your vehicle registration papers please.

Older Woman: I can't do that.

Officer: Why not?

Older Woman: I stole this car.

Officer: Stole it?

Older Woman: Yes, and I killed and hacked up the owner.

Officer: You what?

Older Woman: His body parts are in plastic bags in the trunk if you want to see

The Officer looks at the woman and slowly backs away to his car and calls for back up. Within minutes 5 police cars circle the car. A senior officer slowly approaches the car, clasping his half drawn gun.

Officer 2: Ma'am, could you step out of your vehicle please!


 The woman steps out of her vehicle.

Older woman: Is there a problem sir?

Officer 2: One of my officers told me that you have stolen this car and murdered the owner.

Older Woman: Murdered the owner?

Officer 2: Yes, could you please open the trunk of your car, please.

The woman opens the trunk, revealing nothing but an empty trunk.

Officer 2: Is this your car, ma'am?

Older Woman: Yes, here are the registration papers.

 
The officer is quite stunned.

Officer 2: One of my officers claims that you do not have a driving license.

The woman digs into her handbag and pulls out a clutch purse and hands it to the officer.

The officer examines the license. He looks quite puzzled.

Officer 2: Thank you ma'am, one of my officers told me you didn't have a license, that you stole this car, and that you murdered and hacked up the owner.

Older Woman: Bet the liar told you I was speeding, too.



 Don't Mess With Old Ladies
If you want to brighten someone's day, pass this on to someone you know. !



 I just did.

Cheers! Dr Mahinder Singh

Capital suggestion - By Dr Farrukh Saleem

The two Ambani brothers can buy 100 percent of every company listed on the
Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) and would still be left with $30 billion to
spare. The four richest Indians can buy up all goods and services produced
over a year by 169 million Pakistanis and still be left with $60 billion to
spare. The four richest Indians are now richer than the forty richest
Chinese.

In November, Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark Sensex flirted with 20,000
points. As a consequence, Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Ind ustries became a
$100 billion company (the entire KSE is capitalized at $65 billion). Mukesh
owns 48 percent of Reliance.

In November, comes Neeta's birthday. Neeta turned f orty-four three weeks
ago. Look what she got from her husband as her birthday present: A
sixty-million dollar jet with a custom fitted master bedroom, bathroom with
mood lighting, a sky bar, entertainment cabins, satellite television,
wireless communication and a separate cabin with game consoles. Neeta is
Mukesh Ambani's wife, and Mukesh is not India 's richest but t he second
richest.

Mukesh is now building his new home, Residence Antillia (after a mythical,
phantom island somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean ). At a cost of $1 billion
this would be the most expensive home on the face of the planet. At 173
meters tall Mukesh's new family residence, for a family of six, will be the
equivalent of a 60-storeyed building. The first six floors are reserved for
parking. The seventh floor is for car servicing and maintenance. The eighth
floor houses a mini-theatre. Then there's a health club, a gym and a
swimming pool. Two floors are reserved for Ambani family's guests. Four flo
ors above the guest floors are family floors all with a superb view of the
Arabian Sea . On top of everything are three helipads. A staff of 600 is
expected to care for the family and their family home.

In 2004, India became the 3rd most attractive foreign direct investment
destination. Pakistan wasn't even in the top 25 countries. In 2004, the
United Nations, the representative body of 192 sovereign member states, had
requested the Election Commission of India to assist the UN in the holding
elections in Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah and Dowlat-e Eslami-ye Afghanestan.
Why the Election Commission of India and not the Election Commission of
Pakistan ? After all, Islamabad is closer to Kabul than is Delhi .

Imagine, 12 percent of all American scientists are of Indian origin; 38
percent of doctors in America are Indian; 36 percent of NASA scientists are
Indians; 34 percent of Microsoft employees are Indians; and 28 percent of
IBM employees are Indians.

For the record: Sabeer Bhatia created and founded Hotmail. Sun Microsystems
was founded by Vinod Khosla. The Intel Pentium processor, that runs 90
percent of all computers, was fathered by Vinod Dham. Rajiv Gupta
co-invented Hewlett Packard's E-speak project. Four out of ten Silicon
Valley start-ups are run by Indians. Bollywood produces 800 movies per year
and s ix Indian ladies have won Miss Universe/Miss World titles over the
past 10 years.

For the record: Azim Premji, the richest Muslim entrepreneur on the face of
the planet, was born in Bombay and now lives in Bangalore.India now has
more than three dozen billionaires; Pakistan has none (not a single dollar
billionaire).

The other amazing aspect is the rapid pace at which India is creating
wealth. In 2002, Dhirubhai Ambani, Mukesh and Anil Ambani's father, left
his two sons a fortune worth $2.8 billion. In 2007, their combined wealth
stood at $94 billion. On 29 October 2007, as a result of the stock market
rally and the appreciation of the Indian rupee, Mukesh became the richest
person in the world, with net worth climbing to US$63.2 billion (Bill
Gates, the richest American, stands at around $56 billion).
Indians and Pakistanis have the same Y-chromosome haplogroup. We have the
same genetic sequence and the same genetic marker (namely: M124). We have
the sam e DNA molecule, the same DNA sequence. Our culture, our traditions
and our cuisine are all the same. We watch the same movies and sing the
same songs. What is it that Indians have and we don't?

First Indian Super Star Rajesh Khanna

Jatin Khanna popularly known as Rajesh Khanna was born in 29^th December 1942 was an Indian actor in Hindi film industry. He was introduced and motivated by his family to join Indian film Industry. Rajesh Khanna was also known by the name “KAKA” in the Indian Film Industry.

Rajesh Khanna brought fresh idea of love stories and his unique style put him at the top of the chart. His acting and his presence was so vibrant that his film use to do business only by his name. His fan following in India and abroad is huge.

Rajesh Khanna was one of eight finalists in the 1965 All India Talent Contest organised by United Producers and Filmfare from more than ten thousand contestants. Subsequently Khanna won the contest. He made his film debut in the 1966 film Aakhri Khat directed by Chetan Anand, followed by Raaz directed by Ravindra Dave both of which were a part of his predetermined prize for winning the All-India United Producers’ Talent Competition. G.P. Sippy and Nasir Hussain were the first to sign Rajesh Khanna after he won the contest. Aakhri Khat was India’s entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 40th Oscar Academy Awards in 1967. Khanna in an interview to Hindu newspaper said,"Though “Aakhri Khat” is my first film, I received my first break as a leading actor in Ravindra Dave's, “Raaz” in 1967. My heroine was Babita, already a popular actress then. Though I had lots of confidence, I was shy in facing the camera initially. In my first three shots, I had to perform with stress on my body language and dialogue delivery. Though I was right with my dialogues, my movements were not up to the mark. Ravindra Dave explained me my scenes and movements very clearly correcting my way of walking". Being under contract with United Producers, he got projects like Aurat, Doli and Ittefaq.] He was then noticed for his performances in films like Baharon Ke Sapne, Aurat (1967), Doli, Aradhana and Ittefaq. Later Waheeda Rehman suggested Asit Sen to take Khanna for the lead role in Khamoshi. Through Aradhana he rose to "instant national fame" and film critics referred to him as the first superstar of India. In that film, Rajesh Khanna was cast in a double role (father and son) opposite Sharmila Tagore and Farida Jalal. The film also saw the resurgence of Kishore Kumar, who eventually became the official playback voice of Rajesh Khanna.

Rajesh Khanna’s partnership with his play back singer Kishore Kumar was awesome. Kishore Kumar’s singing and Kaka’s acting on the silver screen will always remain in every one heart. Be it a youngster or people from 60’s every one love to hear and see Kaka on silver screen especially his dance.

Rajesh Khanna acted in 163 films and in 106 as a solo lead protagonist. He had given 15 consecutive super hits from1969 to 1972, which is still a record in Indian film industry.

He received the maximum BFJA Awards for Best Actor (Hindi) – four times and nominated 25 times. He was awarded the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005. Khanna is referred to as the "First Superstar" of Hindi cinema. He made his debut in 1966 with Aakhri Khat and rose to prominence with his performances in films like Raaz, Baharon Ke Sapne, Ittefaq and Aradhana.

Rajesh Khanna married Dimple Kapadia and later on they had 2 beautiful baby girls called twinkle and Rinke. Both their daughters are married and well settled.

Rajesh Khanna was a Member of Parliament for the Congress Party, from the New Delhi constituency, where he won the 1992 by-election, retaining his seat until the 1996 election.  When Khanna was M.P he worked full time as a politician and did not accept new acting assignements.] After leaving Parliament, he was a political activist for the Congress Party and campaigned for Congress in Punjab for 2012 elections.Khanna and a group of foreign investors bought land in Shirdi on which they planned to build a religious resort for disciples of Sai Baba of Shirdi.
Today that is 18^th July’12 this great actor, a great human being and a huge huge Super Star has left us leaving a huge void in our life. He was reported to be hospitalized form 4-5 occasions in Mumbai and finally he quit! We all love you Rajesh Khanna, RIP.

Bloggers increase your page view – Traffic inflow

Dear Readers, I have been working hard since last 2-3 months in order to increase the traffic towards my blog and some of the vital points which I followed and succeeded are as follows:-

     I.            Share your article with Google plus

 II.            Share your blog ID with a larger group like tweeter, Facebook  and Orkut

III.            Share your blog ID and the article’s URL with all your friends via email

IV.            Try not to copy your content from others

  V.            Try to upload some related pic with your article

VI.            Try to choose some good key words and for that you need to do a lot of researches to make sure that you succeed in targeting your targeted readers

VII.            Never try to restrict your article when it comes to word, let your imagination and your ideas flow when you write something meaningful

VIII.            Originality is key if you really want to increase your traffic

Follow these simple but effective points and I am sure you all will be able to increase your page views and never, never, never give up. It has been observed that on any specific day Google shows some 50k new bloggers coming in and devoting huge time but with the time the interest part goes down and by the end of 3 months regular write-ups goes down drastically by 70%, which is why a good blogger never stops researching, reading and writing. They keep on motivating the entire society by motivating their self and by not stopping their imagination.

India Being one of the largest democratic country also lacks in expressing their views on a consistent basis, bloggers comes in and goes out without making much impact on blogging world. Hence, this is my request not to stop writing and keeping yourself busy with a lot of reading before attempting any topics.

Never confined only to one topic, try and explore new avenues and new style of writing, even though you get a bad rating, still you keep on writing and try to improve your skills in order to reach the level of excellence!

Friends, all the best and keep going!!

The Gift Of Insults

There once lived a great warrior. Though quite old, he still was able to defeat any challenger. His reputation extended far and wide throughout the land and many students gathered to study under him.

One day an infamous young warrior arrived at the village. He was determined to be the first man to defeat the great master. Along with his strength, he had an uncanny ability to spot and exploit any weakness in an opponent. He would wait for his opponent to make the first move, thus revealing a weakness, and then would strike with merciless force and lightning speed. No one had ever lasted with him in a match beyond the first move.
Much against the advice of his concerned students, the old master gladly accepted the young warrior's challenge. As the two squared off for battle, the young warrior began to hurl insults at the old master. He threw dirt and spit in his face. For hours he verbally assaulted him with every curse and insult known to mankind. But the old warrior merely stood there motionless and calm. Finally, the young warrior exhausted himself. Knowing he was defeated, he left feeling shamed.
Somewhat disappointed that he did not fight the insolent youth, the students gathered around the old master and questioned him. "How could you endure such an indignity? How did you drive him away?"
"If someone comes to give you a gift and you do not receive it," the master replied, "to whom does the gift belong?"

Seattle Special Olympics

A few years ago at the Seattle Special Olympics, nine
contestants, all physically or mentally disabled, assembled at
the starting line for the 100 yard dash.

At the gun, they all started out, not exactly in a dash, but with
a relish to run the race to the finish and win. All, that is,
except one boy who stumbled on the asphalt, tumbled over a couple
of times and began to cry. The other eight heard the boy. They
slowed down and looked back. They all turned around and went
back. Every one of them. One girl with Down's Syndrome bent down
and kissed him and said," This will make it better." All nine
linked arms and walked across the finish line together. Everyone
in the stadium stood, and the cheering went on for several
minutes.

People who were there are still telling the story. Why?
Because deep down we know one thing.
What matters most in this life is more than winning for
ourselves. What truly matters in this life is helping others win,
even if it means slowing down and changing our course.