Loud Thinking

Archive for May, 2013

Successful careers are not planned.
They are the careers of people who are prepared for the opportunity because they know their strength, the way they work and their values.
For knowing where one belongs makes ordinary people – hardworking competent but mediocre otherwise – into outstanding performers.

(Peter F. Drucker

The future is not ahead of us, it has already happened. Unfortunately, it is unequally distributed among companies, industries and nations.
Philip Kotler

Successful people (like Imran Khan), do not relax in chairs or beds, they relax in work, they sleep with dreams and awake with determination and commitment.

“ Knowing how to win is the first step, we must also know how to make use of victories “

Hope is a feeling of expectation and desire.

“Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change – this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress.”

Bruce Barton (1886-1967);
politician, author, executive

The Right Way to Voice Your Complaint

For any organization to thrive, employees need to be able to question how things are done and express dissent. But no one wants to hear grievances. If you have an opinion to share, do it carefully:

Choose your audience. Your boss may not be able to remedy your situation. Express your ideas to someone who can actually do something about the problem.

Propose a solution. Rather than simply voicing a complaint or spotlighting a problem, try presenting a way to resolve it. This makes it more difficult for others to dismiss you as a grumbler. And it saves your audience the effort of solving it themselves.

Use direct factual appeals. You may feel passionately about the issues, but your colleagues are more likely to listen when you express yourself rationally and have evidence to back up your claims.

Today’s Management Tip was adapted from “How to Communicate Dissent at Work” by Johny T. Garner.

“The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

PM Protocol for Mr. Imran Khan

The government is requested to immediately accord full protocol of a Prime Minister to Mr. Imran Khan, in anticipation of his election victory in the next 24-48 hours.

All civilised countries implement this practise, just just before the elections.

Following is an excerpt of an speech of a former UK PM.

(Please read Pakistan in place of British Empire).

“You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: victory; victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival. Let that be realized; no survival for the British Empire, no survival for all that the British Empire has stood for, no survival for the urge and impulse of the ages, that mankind will move forward towards its goal.
But I take up my task with buoyancy and hope.
I feel sure that our cause will not be suffered to fail among men.
At this time I feel entitled to claim the aid of all, and I say, “Come then, let us go forward together with our united strength.”

(This is the thinking what Pakistan needs today).

Winston Churchill. 13 May, 1940.