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“Don’t rely on someone else for your happiness and self-worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you can’t love and respect yourself — no one else will be able to make that happen. Accept who you are — completely; the good and the bad — and make changes as YOU see fit — not because you think someone else wants you to be different.”

— Stacey Charter

Before Taking on Dual Managers, Assess Their Alignment

It’s pretty common these days to have more than one manager. But having two (or more!) bosses can be challenging. If you’re interviewing for such a position, try to investigate whether your managers are on the same side. If not, you’ll have trouble from day one. Ask your potential managers something like, “In my first 30 days in this job, what are the most important things for me to accomplish?” If they have different priorities, kindly point that out and ask how the conflicts will be resolved. Of course they won’t always agree 100%, but if they have similar goals or are willing to work with each other amicably to resolve potential clashes, you should be able to manage your relationship with them.

Adapted by HBR from “Are You Considering a Job with Two Managers?” by Priscilla Claman

Team-Work is to work in harmony with others in a group.

“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”

African Proverb

PCB is not a personal property of Mr. Najam Sethi..!

Mr.Najam Sethi very rightly said after joining PCB, as its chairman that under his tenure, the team management and the players will NOT only be responsible but answerable as well, for any poor performances of the team.

Now, we will see that was it a just rhetoric or he really means business, particularly, when Mr. Najam Sethi (unjustifiably) pampered the team before its departure to Zimbabwe, by announcing grant of extra Eid bonus to the players and the officials, on their victories over lowly rated West Indian team?

Now, even if our team wins all the remaining matches during the current tour, the stigma and face blackening of losing the first ODI ignominiously, against the lowest rated Zimbabwe team, can not be washed clean, with any detergent available in this universe.

This defeat was a national shame for which ruthless accountability is a must.

As such, the least Mr. Najam Sethi can do to punish the officials and the players is to either fine them heavily, or take back the Eid bonus from the all concerned.

PCB is not a personal club of Mr. Najam Sethi, and he should act and behave like a chairman of a national organisation, lest the history may not judge him, as another run of the mill nincompoop person, who entered with a bang, performed like a dud administrator and left without any worthwhile contribution.

History should also not judge his performance in the words that “everybody rises to his level of incompetence”.

We want Mr. Najam Sethi to act in the interest of the nation, like the upright, straight forward and charismatic Najam Sethi, we all know.

Sack the captain immediately, so that we get rid rid of his load, before the 2015 ODI World Cup.

Action is better than inaction.

@nayyarahmad: SHAME ON THE WORLD BANK..! Today, the daily “The News” reported that World Bank is pushing Pakistan to grant M… http://t.co/Pc92JYLm1r

“If you want happiness for an hour — take a nap. If you want happiness for a day — go fishing. If you want happiness for a year — inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime — help someone else.”

— Chinese Proverb

امریکہ شرم تم کو مگر نھیں آتی

America! you don’t seemed to be ashamed of yourself..!

America wants to single out ONLY Pakistan in the whole world, for doing any trade with IRAN.

A sensational & eye opening news published by the “Times of Oman” on 28 August, 2013.

Oman, Iran gas supply deal valued at $60b

byAFP

August 28, 2013 , 8 : 25 am

Tehran: Iran signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Monday to export gas to Oman from 2015, in a 25-year deal valued at around $60 billion, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said yesterday.

Zanganeh said Iran and Oman had “signed a memorandum of understanding for the construction of a gas pipeline” under the Sea of Oman, on the east of the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the official Irna news agency said.

The construction would “soon” commence once “research on different routes” is completed, he said while hailing the agreement as “the largest economic deal” between Iran and Oman.

Zanganeh said the estimated value of the contract was around $60 billion, based on current gas prices. His remarks came after talks with Omani officials during the visit by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said.

Oman plants can produce up to 10.4 million tonnes of LNG a year but has not produced more than 8.8 million in the last five years and output fell to 8.4 million in 2012, according to Oman LNG’s latest annual report.

According to a working copy of the 2007 pact between the two countries, in addition to imports of one billion cubic feet per day of gas from Iran for domestic use, Oman would allocate two million metric tonnes per year in excess capacity at its Oman LNG plant to process Iranian gas for export.

Link:-
http://www.timesofoman.com/News/Article-21635.aspx

Write Your Business Case as a Story

If you’ve been charged with developing the case for a new project at your company, imagine you’re telling a story. The narrative starts, as all good ones do, with a problem. This is the business need you’re trying to solve. Then, identify the characters: the stakeholders who have the authority to approve or reject your business case; the beneficiaries who stand to gain from your proposal; and the subject-matter experts who will clarify how to solve the problem. Next you’ll consider alternatives for meeting the business need—different ways your story might play out. After making the best choice, you’ll create a very high-level project plan. This is the plot. Then estimate the costs and benefits to determine the return on investment (ROI), which is the satisfying end. Remember this isn’t a mystery novel—your story needs to be clear and easy to understand.

Adapted by HBR from the HBR Guide to Building Your Business Case.

SHAME ON THE WORLD BANK..!

Today, the daily “The News” reported that World Bank is pushing Pakistan to grant Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India.

I advise the WB to mind its own business and if there is so much pain in the WB’s tummy then it would be better for the WB to advise India, to behave like a good civilised neighbour with Pakistan; and as a gesture of goodwill, just allow Pakistani TV channels reception in India.

India and the US must know that India can not have cake and eat it too, meaning that “one cannot or should not have or want more than one deserves or can handle”