Loud Thinking

Archive for 2013

Batting with defensive and negative approach has unnecessarily put the team under pressure. Wickets will and always fall, but you can’t freeze runs scoring. Batsmen must get on with their job.

Why the hell Pakistani team management is not asking Hafeez to bat down the order?

“Don’t get so anxious for something that you’ll accept anything. Hold to your standards and be willing to walk away — head up.”

— Thema Bryan-Davis

Who knows, if Pervaiz Musharraf again comes to power, just for the sake of dollars, how many Pakistani kids, ladies and men will be handed over to the Americans?

In my opinion the battle for elections 2013 in Pakistan, will be won and lost in print, electronic (including TV, radio & cellular phones) and social media, rather than in public meetings.

“Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Reduce Stress with Self-Compassion

You have too much on your plate, deadlines are looming, and people are counting on you. Since you can’t eliminate bouts of intense stress, you have to learn to deal with them. Studies show that people who practice “self-compassion” are happier, more optimistic, and less anxious and depressed. This is the willingness to look at your failures with kindness and understanding — without harsh criticism or defensiveness. Most of us believe that we need to be hard on ourselves to perform our best, but it turns out that’s plain wrong. A dose of self-compassion when things are at their most difficult can reduce your stress and improve your performance, by making it easier to learn from your mistakes. So remember that to err is human, and give yourself a break.

Today’s Management Tip was adapted from “Nine Ways Successful People Defeat Stress” by Heidi Grant Halvorson.

“The future does not belong to those who are content with today, apathetic toward common problems and their fellow man alike, timid and fearful in the face of bold projects and new ideas. Rather, it will belong to those who can blend passion, reason and courage in a personal commitment to [their] ideals.”

Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968);
64th US Attorney General

“Words have special powers. The power to create smiles or frowns. The power to generate laughs or tears. The power to lift up or put down. The power to motivate or de-motivate. The power to teach good or evil. The power to express love or hate. The power to give or take. The power to heal or harm. Choose your words carefully.”

— A.D. Williams

Pakistani sports is truly orphaned, with the sad demise of legendary sportsman, Syed Zakir Hussain.