Loud Thinking

Archive for January, 2014

Joke..!

A lion woke up one morning feeling rowdy. He went out and cornered a small monkey and roared, “Who is mightiest of all

jungle animals?”

The trembling monkey said, “You are, mighty lion!”

Later, the lion confronted a deer and bellowed, “Who is mightiest of all jungle animals?”

The terrified deer stammered, “Oh great lion, you are by far the mightiest animal in the jungle!”

On a roll, the lion swaggered up to an elephant and roared, “Who is mightiest of all jungle animals?”

The elephant snatched up the lion with his trunk, slammed him against a tree, stomped on him and then ambled away.

The battered lion hollered after the elephant, “Sheesh, just because you don’t know the answer, you don’t have to get so upset.”

“The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.”

— Brian Tracy

Mr. Prime Minister,

Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

AoA.

Your government is making all out efforts, to put the economy back on track, as soon as possible. As they say sick economy is like a sick man, which regains strength slowly, if the treatment is done on the right lines.

In this regard, I will suggest that your government may launch a scheme, under which all USD deposits in Pakistan, should get a yearly profit rate of 3% (to be paid bi-annually), from a fixed future date, for a period of 5 years. It will NOT be a fixed deposit for 5 years. Rather, the government will commit and guarantee, payment of profit till 5 years.

Here, we already know that we are getting loan of $6.5 billion from the IMF at 3%; and also the government has plans to obtain $600 million, from the selected foreign banks at about 6%.

In my humble opinion, if the above proposal is implemented, the government will get a flood of USD’s beyond its imagination, which will obviously give a fillip to ALL the sectors of the economy. Moreover, due to the spill over of the terrorism in urban areas, our security apparatus is also extremely short of adequate resources; and additional funds mobilisation for inland war efforts has become a top priority: which requires out of box solutions to sustain undeclared but full fledged war efforts.

With Best Regards.

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad
0321-9402157
Lahore.

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Making-A-Difference is to make a positive change in the world.

“And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.”

Libba Bray (born 1964);
Author

For a Stronger Attention Span, Take a Break (or a Nap)

World-class competitors, from athletes to pianists, limit the arduous part of their practice routine to a maximum of about four hours each day. Rest is an equally important part of their training regimen, to restore their physical and mental energy. Without rest, our brains grow more depleted, often signified by distractedness, irritability, and fatigue. At work, all too often we try to “push through it,” even though there is no magical energy reserve waiting for us. To recharge, take a break; a short rest at midday reboots the brain for the rest of the day. If you can’t take a nap, try mindfulness meditation, which can serve as the mental equivalent of a weightlifting rep. Attention is a mental muscle—strengthen it with the right practice.

Adapted by HBR from “To Strengthen Your Attention Span, Stop Overtaxing It” by Daniel Goleman.

My salute to all the civil and military Shaheeds who gave supreme sacrifice for Pakistan, right from 14th August 1947 till date.

A Veteran —

whether active duty, discharged, retired, or reserve — is someone who,

at one point in his life,

wrote a check payable to ‘PAKISTAN’ for an amount “up to, and including his life”.

Eid-e-Milad-Nabi (PBUH) Mubarak to all the humanity.

Strength is the ability to withstand or exert great force, stress or pressure.

“Maybe who we are isn’t so much about what we do, but rather what we’re capable of when we least expect it.”

Jodi Picoult (born 1966);
Author