Loud Thinking

Archive for March, 2014

“Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.”

Anaïs Nin (1903-1977);
author, diarist

Three Ways to Listen More Actively

Active listening, combined with trying to understand others’ perspectives and points of view, is the most effective form of listening. It can help you get the best from your employees — and propel you to a class of your own as a leader. To listen more actively:
Recognize verbal and nonverbal cues, such as tone, facial expressions, and other body language. Pay attention to what others are not saying, and probe a bit deeper: “You seem excited (happy, upset…), and I’d like to hear more about your perspective.”
Assure others that you’ve heard what they have to say, and encourage ongoing communication with appropriate replies such as verbal acknowledgements, clarifying questions, or paraphrasing, as well as non-verbal behaviors such as facial expressions, eye contact, and head nods.
To show others that you’ll remember what they said, summarize key messages at the end of your conversation.

Adapted by HBR from “Three Ways Leaders Can Listen with More Empathy” by Christine M. Riordan.

The best way to be happy with someone is to learn to be happy alone. That way the company will be a matter of choice and not necessity.

May be our superior judiciary consider de-seating the CM Sindh, and all the MPA’s and MNA’s of Tharparkar, for being criminally negligent, in discharge of their public responsibilities, for which they were elected by the voters of Tharparkar.

PM’s visit to Tharparkar

Dear Mr. Prime Minister

AoA.

I salute and really appreciate you, for cancelling all engagements, for your urgent visit to the famine and disease stricken Tharparkar area.

Your governments rapid response to attend this severe human crisis, is really something to sing about.

Kindly note the issue is less of shortage and more of access to food and medical facilities.

As such, kindly order immediate air drop of the relief supplies to the far flung areas without delay.

Please remember providing humanitarian relief should have priority, even over your visit to the area.

Best Regards,

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad

Karachi.

Sent from my iPad3 4G LTE

“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”

— Thoreau

At Allama Iqbal International Airport Lahore waiting in lounge for departure to Karachi at 11 AM PIA flight PK 303.

“You look the best when you wear your smile. There is no beauty like the one that comes from inside you.”

— Author Unknown

Sunil Gavaskar is saying that Omar Akmal is not a natural wicket keeper.

Sir, he is not even an unnatural wicket keeper.

Heartiest congratulations to Zaheer Abbas, Moin Khan, Azhar Khan and Rashid Latif for gate crashing the entry of dud Fawad Alam despite the resistance of even the chairman PCB, Najam Sethi, who told me these three people were told they will have to resign (this fact he repeated later on in the PTV sports interview) if our team failed to perform.

Here, the teams performance was badly hampered by the dud batting of Fawad Alam, who also dealt a double blow to the teams cause by blocking any chance of Afridi to perform.