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Subject: Life is like a journey on a train..!

Just want to share a beautiful message

Beautifully illustrated! ??????????

Life is like a journey on a train…with its stations…with changes of routes…and with accidents !??????????We board this train when we are born and our parents are the ones who get our ticket. ?????????? We believe they will always travel on this train with us. ?????????? However, at some station our parents will get off the train, leaving us alone on this journey .?????????? As time goes by, other passengers will board the train, many of whom will be significant – our siblings, friends, children, and even the love of our life.?????????? Many will get off during the journey and leave a permanent vacuum in our lives.?????????? Many will go so unnoticed that we won’t even know when they vacated their seats and got off the train! ??????????This train ride will be full of joy, sorrow, fantasy, expectations, hellos, good-byes, and farewells.
???????? A good journey is helping, loving, having a good relationship with all co passengers…and making sure that we give our best to make their journey comfortable.?????????? The mystery of this fabulous journey is :We do not know at which station we ourselves are going to get off.?????????? So, we must live in the best way – adjust, forget, forgive and offer the best of what we have.?????????? It is important to do this because when the time comes for us to leave our seat… we should leave behind beautiful memories for those who will continue to travel on the train of life. ?????????? Thank you for being one of the important passengers on my train… don’t know when my station will come… don’t want 2 miss saying thank you !! ?????????? Thank you all for being part of this journey.

“I may not be there yet, but I’ll get there. No matter what it takes, I’ll get there. I refuse to let the trivial things of today weigh down my tomorrow.”

— Author Unknown

The Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review

Make Engaging Your Older Workers a Priority

To increase motivation, performance, and loyalty, companies need to do a much better job of engaging a valuable and growing segment of the workforce: older workers. Start by acknowledging and using their experience. Check in with individual employees and ask what problems they might foresee in executing a specific task. Ask for their input before making a big decision. Consider giving them jobs with more customer interaction (frontline roles) or jobs dealing with internal customers. Research also suggests that putting older and young workers together helps both groups perform better. They’re at different stages of their lives, so they are less competitive with each other, and they make good allies because they have similar interests. So they’re far more likely to help each other and to form good teams.

Adapted from “Engaging Your Older Workers” by Peter Cappelli.

“You are the books you read, the films you watch, the music you listen to, the people you meet, the dreams you have, the conversations you engage in. You are what you take from these. You are the sound of the ocean, the breath of fresh air, the brightest light and the darkest corner. You are a collective of every experience you have had in your life. You are every single second of every single day. So drown yourself in a sea of knowledge and existence. Let the words run through your veins and let the colors fill your mind until there is nothing left to do but explode. There are no wrong answers. Inspiration is everything. Sit back, relax, and take it all in. Now, go out and create something.”

— Jac Vanek

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.
Mother Teresa

“Believe deep down in your heart that you’re destined to do great things.”

—Joe Paterno (1926-2012)
American Football Coach

Strategy work can be a frustrating, stressful process that rarely generates results.
Too much time is spent in endless meetings rather than building a clear action plan.

~HBR

Don’t Put Off Addressing the People Issues on Your Team

People issues often pose the most difficult challenges in project management. Rather than trying to ignore, deny, or avoid them, you need to address them quickly and decisively before they get too big. Specify the problem, think about possible causes and the impact it’s having on your team, and then take action. For example, if conflicts of personality or working styles are wasting time and lowering productivity on your team, propose solutions, not blame. Focus team members on project goals, not on personal feelings. If team members become too friendly, reorganize subgroups to disrupt cliques and emphasize that social gatherings are for after work. Pay attention to small signs, like a team member’s increased irritability, loss of enthusiasm, or difficulty making decisions. Raise these issues quickly. The only way you’ll squash problems is through frequent, daily communication—not weekly staff meetings.

Adapted from “Managing Projects (20-Minute Manager Series).”

Twelve pearls of wisdom..!

#1
Never Tell your Problems to all,
20% will not Care
&
80% will be Glad that you have them.

#2
Life is similar to Boxing Game.
Defeat is not Declared when you fall down.
It is Declared when you Refuse to Get Up.

#3
Always wrong persons teach the
right lessons in Life.
That is called LIFE EXPERIENCE.

#4
FAITH is taking the 1st Step,
even when you don’t see the whole Staircase.

#5
Keep your Face to the Sun,
& you will not see the Shadow.

#6
‘EGO’ is the only Requirement
to Destroy any Relationship.
Be a Bigger Person,
Skip the ‘E’ & let it ‘GO’.

#7
Everything is Valuable only at 2 times:

1. Before Getting It.
&
2. After Losing It.

#8
2 Things brings Happiness & Success
in Life:

1: The way you MANAGE
when you have NOTHING.
&
2: The way you BEHAVE
when you have EVERYTHING.

#9
2 Places are most Valuable in the World:

1. The nicest Place is to be in
Someone’s Thoughts.
&
2. The safest Place is to be in
Someone’s Prayers.

#10
‘FEAR’ has two Meanings:
1. Forget Everything & Run.
&
2. Face Everything & Rejoice.
Choice is Ours.

#11
What is SUCCESS ?
SUCCESS is, when your Photos are Uploaded on ‘GOOGLE’ instead of FACEBOOK.

#12
ATTITUDE at its Best:
“My BACK is not a VOICE MAIL.
Kindly Say whatever you have by FACING ME”.

Twelve pearls of wisdom..!

#1
Never Tell your Problems to all,
20% will not Care
&
80% will be Glad that you have them.

#2
Life is similar to Boxing Game.
Defeat is not Declared when you fall down.
It is Declared when you Refuse to Get Up.

#3
Always wrong persons teach the
right lessons in Life.
That is called LIFE EXPERIENCE.

#4
FAITH is taking the 1st Step,
even when you don’t see the whole Staircase.

#5
Keep your Face to the Sun,
& you will not see the Shadow.

#6
‘EGO’ is the only Requirement
to Destroy any Relationship.
Be a Bigger Person,
Skip the ‘E’ & let it ‘GO’.

#7
Everything is Valuable only at 2 times:

1. Before Getting It.
&
2. After Losing It.

#8
2 Things brings Happiness & Success
in Life:

1: The way you MANAGE
when you have NOTHING.
&
2: The way you BEHAVE
when you have EVERYTHING.

#9
2 Places are most Valuable in the World:

1. The nicest Place is to be in
Someone’s Thoughts.
&
2. The safest Place is to be in
Someone’s Prayers.

#10
‘FEAR’ has two Meanings:
1. Forget Everything & Run.
&
2. Face Everything & Rejoice.
Choice is Ours.

#11
What is SUCCESS ?
SUCCESS is, when your Photos are Uploaded on ‘GOOGLE’ instead of FACEBOOK.

#12
ATTITUDE at its Best:
“My BACK is not a VOICE MAIL.
Kindly Say whatever you have by FACING ME”.