Remember leadership isn't about your position. It's about your influence. Get fit like a pro athlete. Lift people up versus tearing people down Protect your good name. An impeccable reputation take a lifetime to build. And 60 seconds to loose. Surround yourself with positive, ethical people who are committed to excellence. Remember that even a 1% daily innovation rate amounts to at least a 100% rate of innovation in 100 days. Believe in your dreams (even when others laugh at them). Measure your success, not by your net worth but by your self worth (and how happy you feel). Take an intelligent risk every 24 hours. No try- No Win. Read "Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist". Watch "Man on Wire". Regardless of your title at work, be a team builder. Remember that business is all about relationships and human connections. Say "please" more. Say "thank you" more. Know your Big 5: the five things that need to happen by the end of this year for you to feel its been your best year yet. Read your big 5 every morning while the rest of the world s asleep. Read "As You Think". At least twice this year. Be willing to fail. It's the price of greatness. Focus less on making money and more on creating value. Spend less, save more.
Who carries you on a rickshaw or an autorickshaw in Delhi?
Who drives the cars of Delhiites?Who built the Delhi Metro?
Who is building the new houses and the expanding suburbs of Delhi?
Who made Punjab the most prosperous state in the country?
The answer is Biharis. (Here you may not agree.)
The credit for building the Delhi Metro or making Punjab prosperous will never go to Biharis. Does anyone ever say that blacks built America?
In colonial days, Bihar supplied the "girmitiya", or indentured, labour force that built countries like Mauritius, Suriname and Fiji. A bulk of the labour employed in the Raj capital of Calcutta came from Bihar. After Independence, as opportunities grew, Bihari workers flocked to places like Delhi, Punjab and Mumbai.
At the same time, Biharis excelled in other fields. Many of them became great political leaders, ICS and IAS officers, scientists, doctors, engineers, writers and artists. Delhi and other Indian cities attracted huge white-collar Bihari populations and Biharis formed a large part of the Indian diaspora of professionals.
But in the eyes of the rest of India, "Bihari" had come to mean a labourer, a person doing menial jobs. It had become a term of scorn and contempt. In their anglicized lingo, places like Delhi University turned the word into "Harry", but the pejorative tone remained unmistakable.
Heaping scorn on the working classes is a universal phenomenon. That is how words like Negro, Paki (used for Pakistanis and Indians in Britain) and some of the words denoting dalit castes in India earned contemptuous connotations.
In fact, while Biharis were getting their hands dirty on Punjab's farms, Punjabis were migrating in hordes to the US, Canada, the UK and Australia. Never mind that they would take up blue-collar jobs as taxi drivers, petrol pump attendants and waiters in those faraway lands.
As the years passed, many of the Biharis who had come to Punjab or Mumbai as manual labourers started moving up the economic ladder as did the blue-collar Indian emigrants abroad. A usually unnoticed aspect of the so-called racial attacks against Indians abroad is the threat the rise of working classes poses to the entrenched social order. This accentuates the contempt they face. Viewed thus, the attacks on Biharis in Punjab, and Mumbai, and the attacks on Indians abroad are manifestations of the same phenomenon.
What stopped Biharis from bringing about a green revolution or building a Metro in Bihar? The answer is geography and history. Geography, because ravaged by floods, the land of Bihar was unable to feed its growing population. And history, because what was the centre of the biggest Indian empire in ancient times was reduced to an obscure provincial existence. The skewed landownership system introduced by the British rulers worsened the situation.
It is a story of a couple of hundred years. Things could have improved after Independence had the political leadership of Bihar been able to exert influence on the rulers in New Delhi to get enough funds for development projects and set off a process of industrialization in the state.
On the contrary, Bihar continued to live the same, conveniently ignored, provincial existence. A system built on casteism, nepotism, corruption and crime came to dominate the state. It spawned a neo-rich class of netas, babus, contractors and government engineers who would build palatial houses for themselves with the money meant for dams, power projects, ration for the poor or even fodder for cattle.
The money meant for roads, other infrastructure and public amenities would go into their bank accounts. No wonder, the roads - supposed to be built with public money - in front of those houses would be full of ditches and become the playground of pigs every monsoon.
With limited options of higher education and hardly any employment opportunities in the state, the youth of Bihar started looking out. They flooded places like Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University. They started dominating the country's toughest competitive tests like the IIT Joint Entrance Examination and the UPSC's civil services examination. With this success, Biharis started believing that they were the brainiest. As for others, they at least began to acknowledge that Biharis were inferior to none when it came to brainpower.
The academic success, however, did not do much to rid the word "Bihari" of the scorn it had gathered. People in Delhi continued to laugh at those who spoke with a Bihari accent. Those who spoke without an accent would get this compliment: "Oh, you are from Bihar? But you don't sound like a Bihari."
Biharis, meanwhile, were retreating into a shell, with little but the glory of ancient and medieval heroes like Buddha, Mahavira, Chandragupta, Chanakya, Ashoka, Aryabhatta, Guru Gobind Singh and Sher Shah to bask in. Now comes 11% growth. The state can recover from the damage it has suffered over hundreds of years only if such a high rate of growth can be sustained for many, many years. Then Biharis would not have to till others' land or build cities and countries elsewhere.
If you are fortunate enough to have a job these days, there are a couple of easy things you can do to make your job better and more secure. (These tips come from the brain of a manager who might just be a lot like your boss).
1) Fix the One Big Thing
Ask your boss what one thing he/she would like to see you change or improve.
This is so powerful.
You can bet there is one thing about you that drives your boss nuts. You need to find out what it is and fix it. It could save your job. It could help you get promoted or get a bigger raise. http://hallosushant.blogspot.com/
Many bosses avoid conflict. Many bosses are uncomfortable giving personal advice. So make it easy for your boss to tell you how to perform better.
Ask him / her what is the biggest thing he / she does NOT like about you or your performance on the job. Tell him to think about it and that you will be back at the end of the week for an answer.
Then make a commitment to yourself to fix this one thing. You will be glad you did.
Make this your New Year's resolution. If you have the guts, tell your boss you will commit to making that change. But then you have to deliver...or else.
Remember, when it comes time to decide who gets laid off and who gets the bigger raise, it's usually one thing that makes the difference in the mind of the boss.
2) Stop the Whining
I used to work with a terrific manager who had this "No Whining" sign on his door. http://hallosushant.blogspot.com/
Merriam-Webster's dictionary defines Whining as: "To utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry."
Being known as a "Whiner" in the office means you complain way too much and others find it distracting and demoralizing.
So if you find yourself complaining a lot to your coworkers or your significant other, beware you are putting a target on your back and drawing negative attention to yourself.
Nobody likes a whiner, at home or in the office.
3) Put Your Happy Face On Even if It Hurts
Even if you are having a bad day, lift up your chin, take a real deep breath or two and put a smile on your face. Even if it's fake. Called Plastic Smile
Most normal people prefer to see happy people. and it very true... I 2 like people around me with a smiling face. http://hallosushant.blogspot.com/
No one really wants to be around depressed or cranky people.
Smiling can only help. It certainly won't make things worse.
4) Get Some Exercise
Nothing will clear your head and boost your morale as well as going out for a vigorous 5 mile walk or run or a 25 mile bike ride.
People who do this say the same thing. They get more new ideas and solutions when out exercising. They find it creative and inspiring.
Just Do It.
5) Get Out and Meet New People
I don't want to use the dreaded "Networking" word, however, to keep your career moving forward you have to get out of your normal job routine and meet new people who are in your line of work.http://hallosushant.blogspot.com/
Find local organizations that do something you are interested in. like Lions Club, Rotract Club or something else
Find groups that do something fun that relates to your profession.
Volunteer to be on a committee.
Many companies want their employees to be members of professional groups, especially those groups related to promoting and selling the company's products.
Experts recommend that you schedule time to "get out" once per week if you can, if not, at least once per month.
Ultimately, the people you meet might be your ticket to a new opportunity.
If you can't find something fun related to your job, you are probably in the wrong type of work.
In a major breakthrough the Border Security Force (BSF) has nabbed a Pakistani potential suicide bomber named Numan Arshad from the Attari sector of the Indo-Pak border.
A Jobless man applied for the position of 'office boy' at Microsoft.
The HR manager interviewed him then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.
'You are employed' he said. Give me your e-mail address and I'll send you
the application to fill in,
as well as date when you may start.
The man replied 'But I don't have a computer, neither an email'.
'I'm sorry', said the HR manager. If you don't have an email, that means you do not exist.
And who doesn't exist, cannot have the job.'
The man left with no hope at all. He didn't know what to do, with only $10 in his pocket.
He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy a 10Kg tomato crate.
He then sold the tomatoes in a door to door round. In less than two hours,
he succeeded to double his capital. He repeated the operation three times,
and returned home with $60.
The man realized that he can survive by this way, and started to go every day earlier,
and return late.
Thus, his money doubled or tripled every day.
Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles.
5 years later, the man is one of the biggest food retailers ....
He started to plan his family's future, and decided to have a life insurance.
He called an insurance broker, and chose a protection plan.
When the conversation was concluded the broker asked him his email.
The man replied, 'I don't have an email.'
The broker answered curiously, 'You don't have an email,
and yet have succeeded to build an empire.
Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e mail?!!'
The man thought for a while and replied,
'Yes, I'd be an office boy at Microsoft!'
Moral of the story Moral 1
Internet is not the solution to your life.
Moral 2
If you don't have Internet, and work hard, you can be a millionaire.
