Man thrives, oddly enough, only in the presence of a challenging

Via Pooran...

You might have read this before...but again..

The Japanese have always loved fresh fish. But the waters close to Japan have not held many fish for decades. So to feed the Japanese population, fishing boats got bigger and went farther than ever. The farther the fishermen went, the longer it took to bring in the fish. If the return trip took more than a few days, the fish were not fresh. The Japanese did not like the taste.

To solve this problem, fishing companies installed freezers on their boats. They would catch the fish and freeze them at sea. Freezers allowed the boats to go farther and stay longer. However, the Japanese could taste the difference between fresh and frozen they did not like frozen fish. The frozen fish brought a lower rice.

So fishing companies installed fish tanks. They would catch the fish and stuff them in the tanks, fin to fin. After a little hashing around, the fish stopped moving. They were tired and dull, but alive.

Unfortunately, the Japanese could still taste the difference. Because the fish did not move for days, they lost their fresh-fish taste. The Japanese preferred the lively taste of fresh fish, not sluggish fish.

So how did Japanese fishing companies solve this problem? How do they get fresh-tasting fish to Japan?

To keep the fish tasting fresh, the Japanese fishing companies still put the fish in the tanks. But now they add a small shark to each tank. The shark eats a few fish, but most of the fish arrive in a very lively state.

The fish are challenged.

As soon as you reach your goals, such as finding a wonderful mate, starting a successful company, paying off your debts or whatever, you might lose your passion. You don't need to work so hard so you relax.

Like the Japanese fish problem, the best solution is simple. It was observed by L. Ron Hubbard in the early 1950's.

"Man thrives, oddly enough, only in the presence of a challenging environment."

The Benefits of a Challenge

The more intelligent, persistent and competent you are, the more you enjoy a good problem. If your challenges are the correct size, and if you are steadily conquering those challenges, you are happy. You think of your challenges and get energized. You are excited to try new solutions. You have fun. You are alive!

Recommendations

Instead of avoiding challenges, jump into them. Beat the heck out of them. Enjoy the game.

If your challenges are too large or too numerous, do not give up. Failing makes you tired. Instead, reorganize. Find more determination, more knowledge, more help.

Don't create success and lie in it. You have resources, skills and abilities to make a difference.

Put a shark in your tank and see how far you can really go!

Have a great day and take care :)
Pooran

Try this...

Once there was loving couple travelling in a bus in a mountainous area.They decided to get down at some place. After the couple got down at some place the bus moved on. As the bus moved on, a huge rock fell on the bus from the mountain and crushed the bus to crumbs. Everybody on board was killed.The couple upon seeing that, said, "We wish we were on that bus" Why do u think they said that?

comment your answer...:-)

You are the guy to decide...

You are the person who has to decide.Whether you'll lead or will linger behindWhether you'll do it or toss it aside Whether you'll try for the goal that's afar.Or just be contented to stay where you are."

--Edgar A. Guest

If you limit your choices ..

If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise." --Robert Fritz

Make some one realize...

" You can't make someone love you, all you can do is be someonewho can be loved, the rest is up to the person to realize your worth."

Source - Shivaji

Reasons to be alive in this world...

1. I love my family and they love me.
2. I love my friends and they do so too.
3. I am an Indian, born in a great country with rich set of heritage and tradition lives with in us.
4. I have a good internet connectivity @ office.
5. I love the nature around, and I have seen only atomic part of it till now.… lot of it to be explored.
6. Till now I never had sex and wondering how it became a famous sport in world.
7. I believe in "Exporting truth is nothing but science" and I love to explore science as much as possible.
8. My life is going cool…and hope it will be…:-)
9. Doc says "Your heart is working great".
10. I don't have HIV.
11. I am most lovable for at least one person on this earth.
12. I love kids, and want to have some and play with them.
13. I am able to live with out having my personal ego effected.

THREE THINGS IN LIFE &...

Via Pooran

Three things of life once gone never comes back -
Time, words & opportunity

Three things of life must not be lost -
Peace, hope & honesty.

Three things of life are most valuable -
Love, self-confidence & friends

Three things of life are never sure -
Dreams, success & fortune

Three things make a Man/Woman -
Hard work, sincerity & success

Three things of life that destroy a Man/Woman -
Wine, pride & anger

FAILURE

Failure doesn't mean - You are a failure,
It means - You have not succeeded.

Failure doesn't mean - You accomplished nothing,
It means - You have learned something.

Failure doesn't mean - That you have been a fool,
It means - You had a lot of faith.

Failure doesn't mean - You've been disgraced.,
It means - You were willing to try.

Failure doesn't mean - You don't have it.,
It means - You have to do something in a different way.

Failure doesn't mean - You are inferior.
It means -You are not perfect.

Failure doesn't mean - You've wasted your life.,
It means - You have a reason to start afresh.

Failure doesn't mean - You should give up.,
It means - You must try harder.

Failure doesn't mean -You'll never make it.,
It means - It will take a little longer.

Failure doesn't mean - God has abandoned you.,
It means - God has a better way for you.

SUN RISE
Every morning in Africa,
When the Sun rises, A deer awakens,
Knowing it has to outrun the fastest Lion,

OR, be hunted to death....

Every morning in Africa,When the Sun rises,
A Lion awakens,Knowing it has to outrun the slowest deer,

OR, be starved to death....

It does not matter whether you are a deer or Lion,
When the Sun rises,Better be running at your best..

You only live once.
What do you really want to doand achieve in life?

Let's think, learn & share.
It is a meaningful journey.

Do not waste today regretting yesterday.

Feel it !

June 23rd, 2004
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I sent this write-up to my special friend as sms lastnight...and did some modifications now...

When you ;
look at the sky : Feel the heights of my love
look at the ocean : Feel the depth of my care
look at the fire : Feel the warmth of my hug
look at the trees : Feel the roots of my friendship
look at the people : Feel the speciality in me
look at the mirror : Feel me standing beside you
look at my eyes : Feel that I just can't live with out you.

Drive safely

Sanjay, a rich guy, loved fast cars and he did have a few in his possession. He loved to speed and could not be bothered about breaking speed limits. Many a time he was caught by the cops and speed radars, fined, but still he never bothered until.

One day as he was driving at a very high speed as usual, he saw a cop following him in his police car. The cop overtook him finally andasked him to stop and checked his license. He then took out his pad and started Writing, and then handed over the sheet of paper to Sanjay.
How much was this one going to cost?Wait a minute.What was this?Some kind of joke? Certainly not a ticket.

Sanjay began to read:

"Dear Sanjay, Once upon a time I had a lovely daughter. She was six when killed by a car. You guessed it - a speeding driver's car.A fine and three months in jail, and the man was free. Free to hug his all his three daughters. I only had one, and I'm going to have to wait until Heaven, before I can ever hug her again. A thousand times I've tried to forgive that man. A thousand times I thought I had. Maybe I did, but I need to do it again.Even now. Pray for me.. And be careful, Sanjay, my son is all I have left."

Sanjay turned around in time to see the cop's car pull away and head down the road. He watched until it disappeared. A full 15 minutes later, he too, pulled away and drove slowly home, praying for forgiveness and hugging a surprised wife and kids when he arrived.
Life is precious. Handle with care. This is an important message; Please pass it along to your friends. Drive safely and carefully. Remember,Cars are not the only things recalled by their maker.

Funny how you can send a thousand jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding thesanctity of life, people think twice about sharing. Funny, how when you go to forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you, for sending it to them.

Pass this on, you may save a life. Maybe not, but we'll never know if WE DON'T TRY.
This may not be safety week.

Drive safely anyway.

'Real Life' Laws

Jone's Motto: Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate.

Terman's Law of Innovation: If you want a team to win the high jump, you find one person who can jump seven feet, not seven people who can jump one foot each.

O'brien's Variation: If you change queues, the one you have left will start to move faster than the one you are in now.

Conway's Law: In any organization there will always be one person who knows what is going on. This person must be fired.

The Peter Principle: In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence. Work is accomplished by those employees who have not reached their level of incompetence.

H.L.Mencken's Law: Those who can, do. Those who cannot, teach.

Martin's Extension: Those who can't teach, administer

Belani's Extrapolation: Those who cannot even administer, become consultants.

Lieberman's Law: Everbody lies; but it doesn't matter since nobody listens.

Kovac's Conundrum: When you dial a wrong number, you never get an engaged one.

Van Herpen's Law: The solving of the problem lies in finding the solvers.

Murphy's Law of Government: If anything can go wrong, it will do so in triplicate.

Bell's Theorem: When the body is immersed in water, the telephone rings.

Ruby's Principle of Close Encounters: The probability of meeting someone you know increases when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with.

Young's Law: Great discoveries are made by mistake.

Kin Hubbard: A good listener is usually thinking about something else

One Anonymous Great Seer's Law : Money can't buy love, but it sure gets you a great bargaining position.

You are so blessed...

Via Anju

If you woke up this morningwith more health than illness,you are more blessed than themillion who won't survive the week.

If you have never experiencedthe danger of battle,the loneliness of imprisonment,the agony of torture orthe pangs of starvation,you are ahead of 20 million peoplearound the world.

If you attend a church meetingwithout fear of harassment,arrest, torture, or death,you are more blessed than almostthree billion people in the world.

If you have food in your refrigerator,clothes on your back,a roof overyour head and a place to sleep,you are richer than 75% of this world.

If you have money in the bank,in your wallet, and spare changein a dish someplace, you are amongthe top 8% of the world's wealthy.

If your parents are still married and alive,you are very rare,especially in the United States.
If you hold up your head with a smileon your face and are truly thankful,you are blessed because the majority can,but most do not.

If you can hold someone's hand, hug themor even touch them on the shoulder,you are blessed because you canoffer God's healing touch.

If you can read this message,you are more blessed than overtwo billion people in the worldthat cannot read anything at all.

You are so blessed in waysyou may never even know.

Personality Match

If you are a Mouse: Always up to some sort of a mischief! The mischievous gleam in your eyes is what makes you so cute and attractive to everyone.. You are an extremely fun-to-be-with kind of person. No wonder, people seek for your company and look forward to include you for all get-togethers. However, you are sensitive, which is a drawback.People need to select their words while talking to you. If someone tries to fiddle around and play with words while dealing with you, it is enough to invite your wrath. God bless the person then!

Who is a Friend?

Got this as SMS, A Clear definition...

A Friend is ....
A Push When You are Stopped
A Guide When You are Searching
A Song When You are Glad
A Word When You are Lonely
and...
A Smile When You are Sad.

Society, is the Culprit?

The society is a greatest teacher for anybody in for life, on the other hand, it is one of the strong factors to make people think in particular way. Society can make your mind roam in the narrow walls of the world.

as Guruji says in Geetanjali

Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls;
Where words come out from the depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;
. . . . . . . . . .
my Father, let my country awake.

How beatiful it is? How many of us know about the depth of truth in our words?
Who is stopping us to speak out the truth? Our minds are whitepapers in childhood. Then who is scribbling on it? Lot of factors are built around human psychology. These are more powerful than the apple eaten by Eve.I have observed some interesting things in life of many people around me and shocked to realize the consequences of thinking in polluted way. People ignore the truth and will start thinking in so many directions.

Don’t Lend An Ear To What Others Say About You

The person making snide or rude comments about you is just trying to trouble you and provoke a conflict. Leave it unattended and tell yourself ‘the person is trivial and misinformed’. Live in such a way that what is said about you cannot be taken to heart. Let your own actions determine how others see you, and then they will not believe the negative things said.

Keep Promises

Whenever one makes a promise at a workplace or elsewhere, no matter what the cost, one must be ready to keep them. The easiest way to lose the respect of others is by guaranteeing things that one is ither unable or unwilling to deliver. Others will note an irresponsible attitude and be wary of approaching an unreliable guy, who continually breaks his promises.

What's the difference between a vision and a cause?

Here's what sets them apart... No one is willing to die for a vision. People will die for a cause. You possess a vision. A cause possesses you. A vision lies in your hands. A cause lies in your heart. A vision involves sacrifice. A cause involves the ultimate sacrifice.

Know People

Learn about others’ interests, their homes and families and their problems. Gaining the confidence of fellow workers is made much easier when one demonstrates a caring attitude. When others are joyful, rejoice with them, when troubled or in mourning, be sympathetic. Let everyone realise that they are regarded important.

How many times do we miss GOD's blessings

A young man was getting ready to graduate college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.
As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, but somewhat disappointed the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bhagwad Geeta. Angrily, he raised his voice at his father and said, "With all your money you give me just a Book?" and stormed out of the house, leaving the holy book. He never contacted his father again for long long time.

Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but realized his father must be very old by now, and thought perhaps he should go to him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care things. When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart.

He began to search his father's important papers and saw the still new Bhagwad Geeta, just as he had left it years ago.; With tears, he opened the holy book and began to turn the pages. As he read those words, a car key dropped from an envelope taped behind the holy book. It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words ..PAID IN FULL; How many times do we miss GOD's blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? "Challenges are what makes life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."

Take Care Of others’ Feelings

Humour at another’s expense is rarely worth the trouble. Not only that, the hurt and pain felt by that person will often come when least expected. Take into account another person’s feelings before you poke fun. Things said in jest are often the sharpest barbs to be felt. Be humorous not pungent.

Be Supportive And Encouraging

Never let an opportunity to show kindness or encouragement to others to pass by. Praise good work, regardless of who did it. Sometimes one can turn even the most hardened of fellow workers into real softies once they realise that you are not afraid to compliment them or give encouraging words, despite how they may perceive you ordinarily. At the same time, when giving criticism, do it helpfully and gently, never spitefully. Show concern for another's feelings and well being. One can benefit greatly from even the smallest kindness shown.

Positive Relationships

Building positive relationship at work is vital to an individual's success. It is not an easy task as it involves working with people having different attitudes, working styles, goals and moods. However, a little understanding, bit of tolerance, flexibility and lot of common sense can make one's task smoother, says Aditi Joshi

Everybody would agree that a dream job is a place where one looks forward to going to work and not a place one dreads because of the co-workers. With diversity at workplace becoming a reality in all fields, getting along with everyone at work has become a real challenge. Developing positive relationships at work is like block building. Just as fitting the right block in the right bracket leads to the desired shape, a right application of behaviour at right time leads to better understanding, communication and hence better relations.

It is important to realise that when people come to work each day, they don't leave their insecurities, personal problems and personality quirks at home. They come marching right into the office with them, and that's why there are so many conflicts and hiccups at work.