Valuable Banking

Rajiv and Mona are flying to Australia for a two-week vacation to celebrate their 40th anniversary.

Suddenly, over the public address system, the Captain announces, " Ladies and Gentlemen, I am afraid I have some very bad news.


Our engines have ceased functioning and we will attempt an emergency landing. Luckily, I see an uncharted island below us and we should be able to land on the beach. However, the odds are that we may never be rescued and will have to live on the island for the rest of our lives!"


Thanks to the skill of the flight crew, the plane lands safely on the island.

An hour later Rajiv turns to his wife and asks, "Mona, did we pay our Rs 5lakh deposit cheque yet to Bank?"


" No, sweetheart," she responds.

Rajiv, still shaken from the crash landing, then asks, "Mona, did we pay our Bank Master card yet?"


"Oh no! I'm sorry. I forgot to send the cheque," she says.

"One last thing, Mona. Did you remember to send cheques for the auto loan to them too this month?" he asks.


"Oh, forgive me, Rajiv," begged Mona. "I didn't send that one, either."

Rajiv grabs her and gives her the biggest hug in 40 years. Mona pulls away and asks him, "So, why did you hug me?"


Rajiv answers, "They'll find us!!!!"

A Christian Bear!@@

An atheist was taking a walk through the woods "What majestic trees! What powerful rivers! What beautiful animals!" he said to himself. As he continued walking alongside the river he heard a rustling in the bushes. Turning to look, he saw a 7 foot grizzly charging towards him.


He ran as fast as he could up the path. Looking over his shoulder he saw that the bear was closing in on him. His heart was pumping frantically and he tried to run even faster.



He tripped and fell on the ground. He rolled over to pick himself up but saw the bear raising his paw to take a swipe at him. At that instant the atheist cried out: "Oh my God..."


Time stopped.


The bear froze.


The forest was silent.


It was then that a bright light shone down upon the man and a voice came out of the sky saying: "You deny my existence for all of these years, teach others I don't exist, and even credit creation to a cosmic accident. Do you expect me to help you out of this predicament? Am I to count you as a believer?"


The atheist looked directly into the light, "It would be hypocritical of me to suddenly ask you to treat me as a Christian now, but perhaps, could you make the bear a Christian?"


"Very well," said the voice.


The light went out.


And the sounds of the forest resumed.


Then the bear lowered his paw, bowed his head and spoke: "Lord, bless this food which I am about to receive and for which I am truly thankful. Amen."

Marketing

Two beggars are sitting side by side on a street in Rome. One 
has a cross in front of him, the other one the Star of David. 
Many people go by, look at both beggars, but only put money into 
the hat of the beggar sitting behind the cross. 

A priest comes by, stops and watches throngs of people giving 
money to the beggar behind the cross, but none to the beggar 
behind the Star of David. 

Finally, the priest goes over to the beggar behind the Star of 
David and says, "My poor fellow, don't you understand? This is a 
Catholic country. This city is the seat of Catholicism. People 
aren't going to give you money if you sit there with a Star of 
David in front of you, especially when you're sitting beside a 
beggar who has a cross. He's going to get all the donations." 

The beggar behind the Star of David listened to the priest, 
turned to the other beggar with the cross and said, "Moishe, 
look who's' trying to teach the Goldstein brothers about 
marketing."

Car Needed

A young man comes home and says "Dad, just got my driver's license and would like to use the family car."

Father replies, :"O.K., son. But, first, you have to get good grades in school, keep your room clean, make the yard is neat, and cut your hair. Come back in a few months and then we'll see."

Well, several months pass and the young man comes into the house with his report card in his hand. "Dad, I got great marks on my report card. I've been keeping my room as neat as a pin, and the yard is always ship-shape. How about letting me use the car?"

Father replies, "That's all true, but son you didn't cut your hair."

Son says, "But, dad, Jesus had long hair."

Father replies, "Yes, son, you're perfectly right. And he walked everywhere he went."

Passionate

Two police officers saw an old woman staggering down the street, stopping her they can tell she has had far too much to drink and instead of taking her to jail they decide to just drive her home. They loaded her into the police cruiser one of the officers gets in the back with the drunk woman.

As they drove through the streets they kept asking the old woman where she lived, all the old lady would say as she stroked the officers arm is, "You're Passionate."

They drove awhile longer and asked again, but again the same response as she stroked his arm, "You're Passionate."

The officers were getting a little upset so they stopped the car and said to the woman, "Look we have driven around this city for two hours and you still haven't told us where you live!"

She replied, "I keep trying to tell you, you're passin it!"

Japan Fast But India Very Very Fast

There was a Japanese who went to India for sightseeing. On the last day, he hired a cab and told the driver to drive to the Airport.During the journey, a Honda drove past the taxi. Thereupon, the man leaned out of the window excitedly and yelled, “Honda, very fast! Made in Japan !!!.

After a while, a Toyota sped past the taxi and again the Japanese man leaned out of the window and yelled, “Toyota, very fast! Made in Japan!” And then a Mitsubishi sped past the taxi. For the third time, the Japanese leaned out of the window and yelled, “Mitsubishi, very fast! Made in Japan!”



The driver was a little angry, but he kept quiet. And this went on for quite a number of cars.
Finally, the taxi came to the airport. The fare was 800 rupees. !!!!

The Japanese exclaimed, “What??… so expensive!” There upon, the driver yelled back, “Meter, Made in India VERY VERY FAST !!!!!

Tech Support

Customer: "One of my friends gave me an ImageWriter printer and this keyboard. He said he gave me all the cables, but I can't figure out how to connect them. Am I missing something?"

Tech Support: "Well, a computer would help."

Customer: "You mean this keyboard isn't a word processor?"

Tech Support: "No ma'am, its just an input device."

Customer: "Then I need to buy a computer, right?"

Tech Support: "Yes."

Customer: "Do you think I'll need a monitor, too?"

Ears (The Story About Love)

“Can I see my baby?” the happy new mother asked. When the bundle was nestled in her arms and she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped. The doctor turned quickly and looked out the tall hospital window. The baby had been born without ears. Time proved that the baby’s hearing was perfect. It was only his appearance that was marred.

When he rushed home from school one day and flung himself into his mother’s arms, she sighed, knowing that his life was to be a succession of heartbreaks.

He blurted out the tragedy. “A boy, a big boy … called me a freak.”

He grew up, handsome for his misfortune. A favorite with his fellow students, he might have been class president, but for that. He developed a gift, a talent for literature and music. “But you might mingle with other young people,” his mother reproved him, but felt a kindness in her heart.

The boy’s father had a session with the family physician. Could nothing be done? “I believe I could graft on a pair of outer ears, if they could be procured,” the doctor decided.

Whereupon the search began for a person who would make such a sacrifice for a young man. Two years went by.

Then, “You are going to the hospital, Son. Mother and I have someone who will donate the ears you need. But it’s a secret,” said the father. The operation was a brilliant success, and a new person emerged. His talents blossomed into genius, and school and college became a series of triumphs. Later he married and entered the diplomatic service. “But I must know!” He urged his father, “Who gave so much for me? I
could never do enough for him.” “I do not believe you could,” said the father, “but the agreement was that you are not to know … not yet.”

The years kept their profound secret, but the day did come … one of the darkest days that a son must endure. He stood with his father over his mother’s casket. Slowly, tenderly, the father stretched forth a hand and raised the thick, reddish-brown hair to reveal that the mother — had no outer ears.

“Mother said she was glad she never let her hair be cut,” he whispered gently, “and nobody ever thought Mother less beautiful, did they?” Real beauty lies not in the physical appearance, but in the heart.

Real treasure lies not in what that can be seen, but what that cannot be seen.

Real love lies not in what is done and known, but in what that is done but not known.

from author unknown

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This is something that you should take note on!@@

5 Weaknesses of Leaders of Sun Tzu Style

“The greatness of a leader will determine achievement of success. The weakness of a leader will drag his followers into defeat.”

A leader takes a very vital role in winning a war. That’s shy in the book: “13 war strategies of Sun Tzu”, the figure of leader is the central point. The great capability of a leader will determine the success achieved. On the contrary, the weakness of a leader will take his followers into defeat. This war strategy of Sun Tzu is already more than 2500 years old but up to this moment it is still relevant in discussing the role of leaders.

In the first edition of “EXTRAORDINARY” magazine, I talked about 5 principles of leadership of Sun Tzu style. But now, I am going to talk about the opposite. It is discussed in chapter 8 about 9 variant which describes 5 weakness of a leader, surely this will be useful as a means to evaluate and appraise the quality of our leaders. Let us now look into the 5 weaknesses of leaders of Sun Tzu style.

1. A Reckless Leader Might Get Killed

In a war, courage is one power a leader must have. But, courage with no consideration comes with considerable risks of falling into defeat. Courage is not just a determination covered with recklessness. A leader who manages to go to war with no concept nor strategy is doomed to disastrous recklessness.

2. A Cowardly Leader Might Get Captured

A leader having a pretty soul laden with worries and fears will always hesitate in making decisions. If he keeps this attitude in any of his action, enemy would easily anticipate his moves. So in any opportunity he would fall into enemy’s hands.

3. A Temperamental Leader Might Easily Be Provoked

Anger will only sink a person to the “grave” of his ego which then easily plunge him into troubles. Emotional or temperamental attitude of a leader will fully expose him to provocation. This will eventually lead him into acting recklessly and fooling himself so a temperamental leader could very likely fall trapped into some “mud-hole” ready to ruin him.

4. A Megalomaniac Leader Might Easily Fall Victim To Slander

If a leader is too anxious to defend his honour and to glorify his status and position, it might make him an easy target of slander. Such a leader, especially in pursuing higher title, might tend to act recklessly to achieve his ambition. In such condition he might be accused of selfishly promoting himself while reglecting the true essence of his struggle.

5. A Submissive Leader Might Be Disappointed

Compassion is a noble character that must be firmly retained. Nevertheless a leader who is too easy to show compassion could just be disappointed. An excessively unconsidered compassion for his people will just cause troubles. Any policy decided only after much judgement is likely to waste so much time as to miss any good chance coming along at the time.

These five weaknesses of leadership of Sun Tzu style is highly relevant to today’s business condition. These weaknesses are commonly found everywhere. For example: price competition. A newly emerging communication gadget producer went straight to shake the market aggressively. Their advertising campaigns appreared everywhere. They even date “to challenge” rival products already having mature established market. But this brave action was not supported by a well-planned stocks and after sales service. So while the aggressive advertising campaigns did attract many customers, the stocks were not there to meet the demand. So such reckless courage eventually proved futile.

For another example we may see how goes the competition among big brands in retail business. As soon as one product comes out with aggressive promotion, its competitors, feeling threatened, will follow suit, even in wildly excessive style. The fund poured for promotion expenses is consequently just to appease emotional drive. The sooner one rival brand launches its new product, the sooner its rival product are extensively distributed in the market, even with no proper plan, as it is merely “to react” to the challenge its rival imposes. If business is run on such emotional judgement, it will only inflict “a war” that will exhaustingly consume up a lot of money and energy. Unconsciously they neglect the interest of consumers which should indeed be the main focus at the first place.

The two examples are just simple illustration of what we can see everyday. In truth, the essence of these five weakness of leadership can further be applied more in our lives at any field. Expectantly it would evoke our caution to keep improving and evaluating our efforts. So let us study and adopt this lesson of Sun Tzu as a “warning” to prevent us from getting trapped in attitudes that could weaken us. Aside from that, we must keep developing our leadership attitude based on mental value to achieve victory.

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Did I just talk about History?

Yes i did!!!

Lydia

10 Ways to Reduce Stress in Relationship

Everyone must have ever been under stress relating to either career, social or household affairs. Gratefully, good communication and self management can remove the stress occurring in marriage life.

No free time, office job strains, kids’ nuisances, bills to pay, never ending house chores. They all sound too familiar, don’t they? Stress haunts you in everything you do, and can affect your feeling anytime.

The way you communicate proves to be greatly influential. At one moment you are a calm person with no stress, but you can change drastically whenever pressure descends hard upon you.

When under stress you usually think too hasty along with the accompanying depressed mood. Sometimes it sooner makes you get angry with anyone directly in your contact, and this reasonably serves as a stress relief. Most times even the people you love are regardlessly subjected to your anger as well. They can be your spouse and even your loving children. They unfairly must share your anger as they are the ones you come to at the end of the day and keep you company.

So don’t let the pressure burdening you harm your family’s harmony in anyway. For the sake of your loved ones you must learn how to handle your stress positively. There are some tricks for this purpose which can help you, in moments of stress, avoid any conflict with your spouse.

1. Prevention

If the stress comes from some factor outside our family, don’t bring it home and unintentionally make your spouse share the stress. You must learn to handle the stress the way you professionally handle your work. See that your personal matters stay apart from your office business and vice versa.

2. Leave Others Alone

Indeed you will feel a bit relieved if you have the chance to release your stress upon someone else. But staying away for a while from your spouse could be an effective way to prevent conflict from springing up.

Wisely get your spouse to comprehend your stress and thus appreciately understand why you are keeping some distance which definitely will bring mutual goodness. And similarly when your spouse seem to be under stress, leave him/her alone for some time. See that no trifle household affairs burden your spouse more.

3. Self Understanding

In moments of stress you need to learn to know and control yourself and to restrain your emotion. It is not too difficult to do : just look into and evaluate your own feeling. So you could check yourself not to treat your spouse wrongly. You also could find out the moment when you start to feel stressed, what the reason is and how to control yourself accordingly.

4. Responsibility

Be conscious of your responsibility that comes with your marriage life, either as a husband or wife. Be conscious of your obligation to keep your relation in harmony. Don’t let any stress damage the marital bond that has existed so far. Live your life in full responsibility.

5. Self Control

It is you that take control of your own emotion yourself. You automatically can control your stress the moment you learn how to control your min. No one can control your emotion and feeling unless you let it happen. Anyhow your ability to control emotion depends largely on your desire, discipline and will.

6. Stop Worrying

Excessive worries are not good for your health. Worries come when anticipate something in the future while doing nothing about it. But if you make some plan for the future, it makes you feel ready and you find nothing to worry about.

Indeed household life has questions about the future : would your marriage endure, would some temptation come to break the marital relation, and more and more unanswered questions. Stop living in the future! Just think what we can do in the present. Think of today!

7. Don’t Stay Still

When you are under pressure, it is so easy for you to give up. Winston Churchill once said, “When we are walking into difficulties, just keep on walking. Don’t stop and give up!”

Try to relax and think smart, but don’t just give up. If you give up when you are having hard times with your spouse, it will haunt your memory for a long time to come.

8. Go Away

When your relation is in tension, you might just need to go some place to clear your mind. But it isn’t necessary to join a package tour to distant place for this purpose. It will be enough just by doing some activity that can make you forget what problem you are facing, for example, doing some sport. Surveys prove that physical activity helps minimizing the production of the hormone that causes stress. So by putting some distance from your stress, you can think more clearly in dealing with the stress.

9. Be Flexibility

You must read the situation to detect who really is under pressure, your spouse or yourself. By being flexible, it guarantees an easier way to deal with the tension occurring in your relation with your spouse.

10. Ask Others

Consulting other more experienced people might be the best way to help you dealing with your stress and controlling yourself. Ask them how was it like when under stress and how was their feeling at that moment. That way you learn how they reacted and if they didn’t do it well, you always can try to do better and harder for self control.