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Dear
Friends!
The whole world seemed poised in a delicate balance every moment in
time. Within this uncertain era enveloping the 21st century, we have
to carve our own destiny. This can not be done alone based on our
superficial existence in the so called ‘physical world’, but also
requires us to evaluate the true purpose of our existence in the
cosmos.
All our lives are spent in trying to don a mask of someone else to
suit the moment – the perfect salesperson, the perfect manager, the
perfect parent, the perfect community person, repeated to such an
extent that we forget who we actually are, leading to an identity
crisis, which can only be resolved through “self-awareness.”
The key to all answers lies in Socrates - “Know Thyself”. We
need to find time within this ‘worldly carousel’ of perpetual
motion, to seek solace in the silence of solitude, to communicate
with ourselves.
Dr. Allama Iqbal put it so eloquently when we said “When you
ascend beyond the realms of your existence, your Creator turns to
you at the turn of destiny, asking you of your desires.”
Everything is within ourselves, we actually are the masters of our
fate, we just need to believe in it and converge our energies
towards faith.
Wishing all our friends the fortitude to seek their destiny through
the power of ‘self awareness’.
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Haseeb Intek Solutions & The Intek Family
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Idea of the Month: Goal driven reasoning |
Are you focussed on hat you want to reach? Or rather on what you
don't want? The power of "positive thinking" consists in finding a
positively stated goal. Bill Gates gives a nice example in his book
"Business
@ the speed of thought":
"The goal
of IT is making money! Do NOT concentrate on keeping IT costs low,
BUT evaluate the expenses in terms of effectivity: how much do you
gain?"
The same goes for whatever other expense you make. Some EQ warning:
evaluate in terms of money, AND also whether the purchase gives you
a good feeling. Ask yourself the question: "Suppose I made the
expense, and it's in place, so that I can fully profit from its
effects. Do I really enjoy this effect, or do I conclude that after
all it wasn't as nice as I expected? (in NeuroLinguistics, this
second step is called a "Future pace")
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Case of the Month:
Training the Project Manager |
According to
Guido Peetermans, European Training Manager for i2 Technologies,
Project Management is one of the main problems in computer projects.
Working as a project manager before joining i2 Technologies, he
knows all about it. "Not only is it next to impossible to recruit
good project managers, it is also next to impossible to train them.
I have been looking for decent training, and all I can find are some
"technical trainings" in proposal writing, and technical project
management skills. However, such training is not enough."
Sure, sounds familiar. I heard a similar remark from the Quality
Manager for Unisys Belgium. "After studying the market in Belgium
for good training for Project Managers, ....
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Derived from Latin,
delegate means "to send from." When delegating you are sending the work
"from" you "to" someone else. Effective delegation will not only give you
more time to work on your important opportunities, but you will also help
others on your team learn new skills.
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Delegation helps people grow underneath you in an organization and
thus pushes you even higher in management. It provides you with more
time, and you will be able to take on higher priority projects.
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Delegate whole pieces or entire job pieces rather than simply tasks
and activities.
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Clearly define what outcome is needed, then let individuals use some
creative thinking of their own as to how to get to that outcome.
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Clearly define limits of authority that go with the delegated job.
Can the person hire other people to work with them? Are there spending
constraints?
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Dealing
with Negative Attitude
(article) |
Ten Ways
to overcome a negative attitude
People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try
and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom? - Thich Nhat Hanh.......
At best, negativity is a coping mechanism for masking our pain. Rather
than deal with our pain, we try to minimize it by diminishing our chances
for happiness and our very selves. In other words, we don't want get our
hopes up because nothing good ever happens to us. We don't want to be
painfully disappointed yet again. Quite frankly, it is far easier to
wallow in hopelessness than it is to take the necessary effort to turn our
lives around. However, when we adopt a negative attitude, we are fighting
dirty with ourselves. It is a personal smear campaign that negates our ...
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Tips for New Manager (article) |
Congratulations! You are now a manager. How did this happen? By the
"magic fairy dust" method: Poof: "You are a manager"? Or did you go
to the school of hard knocks (learning through trial and error)?
Well, regardless of how, the more important question is: are you
trained and prepared for the new intellectual and emotional
challenges that await? Too often, employees are placed into the role
of manager with little or no management training and development
skills.
The following are ideas, tips and techniques we have
uncovered.
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read more, click here.
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Stress Management (article) |
Reducing Stress You Cause for
Yourself
How to use tool:
Attitude is fundamental to long term stress management. Where
your attitude is negative or hostile, you will create problems out
of opportunities and cause stress by alienating and irritating
other people. Where you have a positive attitude, you can maintain
a sense of perspective and draw the positive elements out of each
situation. You will find that people .....
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read more, click here.
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