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Vol 5, Issue No. 9
September 2006

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“The world is not dangerous because of those who do harm but because of those who look at it without doing anything”

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Stress Management

1. When the stress of having to get a job done gets in the way of getting the job done, diversion (a voluntary change in activity and/or environment) may be just what you need.

2. Inoculate yourself against a feared event. For example, before speaking in public, take time to go over every part of the experience in your mind. Imagine what you’ll wear, what the audience will look like, how you will present your talk, what the questions will be and how you will answer them, etc. Visualize the experience the way you would have it be. You’ll likely find that when the time comes to make the actual presentation, it will be "old hat' and much of your anxiety will have fled.

3. Do something that will improve your appearance. Looking better can help you feel better.







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Dear Friends

I often why wonder societies die? What actually happened to the likes of Atlantis and Keftiu? We hear of the pomp & glory of a civilization and then it dies its own death. These wonderfully advanced occultist kingdom "self-destructed through misuse of high technology" is the narration left behind.
 
Archaeological finds of the documented civilizations tells us that all these societies were at the pinnacle of their success. Can we then assume that success might have driven them towards destruction? Does that mean we as a society will also perish?

What will the historians write about us? What will have been the virtues  of our societies and what vices led to our extinction? Competitiveness, selfishness, materialism, egocentricity, dishonesty and moral bankruptcy. It’s funny how the 21st century has been labeled as the painless civilization, where modern technology and advancements have reduced the so called pain, but the absence of pain has also reduced the intensity of the joy. Devoid of pain and joy, soon, the humanity will be resembling the very robots they created.


Win/lose is so pervasive in our civilization that we aren't even aware that we live in a win/lose norm. We are like the fish who, when asked what it's like to live in water, say, "What water?"  Competition is so much a part of our civilization that it is invisible and thought of as the only way things can work.

Even those diligently working to build the new win-win civilization dogmatically resist seeing competitive sports as win/lose activity. However, any human activity where one person loses in order for another to win must fall into the win/lose category. Organizations insist that there should be team spirit amongst colleagues and give away awards for the employee of the month or salesperson of the quarter.

It is not natural calamities that destroy societies but the crumbling of the values that hold it together. The collective consciousness based on envy, hatred, jealousy and doubt, creates a darker cloud than any tornado, it beckons winds of war. My ego reassures me that it is not I but others that have these destructive vices; but as in the macro so in the micro. We are all parts of the whole. I cannot change others but I can change myself. I can be the catalyst that instigates a modification in the thinking patterns of my fellow beings. Is it a Utopian philosophy? My logical mind intervenes and  gives the only response it can elicit – denial. How can it be true?

However, whilst our environment can influence us either positively or negatively, it also works the other way round: we can influence and change our environment. This is because human beings and their environment are inextricably connected. In his writings Nichiren Daishonin likens human beings to the body and the environment to a shadow cast by the body and stated that when the body bends the shadow bends too. We may already see this theory at work through, for example, a person whose extraordinary presence can 'light up a room' when they enter it!

Nichiren states that the 'shadow' is cast out far beyond human life, it also encompasses the natural environment, space and the entire cosmos. This belief is rooted in an incrediably profound theory known as the oneness of life and its environment (Jp.) esho funi, which firmly places human life as an integral part of the vast physical universe. However, it is not merely a passive statement that we are all 'part of nature', rather it should be used as an active tool to overcome problems in our own life and the world.


At a fundamental level there is no separation between our internal life and our immediate circumstances. Therefore, the causes we make through our thought, word and action manifest in our external surroundings. Once we acknowledge that we shape our environment, both constructively and destructively, we become more confident to tackle issues, that cause us suffering.

As always look forward to your suggestions / feedback which helps the Intek team to continually improve this Ezine.

Zaufyshan Haseeb
 


 

Idea of the month

Associating Ideas

In The Society of Mind, Marvin Minsky writes:
"An idea with a single sense can lead you along only one track.
Then, if anything goes wrong, it just gets stuck- a thought that sits in your mind with nowhere to go."

Connect any idea you have to other things you know, see to what this inspires you. Not only will this give you different ways to go (so if the first solution doesn't work, you can solve the problem another way), but it may lead to other ideas, even richer than the first you can up with.

 

 

Case of the month

Improving your vision about perception

Most people with university degrees wear glasses. It seems to be a fact of live. The more you use your eyes, the worse they get. Now, is this really so? Some compelling evidence that the truth may offer other options promoted this subject to "case of the month".

Factors decreasing "good sight"

The theory above that your eyes get worse as you grow older dates from more than 200 years ago. The "official line" is that you can't do anything about it, except wear glasses, lenses or laser treatment. At the turn of the century William H. Bates, a Medical Doctor, began to question this "official line". Finding out
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Negotiations Skills

When Not to Trust Your Gut

Most of us trust our intuition more than we should, especially when the pressure is on in negotiations. Professors Max Bazerman and Deepak Malhotra on negotiating more rationally. From Negotiation. Key concepts include:

  • Too much trust in intuition can lead to irrational decisions.

  • Employ "System 2" thinking to apply logic even in times of stress and indecision.

  • In negotiations, schedule more time than you think you will need.

In past issues of this newsletter, we have highlighted a variety of psychological biases that affect negotiators, many of which spring from a reliance on intuition. Of course, negotiators are not always affected by bias; we often think systematically and clearly at the bargaining table. Most negotiators believe they are capable of distinguishing between situations in which they can safely rely on intuition from those that require more careful thought—but often they are wrong. In fact, most of us trust our intuition more than evidence suggests that we should.

For a simple example of this tendency, look at the following diagram from Roger Shepard's book Mind Sights: Original Visual Illusions, Ambiguities, and Other Anomalies (W. H. Freeman, 1990):
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7 Top Tips For Effective Delegation

Skills Towards Work-Life Balance

1. No Manager Is An Island.

Even though others may have a different approach or standards, you’re setting yourself up to fail if you think you have to do EVERYTHING yourself. Accept that in today’s interdependent world, there is a shared responsibility for getting things done. It’s not all down to you!


2. Delegate, Don’t Abdicate.

Remember if things go wrong, it’s ultimately your fault! Assess the risk of failure BEFORE you decide to delegate a task, and manage any risk appropriately. The only person you can blame is you, for not effectively delegating the task at the beginning. And you never know, they might even do it better than you!


3. Crystal Clear Tasks ...
 

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Managerial Skills

Forging a new Brand of Manager

In all my years of studying and analyzing boardroom presenters and top managers I have come to one conclusion: combining two very opposite management styles creates the best managers. The two ends of the spectrum can be summed up as "reportability," found mainly in males, and "rapportability," a predominately female characteristic. These names reflect two major management styles. One emphasizes reason, logic and analysis while the other stresses instincts, feelings and institution--what I call gut feeling.

In the Western world, it has been common to regard these two styles as exact opposites. I have observed the best management style as a melding of both. At one point in time the reporter might be more dominant, at another, the rapporter. Both qualities are essential in any good manager.

Traditionally, it has been believed by some that the male has .....

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