TOWARDS SEEDS OF ENTERPRISE – TSE –3
This can be an item of discussion when we meet people.
We can ask: What enterprise will make for a better life?
For a few or many is secondary.
A supplementary question can be: Does this enterprise or close to it exist elsewhere in the world?
A logical next question will be:
Can we start it with or without anyone’s help?
And when will be the inauguration?
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
TSE 2
TOWARDS SEEDS OF ENTERPIRSE 2
Enterprise means productive employment,
More enterprises mean more opportunities for employment.
Such enterprises surface each day in many places
I wish the dailies spot them and splash them as welcome news.
Not in a stray way but in a special way.
The special way will mean collecting such stories and placing them in one place.
The special can also mean a special display.
It can also highlight what human need the enterprise is addressing.
Enterprise means productive employment,
More enterprises mean more opportunities for employment.
Such enterprises surface each day in many places
I wish the dailies spot them and splash them as welcome news.
Not in a stray way but in a special way.
The special way will mean collecting such stories and placing them in one place.
The special can also mean a special display.
It can also highlight what human need the enterprise is addressing.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
TOWARDS SELF GROWTH – TSG II
TSG II
We can take to the practice of writing a diary.
The theme of the diary can be the self-examination we did that day.
I say that day because it may not be every day.
The act may not be big or small.
It is the thought, it is the action of review that matters.
Such a thought may lead us to an insight, to a finding.
Our hindsight can prove to be someone’s foresight.
This someone can be just a family member.
This may well be one of our contributions to posterity.
We can take to the practice of writing a diary.
The theme of the diary can be the self-examination we did that day.
I say that day because it may not be every day.
The act may not be big or small.
It is the thought, it is the action of review that matters.
Such a thought may lead us to an insight, to a finding.
Our hindsight can prove to be someone’s foresight.
This someone can be just a family member.
This may well be one of our contributions to posterity.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
T H E I –2
T H E I –2
A story is told of Dharmaputra and Duryodana, leading characters in the epic Mahabharata.
Both were visiting their common friend and counselor Krishna, one after the other, for a consultation.
Krishna told them: “I will think about it. Meanwhile, please go around this town and spot some people about whom you can say a good word.”
Duryodana returned first. “What a horrid job you gave me, Krishna! I cannot spot a SINGLE PERSON about whom I can say a good word.”
I am sorry you have to on this wasteful errand, said Krishna.
Dharmaputa returned smiling. “What a pleasant job you gave me! I cannot find a single person about whom I CANNOT say a good word. Every one is great in one or more ways.”
We may consider doing daily this exercise – the exercising of finding someone about whom we can say a good word, a big, good word.
Some one is doing some job very well. Many people are doing some jobs very well.
If we keep our eyes open, we can find them.
And then we will have something, someone to talk about.
A story is told of Dharmaputra and Duryodana, leading characters in the epic Mahabharata.
Both were visiting their common friend and counselor Krishna, one after the other, for a consultation.
Krishna told them: “I will think about it. Meanwhile, please go around this town and spot some people about whom you can say a good word.”
Duryodana returned first. “What a horrid job you gave me, Krishna! I cannot spot a SINGLE PERSON about whom I can say a good word.”
I am sorry you have to on this wasteful errand, said Krishna.
Dharmaputa returned smiling. “What a pleasant job you gave me! I cannot find a single person about whom I CANNOT say a good word. Every one is great in one or more ways.”
We may consider doing daily this exercise – the exercising of finding someone about whom we can say a good word, a big, good word.
Some one is doing some job very well. Many people are doing some jobs very well.
If we keep our eyes open, we can find them.
And then we will have something, someone to talk about.
Monday, February 21, 2011
TOWARDS SELF GROWTH – TSG I
TOWARDS SELF GROWTH – TSG I
“Life unexamined is not worth living.”
This pregnant saying is attributed to Socrates.
What can be the logic?
When we so examine, we tend to reinforce what needs to be reinforced and to revise what needs to be revised..
This examination is preferably self examination.
And why?
When others do it, however politely, we tend to resist, rebel, react.
Much of what we do now deserves to be continued. They are time-tested. Tradition has helped us to preserve them and benefit from them.
Even so, we need to reexamine because some of them may be outdated and some may have even become counterproductive in the current context.
“Life unexamined is not worth living.”
This pregnant saying is attributed to Socrates.
What can be the logic?
When we so examine, we tend to reinforce what needs to be reinforced and to revise what needs to be revised..
This examination is preferably self examination.
And why?
When others do it, however politely, we tend to resist, rebel, react.
Much of what we do now deserves to be continued. They are time-tested. Tradition has helped us to preserve them and benefit from them.
Even so, we need to reexamine because some of them may be outdated and some may have even become counterproductive in the current context.
Monday, February 7, 2011
TOWARDS HUMAN EXCELLENCE – T H E 1
HUMAN EXCELLENCE – T H E 1
Look for excellence.
Spot acts of excellence.
Look at them squarely.
Share the good news with many.
Encourage excellence wherever possible
These five steps look simple.
In actual life, they are hard.
They are hard because we are bombarded by negative news. We are almost blocked from the positive. We sort of get addicted to the negative. We become impervious to the positive.
When do take these steps, consciously, systematically, and continually, we experience one benefit and that is our energy level becomes higher.
Look for excellence.
Spot acts of excellence.
Look at them squarely.
Share the good news with many.
Encourage excellence wherever possible
These five steps look simple.
In actual life, they are hard.
They are hard because we are bombarded by negative news. We are almost blocked from the positive. We sort of get addicted to the negative. We become impervious to the positive.
When do take these steps, consciously, systematically, and continually, we experience one benefit and that is our energy level becomes higher.
Friday, February 4, 2011
TOWARDS SEEDS OF ENTERPIRSE – TSE-1
TOWARDS SEEDS OF ENTERPIRSE – TSE-1
Creating blesses him that gives and him that takes,
Creating is a human privilege.
Let us exercise this privilege in whatever way we can.
The human needs are many. A good number of them have been met.
There is still a large and increasing number, not met.
We can spot them. We can also start them.
When we do that, we exercise the privilege we are heir to.
Creating blesses him that gives and him that takes,
Creating is a human privilege.
Let us exercise this privilege in whatever way we can.
The human needs are many. A good number of them have been met.
There is still a large and increasing number, not met.
We can spot them. We can also start them.
When we do that, we exercise the privilege we are heir to.
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