My colleague in the seat next to mine asked for my email address and forwarded me this one. She talks very rarely and maybe the reason why she wanted to send me this one is much more than just an intention to forward mails.

DEALING WITH PEOPLE

As a young Scots boy, Andrew Carnegie came to America and started doing odd jobs. He ended up as one of the largest steel manufacturers in the United States.

At one time he had 43 millionaires working for him. Several decades ago, a million dollars used to be a lot of money; even today it is a lot of money. Someone asked Mr. Carnegie how he dealt with people? Andrew Carnegie replied, "Dealing with people is like digging gold: When you go digging for an ounce of gold, you have to move tons of dirt to get an ounce of gold. But when you go digging, you don't go looking for the dirt, you go looking for the gold."

What is our focus? Become a digger for gold. If we are looking for what is wrong with people or with things, we will find many. What are we looking for? Andrew Carnegie's reply has a very important message. There is something positive in every person and every situation. Sometimes we have to dig deep to look for the positive because it may not be apparent. Some people are so used to looking for what is wrong with other people and situations; they forget to see what is right. Someone once said that even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

It is very disappointing to lose things that you 'condition and season' for your needs. I went out for early lunch and somebody took away my chair.
I can't tell which one is mine. I didn't bother to 'mark' my chair.
For the past two weeks I have been conditioning and seasoning my chair to suit my comfort level. Now it is gone.I have had a similar feeling whenever I had to let go off my seasoned tava (Oh ! The dosa used to just slip out of the tava like a beauty ! ) ...

Well, what the hell ? I will season this chair as well ...Just a matter of a few days..

I heard that there is a new movie released called '50 First Dates'.
Drew Barrymore plays an absent-minded girl and the hero has to start wooing her all over again every day ! Well, that would be a pain for the guys, especially with a girl like Drew Barrymore. I liked her so much in 'ET' - that chubby kid with so much of attitude. That's what defines and separates her from the rest.



Reminds me of how Charlie Angels Part I was a pleasure to watch. A 100 % total time pass movie. Full Throttle wasn't that good though. Demi Moore thinks too much about herself. She was the one who rode on a mountain bike some 20-30 miles, just one day before delivering her child.

You learn from unimaginable sources...

Like the girl in the cubicle ahead of mine who blasts away songs in her speaker but wouldn't stop to think for a second, before asking the admin guy to lower down his cell phone ringer volume. She was even quoting policies of other companies and about how it is taboo out there to do so.

One shouldn't be self-critical, I guess. Maybe there is no need to check for dirt under ones' nails before pointing a finger at another.

Oh ! In this modern world how I wish I could unlearn the things that were taught to me when I was young.

So many things have changed since I last blogged...

The other day, after some stressful work, I was wondering if I would get some time to blog... Blogging definitely takes away some of the stress.I am stealing a few minutes from this stress filled work to write something.

It was so nice to hear him repeat the words of Jeffrey Archer the other day... It makes me feel so happy when I hear him talk about Archer... He(both he and Archer) sure writes well.