“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” – Abraham Lincoln ” Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” – Seneca Once upon a time, there was a very strong woodcutter. He asked for a job from a timber merchant, and he got it. The pay […]
A Story: A water bearer had two large pots, each hung on each end of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk from […]
The need to manage a day through the elimination of non-value, redundant task is often forgotten. This is a very important step for effective time management. The time saved by eliminating non-essential and redundant tasks can be used for personal development or as a gift to yourself so as you can enjoy with your family, […]
Statement and Explanation of Parkinson’s Law: In 1958, C. Northcote Parkinson wrote a satirical book describing human behaviour. The book was entitled, Parkinson’s Law: The Pursuit of Progress and is the source of the well-known law: “Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.” One everyday example given in his book is that of […]
This law is also called the law of the vital few, and the principle of factor sparsity.It states that “for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes”. It is a common rule of thumb in business and economics. Examples of the 80/20 rule (Pareto principle): 80% of your profits come from 20% of […]
In school reading, writing, learning taught but listening is not given importance. Knowing why someone is a poor listener can help you to relate better to them. We cannot expect that poor listeners can be transformed overnight. Listening remains a two-way street, taking a combined effort as well as understanding from both sides. Improving someone’s […]
Listening is an art that when done well can deliver tremendous benefits which are useful in your professional, social and personal life. It is key to have better human relations. The goal of listening well is to achieve win-win communication. Win-win communication not only increases understanding, affirmation, validation, and appreciation, but it also creates an atmosphere […]
The precise definition of Linguistic Intelligence as given by Howard Gardener as “sensitivity to the meaning of words, the order among words, sounds, rhythms, inflections, different functions of language, phonology, syntax and pragmatic”. In simple words, linguistic intelligence is defined as the ability to think words and use those words to express one’s thoughts to […]
The theory of multiple intelligences was proposed by Howard Gardner in 1983 as a model of intelligence that differentiates intelligence into various specific (primarily sensory) modalities, rather than seeing it as dominated by a single general ability. “I want my children to understand the world, but not just because the world is fascinating and the […]