The Minor Mistake is Sometimes a Major Improvement

Weave mistakes advantageously into overall pattern.

Many of the world's finest Oriental rugs come from little villages in the Middle East, China, or India. These rugs are hand-produced by crew of men and boys under the direction of a master weaver. They work from the under side of the rug-to-be. It frequently happens that a weaver absentmindedly makes a mistake and introduces a colour that is not according to the pattern.

When this occurs, the master weaver, instead of having the thread pulled out in order to correct the colour sequence, will find some way to incorporate the mistake harmoniously into the overall pattern. In weaving our lives, we can learn to take unexpected difficulties and mistakes and weave them advantageously into the greater overall pattern of our lives. There's an inherent good in most difficulties

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Excellence in action in an organization is, when employees : Pay attention to the details, do things right the first time, and practice good human relations

People tend to look upon succesful people as they appear to be now. They overlook the many years of hard work, failure, frustations, and problems all encountered, lots conquered all along the way

In order for people to be happy in their work, these three things are nedeed :
1. They must be fit for it;
2. They must not do too much of it;
3. And they must have a sense of success in it.

If you're boss and your people fight you openly when they think you're wrong, thats healty. If your men fight each other openly in your presence for what they believe in that's healty. But keep all the conflict eyeball to eyeball

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No matter how much work a man can do, no matter how engaging his personality may be, he will not advance far in business if he cant work through others

When you send a clerk on business to a distant province, a man of rigid morals is not your best choice

The businessman is coming to realize that education is to business what fertilizer is to farming

Be moderate is praising a man when he is present, but give him full credit when he is absent

The frog tried to look as the elephant, and burst

The sparrow is sorry for the peacock at the burden of its tail

The mob has many heads, but no brains

Great people are attracted to great leaders, great managers end up working for great people

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The best careers advice given to the young is,
"Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it"

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that is is his duty

Duty largely consist of pretending that the trivial is critical

When you have a number of disagreeable duties to perform, always do the most disagreeable first

You cant hold a man down without staying down with him

Too many people quit looking for work when they find a job

The secret principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated

Working with people is difficult, but not impossible

You cant have everything in one person

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The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn

Man are never attached to you by favours

If thou art a master, be sometimes blind, if a servant, sometimes deaf

The best way to get things done is to allow your subordinates to formulate
their own methods of operation

A man who cant tolerate small ills can never accomplish great things

It appears on close examination, that work is less boring than amusing oneself

Far and away the best prize that life offers is chance to work hard at work worth doing

The difference between a job and a career is the difference between 40 and 60 hours a week

There are plenty of employees who have retired on the job

I WILL

I will think

I will develope ways to achieve positive attitude

I will keep my reviewing my goals

I will accept what i cant change

I will learn from my mistakes

I will start living

I will smile

I will relax

I will be happy

I will enjoy

I will be honest to myself

I will remain humble

I will put myself in the other person's shoes

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Computers do not make mistakes ; people do

You can have the best seeds in the world, but if your
seed bed is not prepared properly, germination will not be proper

90% of your work can be done by your subordinates and
genuinely get paid for 10% (those who follow this
deserve what they get)

people are not against you, they are merely for themselves

Those who are pulling on the oars don't have much time
to rock the boat

what takes one guy one hour to do;
it take two guys two hours to do

nothing provides more leisure than a number
of capable assistants

Never give a man up until he has failed at something he likes

Lessons are not given, they are taken

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People can be devided into three groups : -Those who make
things happen -Those who watch things happen
-Those who wonder that happen

Good people without discipline are worth nothing

See the good in people and try to develop those qualities

Inefficiency : If it cannot be overcome and an employee is
obviously incapable of the job, find a job he can do or
terminate now. Don't wait

Don't to do an employee's job for him, counsel and suggest

We do not hire a man's history, we hire the man

The people you may have with you may not be the best ones.
But how you use them. decides your profits

A good leader leads the group with the flag in his hand
He does not have to shout

People do judge you by the way you speak

Be A Self Starter

A slight turn of the key actuates the self-starter that further sets the automobile engine roaring. Some way, a bit of motivation puts a self starter person into action and it such people who lend dynamism to organisations.

If you observe people long enough, you will realize that the self made ones have an abundance of working parts that don't just work from 9 to 5, but also from 5 to 9.

And only the self-starters are capable of being self-made. Throughout history that have been two categories of people, i.e those who create wealth and those who consume it. Self-starters are the ones who create something, not only wealth but also dynamism. Be a self-starter.

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The reason many people fail to recognise opportunity is
because it comes disguised as hard work

The least important word in social and congregational life is "I"
and the most importantn word is "YOU"

Work smarter, not just harder

It is good to become a hero in films, but not in the business world!
Ensure that your team becomes the hero

Jobs don't have futures; people do

People are seldom angry for the reason they think they are angry
There is usually something else at the bottom of it

Encourage people to suggest possiblesolutions to each
problem that they are putting up

Treat people like winners

"If you want to plan for a year, plant corn. If you want to plan for 3 years
plant a tree. But if you want to plan for 10 years, plant men"

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The Used key is always bright

There is nothing so powerful as the truth

There is no such thing as a perfect situation

These hackneyed proverbs contain the very essence of the ditilled
wisdom of all ages

30% of your employees are lazy, stupid, dishonest and so on.
Take this factor into your calculation

Throw dirt enough, and some will stick

Walk 25% faster, and you will feel not only smarter but
will impress other people. Try

Apprasial system is no good unless effective grievances
processing system is there

Positive and negative strokes should be well mixed

Leadership is like moving a string, you cannot move it
by pushing from behind; what you have to do is to get ahead and pull

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Give editorial freedom to a nightingale and you will get a song
of summerin full throated ease. Give to a pig
and you will get a grunt

Give someone a title. You make a hundred people angry and one
person ungrateful

He gives twice who gives quickly

He that would eat the fruit must climb the tree

He travels fastest who travels alone

If you want to get a thing done, give it to the busiest executive

Any person who enjoys responsibility usually gets it

The best of men is he who sees his own faults and does not
see the faults of others

Everything takes longer than you think. So add '10 to 30%'
before you give a target date

The squeaking wheel gets the grease

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Start treating your people as grown-ups. Give them responbility
and authority. Trust them

Never be too busy to say nice words to your people whenever they
do something good. Go out of your way to find such opportunities

The rapidity with which we forget is antonishing

Do you show enthusiasm, initiative, loyalty, devotion to your business
and your people? If you do, you will get it from your people, too

Upgrading your people is a far more challenging job than upgrading
yourself or your facilities

Delays make the people get uninterested and lazy

A ballet dancer needs a mirror to perfect her style and technique.
A manager needs to develop his own mirror

A man who climbs to the peak foot by foot earns far more respect
than the one who reaches there by a helicopter

A person's true character is so often revealed by the manner in which
he receives praise

Don't Make Best The Enemy of Better

Many times it so happens that we forget the "better" in our quest for the "best". If we implement "better", in nine out of 10 cases it would lead us to "still better". Why go far for an example if you are a married person? Think of your spouse.Is he or she the best person as you had desired before getting married? Yes? May be you think so now. Good for your material bliss. But, be sure. Didn't make some compromise somewhere in the looks, habits or profession? Now, had you waited for getting the "best" spouse, you would have definately remained unmarried trhoughout your life

Remember : GOOD, BETTER, BEST

Always start with GOOD and then implement it. Next, try to improve it to do BETTER and still BETTER. Make an on-going process for doing BEST

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When you want to get things done, use creative ways to remind people.
Don't forget that people tend to forget conveniently

Accept praises with humility because you must not forget that,
backstage, you have a whole lot of team-mates
who helped you achieve all that you have

Understand the Pygmalion effect. Or the "Holi" way- i.e if you will
spray scented water on other people, they will do the same to you.
And if you smear them with dirty water, they will do that to you

SHOUT...whenever you are reasonably sure that someone in the team
is over or under carrying the load

15% success is due to technical skills and 85%
due to skills in human engineering

Good managers are not born,
they are obtained by training

Most people remember twenty percent of what they hear

Never stop Listening; Never stop Learning: Never stop Training

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Never be indictive with anyone. Forgive and forget

Start measuring your people by the size of their thinking
not only in kilograms and inches

A wound inflicted by speech is more powerful than
a wound inflicted by the sword

Trust is like a think thread. Once you break it, it is almost
impossible to put it together again

Do not take it for granted that working together works
automatically. You have to always keep on "reparing the fences"
to keep your business in good condition

When big bells ring, no one hears small ones

When management arrives before the workforce,
and leaves after they do,they are seen as providing leadership

An administrator must be adept at adapting

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Working together won't work if you do not take to ask
anyone who has not carried his share of the load

No rebuke is so powerful as the influence of good example

Nothing makes a person's chest stick out further than being asked
his opinion on a subject he knows is of special importanceto the asked
It makes one feel his judgement is valued

Working together works and with a smile, working together
really work faster, better, smoother

One man makes the difference...the leader

Firmness with fairness and quickness tones up team

People want to work and they want to work purposefully

people work for satisfaction. They work for challenge and recognition
Money, yes, buys their hands. The rest buys their heads and hearts

Shape up or ship out

Manage Yourself Better Before You Manage Others

3 BETTER PRINCIPLES OF SELF-MANAGEMENT

1. THINK...THERE MUST BE A BETTER WAY
2. DO IT NOW
3. ASK FOR IT

6 BETTER CONCEPTS OF STAYING AHEAD

1. VISIT YOUR COUNTERPARTS REGULARLY
2. DO YOUR "SWOT" ANALYSIS
3. SET YOUR GOALS
4. APPLY THE "MISER"WAY TO WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING
5. DON'T MAKE BEST THE ENEMY OF BETTER
6. THE SIXER CONCEPT

9 BETTER HABITS FOR RESULTS

1. MAINTAIN DIARY-CUM-CHECKLIST
2. MANAGE YOUR TIME AS YOU MANAGE YOUR MONEY
3. MANAGE YOUR PEOPLE IMAGINATIVELY
4. TAKE AND MAKE DECISIONS QUICKLY
5. ADMIT YOUR MISTAKES GRACEFULLY
6. STICK YOUR NECK OUT
7. KEEP YOUR MINDS 6% TO 9% EMPTY
8. POSITIVE ATTITUDE PAYS
9. HEALTH IS HAPPINES
   

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Everyone is a trainee as well as a trainer

Everyone needs training.
From a Prime Minister to a Peon

Managing your business is an art and not a science

Training demands patience and persistence

The wind carries away the scattered particles of sand,
causing them to float all arround. When these particles join to make
a mountain, no tempest is strong enough to shake them

It is more fun to be overworked than to be undeworked

It requires more commonsense to get work done than to do it

Training demands positive attitude

Training is expensive to impart as well as to receive

Never allow two people o do a job which only one can do

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Delegate but don't forget

Demand and you will get it, i.e extraordinary perfomance
from the average man or from yourself

Different strokes for different folks

"What matters most today is the ability to think
together and not alone

The hard and unbending are broken by change;
the supple and yielding make way and prevail

It is true that we learn by listening, yet we don't listen

Teach, don't preach

Listening is an art. Listen with your eyes also

Few persons weight the faults of others without a thumb
on the scales

I have always worried about people who are willing to work
for nothing sometimes, that is all you get from them -nothing