Time Management for Successful Life Management

Last updated on: March 9, 2006 at 11:09 am By Desh Kapoor

Quite often the way we spend time is reflective of our priorities. What we do is of a higher priority than what we do NOT choose to do at a moment. I am currently off and on (another problem of choosing the correct priority for me!) reading this book "The 10 Natural Laws of Successful Time and Life Management" by Hyrum Smith. It is a nice book giving some excellent principles of time management. He suggests asking two questions: 1. What are the highest priorities in your life? 2. Of these priorities, which do you value the most. Read more

Personal Development Goals

Last updated on: March 9, 2006 at 10:28 am By Desh Kapoor

I was re-reading Tony Robbins book "Awaken the Giant Within" again last evening. And these are some notes. I intend to follow up on these simple but powerful stuff. There are some "Problem Soving Questions": 1. What is great about this problem? 2. What is not perfect yet? 3. What am I willing to do to make it the way I want it? 4. What am I willing to NO longer do in order to make it the way I want it? 5. How can I enjoy the process while I do what is necessary to make it the way I want it? These are important questions to get to the root of the problems that one is facing at any moment. The thing is one needs to identify the problems/issues initially and then to be realistic and honest about the situation rather than fooling one's ownself. I have seen many people deny the issues that they are facing in general - even the larger issues of life!! If you cannot be truthful to your ownself, there is very little reason to believe that you have come out of a current quagmire. Read more

Parliamentary Research Service: Promoting Legislative Debate in India

Last updated on: March 8, 2006 at 6:05 pm By Desh Kapoor

Came across this new site and organization that is trying to promote legislative debate within the country. I think it is worth reading and following. Basically, we are looking at democratic tools that were hitherto in the US - which ensure the checks and balances - being implanted in India. Wider and informed debate can only improve the inherent strength of the democracy and legislations within India. Great work guy!! Parliamentary Research Service (PRS) is an independent, not-for-profit initiative that seeks to promote wider debate on upcoming legislative issues in Parliament. Read more

Globalizing Australian Economy

Last updated on: March 8, 2006 at 4:34 pm By Desh Kapoor

Nice analysis of the Australian Economy.. worth a read! A decade ago, Woolloomooloo Wharf stood as a derelict eyesore from an earlier era. Now it glitters with a Taj hotel, a top restaurant, and loft-style condominiums popular with actors like Russell Crowe. Indeed, Sydney's waterfront is thriving, boasting amenities such as doggie day care, $10 lattes, and a superyacht marina.For 15 years, Australia has grown at an average 3.7 percent clip without any sign of recession. The stock market is up 37 percent this year, and, last week, registered a record number of trades. The boom has slashed unemployment, doubled the country's wealth, and taken care of all but pocket change on its debt. Read more

MSN comes in with New search – Windows Live

Last updated on: March 8, 2006 at 4:29 pm By Desh Kapoor

MSN is the latest bidder in this search war! There are so many folks who are getting in now.. with AskJeeves also emphasizing on it.. but it seems that Google - with its integration with other functionalities like ads etc - and Yahoo with Overture have taken a lead!In its latest bid to catch up with rivals Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc., Microsoft Corp. is launching a revamped Internet search engine it says will help computer users find information faster, view it more easily and organize it better. Debuting in test form Wednesday, Windows Live Search is Microsoft's latest move in a major strategy shift that has the world's largest software company focusing more heavily on Internet-based software and services.The goal of the shift, which includes initiatives dubbed Windows Live and Office Live, is to create online products to complement its main cash cows: the Windows operating system and Office business software.Windows Live Search will power queries on live.com, Microsoft's Windows Live Web site, beginning Wednesday. Once the technology has been fully tested, Windows Live Search will replace the existing search engine that powers MSN.com. MSN spokesman Adam Sohn said the company has not determined how long it will run Windows Live Search as a test. Read more

Not Kissing.. just passing Energy

Last updated on: March 8, 2006 at 2:40 pm By Desh Kapoor

These stars do have a way with words.. when this young lady Lourdes grows up she will definitely say "Yeah Right!!" Pop superstar Madonna confessed that the kiss with Britney Spears left her facing some tough questions.According to ananova.com, Madonna said the tough questions came from her daughter Lourdes. She said her daughter became obsessed with gay issues after seeing the kiss on MTV and asked her, Read more

$160000 Nizam slippers found in Toronto

Last updated on: March 8, 2006 at 2:30 pm By Desh Kapoor

Thats quite a pair for a human being!! Its for the good that these kingdoms finally came to an end! Imagine the kind of absolute and nonsensical extravagant lifestyle these Kings were living while their populations were dying of poverty! Sardar Patel is one of THE most under-rated politician that India had.. he single-handedly abolished these kingdoms after the Brits left. Maybe history would not evaluate this properly.. but democracy was one of the better things to have happened to India. A pair of diamond and emerald encrusted slippers worn by the Nizam of Hyderabad in the 1790s has been found in a plastic bag near the place from where they had been stolen in January. Read more

XLRI goes to Singapore

Last updated on: March 8, 2006 at 1:57 pm By Desh Kapoor

Finally, an Indian Business School goes abroad! IIMB is still mired in the bureaucracy... but XLRI has taken the lead. Singapore is a good concept of a country.. they try and assemble the best from other countries in their place!! The Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur, will set up a campus in Singapore that will start operating from June this year. XLRI will be the third Indian business school after the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B) and the SP Jain Centre of Management open shop in Singapore. According to a report in the Today newspaper of Singapore, classes at the new school will begin with an initial batch of 60 students, of whom 30 have already been identified. Fees have been set at $28,000 for a full-time two-year postgraduate course in business management, which, according to the report, are believed to be the most competitive among similar business schools in Singapore. Read more

Fish

Last updated on: March 8, 2006 at 1:23 pm By Desh Kapoor

Fish is the only food that is considered spoiled once it smells like what it is. Read more

Science

Last updated on: March 8, 2006 at 1:21 pm By Desh Kapoor

Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated. Read more