Thought for the day

"Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born."

-- Dr. Dale Turner

 

 

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"First we make our habits, then our habits make us."
-- Charles C. Noble

 

 

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"Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better. Don't wish for fewer problems, wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom."
-- Earl Shoaf

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"Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new."
-- Brian Tracy

 

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"Only those who are asleep make no mistakes."
-- Ingvar Kamprad

 

 

 

 

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"Everyone experiences tough times; it is a measure of your determination and dedication how you deal with them and how you can come through them."

-- Lakshmi Mittal

 

 

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You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it."
-- Charles Buxton

 

 

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"A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug."
-- Patricia Neal

 

 

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"If you want to be truly successful, invest in yourself to get the knowledge you need to find your unique factor. When you find it and focus on it and persevere, your success will blossom."
-- Sydney Madwed

 

 

 

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"The past does not define you, the present does."
-- Jillian Michaels

 

 

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"I went to the brink many times. A couple of times I thought 'I'm gone. This is it.' But then you would just keep working. I think if you're close to the brink and just make sure that you work twice as hard and put twice as much effort into everything and the people around you and everything, you should come through."
-- Gerry Harvey

 

 

 

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"You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way."
-- Marvin Minsky

 

 

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No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.
-- Confucius

 

 

 

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"A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely."
-- Pam Brown

 

 

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"If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative."
-- Woody Allen

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"I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse."
-- Florence Nightingale

 

 

 

 

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"Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs."
-- Malcolm Forbes

 

 

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"Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough."
-- Billie Holiday

 

 

Thought for the day - What is Excellence?

Thought for the day - What is Excellence?

A person once visited a temple under construction where he saw a sculptor making an idol of God.. Suddenly he noticed a similar idol lying nearby.
Surprised, he asked the sculptor, "Do you need two statues of the same idol?"
 "No," said the sculptor without looking up, "We need only one, but the first one got damaged at the last stage."
The gentleman examined the idol and found no apparent damage. "Where is the damage?" he asked.
"There is a scratch on the nose of the idol." said the sculptor, still busy with his work.
"Where are you going to install the idol?"
The sculptor replied that it would be installed on a pillar twenty feet high.
"If the idol is that far, who is going to know that there is a scratch on the nose?" the gentleman asked.
The sculptor stopped his work, looked up at the gentleman, smiled and said, "I will know it."
The desire to excel is exclusive of the fact whether someone else appreciates it or not.

"Excellence" is a drive from inside, not outside. Excellence is not for someone else to notice but for your own satisfaction and efficiency..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thought for the day

"Colors are the smiles of nature."
-- Leigh Hunt

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"Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up."
-- Robert Frost

Thought for the day

"Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity."
-- Sean O'Casey

 

 

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"The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for."
-- Allan K. Chalmers

 

 

 

 

 

 

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"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials."
-- Dutch Proverb

 

 

 

 

Thought for the day

"Want to improve your relationships? See love as a verb rather than as a feeling."
-- Stephen R. Covey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thought for the day - 'Just for Today, I Will Act in Congruency!'

Just for Today, I Will Act in Congruency!

What does one mean by congruency? Remember geometry – where you learnt that if any two figures are the same in shape and size, they are said to be congruent. Two things are congruent when they are exactly the same. Applied to life, congruency simply means that your mind and body go in the same direction. What you have in your mind is exactly what you act on and what you act as. Sounds too simple?

What you need is to focus you mind on the task that you have in hand. Focus your entire attention on that task, and cut yourself out from the rest of the world. Let there no interruptions, no distractions. To achieve congruency, it is extremely important to do only one thing at a time. Congruency can give you the most amazing benefits, especially if you make it a way of life. In almost every aspect of life, acting this way is beneficial. Everywhere the mind and body are focused and that makes a powerful combination that brings powerful changes.

Let’s start making this a way of life!

Courtesy: 31 Mantras for Personality Development – Abhishek Thakore

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Only you can improve you.
-Gene James 

 

 

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"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."
-- Will Rogers

 

 

 

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"Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein."
-- H. Jackson Brown

 

 

 

 

 

Online MBA - High Standard - No Fees - Sweden University

Dear Friends,

 

One of my friends (my college Senior) Selvakumar is doing his Master in Software Engg at Blekinge Inst Of Technology, Sweden.

 

He has written a blog (in Tamil) about doing MBA in Sweden. I have highlighted some of his points below. If you have any question or need more info, please contact Selavakumar @ rrselvakumar@gmail.com

• Blekinge Inst Of Technology (one of the known university in Software Engineering) offers Online MBA program (1 Year).
• Minimum Experience is 2 years.
• The successful completion of Online MBA program earns 60 ECTS points, which would help you to get Sweden Work Permit/ Visa.
• The quality and standards of MBA program in Sweden is more or less same as US/UK/Aus.
• Until now, there is NO tuition fee for the course. However, from next year onwards, the Swedish goverment (which owns Blekinge Inst of Technology) would charge close to Rs. 3 L for all Non-European students (due to recent law).
• Indian Engineering & Science graduates do NOT need to take up TOEFL exam to do the MBA in Sweden.

Important Dates for Sep 2009 (Autumn 2009)

Last date for applying for the Online MBA program via Internet is Feb 1st.
Last date for submitting certificates is Feb 15th.

The link for applying the Online MBA program is http://www.bth.se/apply

 

There is NO need to contact any consultancy to apply for the online MBA program.

 

Blekinge Inst of Technology offers several other Masters programs (like Infomatics, Mathematical Modelling and Simulations, Game Design, Electrical Engg, Software Engg, etc). All the courses are listed on the left side of the link (http://www.bth.se/apply)

 

If you are interested in doing MBA, please consider this option. Please pass this information to your friends who may utilize this opportunity.

 

Source: http://vinaiooki.blogspot.com/2009/01/online-mba-in-sweden.html

Courtesy: Selvakumar

 

With love,
Vijay

Thought for the day

"Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this."
-- Henry Ford

 

 

 

 

Thought for the day

"As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

 

 

 

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"We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly."
-- Sam Keen

 

 

Thought for the day

"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."
-- John Mason

 

 

 

 

Thought for the day - 'Just for Today, I Will Keep an Open Mind!'

Just for Today, I Will Keep an Open Mind!

The human organism has one remarkable quality – it tends to learn from the past. We always recall our experiences and use them to evaluate similar situations in the future. That is how we learn and grow. But there are times when this very quality becomes a problem! In childhood if you were chased by a ferocious dog, for example, this will be stored in your memory. This will make you believe that all dogs are dangerous. So the next time you approach a dog, you’ll feel fearful. Even if the dog is friendly, your past conditioning will not allow you to accept this fact. That’s how old beliefs get stronger.

When you look at someone really old, you’ll find that it is very difficult for people to change their beliefs, simply because they are so deep rooted. So just for today, you’ll be open to new ideas and look at them objectively. When you receive a suggestion, don’t just discount it right away. Look at it and try and see what the other person is trying to tell you. You may actually end up discovering a very precious treasure!

Keeping your mind open has a spiritual component to it too. It involves looking for coincidences. Basically, no event in your life is a mere coincidence, but it has a deeper meaning to it. So if you have an intuition, display the guts to follow it. Be open to the way events are moving, for they will lead you somewhere. Just for today, you will also not force your way of things – let things move the way they are. Learn to go with flow, rather than trying to go against it, and wanting your way to happen. Accept other ideas, opinions and decisions – it’s just for today!

Remember, a closed mind is like a closed parachute. It is of no use, and a big burden on your back!

Now the choice is yours!

Courtesy: 31 Mantras for Personality Development – Abhishek Thakore 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thought for the day

"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."

-- Calvin Coolidge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thought for the day

"It's not what you do once in a while, it's what you do day in and day out that makes the difference."
-- Jenny Craig

 

 

 

 

 

Thought for the day

"I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse."
-- Florence Nightingale