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Goal Setting

When you are inspired by the generosity of philanthropists, you aspire to be one of them. However, you have to be rich. In order to be rich you need to do something to bring you the wealth. What you need is a goal to turn your dream into reality. Here are the 7 P’s in goal setting:

1. Passionate: Are you fervently interested in what you intend to do. Not only that, are you able to do it easily and better than other people? Your goal is your inspiration and aspiration.
2. Positive mindset: A positive mental attitude is essential to realize your objectives. You will look at things on the bright side and work diligently towards your goals.
3. Practical: Is it achievable? Is it useful to yourself and others? Your goals should be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and time-bound. When you have many goals, set priority for each goal and work accordingly so that you are not overwhelmed.
4. Put in writing: Written goals are powerful tool. It is precise, clear and written in positive terms. It spells out in great details the tasks for each stage and the completion dates. You will be kept posted to do your daily tasks because you notice it every day.
5. Plan: You set yearly, monthly, weekly and daily tasks. Your plan is your road map. You follow accordingly to get what you want in life.
6. Pay the price: A goal is not a goal when you can get something easily. It involves time and tremendous effort. It takes blood, sweat and tears to reach your goal.
7. Perseverance: Do not be disheartened by setbacks along the way. Look at failures and problems as valuable lessons to learn. There is no overnight success. It can take many years to achieve your goals.
Goals give you meaning in life. They provide direction and measure your success. You know what you are looking for and every day you strive to reach your objectives.

I hope my articles can uplift your mood and motivate you to improve your life for the better.

@SURI

THE OBSTACLE IN OUR PATH

In ancient times, a king had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it.
Many loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear, but none did anything about getting the big stone out of the way. Then a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables. On approaching the boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded. As the peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the boulder had been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the king indicating that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder from the roadway. The peasant learned what many others never understand.

             Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve one's condition.

DETERMINATON

In 1883, a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired by an idea to build a spectacular bridge connecting New York with the Long Island. However bridge building experts throughout the world thought that this was an impossible feat and told Roebling to forget the idea. It just could not be done. It was not practical. It had never been done before.

Roebling could not ignore the vision he had in his mind of this bridge. He thought about it all the time and he knew deep in his heart that it could be done. He just had to share the dream with someone else. After much discussion and persuasion he managed to convince his son Washington, an up and coming engineer, that the bridge in fact could be built.

Working together for the first time, the father and son developed concepts of how it could be accomplished and how the obstacles could be overcome. With great excitement and inspiration, and the headiness of a wild challenge before them, they hired their crew and began to build their dream bridge.

The project started well, but when it was only a few months underway a tragic accident on the site took the life of John Roebling. Washington was injured and left with a certain amount of brain damage, which resulted in him not being able to walk or talk or even move.
 

"We told them so."
"Crazy men and their crazy dreams."
"It`s foolish to chase wild visions."

Everyone had a negative comment to make and felt that the project should be scrapped since the Roeblings were the only ones who knew how the bridge could be built. In spite of his handicap Washington was never discouraged and still had a burning desire to complete the bridge and his mind was still as sharp as ever.

He tried to inspire and pass on his enthusiasm to some of his friends, but they were too daunted by the task. As he lay on his bed in his hospital room, with the sunlight streaming through the windows, a gentle breeze blew the flimsy white curtains apart and he was able to see the sky and the tops of the trees outside for just a moment.

It seemed that there was a message for him not to give up. Suddenly an idea hit him. All he could do was move one finger and he decided to make the best use of it. By moving this, he slowly developed a code of communication with his wife.

He touched his wife's arm with that finger, indicating to her that he wanted her to call the engineers again. Then he used the same method of tapping her arm to tell the engineers what to do. It seemed foolish but the project was under way again.

For 13 years Washington tapped out his instructions with his finger on his wife's arm, until the bridge was finally completed. Today the spectacular Brooklyn Bridge stands in all its glory as a tribute to the triumph of one man's indomitable spirit and his determination not to be defeated by circumstances. It is also a tribute to the engineers and their team work, and to their faith in a man who was considered mad by half the world. It stands too as a tangible monument to the love and devotion of his wife who for 13 long years patiently decoded the messages of her husband and told the engineers what to do.

Perhaps this is one of the best examples of a never-say-die attitude that overcomes a terrible physical handicap and achieves an impossible goal. 

Often when we face obstacles in our day-to-day life, our hurdles seem very small in comparison to what many others have to face. The Brooklyn Bridge shows us that dreams that seem impossible can be realised with determination and persistence, no matter what the odds are.

Even the most distant dream can be realized with determination and persistence.

Unconditional Love - motivating story

A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco.

"Mom and Dad, I'm coming home, but I've a favor to ask. I have a friend I'd like to bring home with me."

"Sure," they replied, "we'd love to meet him."

"There's something you should know the son continued, "he was hurt pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped on a land mind and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to come live with us." 

Friends are a very rare jewel, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed They lend an ear, they share a word of praise, and they always want to open their hearts to us.

Short Article Writing Contest

Discipline: Technology, Domain: General, Date:  17-Oct-2012 to 17-Nov-2012 Organizers:  eProBlogger Website:  http://www.eproblogger.biz/article-writing-contest Location:  online

eProBlogger is pleased to organize a short article writing competition in the field of internet marketing or blogging.

Topic: Writer can choose any topic in related to internet marketing and blogging.

Word Count: 350+ words

Prize: Rs 1500 / $30 to the best article writer.

Important dates:
Start date of accepting articles: 17 October 2012
End date of accepting articles: 17 November 2012
Declaration of result of contest: 20 November 2012
(Prize money will be sent on 20th of November via PayPal or direct bank transfer.)

Writer can join the contest by uploading and submitting their article in the form given in the link:  http://www.eproblogger.biz/article-writing-contest

For other details including the rules and tips, visit  http://www.eproblogger.biz/article-writing-contest

Essay Writing Competition-2012

Discipline: Management,  Festival: Lalita Shastri Birth Centenary Celebrations Date:  01-Dec-2012 to 01-Dec-2012 Organizers:  Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi (LBSIM Delhi) Website:  http://www.lbsim.ac.in Location:  Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi

As a part of the Birth Centenary Celebrations of Smt. Lalita Shastri, wife of Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri, an Essay Writting Competition is being organized by Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi, the details of which are as follows:
Theme: Women Empowerment in India
Word Limit: Should not exceed 3000 words
Eligibility: Students of Major B-Schools and IITs, Only individual entries allowed.
Other Requirements: Scanned Copy of College Identity Card
Submission details:

• The essay should be a word document
• Name of File: <Author Name>_<Institute Name>
• Subject Line: Women Empowerment in India

The essay and the identity proof have to be sent at response.lbsim@gmail.com latest by November 12, 2012.
The Essay would be judged by a panel of 3 members and the decision taken would be final.
NOTE: Student standing first in the Essay Competition would be a part of the panel discussion (which would constitute the likes of Ms. Vineeta Bali, MD Britannia Industries) on the topic "What's Gender Got To Do With it", to be held on December 01, 2012 at Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi.

Article Writing

Discipline: Management, Domain: Marketing,  Date:  19-Oct-2012 to 31-Oct-2012 Organizers:  School of Inspired Leadership Website:  http://soilmag.com/markezine Location:  Gurgaon

MARkezine

MARkezine is the monthly Marketing Magazine of School of Inspired Leadership. We are inviting articles for our November Issue from all the B-schools of India. The articles need to be specific to digital marketing and the development of latest trends in digital arena. You can write on the following mentioned topics:

1. Gamification - An emerging Trend in Digital marketing
2. Serendipity in Digital Marketing
3. Mobile Marketing – An emerging opportunity
4. The new " WANT" button on Facebook. Will it push Ecommerce?
5. How would you react & what would you do if you woke up one morning to find thousands of negative tweets and Facebook comments flooding in about your brand?  
6. Podcasting for Business - THE NEW ONLINE FRONTIER

Apart from above, out of the box views related to marketing are also welcome.
RULES
Articles
1. Mention your name, institute/organization with the article
2. The number of authors can be 3 at max
3. Format: Font - Times New Roman, Size - 12, Length <= 5 Pages in word doc/ docx
4. Plagiarized articles will not be accepted
5. Entries should be named __
All entries to get certificate of participation and best article to be featured as article of the month along with a special prize(books).
The last date of sending the entries is 31st October, 2012.
Please send your entries to  markezine@soilindia.net

Inspirational story…..

There was a farmer in Africa who was happy and content. He was happy because he was content. He was content because he was happy.One day a wise man came to him and told him about the glory of diamonds and

the power that goes along with them. The wise man said, “If you had a diamond the size of your thumb, you could have your own city. If you had a diamond the size of your fist, you could probably own your own country.” And then he went away.

That night the farmer couldn’t sleep. He was unhappy and he was discontent. He was unhappy because he was discontent and discontent because he was unhappy. The next morning h

e made arrangements to sell off his

farm, took care of his family and went in search of diamonds.

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He looked all over Africa and couldn’t find any. He looked all through Europe and couldn’t find any. When he got to Spain, he was emotionally, physically and financially broke. He got so disheartened that he threw himself into the Barcelona River and committed suicide.

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Back home, the person who had bought his farm was watering the camels at a stream that ran through the farm.

Across the stream, the rays of the morning sun hit a stone and made it sparkle like a rainbow. He thought it would look good on the mantle piece. He picked up the stone and put it in the living room. That afternoon the wise man came and saw the stone sparkling. He asked, “Is Hafiz back?” The new owner said, “No, why do you ask?” The wise man said, “Because that is a diamond. I recognize one when I see one.”

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The man said, no, that’s just a stone I picked up from the stream. Come, I’ll show you. There are many more.” They went and picked some samples and sent them for analysis. Sure enough, the stones were diamonds. They found that the farm was indeed covered with acres and acres of diamonds.

What is the moral of this story? There are five morals:

1. When our attitude is right, we realize that we are all walking on acres and acres of diamonds. Opportunity is always under our feet. We don’t have to go anywhere. All we need to do is recognize it.

2. The grass on the other side always looks greener.

3. While we are dyeing the grass on the other side, there are others who are dyeing the grass on our side. They would be happy to trade places with us.

4. When people don’t know how to recognize opportunity, they complain of noise when it knocks.

5. The same opportunity never knocks twice. The next one may be better or worse, but it is never the same one.