BRAIN DAMAGING HABITS 1. No Breakfast People who do not take breakfast are going to have a lower blood sugar level. This leads to an insufficient supply of nutrients to the brain causing brain degeneration.
2 . Overeating:It causes hardening of the brain arteries, leading to a decrease in mental power. 3. Smoking It causes multiple brain shrinkage and may lead to Alzheimer disease.
4. High Sugar consumption Too much sugar will interrupt the absorption of proteins and nutrients causing malnutrition and may interfere with brain development.
5. Air Pollution The brain is the largest oxygen consumer in our 20 body. Inhaling polluted air decreases the supply of oxygen to the brain, bringing about a decrease in brain efficiency.
6 . Sleep Deprivation Sleep allows our brain to rest.. Long term deprivation from sleep will accelerate the death of brain cells..
7. Head covered while sleeping Sleeping with the head covered increases the concentration of carbon dioxide and decrease concentration of oxygen that may lead to brain damaging effects.
8. Working your brain during illness Working hard or studying with sickness may lead to a decrease in effectiveness of the brain as well as damage the brain.
9. Lacking in stimulating thoughts Thinking is the best way to train our brain, lacking in brain stimulation thoughts may cause brain shrinkage.
10. Talking Rarely Intellectual conversations will promote the efficiency of the brain
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Saturday, September 26, 2009
let us learn from early life of Narayan Murti and how his wife made him to the top
Sudha Rohini Nilekani Kumari ShibulalAn excellent and Great Love Story of Narayana Murthy (Infosys Founder)and Sudha (From Sudha's Autobiography)An Inspiring Love story,, its worth, Read it !!Love Story of Narayana Murthy (Infosys Founder) and Sudha (FromSudha's Autobiography)It was in Pune that I met Narayan Murty through my friend Prasanna whois now the Wipro chief, who was also training in Telco(TataMotors) .Most of the books that Prasanna lent me had Murty's name on them whichmeant that I had a preconceived image of the man. Contrary toexpectation, Murty was shy,bespectacled and an introvert. When heinvited us for dinner. I was a bit taken aback as I thought the youngman was making a very fast move. I refused since I was the only girlin the group. But Murty was relentless and we all decided to meet fordinner the next day at 7.30 p.m .. at Green Fields hotel on the MainRoad ,Pune.The next day I went there at 7' o ! clock since I had to go to thetailor near the hotel. And what do I see? Mr. Murty waiting in frontof the hotel and it was only seven. Till today, Murty maintains that Ihad mentioned (consciously! ) that I would be going to the tailor at 7so that I could meet him... And I maintain that I did not say any suchthing consciously or unconsciously because I did not think of Murty asanything other than a friend at that stage. We have agreed to disagreeon this matter.Soon, we became friends. Our conversations were filled with Murty'sexperiences abroad and the books that he has read. My friends insistedthat Murty as trying to impress me because he was interested in me. Ikept denying it till one fine day, after dinner Murty said, I want totell you something. I knew this as it. It was coming. He said, I am5'4" tall. I come from a lower middle class family. I can never becomerich in my life an! d I can never give you any riches. You arebeautiful, bright, and intelligent and you can get anyone you want.But will you marry me? I asked Murty to give me some time for ananswer. My father didn't want me to marry a wannabe politician, (acommunist at that) who didn't have a steady job and wanted to build anorphanage...When I went to Hubli I told my parents about Murty and his proposal.My mother was positive since Murty was also from Karnataka, seemedintelligent and comes from a good family. But my father asked: What'shis job, his salary, his qualifications etc? Murty was working as aresearch assistant and was earning less than me. He was willing to godutch with me on our outings. My parents agreed to meet Murty in Puneon a particular day at10 a. m sharp. Murty did not turn up. How can Itrust a man to take care of my daughter if he cannot keep anappointment, asked my father.At 12noon Murty turned up in a bright red shirt! He had gone on workto Bombay , was stuck in a traffic jam on the ghats, so he hired ataxi(though it was very expensive for him) to meet his would-befather-in-law. Father was unimpressed. My father asked him what hewanted to become in life.Murty said he wanted to become a politician in the communist party andwanted to open an orphanage. My father gave his verdict. NO. I don'twant my daughter to marry somebody who wants to become a communist andthen open an orphanage when he himself didn't have money to supporthis family.Ironically, today, I have opened many orphanages something, whichMurty wanted to do 25 years ago. By this time I realized I haddeveloped a liking towards Murty which could only be termed as love. Iwanted to marry Murty because he is an honest man. He proposed to mehighlighting the negatives in his life.. I promised my father that Iwill not marry Murty without his blessings though at the same time, Icannot marry anybody else. My father said he would agree if Murtypromised to take up a steady job. But Murty refused saying he will notdo things in life because somebody wanted him to. So, I was caughtbetween the two most important people in my life.The stalemate continued for three years during which our courtshiptook us to every restaurant and cinema hall in Pune. In those days,Murty was always broke. Moreover, he didn't earn much to manage.Ironically today, he manages Infosys Technologies Ltd., one of theworld's most reputed companies. He always owed me money. We used to gofor dinner and he would say, I don't have money with me, you pay myshare, I will return it to you later. For three years I maintained abook on Murty's debt to me.. No, he never returned the money and Ifinally tore it up after my wedding.The amount was a little over Rs 4000. During this interim period Murtyquit his job as research assistant and started his own softwarebusiness. Now, I had to pay his salary too! Towards the late 70scomputers were entering India in a big way.During the fag end of 1977 Murty decided to take up a job as GeneralManager at Patni computers in Bombay .. But before he joined thecompany he wanted to marry me since he was to go on training to the USafter joining. My father gave in as he was happy Murty had a decentjob, now.WE WERE MARRIED IN MURTY'S HOUSE IN BANGALORE ON FEBRUARY 10, 1978WITH ONLY OUR TWO FAMILIES PRESENT.I GOT MY FIRST SILK SARI. THEWEDDING EXPENSES CAME TO ONLY RS 800 (US $17) WITH MURTY AND I POOLINGIN RS 400 EACH..I went to the US with Murty after marriage. Murty encouraged me to seeAmerica on my own because I loved travelling. I toured America forthree months on backpack and had interesting experiences which willremain fresh in my mind forever. Like the time when the New Yorkpolice took me into custody because they thought I was an Italiantrafficking drugs in Harlem . Or the time when I spent the night atthe bottom of the Grand Canyon with an old couple. Murty panickedbecause he couldn't get a response from my hotel room even atmidnight. He thought I was either killed or kidnapped.IN 1981 MURTY WANTED TO START INFOSYS. HE HAD A VISION AND ZEROCAPITAL...initially I was very apprehensive about Murty getting intobusiness. We did not have any business background ... Moreover we wereliving a comfortable life in Bombay with a regular pay check and Ididn't want to rock the boat. But Murty was passionate about creatinggood quality software. I decided to support him. Typical of Murty, hejust had a dream and no money. So I gave him Rs 10,000 which I hadsaved for a rainy day, without his knowledge and told him, This is allI have. Take it. I give you three years sabbatical leave. I will takecare of thefinancial needs of our house. You go and chase your dreams without anyworry. But youhave only three years!Murty and his six colleagues started Infosys in 1981,with enormousinterest and hard work. In 1982 I left Telco and moved to Pune withMurty. We bought a small house on loan which also became the Infosysoffice. I was a clerk-cum-cook- cum-programmer. I also took up a job asSenior Systems Analyst with Walchand group of Industries to supportthe house.In 1983 Infosys got their first client, MICO, in Bangalore . Murtymoved to Bangalore and stayed with his mother while I went to Hubli todeliver my second child, Rohan. Ten days after my son was born, Murtyleft for the US on project work. I saw him only after a year, as I wasunable to join Murty in the US because my son had infantile eczema, anallergy to vaccinations. So for more than a year I did not stepoutside our home for fear of my son contracting an infection. It wasonly after Rohan got all his vaccinations that I came to Bangalorewhere we rented a small house in Jayanagar and rented another house asInfosys headquarters. My fatherpresented Murty a scooter to commute. I once again became a cook,programmer, clerk,secretary, office assistant et al. Nandan Nilekani (MD of Infosys) andhis wife Rohini stayed with us. While Rohini babysat my son, I wroteprograms for Infosys. There was no car, no phone, and just two kidsand a bunch of us working hard, juggling our lives and having funwhile Infosys was taking shape. It was not only me but also the wivesof other partners too who gave their unstinted support. We all knewthat our men were trying to build something good.It was like a big joint family,taking care and looking out for oneanother. I still remember Sudha Gopalakrishna looking after mydaughter Akshata with all care and love while Kumari Shibulal cookedfor all of us. Murty made it very clear that it would either be me orhim working at Infosys. Never the two of us together... I was involvedwith Infosys initially.Nandan Nilekani suggested I should be on the Board but Murty said hedid not want a husband and wife team at Infosys. I was shocked since Ihad the relevant experience and technical qualifications. He said,Sudha if you want to work with Infosys, I will withdraw, happily. Iwas pained to know that I will not be involved in the company myhusband was building and that I would have to give up a job that I amqualified to do and love doing.It took me a couple of days to grasp the reason behind Murty'srequest..I realized that to make Infosys a success one had to giveone's 100 percent. One had to be focussed on it alone with no otherdistractions. If the two of us had to give 100 percent to Infosys thenwhat would happen to our home and our children? One of us had to takecare of our home while the other took care of Infosys.I opted to be a homemaker, after all Infosys was Murty's dream. It wasa big sacrifice but it was one that had to be made. Even today, Murtysays, Sudha, I stepped on your career to make mine. You areresponsible for my success.That's the Power of Love.Every man needs a woman to motivate him and to give him a reason tolive.. It maybe your mother, sister or wife. Cherish them..
Friday, September 25, 2009
Inner Ego, prejudging
How our inner Ego sometimes misjudges a PERSON
"We want to see the President "the man said softly.
"He'll be busy all day "the secretary snapped.
"We'll wait" the lady replied.
For hours the secretary ignored them, hoping that the couple would finally become discouraged and go away. They didn't and the secretary grew frustrated and finally decided to disturb the president..
"Maybe if you see them for a few minutes, they'll leave" she said to him. The President, stern faced and with dignity, strutted toward the couple.
The lady told him "We had a son who attended Harvard for one y ear. He loved Harvard. He was happy here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to erect a memorial to him, somewhere on campus."
The president wasn't touched....He was shocked. "Madam "he said, gruffly, " we can't put up a statue for every person who attended Harvard and died. If we did, this place would look like a cemetery."
"Oh, no," the lady explained quickly” We don't want to erect a statue. We thought we would like to give a building to Harvard."
The president rolled his eyes. He glanced at the gingham dress and homespun suit, and then exclaimed, "A building! Do you have any earthly idea how much a building costs? We have over seven and a half million dollars in the physical buildings here at Harvard."
For a moment the lady was silent. The president was pleased. Maybe he could get rid of them now. The lady turned to her husband and said quietly, "Is that all it costs to start a university ? Why don't we just start our own?"
Her husband nodded. The president's face wilted in confusion and bewilderment. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford got up and walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California where they established the University that bears their name:
-StanfordUniversity,
a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about.
Most of the time we judge people by their outer appearance, which can be misleading. And in this impression, we tend to treat people badly by thinking they can do nothing for us. Thus we tend to lose our potential good friends, employees or customers.
Remember
In our Life, we seldom get people with whom we want to share & grow our thought process. But because of our inner EGO we miss them forever.
It is you who have to decide with whom you are getting associated in day to day life.
Small people talk about others,
Average people talk about things,
Great people talk about ideas.
The best mirror is an old friend.
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MINDSET = Set mind
As my friend was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from the ropes they were tied to but for some reason, they did not. My friend saw a trainer nearby and asked why these beautiful, magnificent animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away.
"Well," he said, "when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it's enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free." My friend was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn't, they were stuck right where they were.
Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before? So make an attempt to grow further.... Why shouldn't we try it again?
It's called Mindset!!
"YOUR ATTEMPT MAY FAIL, BUT NEVER FAIL TO MAKE AN ATTEMPT."
Friday, September 18, 2009
short cuts- OSHO
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Chat with GOD==Really nice one
Discussion with God - Just place yourself as ME and the conversation can be interesting. Its really good one..
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God: Hello... Did you call me?
Me: Called you? No.. who is this?
God: This is GOD. I heard your prayers. So I thought I will chat.
Me: I do pray. Just makes me feel good. I am actually busy now. I am in the midst of something..
God: What are you busy at? Ants are busy too.
Me: Don't know. But I cant find free time. Life has become hectic. It's rush hour all the time.
God: Sure. Activity gets you busy. But productivity gets you results.
Activity consumes time. Productivity frees it.
Me: I understand. But I still cant figure it out. By the way, I was not expecting YOU to buzz me on instant messaging chat.
God: Well I wanted to resolve your fight for time, by giving you some clarity. In this net era, I wanted to reach you through the medium you are comfortable with.
Me: Tell me, why has life become complicated now?
God: Stop analyzing life. Just live it. Analysis is what makes it complicated.
Me: why are we then constantly unhappy?
God: Your today is the tomorrow that you worried about yesterday. You are worrying because you are analyzing.Worrying has become your habit. That's why you are not happy.
Me: But how can we not worry when there is so much uncertainty?
God: Uncertainty is inevitable, but worrying is optional.
Me: But then, there is so much pain due to uncertainty..
God: Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional.
Me: If suffering is optional, why do good people always suffer?
God: Diamond cannot be polished without friction. Gold cannot be purified without fire. Good people go through trials, but don't suffer. With that experience their life becomes better not bitter.
Me: You mean to say such experience is useful?
God: Yes. In every terms, Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first and the lessons afterwards.
Me: But still, why should we go through such tests? Why can't we be free from problems?
God: Problems are Purposeful Roadblocks Offering Beneficial Lessons (to) Enhance Mental Strength. Inner strength comes from struggle and endurance, not when you are free from problems.
Me: Frankly in the midst of so many problems, we don't know where we are heading..
God: If you look outside you will not know where you are heading. Look inside. Looking outside, you dream. Looking inside, you awaken. Eyes provide sight. Heart provides insight.
Me: Sometimes not succeeding fast seems to hurt more than moving in the right direction. What should I do?
God: Success is a measure as decided by others. Satisfaction is a measure as decided by you.Knowing the road ahead is more satisfying than knowing you rode ahead. You work with the compass. Let others work with the clock.
Me: In tough times, how do you stay motivated?
God: Always look at how far you have come rather than how far you have to go. Always count your blessing, not what you are missing.
Me: What surprises you about people?
God: when they suffer they ask, "why me?" When they prosper, they never ask "Why me". Everyone wishes to have truth on their side, but few want
to be on the side of the truth.
Me: Sometimes I ask, who am I, why am I here. I can't get the answer.
God: Seek not to find who you are, but to determine who you want to be. Stop looking for a purpose as to why you are here. Create it. Life is not a process of discovery but a process of creation.
Me: How can I get the best out of life?
God: Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear.
Me: One last question. Sometimes I feel my prayers are not answered.
God: There are no unanswered prayers. At times the answer is NO.
Me: Thank you for this wonderful chat. I am so happy to start the New Day with a new sense of inspiration.
God: Well. Keep the faith and drop the fear. Don't believe your doubts and doubt your beliefs. Life is a mystery to solve, not a problem to resolve.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
LIFE
Life ends when u stop dreaming,
Hope ends when u stop believing,
Love ends when u stop caring,
Relationship ends when u stop sharing.
Hope ends when u stop believing,
Love ends when u stop caring,
Relationship ends when u stop sharing.
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