You'll have to save yourself as no one is coming to save you.

Your parents aren’t coming to save you. They’ve done that often enough. Or maybe never at all. Either way, they’re not coming now. You’re all grown. Maybe not grown up, but grown. They’ve got their own stuff to take care of.

Your best friend isn’t coming to save you. He’ll always love you, but he’s knee deep in the same shit you’re in. Work. Love. Health. Staying sane. You know, the usual. You should check in with him some time. But don’t expect him to save you.

Your boss is not coming to save you. Your boss is trying to cover her ass right now. She’s afraid she might get fired. She’s fighting hard to keep everyone on the team. She’s worried about you, but she has no time to save you.

Your high school teacher won’t come and save you. You were always her favorite, and that’s why she tried to equip you as best as she could. But the moment you tossed that hat in the air, you were out of her reach.

Your network is not going to save you. What does that even mean? Isn’t a network supposed to be just friends? How good are those contacts really? Are they just that? Contacts? Would you call them at 11 PM on a Friday? No, those people surely won’t save you.

Obama isn’t coming to save you. He already did his part. He played it well, didn’t he? We can be grateful for leaders like Obama. But they won’t come and save us. They can only do so much.

Your partner won’t come and save you. The last time they tried, they broke up with their ex, and that’s why now, they’re with you. You both agreed you wouldn’t. No more knight in shining armor crap. Just two people, driving in the same lane. Wasn’t that the deal? Honor it. Don’t force your partner to save you.

The news media aren’t here to save you. In fact, they couldn’t care less whether you live or die. The news media are here to exploit you. They sneak into your inbox and feeds, hoping to steal your attention. They throw nightmare headlines at you that’ll suck away your energy. Forget the news. The news will destroy you.

The internet won’t save you. There are some nice people on there. They send helpful things to your inbox. But they’ll also ask you for money. Yeah, they want more money too, just like you. Others aren’t so nice. They’ll also ask for money, but they’re not really helping. They just pretend to be your friend. You can’t live on the internet. It’s just a tool — and tools alone can’t save you.

Your college drinking gang won’t come to save you. God knows where they are. One in jail, one happily married, one on a yacht somewhere? That sounds about right. Unless you wanna have a drink, you probably needn’t pick up the phone. It was the drinking that bound you together. Not the saving each other. That was never part of the deal.

Your audience is not coming to save you. If you have one to begin with. Maybe it’s an audience of ten. They only follow you for your puns. They’re on Twitter for themselves, not for you. If you haven’t helped them with something big, why should they save you?

Your gym trainer will not save you. He’s mostly staring at your ass while hoping his influencer game picks up enough so he can get out of this dump. “Am I big enough to sell supplements yet?” “Yeah, yeah, do another 50 crunches.” By the way, those also won’t save you.

Your financial advisor won’t save you. In fact, he’s probably losing you money. Does he cost more than he earns? Index funds? Tech stocks? Really? You could’ve figured that out on your own. And yet, here he is, collecting his $2,000 fee. I wonder who he’s really advising.

No one is coming to save you — because that’s not how life works.

“Doctors won’t make you healthy. Nutritionists won’t make you slim. Teachers won’t make you smart. Gurus won’t make you calm. Mentors won’t make you rich. Trainers won’t make you fit. Ultimately, you have to take responsibility. [You have to] save yourself.”

Every minute you spend wishing, waiting, hoping someone else will come and save you is a minute not spent saving yourself.

You’re the only one who can give you the gift of freedom.

Freedom from ignorance. Freedom from misery. Freedom from poverty, from sickness, from anxiety and judgment — even freedom from your own mind.

You have to do it. It has to be you. You have to own every single thing that happens in your life. The results you create. The curveballs life throws at you. The mess other people cause that you have to get out of. You must own it all.

You have to let go of people’s opinions. You have to let go of bad habits. You have to stop overspending, underworking, overeating, underestimating, overvaluing, or whatever else you’re doing too much of or too little for.

No one will do it for you. Not because you’re alone or because no one wants to help you or because the world is just a mean place. None of those things are true. No. No one will save you because no one else can.

You are the only one on this planet who can reach into the deepest depths of your soul and pull out every last spark of life that rests within it. You have to do it. It has to be you.

No one is coming to save you — and no one will have to if you save yourself.

Lost Your Donkey, Find Your Destiny

Once a man was going to market with his donkey who was carrying two sacks of rice. After a while, man stopped on his way to rest under a tree. He tied his donkey near that tree.

Rope was loosely tied. When he woke up from his nap, he couldn’t find his donkey around. Man got worried and started searching for his donkey everywhere.

While searching for his donkey, he met a boy and asked, “Have you seen my donkey?”

Boy replied, “Is your donkey blind from left eye and has lame right foot. Was he carrying load of rice?”

Man got happy that now he will be able to find his donkey and said, “Yes..! yes..! that’s my donkey. Where have you seen it?”

Boy answered, “I haven’t seen it.”

Man thought to himself, “How could have boy known so much about my donkey without seeing it. May be he had stolen my donkey.”

Man asked boy again about his donkey. Boys still told him that he hadn’t seen. Man got angry and took boy to village chief for solution.

Man said to village chief that boy had stolen his donkey and now refusing to tell him about his donkey. Boy still insisted that he hadn’t seen his donkey.

Chief asked boy, “Dear boy, if you hadn’t seen donkey then how could you describe him so well.?”

Boy replied, “I saw tracks of donkey on my way. Donkey’s foot steps of right were different from left and from that i understood that donkey that passed from that way was limping.

Then i saw that grass on right side was eaten but not on left side, from this i understood that donkey’s was blind from left eye.

There were grains of rice scattered on the ground on way, donkey had passed. From that i understood that donkey must be carrying load of rice.”

Village chief understood that boy was not guilty and praised him for his cleverness. Man understood his mistake and left to find his donkey.

Moral: We should not be too Quick to Judge Other’s.

The Rolls Royce Story

One day, during his visit to London, King Jai Singh was walking around Bond Street in casual dress. There he saw Rolls Royce showroom and went inside. There he looked at cars and then inquired about price and features of cars.

When Salesman looked at him and saw his casual Indian Attire, he considered him just another poor Indian citizen and insulted him and almost showed him way out of his showroom.

After this insult, King Jai Singh didn’t said anything to Salesman at that time but went back to his hotel room and asked his servants to make call to showroom and tell them that King of Alwar, India is interested in purchasing their cars.

Call was made and everyone at showroom prepared for welcome of King.

After few hours, King went to Rolls Royce showroom again but this time, he went with his full astonishing Royal manner and in his Royal costume. Until he reached there was a red carpet ready on floor of showroom to welcome him.

All salesmen were bent with respect. King Jai Singh purchased all six cars, that they had at showroom at that time and paid full amount with delivery costs.

Salesmen at showroom were really happy about sales but no one knew what was coming in near future.

After reaching India, King ordered municipal department of his city to use all those six Rolls Royce cars for cleaning and transporting city’s waste.

World’s number one Rolls Royce cars, luxury cars which were so costly that common people couldn’t even afford to buy in America/ Europe, were now being used as transportation vehicle for city’s waste. This news spread all over the world rapidly and reputation of company was in drains.

Company’s image was so ruined in Europe and America that if someone used to boast about owning a Rolls Royce, people would laugh and make fun of them saying, “Which one? Same that is being used in India for carrying waste of city.”

Due to such reputation damages, sales of Rolls Royce dropped rapidly and revenue of company owners started falling down.

Company had to do something to save it’s reputation. They sent a Telegram to the King Jai Singh in India for apologies and requested to stop transportation of waste in Rolls Royce cars. Not only this but they also offered Six new cars to king free of cost.

When King Jai Singh observed that Rolls Royce has learnt a lesson and they are sorry for their Mistakes, King stopped using those cars for carrying wastes.

कभी सोचा नहीं था, ऐसे भी दिन आएँगें

कभी सोचा नहीं था ऐसे भी दिन आएँगें 

छुट्टियाँ तो होंगी पर मना नहीं पाएँगे 

आइसक्रीम का मौसम होगा पर खा नहीं पाएँगे 

रास्ते खुले होंगे पर कहीं जा नहीं पाएँगे 

जो दूर रह गए उन्हें बुला नहीं पाएँगे 

और जो पास हैं उनसे हाथ भी मिला नहीं पाएँगे 

जो घर लौटने की राह देखते थे वो घर में ही बंद हो जाएँगे 

और जिनके साथ वक़्त बिताने को तरसते थे उनसे भी ऊब जाएँगें

क्या है तारीख़ कौन सा वार ये भी भूल जाएँगे 

कैलेंडर हो जाएँगें बेमानी बस यूँ ही दिन-रात बिताएँगे 

साफ़ हो जाएगी हवा पर चैन की साँस न ले पाएँगे 

नहीं दिखेगी कोई मुस्कराहट, चेहरे मास्क से ढक जाएँगें 

जो ख़ुद को समझते थे बादशाह (usa) वो मदद को हाथ फैलाएँगे 

और जिन्हें कहते थे पिछड़ा (भारत)वो ही दुनिया को राह दिखलाएँगे

सुना था कलयुग में जब पाप के घड़े भर जाएँगे 

ख़ुद पर इतराने वाले मिट्टी में मिल जाएँगे 

अब भी न समझे नादान तो बड़ा पछताएँगे 

जब खो देंगे धरती तो क्या चाँद पर डेरा जमाएँगे ???

Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish - Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs, the late Apple co-founder being called the Thomas Edison of his time, revealed in a commencement speech at Stanford University in 2005 why he dropped out of college — and why he thought it was one of the best things he ever did. Yet he had other advice for the students. Jobs, whose death at the age of 56 was announced Wednesday night, started that speech by telling about being adopted as a baby, and why, 17 years later, he attended Reed College in Oregon for only six months before dropping out. He said: “My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: ‘We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?’ They said: ‘Of course.’ “My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college. “And 17 years later I did go to college. “But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents’ savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn’t see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn’t interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting. “It wasn’t all romantic. I didn’t have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends’ rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5 cent deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the seven miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on. Let me give you one example. “Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed. Because I had dropped out and didn’t have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can’t capture, and I found it fascinating. “None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But 10 years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, it’s likely that no personal computer would have them. If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do.” At the end of the speech, his advice to the students went like this: “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. “When I was young, there was an amazing publication called “The Whole Earth Catalog, “which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late 1960’s, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and Polaroid cameras. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions. “Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: “Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.” It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. “And I have always wished that for myself. “And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you. “Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.”

The Power & Value of Employee Engagement

There are several definitions of employee engagement. However, it can be said that in broad terms, employee engagement brings together job satisfaction, motivation, work effort, organisational commitment, shared purpose, energy and ‘flow’.

In this way, employee engagement describes an internal state of being – physical, mental and emotional – and can also include behaviour, such as commitment and ‘going the extra mile’.

Gathering and measuring engagement

You may have come across employee attitude surveys or focus groups, employee boards and other ways in which engagement is recorded and measured. The advantage of a survey is that it provides a representative sample from across the whole organisation and scores can be tracked over time to see if actions are improving engagement. However, whether or not it is anonymous will have some influence on the way in which people respond.

Focus groups may have a similar challenge; however, by being open forums for discussion they allow organisations to get more qualitative data, and if necessary ask further questions to explore responses in more depth.

When measuring employee engagement by whichever means you choose, it is important that employees feel they can respond honestly without fear of repercussion, and that they feel any issues they raise will be responded to. This isn’t telling them that any reasons for dissatisfaction will necessarily be fixed, but that they will be heard and responded to.

Employee engagement is a workplace approach designed to ensure that employees are committed to their organization's goals, objectives and values, encouraged to contribute to organizational success, and are able at the same time to enhance their own sense of well-being. The importance of employee engagement can't be overstated – employee engagement strategies have been proven to reduce staff turnover, improve productivity and efficiency, retain customers at a higher rate, and make more profits. Most importantly, engaged employees are happier, both at work and in their lives. Employee engagement is a property of the relationship between an organization and its employees. An “engaged employee” is one who is fully absorbed by and enthusiastic about their work and so takes positive action to further the organization's reputation and interests. Employees could appear contented at work but this does not necessarily mean that they are engaged in the true sense. These employees may turn up at work without complaining and get along to doing their tasks of the day. However, making them happy is far different from making them engaged.

Top 5 Things HR Can Do to Improve Employee Engagement:

• Create a Proper Strategy to Start Educating and Supporting Your Workforce.
• Establish Strong Leadership Progression for Business Goals.
• Close the Perceived Gap Between HR and Other Employees.
• Organizational Design & Change Management.
• Driving the Change to Digital Business Transformation.

Engaged employees are happier and therefore typically provide better service to their colleagues and customers, as a result of being positive and proactive. Ensuring great customer service is a huge win for the company, ensuring happy customers into the future. The more engaged your employees are the more efficient and productive they become, and that certainly can't be a bad thing! A study by Wyatt Watson found that companies that have highly engaged employees produce 26% higher revenue per employee. A different study by the World Economic Forum and the Harvard School of Public Health reports employees with healthy habits are 3.1 times more productive than their unhealthy peers. While there are a lot of factors that contribute to productivity in the workplace, healthy employees set the bar high. Managers often mistake employees that are happy while they are taking part in staff meetings or company events, as being engaged employees. An engaged employee cares about their work and about the performance of the company, and they want to feel that their efforts could make a difference. It is generally seen as an internal state of mind; physically, mentally and emotionally that binds together the work effort, commitment and satisfaction in an employee.

Short Motivational Story of a Butterfly in Hindi & English

एक बार, एक व्यक्ति को अपने बागीचे के एक पोधे पर, तितली का एक कोकून बना हुआ दिखाई दिया! तितली जब अंडे से बाहर निकलती है, तो वह एक इल्ली की तरह होती है, जब यह इल्ली पौधों की पत्तियां खा कर बड़ी हो जाती है, तो यह अपने मुह से, रेशम जैसे धागों को बनाकर, अपने आस पास एक खोल बनाकर उसमे बंद हो जाती है, इसी खोल को कोकून कहतें हैं। इस कोकून के अंदर ही, यह इल्ली आश्चर्यजनक रूप से तितली के रूप में विकसित हो जाती है।

वह व्यक्ति, प्रतिदिन सुबह उस कोकून को कोतूहल से देखने लगा। उसे इस प्रकृति की इस अनोखी प्रकिर्या को होते हुए देखने की बहुत इच्छा थी। एक दिन उसने देखा की कोकून का मुह कुछ खुला हुआ है, वह, वहीँ बैठकर तितली को कोकून से बाहर आने की लिए संघर्ष करते हुए देखने लगा। तितली अपनी पूरी ताकत लगाकर कोकून को तोड़कर बाहर आने की कोशिश कर रही थी।

उस व्यक्ति ने सोचा की क्यों ना में इस तितली की मदद करूँ, और यही सोचकर उसने, तिनके की सहायता से पूरा कोकून खोल दिया ताकि तितली आसानी से निकल जाये। तितली आसानी से निकल तो गयी, लेकिन उसका शरीर फूला हुआ और एक पंख मुरझाया हुआ था।

वह व्यक्ति इस इंतज़ार में तितली को देखता रहा की कब उसके पंख खुले और यह कब उड़ेगी। पर अफ़सोस एसा कभी नहीं हुआ, बल्कि वह तितली कभी नहीं उड़ पायी।

अपनी दया और उत्सुकता की जल्दी में, वह व्यक्ति, यह नहीं समझ पाया की कोकून की सख्त खोल को तोड़कर, निकलने के लिए तितली का संघर्ष, ईश्वर द्वारा बनायीं गयी एक आवश्यक तरकीब थी, जिससे तितली के शरीर का तरल और खून उसके पंख में पहुँच कर उसे फैला सके, और वह उड़ान भरने के लिए तैयार हो जाये।

कभी कभी, जीवन में, संघर्ष बहुत ज़रूरी होता है, अगर, God हमारी ज़िन्दगी से सभी कठिनाइयां और संघर्ष हटा ले तो हमारा सम्पूर्ण विकास नहीं हो पायेगा और हम ताकतवर नहीं बन पाएंगे। जीवन में आप जिन संघर्षो का आज सामना कर रहे हैं, वही आपकी उन शक्तियों का विकास कर रहे हैं जिनकी आपको कल ज़रुरत पड़ेगी।

A very inspirational short story that can teach you priceless life lessons to move ahead in life. This moral story also explains the importance of struggle in life for succeeding.

One bright morning a man found a silky cocoon of a butterfly in a garden. He was very eager to see what will happen to that cocoon. Next day the man found a small opening was appearing from the cocoon. He sat there in a sheer curiosity and started watching what happens next to butterfly for several hours.

The butterfly was struggling to wrench its whole body through the little hole. Then suddenly man found that butterfly stopped its movement and couldn't go further. Therefore, the kind man pitied the innocent butterfly and started to help it. He tried to free the butterfly from a tiny hole by cutting the cocoon with the help of scissors.

The butterfly emerged easily because the man helped it, but the butterfly had withered wings with the swollen body.The man was very happy as he helped the butterfly to come out from the tiny cocoon hole.The man continued to watch it.

The man was expecting that any minute the wings of the butterfly would begin to enlarge and it will start to fly but for the man’s surprise, nothing happened!

In fact, the beautiful and innocent butterfly was never able to fly with its beautiful wings.

The man was very kind but what he did not understand is, by restricting cocoon actually he is disrupting the whole life cycle of the butterfly because the struggle for coming out from the cocoon was necessary for butterfly’s life.

It was a natural process of progress but the man interrupted the entire process thus the beautiful butterfly died because of kind man’s foolishness.

Moral Lesson Of The Story:
What can we learn from this short motivational story?

This beautiful short story depicts the importance of struggle in life.The struggle is what makes us strong. The struggle is necessary for life to preparing ourselves for future opportunities.

So, next time when you feel your life is going through struggles, problems, and obstacles, try to remember this inspiring short story to embrace the truth that-

The struggle is a start of achieving something extraordinary.

स्वामी विवेकानंद के जीवन के 3 प्रेरक प्रसंग

लक्ष्य पर ध्यान लगाओ 

स्वामी विवेकानंद अमेरिका में भ्रमण कर रहे थे . एक जगह से गुजरते हुए उन्होंने पुल पर खड़े  कुछ लड़कों को नदी में तैर रहे अंडे के छिलकों पर बन्दूक से निशाना लगाते देखा . किसी भी लड़के का एक भी निशाना सही नहीं लग रहा था . तब उन्होंने ने एक लड़के से बन्दूक ली और खुद निशाना लगाने लगे . उन्होंने पहला निशाना लगाया और वो बिलकुल सही लगा ….. फिर एक के बाद एक उन्होंने कुल 12 निशाने लगाये और सभी बिलकुल सटीक लगे . ये देख लड़के दंग रह गए और उनसे पुछा , ” भला आप ये कैसे कर लेते हैं ?”

स्वामी जी बोले , “तुम जो भी कर रहे हो अपना पूरा दिमाग उसी एक काम में लगाओ. अगर तुम निशाना लगा रहे हो तो तम्हारा पूरा ध्यान सिर्फ अपने लक्ष्य पर होना चाहिए. तब तुम कभी चूकोगे नहीं . अगर तुम अपना पाठ पढ़ रहे हो तो सिर्फ पाठ के बारे में सोचो . मेरे देश में बच्चों को ये करना सिखाया जाता है. ”

डर का सामना 

एक बार बनारस में स्वामी जी दुर्गा जी के मंदिर से निकल रहे थे की तभी वहां मौजूद  बहुत सारे बंदरों ने उन्हें घेर लिया. वे उनके नज़दीक आने लगे और डराने लगे . स्वामी जी भयभीत हो गए और खुद को बचाने के लिए दौड़ कर भागने लगे, पर बन्दर तो मानो पीछे ही पड़ गए, और वे उन्हें दौडाने लगे. पास खड़ा एक वृद्ध सन्यासी ये सब देख रहा था , उसने स्वामी जी को रोका और बोला , ” रुको ! उनका सामना करो !”

स्वामी जी तुरन्त पलटे  और बंदरों के तरफ बढ़ने लगे , ऐसा करते ही सभी बन्दर भाग गए . इस घटना से स्वामी जी को एक गंभीर सीख मिली और कई सालों बाद उन्होंने एक संबोधन में कहा भी – ” यदि तुम कभी किसी चीज से भयभीत हो तो उससे भागो मत , पलटो और सामना करो.”

सच बोलने की हिम्मत

स्वामी विवेकानंदा प्रारंभ से ही एक मेधावी छात्र थे और सभी उनके व्यक्तित्व और वाणी से प्रभावित  रहते थे. जब वो साथी छात्रों से कुछ बताते तो सब मंत्रमुग्ध हो उन्हें सुनते. एक दिन इंटरवल के दौरान वो कक्षा में कुछ मित्रों को कहानी सुना रहे थे , सभी उनकी बातें सुनने में इतने मग्न थे की उन्हें पता ही नहीं चला की कब मास्टर जी कक्षा में आये और पढ़ाना शुरू कर दिया.

मास्टर जी ने अभी पढ़ना शुरू ही किया था कि उन्हें कुछ फुसफुसाहट सुनाई दी.

” कौन बात कर रहा है ?” उन्होंने तेज आवाज़ में पूछा . सभी ने स्वामी जी और उनके साथ बैठे छात्रों किई तरफ इशारा कर दिया.

मास्टर जी  तुरंत क्रोधित हो गए, उन्होंने तुरंत उन छात्रों को बुलाया और  पाठ से संबधित एक प्रश्न पूछने लगे. जब कोई भी उत्तर न दे सका ,तब अंत में मास्टर जी ने  स्वामी जी से भी वही प्रश्न किया . पर स्वामी जी तो मानो सब कुछ पहले से ही जानते हों , उन्होंने आसानी से उत्तर दे दिया.

यह देख उन्हें यकीन हो गया कि स्वामी जी पाठ पर ध्यान दे रहे थे और बाकी छात्र बात-चीत में लगे हुए थे. फिर क्या था उन्होंने स्वामी जी को छोड़ सभी को बेंच पर खड़े होने की सजा दे दी . सभी छात्र एक -एक कर बेच पर खड़े होने लगे, स्वामी जे ने भी यही किया.

तब मास्टर जी बोले, ” नरेन्द्र (स्वामी विवेकानंद )) तुम बैठ जाओ.”

” नहीं सर , मुझे भी खड़ा होना होगा क्योंकि वो मैं ही था जो इन छात्रों से बात कर रहा था.”,स्वामी जी ने आग्रह किया.

भगवान बुद्ध का उपदेश

एक समय की बात है भगवान बुद्ध अपने कुछ संतों के साथ रामपुर नामक एक गाँव में कथा कहने के लिये जा रहे थे।

गाँव की तरफ जाते समय उन्हें और उनके संतों को रास्ते में कुछ छोटे-छोटे गड्ढे खुदे हुए दिखायी दिये।

उन संतों में से एक सन्त ने भगवान बुद्ध से पूछा, स्वामी रास्ते में इतने सारे गड्ढे खोदने का क्या कारण हो सकता है?

भगवान बुद्ध ने एक मुस्कराहट के साथ उस सन्त को जवाब दिया कि कोई व्यक्ति यहाँ पानी की तलाश कर रहा था, एक जगह पानी नहीं मिला तो दूसरी जगह गड्ढा किया, और फिर तीसरी, फिर चौथी और जब वो गड्ढा खोद-खोदकर थक गया और इतनी मेहनत करने के बाद भी पानी नहीं मिला तो छोड़ कर चला गया।

अगर वो कई जगह खोदकर पानी ढूँढने के बजाय एक ही जगह अपनी सारी ऊर्जा लगाकर गड्ढा खोदता तो सायद उसे पानी मिल जाता।

इसी लिये कहा जाता है कि किसी भी काम को करते समय धैर्य रखना चाहिये, क्या पता कि हम अपनी मंजिल तक पहुँचने ही वाले हो और बस पास में ही पहुँचकर हार मान लें।

तेरा मेरा रिश्ता

एक garden में एक बार दो बच्चे एक लड़की और एक लड़का खेल रहे थे, लड़के के पास कुछ सुंदर-सुंदर चमकते हुए पत्थर थे और लड़की के पास कुछ chocolates थे।

लड़के ने लड़की को offer किया कि अगर वो अपने सारे chocolates लड़के को दे दे तो वो उसे अपने सारे पत्थर दे देगा।

लड़की तैयार हो गयी और उसने लड़के को उस पत्थर के बदले अपने सारे chocolates दे दिये, लेकिन लड़के ने उसे सारे पत्थर नहीं दिये, उसमें जो सबसे सुंदर और बड़ा पत्थर था उसको उस लड़के ने छुपा लिए और बाकी के सारे पत्थर दे दिये।

अदला-बदली करने के बाद दोनों घर चले गये, रात को जब दोनों सोने गये तो लड़की तो आराम से सो गयी लेकिन लड़का सोचने लगा कि सायद लड़की ने उसे सारे chocolates नहीं दिये थे बल्कि अच्छे chocolates उसने छुपा लिये होगे, और यही सोच-सोचकर उसे पूरी रात नींद नहीं आयी।

Moral of the Story

पहली सीख – अगर किसी भी relationship में आप अपना 100% नहीं देते तो आपको हमेसा ये doubt रहेगा कि उसने अपना 100% नहीं दिया होगा इसलिये don’t cheat with anyone.

दूसरी सीख – आप जिसके साथ जैसा करते है या सोचते हैं वैसा ही आप दूसरो के साथ भी करते हैं इसलिये हमेसा अच्छा करें और अच्छा सोचें।

चील और मुर्गी की कहानी

एक जंगल में बरगद का पेड़ था. उस पेड़ के ऊपर एक चील घोंसला बनाकर रहती थी जहाँ उसने अंडे दे रखे थे. उसी पेड़ के नीचे एक जंगली मुर्गी ने भी अंडे दे रखें थे. एक दिन उस चील के अंडों में से एक अंडा नीचे गिरा और मुर्गी के अंडों में जाकर मिल गया.

समय बीता अंडा फूटा और चील का बच्चा उस अंडे से निकला और वह यह सोचते बड़ा हुआ की वो एक मुर्गी है. वो मुर्गी के बांकी बच्चों के साथ बड़ा हुआ. वह उन्ही कामों को करता जिन्हें एक मुर्गी करती है. वो मुर्गी की तरह ही कुड़कुड़ाता, जमीन खोद कर दाने चुगता और वो इतना ही ऊँचा उड़ पाता जितना की एक मुर्गी उड़ती है.

एक दिन उसने आसमान में एक चील को देखा जो बड़ी शान से उड़ रही थी. उसने अपनी मुर्गी माँ से पूछा की उस चिड़िया का क्या नाम है जो इतना ऊँचा बड़ी शान से उड़ रही है. मुर्गी ने जबाब दिया वह एक चील है. फिर चील के बच्चे ने पूछा माँ मैं इतना ऊँचा क्यों नहीं उड़ पाता। मुर्गी बोली तुम इतना ऊँचा नहीं उड़ सकते क्योंकि तुम एक मुर्गे हो. उसने मुर्गी की बात मान ली और मुर्गे की जिंदगी जीता हुआ एक दिन मर गया. 

कहानी से सीख |

जो भी हम सोचते हैं या कुछ नया करने की कोशिश करते हैं तो दूसरे हमें यह कहकर रोकते हैं कि तुम ऐसा नहीं कर सकते, ऐसा नहीं हो सकता और हम अपना इरादा यह सोचकर बदल लेते हैं कि वाकई मैं यह नहीं कर सकता और हार मान लेते हैं.

इसका मुख्य कारण है अपने ऊपर भरोसा न होना, अपनी शक्तिओं पर भरोसा न होना, अपने काम पर भरोसा न होना. दोस्तों जो लोग कहते हैं कहने दीजिये लोगों का काम है कहना, अपने आप पर भरोसा रखें, अपने आप को पहचाने. दोस्तों अगर जीत निश्चित हो तो कायर भी लड़ जाते हैं , बहादुर वो कहलाते हैं, जो हार निश्चित हो, फिर भी मैदान नहीं छोड़ते!

मेंढकों की टोली

एक मेंढकों की टोली जंगल के रास्ते से जा रही थी. अचानक दो मेंढक एक गहरे गड्ढे में गिर गये. जब दूसरे मेंढकों ने देखा कि गढ्ढा बहुत गहरा है तो ऊपर खड़े सभी मेढक चिल्लाने लगे ‘तुम दोनों इस गढ्ढे से नहीं निकल सकते, गढ्ढा बहुत गहरा है, तुम दोनों इसमें से निकलने की उम्मीद छोड़ दो.

उन दोनों मेढकों ने शायद ऊपर खड़े मेंढकों की बात नहीं सुनी और गड्ढे से निकलने की लिए लगातार वो उछलते रहे. बाहर खड़े मेंढक लगातार कहते रहे ‘ तुम दोनों बेकार में मेहनत कर रहे हो, तुम्हें हार मान लेनी चाहियें, तुम दोनों को हार मान लेनी चाहियें. तुम नहीं निकल सकते.

गड्ढे में गिरे दोनों मेढकों में से एक मेंढक ने ऊपर खड़े मेंढकों की बात सुन ली, और उछलना छोड़ कर वो निराश होकर एक कोने में बैठ गया. दूसरे मेंढक ने प्रयास जारी रखा, वो उछलता रहा जितना वो उछल सकता था.

बहार खड़े सभी मेंढक लगातार कह रहे थे कि तुम्हें हार मान लेनी चाहियें पर वो मेंढक शायद उनकी बात नहीं सुन पा रहा था और उछलता रहा और काफी कोशिशों के बाद वो बाहर आ गया. दूसरे मेंढकों ने कहा ‘क्या तुमने हमारी बात नहीं सुनी.

उस मेंढक ने इशारा करके बताया की वो उनकी बात नहीं सुन सकता क्योंकि वो बेहरा है सुन नहीं सकता, इसलिए वो किसी की भी बात नहीं सुन पाया. वो तो यह सोच रहा था कि सभी उसका उत्साह बढ़ा रहे हैं. 

कहानी से सीख |

1. जब भी हम बोलते हैं उनका प्रभाव लोगों पर पड़ता है, इसलिए हमेशा सकारात्मक बोलें.

2. लोग चाहें जो भी कहें आप अपने आप पर पूरा विश्वाश रखें और सकरात्मक सोचें.

3. कड़ी मेहनत, अपने ऊपर विश्वाश और सकारात्मक सोच से ही हमें सफलता मिलती है.

चमकीले नीले पत्थर की कीमत

एक शहर में बहुत ही ज्ञानी प्रतापी साधु महाराज आये हुए थे, बहुत से दीन दुखी, परेशान लोग उनके पास उनकी कृपा दृष्टि पाने हेतु आने लगे. ऐसा ही एक दीन दुखी, गरीब आदमी उनके पास आया और साधु महाराज से बोला ‘महाराज में बहुत ही गरीब हूँ, मेरे ऊपर कर्जा भी है, मैं बहुत ही परेशान हूँ। मुझ पर कुछ उपकार करें’.

साधु महाराज ने उसको एक चमकीला नीले रंग का पत्थर दिया, और कहा ‘कि यह कीमती पत्थर है, जाओ जितनी कीमत लगवा सको लगवा लो। वो आदमी वहां से चला गया और उसे बचने के इरादे से अपने जान पहचान वाले एक फल विक्रेता के पास गया और उस पत्थर को दिखाकर उसकी कीमत जाननी चाही।

फल विक्रेता बोला ‘मुझे लगता है ये नीला शीशा है, महात्मा ने तुम्हें ऐसे ही दे दिया है, हाँ यह सुन्दर और चमकदार दिखता है, तुम मुझे दे दो, इसके मैं तुम्हें 1000 रुपए दे दूंगा।

वो आदमी निराश होकर अपने एक अन्य जान पहचान वाले के पास गया जो की एक बर्तनों का व्यापारी था. उनसे उस व्यापारी को भी वो पत्थर दिखाया और उसे बचने के लिए उसकी कीमत जाननी चाही। बर्तनो का व्यापारी बोला ‘यह पत्थर कोई विशेष रत्न है में इसके तुम्हें 10,000 रुपए दे दूंगा. वह आदमी सोचने लगा की इसके कीमत और भी अधिक होगी और यह सोच वो वहां से चला आया.

उस आदमी ने इस पत्थर को अब एक सुनार को दिखाया, सुनार ने उस पत्थर को ध्यान से देखा और बोला ये काफी कीमती है इसके मैं तुम्हें 1,00,000 रूपये दे दूंगा।

वो आदमी अब समझ गया था कि यह बहुत अमुल्य है, उसने सोचा क्यों न मैं इसे हीरे के व्यापारी को दिखाऊं, यह सोच वो शहर के सबसे बड़े हीरे के व्यापारी के पास गया।उस हीरे के व्यापारी ने जब वो पत्थर देखा तो देखता रह गया, चौकने वाले भाव उसके चेहरे पर दिखने लगे. उसने उस पत्थर को माथे से लगाया और और पुछा तुम यह कहा से लाये हो. यह तो अमुल्य है. यदि मैं अपनी पूरी सम्पति बेच दूँ तो भी इसकी कीमत नहीं चुका सकता. 

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हम अपने आप को कैसे आँकते हैं. क्या हम वो हैं जो राय दूसरे हमारे बारे में बनाते हैं. आपकी लाइफ अमूल्य है आपके जीवन का कोई मोल नहीं लगा सकता. आप वो कर सकते हैं जो आप अपने बारे में सोचते हैं. कभी भी दूसरों के नेगेटिव कमैंट्स से अपने आप को कम मत आकियें.

अनोखी साइकिल रेस

अनोखी साइकिल रेस Importance of Teamwork

टीम के साथ मिलकर काम करने की महत्ता बताती हिंदी कहानी 

अमर एक multi national company का ग्रुप लीडर था। काम करते-करते उसे अचानक ऐसा लगा की उसके टीम में मतभेद बढने लगे हैं। और सभी एक-दूसरे को नीचा दिखाने में लगे हुए हैं। इससे निबटने के लिए उसने एक तरकीब सोची।

उसने एक meeting बुलाई और team members से कहा –

Sunday को आप सभी के लिए एक साइकिल race का आयोजन किया जा रहा है। कृपया सब लोग सुबह सात बजे अशोक नगर चौराहे पर इकठ्ठा हो जाइएगा।

तय समय पर सभी अपनी-अपनी साइकलों पर इकठ्ठा हो गए।

अमर ने एक-एक करके सभी को अपने पास बुलाया और उन्हें उनका लक्ष्य बता कर स्टार्टिंग लाइन पर तैयार रहने को कहा। कुछ ही देर में पूरी टीम रेस के लिए तैयार थी, सभी काफी उत्साहित थे और रूटीन से कुछ अलग करने के लिए अमर को थैंक्स कर रहे थे।

अमर ने सीटी बजायी और रेस शुरू हो गयी।

Boss को impress करने के लिए हर कोई किसी भी कीमत पर रेस जीतना चाहता था। रेस शुरू होते ही सड़क पर अफरा-तफरी मच गयी… कोई दाएं से निकल रहा था तो कोई बाएँ से… कई तो आगे निकलने की होड़ में दूसरों को गिराने से भी नहीं चूक रहे थे।

इस हो-हल्ले में किसी ने अमर के निर्देशों का ध्यान ही नहीं रखा और भेड़ चाल चलते हुए सबसे आगे वाले साइकिलिस्ट के पीछे-पीछे भागने लगे।

पांच मिनट बाद अमर ने फिर से सीटी बजायी और रेस ख़त्म करने का निर्देश दिया। एका -एक सभी को रेस से पहले दिए हुए निर्देशों का ध्यान आया और सब इधर-उधर भागने लगे। लेकिन अमर ने उन्हें रोकते हुए अपने पास आने का इशारा किया।

सभी बॉस के सामने मुंह लटकाए खड़े थे और रेस पूरी ना कर पाने के कारण एक-दूसरे को दोष दे रहे थे।

अमर ने मुस्कुराते हुए अपनी टीम की ओर देखा और कहा-

“अरे क्या हुआ? इस टीम में तो एक से एक चैंपियन थे पर भला क्यों कोई भी व्यक्ति इस अनोखी साइकिल  रेस को पूरा नहीं कर सका?”

अमर ने बोलना जारी रखा- “मैं बताता हूँ क्या हुआ….दरअसल आप में से किसी ने भी अपने लक्ष्य की तरफ ध्यान ही नही दिया। अगर आप सभी ने सिर्फ अपने लक्ष्य पर ध्यान दिया होता तो आप सभी विजेता बन गये होते , क्योंकि सभी व्यक्ति का target अलग-अलग था। सभी को अलग-अलग गलियों में जाना था। हर किसी का लक्ष्य भिन्न था। आपस में कोई मुकाबला था ही नही।

लेकिन आप लोग सिर्फ एक दूसरे को नीचा दिखाने में लगे रहे, जबकि आपने अपने लक्ष्य को तो ठीक से समझा ही नही। ठीक यही माहौल हमारी टीम का हो गया है। आप सभी के अंदर वह अनोखी बात है, जिसकी वजह से टीम को आप की जरुरत है। लेकिन आपसी unhealthy competition के कारण ना ही टीम और ना ही आप का विकास हो पा रहा है। आने वाला आपका कल, आपके हाथ में है। हम या तो एक-दूसरे की ताकत बन कर एक-दूसरे को विकास के पथ पर ले जा सकते है या आपसी competition के चक्कर में अपना और दूसरों का समय व्यर्थ कर सकते है।

मेरी आप सबसे यही request है कि एक individual की तरह नहीं बल्कि एक team की तरह काम करिए…याद रखिये individual performer बनने से कहीं ज्यादा ज़रूरी एक team-player बनना है।” 

Donkey in the well

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey. He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down. A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up. As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off! Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up. NOW -------- Enough of that crap... The donkey later came back and bit the shit out of the farmer who had tried to bury him. The gash from the bite got infected, and the farmer eventually died in agony from septic shock. MORAL FROM TODAY'S LESSON: When you do something wrong and try to cover your ass, it always comes back to bite you.

The Group of Frogs

A group of frogs were travelling through the forest when two of them fell into a deep pit. When the other frogs saw how deep the pit was, they told the two frogs that there was no hope left for them.

However, the two frogs ignored their comrades and proceeded to try to jump out of the pit. However, despite their efforts, the group of frogs at the top of the pit were still saying that they should just give up as they’d never make it out.

Eventually, one of the frogs took heed of what the others were saying and he gave up, jumping even deeper to his death. The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the group of frogs yelled at him to stop the pain and to just die.

He ignored them, and jumped even harder and finally made it out. When he got out, the other frogs said, “Did you not hear us?”

The frog explained to them that he was deaf, and that he thought they were encouraging him the entire time.

Moral of the story: People’s words can have a huge effect on the lives of others. Therefore, you should think about what you’re going to say before it comes out of your mouth – it might just be the difference between life and death.

जब रूठ गई लक्ष्मी जी, सुनार ने क्या किया?

एक सुनार से लक्ष्मी जी रूठ गई ।

जाते वक्त बोली मैं जा रही  हूँ

और मेरी जगह नुकसान आ रहा है ।

तैयार हो जाओ।

लेकिन मै तुम्हे अंतिम भेट जरूर देना चाहती हूँ।
मांगो जो भी इच्छा हो।

सुनार बहुत समझदार  था।
उसने विनती करी नुकसान आए तो आने  दो ।

लेकिन उससे कहना की मेरे परिवार  में आपसी  प्रेम  बना रहे। बस मेरी यही इच्छा  है।

लक्ष्मी जी ने तथास्तु कहा।

कुछ दिन के बाद :-

सुनार की सबसे छोटी बहु खिचड़ी बना रही थी।

उसने नमक आदि  डाला और अन्य काम करने लगी।

तब दूसरे लड़के की बहू आई और उसने भी बिना चखे नमक डाला और चली गई।

इसी प्रकार तीसरी, चौथी बहुएं आई और नमक डालकर चली गई ।

उनकी सास ने भी ऐसा किया।

शाम को सबसे पहले सुनार आया।

पहला निवाला मुह में लिया।
देखा बहुत ज्यादा नमक  है।

लेकिन वह समझ गया नुकसान (हानि) आ चुका है।

चुपचाप खिचड़ी खाई और चला गया।

इसके बाद बड़े बेटे का नम्बर आया।

पहला निवाला मुह में लिया।
पूछा पिता जी ने खाना खा लिया क्या कहा उन्होंने ?

सभी ने उत्तर दिया-" हाँ खा लिया, कुछ नही बोले।"

अब लड़के ने सोचा जब पिता जी ही कुछ नही बोले तो मै भी चुपचाप खा लेता हूँ।

इस प्रकार घर के अन्य सदस्य एक -एक आए।

पहले वालो के बारे में पूछते और चुपचाप खाना खा कर चले गए।

रात को नुकसान (हानि) हाथ जोड़कर

सुनार से कहने लगा  -,"मै जा रहा हूँ।"

सुनार ने पूछा- क्यों ?

तब नुकसान (हानि) कहता है, " आप लोग एक किलो तो नमक खा गए  ।

लेकिन बिलकुल भी झगड़ा नही हुआ। मेरा यहाँ कोई काम नहीं।"

इस कहानी से हमे क्या शिक्षा मिलती है?

⭐ झगड़ा कमजोरी, हानि, नुकसान की पहचान है।

👏 जहाँ प्रेम है, वहाँ लक्ष्मी  का वास है।

सदा प्यार -प्रेम  बांटते रहे। छोटे -बङे  की कदर करे ।

जो बङे हैं, वो बड़े ही रहेंगे ।

चाहे आपकी कमाई उसकी कमाई से बड़ी हो। 🙏🙏

अच्छा लगे तो आप जरुर किसी अपने को भेजें।

Ten Signs Your Boss Is A Manager -- But Not A Leader By Kranti Gaurav

A simple way to answer the question "What's the difference between managing and leading?"

Managing people means watching them to make sure they do what they're supposed to do.

The concept of traditional supervision is rooted in the fear that working people will misbehave or make mistakes if someone isn't watching them to make sure they don't.

A manager marches backwards, watching their troops like a hawk in case somebody is marching incorrectly. They cannot look out over the horizon when they're marching backwards!

A leader faces forward and marches confidently, assuming their troops will follow them because they trust their troops and themselves.

Leaders are confident enough to hire people they can trust and let them do whatever they do best with a minimum of oversight.

Managers cannot relax into trust. They are keyed up, judgmental and certain that dire consequences will befall them if they ever let their vigilance flag.

Managerial fear is the great unaddressed workplace topic that sucks vision, creativity, collaboration and profitability from organizations large and small!

It is hard to talk a fearful manager into adopting a confident leader's mindset because to do so the fearful manager would have to gain a level of self-awareness that they do not understand.

Because they sit in fear, they assume everyone is guarded and political the way they are.

They cannot see trust. They believe that without their constant inspection and evaluation, their department would fall to pieces.

We have been so well-trained in the concepts of fear-based management that we do not recognize there is another way to lead. We can lead without reams of policies and rules.

We can lead people by involving them in decision-making and inspiring them to band together to accomplish something cool.

It is a human urge to create and collaborate unless we thwart the urge by rating and ranking people relative to one another and by tying them down with pointless daily and weekly yardsticks.

When we make work a zero-sum game where my triumph is my co-worker's downfall, we are not only cruel but bad business people, also.

Here are 10 signs your boss is a manager — but not a leader.

1. They don't ask for their teammates' opinions before making decisions. They do not dare to share their authority with anyone. They believe their authority to make decisions without asking for input is the source of their power.

2. They do not acknowledge their employees for their effort or accomplishments. They are afraid to thank and recognize their teammates because they need to keep the unequal power relationship intact.

3. They cannot be wrong. Even when everybody knows the manager is wrong, no one will say it because of the force field around the manager. They pretend the manager is not wrong and the manager pretends to believe it, too.

4. They cannot handle dissent or even polite debate.

5. They can only take advice from their subordinates when they are behind closed doors with one person.

6. They do not allow their employees to interact with higher-level managers for fear that a higher-up leader might trust their team member's advice more than their own.

7. They do not stand up for their team members when they could. They will not spend political capital on anyone except themselves.

8. They don't give their teammates visibility into the future, even when it would help the employee and the company to do so. They have taken the adage "Knowledge is power" to heart. They hoard whatever information they acquire, and dole it out in tiny doses.

9. They discount any information or feedback that feels threatening to their political status. When they say "I'll take that idea under advisement" they want to shut you up. They have no intention of considering your idea.

10. They are more concerned about maintaining whatever status, prestige or organizational power they have accumulated than in doing the best thing for the organization.

How do fearful managers keep their jobs? They keep their jobs because they deliver one kind of business result — the  numeric kind — for a limited period of time.

They deliver that result by managing through fear.

Over time, a fear-based manager will fail because they have no credibility. No one trusts them.

Fear is a good motivator in the short term but useless over the long term as person after person realizes that the little-tin-god manager has very limited power over them.

If your manager is stuck in fear, your first assignment is to start building an escape hatch.

Life is long, but it's still too short to waste your time and talent working for someone who doesn't deserve you my dear Friends.

Stay Fit, Take Care & Keep Smiling :-)

God Bless !!

Kranti Gaurav
XLRI Jamshedpur

Office Office - A Short Motivational Story to Inspire Great Teamwork

A team of about 35 employees had come together for a team building event. They were a young, bright and enthusiastic team.

However, one big problem this team had was they wouldn’t share information or solutions with each other. The leader felt they were too focused on self and not enough on team.

So she started off with a fun team activity that would allow her to teach the importance of each team member working together and sharing more.

She brought the team into the cafeteria. All of the tables and chairs had been stacked and put away. Placed around the room were fun decorations and hundreds of different colored balloons.

Everyone was excited, but not sure what it was all about. In the center of the room was a big box of balloons that had not been blown up yet.

The team leader asked each person to pick a balloon, blow it up and write their name on it. But they were instructed to be careful because the balloon could pop!

A few balloons did indeed pop and those members of the team were given another chance, but were told that if the balloon popped again they were out of the game.

About 30 team members were able to get their name on a balloon without it popping. Those 30 were asked to leave their balloons and exit the room. They were told they had qualified for the second round.

Five minutes later the leader brought the team back into the room and announced that their next challenge was to find the balloon they had left behind with their name on it among the hundreds of other balloons scattered in the large cafeteria. She warned them however to be very careful and not to pop any of the balloons. If they did, they would be disqualified.

While being very careful, but also trying to go as quickly as they could, each team member looked for the balloon with their name. After 15 minutes not one single person was able to find their balloon. The team was told that the second round of the game was over and they were moving onto the third round.

In this next round the leader told the team members to find any balloon in the room with a name on it and give it to the person whose name was on it. Within a couple of minutes every member of the team had their balloon with their own name on it.

The team leader made the following point: “We are much more efficient when we are willing to share with each other. And we are better problem solvers when we are working together, not individually.”

Often times members of teams create obstacles that get in the way of teamwork by solely focusing on their own pursuits and goals. They hoard information, avoid collaboration and distance themselves. It is bad for the team and it is bad for that individual.

Every member of a team should ask themselves on a regular basis what they are doing for the team  and can do for the team my dear Friends.

Stay Fit, Take Care & Keep Smiling :-)

God Bless !!

Surprise Test - A Short Inspirational Story

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     एक प्रोफ़ेसर अपनी क्लास में आते ही बोले,
........“चलिए,आज आप सभी का Surprise Test हो जाय।"
         सुनते ही घबराहट फैल गई Students में!
         कुछ किताबों के पन्ने पलटने लगे तो कुछ लगे पढ़ने सर के दिए नोट्स।
         “ये सब कुछ काम नहीं आएगा….”, प्रोफेसर साहब मुस्कुराते हुए बोले, Question Paper
.............रख रहा हूँ आपके सामने, जब सारे पेपर बट जाएं तभी आप उसे पलट कर देखें।" 
        बाँट दिए गए पेपर्स सभी Students को।
         “ठीक है ! अब आप पेपर देख सकते हैं।"बोले प्रोफेसर साहब।
          अगले ही क्षण सभी Question Paper को निहार रहे थे, 
        लेकिन यह क्या?*      .............कोई प्रश्न था ही नहीं उस पेपर में !
        था तो *White* पेपर पर केवल एक Black स्पॉट⚫
        "यह क्या सर?  इसमें तो Question* है ही नहीं!", एक छात्र खड़ा होकर बोला ।
         “जो भी है आपके सामने है। आपको बस इसी को Explain करना है।लेकिन!ध्यान रहे इसके लिए आपके पास केवल 10 मिनट ही हैं And your time starts now.
           चुटकी बजाते  मुस्कुराते हुए बोले प्रोफेसर।
         कोई चारा न था उन हैरान Students के पास।
       वे जुट गए उस अजीब से प्रश्न का  Answer लिखने में।
       10 मिनट बीतते ही प्रोफेसर साहब ने फिर से बजाई चुटकी Time is over. और लगे Answer Sheets collect करने।
           Students अभी भी हैरान परेशान।
           प्रोफेसर साहब ने सभी Answer Sheets चैक कीं।
         सभी ने ⚫ Black स्पॉट ⚫ को अपनी तरह से समझाने की कोशिश की थी, लेकिन किसी ने भी उस स्पॉट के चारों ओर मौजूद *White Space* के बारे में लिखने  की जहमत ही नहीं उठाई।
           प्रोफ़ेसर साहब गंभीर होते हुए बोले,“इस Test का आपके Academics से कोई लेना-देना नहीं है, ना ही मैं इसके कोई Marks देने वाला हूँ। इस Test के पीछे मेरा एक ही मकसद है..........
...............मैं आपको जीवन की एक अद्भुत सच्चाई बताना चाहता हूँ।
         देखिये! यह पेपर 99% White है…...
.........लेकिन आप में से किसी ने भी इसके बारे में नहीं लिखा और अपना 100% Answer केवल उस  एक चीज को Explain करने में लगा दिया जो मात्र 1% है….........
.............. यही बात हमारी  Life में भी देखने को मिलती है।......…
.............. Problems* हमारे जीवन का एक छोटा सा हिस्सा होती हैं, लेकिन हम अपना पूरा ध्यान इन्हींपर लगा देते हैं….....
...........कोई दिन रात अपने Looks को लेकर परेशान रहता है तो कोई अपने carrier को लेकर चिंता में डूबा रहता है, तो कोई पैसों का रोना रोता रहता है, कोई दूसरे की छोटी सी गलती को अपने दिमाग में रखे रखता है।
          क्यों नहीं हम अपनी Blessings Count कर खुश होते हैं….....
..............क्यों नहीं हम पेट भर खाने के लिए उस सर्व शक्तिवान प्रभु को Thanks कहते हैं….......?
         क्यों नहीं हम अपनी प्यारी सी फैमिली के लिए शुक्रगुजार होते हैं….....?
         क्यों नहीं हम Life की उन 99% चीजों की तरफ ध्यान देते जो सचमुच हमारे जीवन को अच्छा बनाती हैं.........?
         क्यों नहीं हम अपने मित्रों सम्बन्धियों की Mistakes को Ignore कर अपने Relations को टूटने से बचाते है..........?
       Students प्रोफेसर साहब की दी गई इस सीख से गदगद थे।
           आईये आज से  ही हम Life की Problems  को ज्यादा Seriously लेना छोडें, मित्रों/सम्बन्धियों की Mistakes को भूलें और जीवन की छोटी-छोटी खुशियों को..........
........... ENJOY करना सीखें तभी हम ज़िन्दगी को सही मायने में जी पायेंगे......