Joke of the day

Two friends are talking

Friend 1: Yaar mein soch raha hun ki tractor khareedon yaan bhains
Friend 2: Arey isme kya sochna hai. Tractor khareed. Bhains par sawaari karta kya acha lagega.
Friend 1: Haan, woh to theek hai, par kya tractor ka doodh nikalta theek lagoonga

Angrezi mein anuvad (Translation in English)

Friend 1: I am thinking on whether I should buy a tractor or a buffalo
Friend 2: What is there to think about! Buy a tractor. You would not look good travelling on a buffalo.
Friend 3: Yes, that is right, but would it look nice milking a tractor.

Another One

A man gets down at a railway station in Haryana. He approaches a Jat standing at the Railway Station and asks him: "Bhai Sahab, ek choti si takleef de sakta hun"

Jat bhai (in a very husky tone): Deke dikha

Category: Humour

Leadership session at Radisson, Noida on December 26, 2005

The session was attended by around 30 people. Following is the definition of a good leader according to them:

• People can follow willfully
• Enables more leaders
• Can mobilize people to confirm to a common objective
• Takes initiative
• Acts as a coach and guide
• Takes right decisions at the right time
• Creates an environment conducive for highest productivity
• Aligns individual and team goals
• Motivates the team
• Gets the team buy-in
• Understands the need of the team members
• Does not let stress trickle down to the team
• Respects and acknowldes individual contribution
  
• Resolves conflicts at the right time and in a timely fashion
  
• Takes charge
• Works in a team
• Bridges gap between organization goals and implementation
• Guides the whole team towards the final goal
• Shapes teams success and takes ownership of failure
• Leads by action
• Does not need to prove that he is a leader
• Can define the future of the team

Category: Philosophy, Official

A Poetic Interlude to "What makes change so difficult?"

The jist of the story

Chapter I

You will never get yourself out of the hole till you agree that you are stuck in a hole.

Chapter II

You might pretend that you are not stuck in a hole. It does not make a difference, the only person getting hurt is you :)

Chapter III

Once you realize that you are stuck in a hole and you agree to it, then you will definitely get out of it. You have completed the difficult part.

Chapter IV

Once you learn the process of understanding when you are going to get stuck into a hole, you will know the trick on how to avoid it. You are experienced now :)

Chapter V

Over the time, you will know that this road will be full of holes, so you will never enter that. You are old now :)

Category: Philosophy

A Poetic Interlude to "What makes change so difficult?"

5 short chapters

Chapter I

I walk, down the street
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk
I fall in
I am lost.... I am helpless
It isn't my fault
It takes forever to find a way out

Chapter II

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don't see it.
I fall in again
I can't believe I am in the same place but, it isn't my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.

Chapter III

I walk down the same street
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it there.'
I still fall in.... it's a habit, my eyes are open.
I know where I am.
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.

Chapter IV

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.

Chapter V

I walk down another street.

Problematic behavior persists for a variety of reasons. Important in those reasons are the stories or explanations we offer ourselves about what we do:

• I AM HELPLESS (Main kuch nahin kar sakta)
  
• IT ISN'T MY FAULT (Meri to koi galti nahin hai)
  
• I PRETEND.... (Mujhe nahin pata)

Category: Philosophy