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Aspire to be a Good Leader
It is a fact that many people complain of bad leadership, but hardly anyone talks of good leadership these days. Does this imply that only bad leadership is discussed ad infinitum, because this is not what is expected of leaders; whereas good...
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Increasing Productivity by Effectively Managing Time.
Time available in a work day does not change but what one can do in the available time can vary greatly if one learns effective time management skills. Effective time management is nothing beyond doing what one needs to do, when it needs to be done, either by oneself or through delegation.
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Presentations Without 'Butterflies in the Stomach'
It has been practically seen that delivering a presentation is stressful for any individual due to our evolutionary programming as human beings. The best way to avoid the ‘butterflies in the stomach’ syndrome is to prepare for an effective presentation by identifying the purpose of the presentation...
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Places to See in and Around Ahmedabad - Part II
In Part II of 'Places to See in and around Ahmedabad', two great architectural masterpieces are discussed. These are the Sarkhej Roza and the Sun Temple at Modhera. These are at No. 3 and 4 of the lis
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Backyard Bully - Common Grackle
The Common Grackle is a bird that acts as a bully and chases away the other birds that are around and wants the feeder all to itself. It sits on the perch of the feeder and then pries all the seeds ou
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Mental Preparation for a Job Interview
A job interview is an important initial step to securing a job. To be successful, one has to intelligently prepare for it. The preparation starts with understanding the objectives of the interview; listing out the requirements of the position, as also understanding oneself in terms of how one’s...
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The Basics of Human Communications
Effective communications implies the transfer of information from the sender to the receiver and should lead to the same meaning being shared by each of them, at the completion of the transaction(s).
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The Basics of the Human Memory System
Psychology has divided the human memory into three parts – the sensory or ultra-short duration memory; the short term memory or the working memory and the long term memory.
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Work is Worship
There is research that shows examples of super-organisms which exhibit behaviour such that they put the best interest of the group ahead of their own. Honey bees are one of those super-organisms that display this behavior - a worker bee works tirelessly collecting nectar that is required for the...