Middle Class Vs World Class - by Steve Siebold

• The Middle Class competes...the World Class creates.
• The Middle Class avoids risk...the World Class manages risk.
• The Middle Class loves to be comfortable. The World Class is comfortable being uncomfortable.
• The Middle Class hungers for security...The World Class doesn't believe security exists.
• The Middle Class sacrifices growth for safety. The World Class sacrifices safety for growth.
• The Middle Class focuses on having...The World Class focuses on being.
• The Middle Class is frustrated...The World Class is grateful.
• The Middle Class has pipe dreams...The World Class has vision.
• The Middle Class trades time for money...The World Class trades ideas for money.
• The Middle Class is problem oriented...The World Class is solution oriented.
• The Middle Class sees itself as a victim. The World Class sees itself as responsible.
• The Middle Class thinks it knows enough...The World Class is eager to learn.
• The Middle Class chooses fear...The World Class chooses growth

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Maladies of existing education system

GROSSLY  Inefficient in performance

UNAFFORDABLE  and INACCESSIBLE to the many needy people

 

Socho… !  Becho.. ! !   Seekho.. ! ! !

Integral / Holistic education

• Combining Boys and Girls - Co Education
• Combining East and West and North and South  - Global education
• Combining Arts, Social sciences and Professional subjects -  Interdisciplinary Edn 
• Combining Theory and Practice
• Combining Head, Hand, and Heart

45 principles of life

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come...
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."

Today's Top 10 Talent-Management Challenges

Harvard Business Online June 20, 2008, 

Tammy Erickson on the dilemmas and problems managers and c

1.      Attracting and retaining enough employees at all levels to meet the needs of organic and inorganic growth. Essar has grown from 20 thousand employees to a staggering 60 thousand in the past 3 years and 55% are less than two years in the organization.  

2.      Creating a value proposition that appeals to multiple generations. How to create an employee experience appealing to diverse needs, preferences and assumptions. The Gap has 153,000 people - stores have high % of Gen Y employees whereas leadership ranks are of  of Gen X  and Boomers.  

3.      Developing a robust leadership pipeline. Lack of individuals ready to move into senior client manager and leadership roles is a critical challenge. Lack of a robust talent pool from which to select future leaders. Gen X cohort is small and precious but the problem is many Gen X are simply not excited about being considered for the top roles.

4.      Rounding out the capabilities of hires who lack the breadth of necessary for global leadership. It's easier to identify and assess experts in specific functional or technical arenas, but much more difficult to determine whether those individuals have the people skills, leadership capabilities, business breadth, and global diversity sensibilities required for the nature of leadership today. Increasingly, the challenge of developing these broader skill sets falls to the corporations.  

5.      Transferring key knowledge and relationships. The looming retirement of a significant portion of the workforce challenges all companies, but particularly those who are dependant on the strength of tacit knowledge, such as that embedded in customer relationships, a key to Mercer's business success.

6.      Stemming the exodus of Gen X'ers from corporate life. exodus of mid-career talent is a problem : people in whom the organization has invested heavily : and pinned  hopes for future leadership on.

7.      Redesigning talent management practices to attract and retain Gen Y's. For firms that depend on a strong flow of top talent ( like consulting firms), creating talent management practices and programs to attract and engage young entrants is critically important.  

8.      Creating a workplace that is open to Boomers in their "second careers." smart companies are looking for ways to incorporate the talents of Boomers and even older workers in the workforce. In many cases, this requires rethinking roles and work relationships.

9.      Overcoming a "norm" of short tenure and frequent movement. Some industries have a  disposable view of the talent.   

1.      Enlisting executives who don't appreciate the challenge. Many business leaders have been brought up to believe that people will queue up because of the company's brand. A transition must be made from traditionally "buy talent" culture to "build talent" culture. All must share this thinking.

The Invitation - By Oriah - The Mountain Dreamer

It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living.
I want to know what you ache for
and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.

It doesn’t interest me how old you are.
I want to know if you will risk
looking like a fool for love,  for your dream,  for the adventure of being alive.


It doesn’t interest me  what planets are squaring your moon...
I want to know if you have touched the centre of your own sorrow
if you have been opened  by life’s betrayals
or have become shrivelled and closed from fear of further pain.


I want to know if you can sit with pain mine or your own
without moving to hide it  or fade it  or fix it.


I want to know if you can be with joy
mine or your own if you can dance with wildness
and let the ecstasy fill you  to the tips of your fingers and toes
without cautioning us  to be careful, to be realistic, to remember the limitations of being human.


It doesn’t interest me  if the story you are telling me is true.
I want to know if you can  disappoint another to be true to yourself.
If you can bear  the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul.
If you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy.


I want to know if you can see Beauty  even when it is not pretty every day.
And if you can source your own life from its presence.


I want to know if you can live with failure yours and mine
and still stand at the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, “Yes.”


It doesn’t interest me to know where you live or how much money you have.
I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair
weary and bruised to the bone  and do what needs to be done to feed the children.


It doesn’t interest me who you know or how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand in the centre of the fire with me and not shrink back.


It doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom you have studied.
I want to know what sustains you  from the inside when all else falls away.


I want to know if you can be alone with yourself
and if you truly like  the company you keep in the empty moments.