A little boy went into a drug store, reached for a soda carton and pulled it over to the telephone. He climbed onto the carton so that he could reach the buttons on the phone and proceeded to punch in seven digits (phone numbers).

The store-owner observed and listened to the conversation:

Boy: "Lady, Can you give me the job of cutting your lawn?
Woman: (at the other end of the phone line): "I already have someone to cut my lawn."

Boy: "Lady, I will cut your lawn for half the price of the person who cuts your lawn now."
Woman: I'm very satisfied with the person who is presently cutting my lawn.

Boy: (with more perseverance): "Lady, I'll even sweep your curb and your sidewalk, so on Sunday you will have the prettiest lawn in all of Palm beach , Florida."
Woman: No, thank you.

With a smile on his face, the little boy replaced the receiver. The store-owner, who was listening to all this, walked over to the boy.

Store Owner: "Son... I like your attitude; I like that positive spirit and would like to offer you a job."
Boy: "No thanks,

Store Owner: But you were really pleading for one.
Boy: No Sir, I was just checking my performance at the job I already have. I am the one who is working for that lady, I was talking to!"

This is what we call "Self Appraisal"

N.B : Did you follow this approach to check your performance in past???, if not ..you are not late :)))))

If you are ever forced by a thief or someone to take money out of an ATM machine, enter your pin number reversed.
So if your number is 1254 mark 4521.

The ATM machine will give you your money, but will automatically recognize this as a plea for help and will alert the police unknown to the thief.

This option is in all ATM machines, but not many people know this.

Please pass this information on to others. No harm in keeping this in mind!!

Happy Blogging,

Dr Ashwin

I just thought I d pen something down on Stress. Most of us are stressed out in our lives, arent we ? Life feels no more than a rat race sometimes. And you cant help yourself wondering if it is all worth the small sacrifices that you are putting into your life.

Stress often comes when one feels rushed and overwhelmed, so making sure that you have enough time to do everything in your life may help you cope with stress. Time management might mean that you have to cut one or a few activities out of your life. It might mean creating a number of firm routines so that you have flexibility in other parts of your life. Only you may decide what is right for you. Remember: Stress results from change, so why not create a few predictable cycles in your life? You might change those routines later, but help yourself stabilize for a while. Time management may involve learning new skills such as saying "no" to every volunteer opportunity, delegating household chores, and learning assertiveness in order to put it all into action.

So Go ahead guys, just beat the shit out of that Stress thats there in your life. If you think you are in stress, its good news... Coz you have already won half the battle in identifying that you are in stress. All you need to do now is to check out how you need to deal with it. And if you just sit back and think a bit, I am sure you would hit upon what you need to do differently to beat that stress.

Happy Blogging..

Just wanted to let you know that I am truly happy with the way life is happening. It feels so great to be happy personally and profesionally. I just wish i l be able to keep it that way for some time. And guys I hope you dont start to get ideas here, its not because of some one special or some special girl or something. Its just that Ashwin is Happy, and Yo man Ashwin is proud about it.

Chal,

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