Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Warren Buffett All Had This Experience Long Before They Were Successful- Summer Vacations.......

If news reports are right, something like 75 percent of today's college and high school students won't do something this summer that I once thought was second-nature. They won't be getting summer jobs.

This might be a bad trend--with kids missing out by not working at real jobs during the summer (as opposed to career-track internships and enrichment camps). If that isn't enough reason to reconsider summer plans however, there's another. Some of the most successful people we admire in leadership and entrepreneurship followed the summer-jobs path.

Here's how 10 of the most amazing entrepreneurs--including Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Jeff Bezos--spent their spare time and summer vacations. (Bottom line up front: They worked.)

1. Bill Gates

It won't surprise you to know that Gates had a summer job as a programmer for defense contractor TRW, but he also spent a summer working as a congressional page in Washington. This isn't exactly a glamorous job, and it wouldn't seem to have much to do with starting Microsoft. However, it could have sparked an interest in public policy that led him to launch the Gates Foundation.

2. Warren Buffett

Long before he was a professional investor, Buffett spent his spare time working as a salesman, running a paper route, selling chewing gum and bottles of soda door to door, and detailing cars. According to reports, when he filed his first tax return in 1944, he deducted the cost of the bike he'd used on his routes.

3. Michael Bloomberg

This might be my favorite entry on this list. Before he started a gigantic media company and was elected mayor of New York City, Bloomberg paid his way through Johns Hopkins University by working as a parking lot attendant.

4. Thomas Edison

What is it about selling candy--not just Buffett, but Edison, too? He didn't exactly come from money, and it was long before perfecting the light bulb or starting the company that would eventually become General Electric, but Edison first made money by selling newspapers and candy on a train.

5. Daymond John

Back to more modern-day entrepreneurs, the founder of FUBU spent his summers in high school as a foot messenger, "delivering packages all over the city," he explained in an interview. "At age 16, it helped broaden my horizons and introduce me to completely new parts of the world that were right in my backyard."

6. Michael Dell

You probably know that Dell founded his namesake computer company out of his dorm room at the University of Texas at Austin, but his first job? Washing dishes at a Chinese restaurant. He also sold newspapers, and reportedly made enough money to launch his computer company.

7. Henry Ford

As a child, Ford's father gave him a pocket watch, which he took apart and reassembled, thus developing both his interest in machines and his reputation as someone who could work on them. He was expected to take over the family farm, but instead became an apprentice to a machinist.

8. Andrew Carnegie

Carnegie was born in Scotland and moved with his family as a child to Pennsylvania, but they never had much money. He went to work at 14 as a "bobbin boy" in a cotton mill, where his job was to work six days a week changing thread spools on dangerous, fast-moving machinery.

9. Alexander Ljung

Speaking of dangerous work, I love this story about the founder of SoundCloud, Ljung, who said in an interview that he worked two summers during school at a construction site, "assisting with fitting ventilation systems." Besides being surprised at how early construction workers start their days, he said the experience taught him that "any system can always be improved."

10. Jeff Bezos

Bezos, according to one report, spent summers when he was growing up living and working on his grandparents' ranch in south Texas, "laying pipe, vaccinating cattle, and fixing windmills."

#Stunning, Adorable and Magnificent Black Roses of Halfeti, Turkey

The Stunningly Beautiful Black Roses of Halfeti

Turkish Halfeti Roses are incredibly rare. They are shaped just like regular roses, but their color sets them apart. These roses so black, you’d think someone spray-painted them. But that’s actually their natural color.

Although they appear perfectly black, they’re actually a very deep crimson color. These flowers are seasonal – they only grow during the summer in small number, and only in the tiny Turkish village of Halfeti. Thanks to the unique soil conditions of the region, and the pH levels of the groundwater (that seeps in from the river Euphrates), the roses take on a devilish hue. They bloom dark red during the spring and fade to black during the summer months

These stunning black roses would make excellent props in a movie about witches and black magic, or in a heavy-metal video. There’s something extremely attractive about them, in an intense sort of way.

A LETTER FROM A GIRL TO JRD TATA IN 1974 - (Worth a read)

A LETTER FROM A GIRL TO JRD TATA IN 1974 - (Worth a read)

THE GIRL WRITING AS HERSELF....

It was probably the April of 1974. Bangalore was getting warm and

gulmohars were blooming at the IISc campus. I was the only girl in my

postgraduate department and was staying at the ladies' hostel. Other

girls were pursuing research in different departments of Science. I was looking forward to going abroad to complete a doctorate in computer science. I had been offered scholarships from Universities in the US... I had not thought of taking up a job in India.

One day, while on the way to my hostel from our lecture-hall complex,

I saw an advertisement on the notice board. It was a standard

job-requirement notice from the famous automobile company Telco (now

Tata Motors)... It stated that the company required young, bright

engineers, hardworking and with an excellent academic background, etc.

At the bottom was a small line: 'Lady Candidates need not apply.' I read it and was very upset. For the first time in my life I was up against gender discrimination.

Though I was not keen on taking up the job, I saw it as a challenge. I

had done extremely well in academics, better than most of my male

peers... Little did I know then that in real life academic excellence

is not enough to be successful?

After reading the notice I went fuming to my room. I decided to inform

the topmost person in Telco's management about the injustice the

company was perpetrating. I got a postcard and started to write, but

there was a problem: I did not know who headed Telco

I thought it must be one of the Tatas. I knew JRD Tata was the head of

the Tata Group; I had seen his pictures in newspapers (actually, Sumant Moolgaokar was the company's chairman then) I took the card, addressed it to JRD and started writing. To this day I remember clearly what I wrote. 'The great Tatas have always been pioneers. They

are the people who started the basic infrastructure industries in India, such as iron and steel, chemicals, textiles and locomotives they have cared for higher education in India since 1900 and they were responsible for the establishment of the Indian Institute of Science. Fortunately, I study there. But I am surprised how a company such as

Telco is discriminating on the basis of gender.'

I posted the letter and forgot about it. Less than 10 days later, I received a telegram stating that I had to appear for an interview at Telco's Pune facility at the company's expense. I was taken aback by the telegram. My hostel mate told me I should use the opportunity to go to Pune free of cost and buy them the famous Pune saris for cheap!

I collected Rs 30 each from everyone who wanted a sari when I look

back, I feel like laughing at the reasons for my going, but back then they seemed good enough to make the trip.

It was my first visit to Pune and I immediately fell in love with the city.

To this day it remains dear to me. I feel as much at home in Pune as I

do in Hubli, my hometown. The place changed my life in so many ways.

As directed, I went to Telco's Pimpri office for the interview.

There were six people on the panel and I realized then that this was serious business.

'This is the girl who wrote to JRD,' I heard somebody whisper as soon as I entered the room. By then I knew for sure that I would not get the job. The realization abolished all fear from my mind, so I was

rather cool while the interview was being conducted.

Even before the interview started, I reckoned the panel was biased, so

I told them, rather impolitely, 'I hope this is only a technical interview.'

They were taken aback by my rudeness, and even today I am ashamed about my attitude. The panel asked me technical questions and I answered all of them.

Then an elderly gentleman with an affectionate voice told me, 'Do you know why we said lady candidates need not apply? The reason is that we

have never employed any ladies on the shop floor. This is not a co-ed college; this is a factory. When it comes to academics, you are a first ranker throughout. We appreciate that, but people like you should work in research laboratories.

I was a young girl from small-town Hubli. My world had been a limited place.

I did not know the ways of large corporate houses and their difficulties, so I answered, 'But you must start somewhere, otherwise no woman will ever be able to work in your factories.'

Finally, after a long interview, I was told I had been successful. So this was what the future had in store for me. Never had I thought I would take up a job in Pune. I met a shy young man from Karnataka

there, we became good friends and we got married.

It was only after joining Telco that I realized who JRD was: the

uncrowned king of Indian industry. Now I was scared, but I did not get

to meet him till I was transferred to Bombay. One day I had to show

some reports to Mr Moolgaokar, our chairman, who we all knew as SM. I

was in his office on the first floor of Bombay House (the Tata

headquarters) when, suddenly JRD walked in. That was the first time I

saw 'appro JRD'. Appro means 'our' in Gujarati. This was the affectionate term by which people at Bombay House called him. I was feeling very nervous, remembering my postcard episode. SM introduced me nicely, 'Jeh (that's what his close associates called him), this young woman is an engineer and that too a postgraduate.

She is the first woman to work on the Telco shop floor.' JRD looked at me. I was praying he would not ask me any questions about my interview

(or the postcard that preceded it).

Thankfully, he didn't. Instead, he remarked. 'It is nice that girls are getting into engineering in our country. By the way, what is your name?'

'When I joined Telco I was Sudha Kulkarni, Sir,' I replied. 'Now I am

Sudha Murthy.' He smiled and kindly smile and started a discussion

with SM. As for me, I almost ran out of the room.

After that I used to see JRD on and off. He was the Tata Group chairman and I was merely an engineer. There was nothing that we had in common. I was in awe of him.

One day I was waiting for Murthy, my husband, to pick me up after office hours. To my surprise I saw JRD standing next to me. I did not know how to react. Yet again I started worrying about that postcard.

At Pune Office Telco...

Looking back, I realize JRD had forgotten about it. It must have been a small incident for him, but not so for me.

'Young lady, why are you here?' he asked. 'Office time is over.' I said, 'Sir, I'm waiting for my husband to come and pick me up.' JRD said, 'It is getting dark and there's no one in the corridor.

I'll wait with you till your husband comes.'

I was quite used to waiting for Murthy, but having JRD waiting alongside made me extremely uncomfortable.

I was nervous. Out of the corner of my eye I looked at him. He wore a simple white pant and shirt. He was old, yet his face was glowing.

There wasn't any air of superiority about him. I was thinking, 'Look at this person. He is a chairman, a well-respected man in our country and he is waiting for the sake of an ordinary employee.'

Then I saw Murthy and I rushed out. JRD called and said, 'Young lady, tell your husband never to make his wife wait again.'

In 1982 I had to resign from my job at Telco. I was reluctant to go, but I really did not have a choice. I was coming down the steps of Bombay House after

wrapping up my final settlement when I saw JRD coming up. He was absorbed in thought. I wanted to say goodbye to him, so I stopped. He saw me and paused.

Gently, he said, 'So what are you doing, Mrs. Kulkarni?' (That was the way he always addressed me.) 'Sir, I am leaving Telco.'

'Where are you going?' he asked. 'Pune, Sir. My husband is starting a company called Infosys and I'm shifting to Pune.'

'Oh! And what will you do when you are successful.'

'Sir, I don't know whether we will be successful.' 'Never start with

diffidence,' he advised me 'Always start with confidence. When you are

successful you must give back to society. Society gives us so much; we must reciprocate. Wish you all the best.’

Then JRD continued walking up the stairs. I stood there for what seemed like a millennium. That was the last time I saw him alive.

Many years later I met Ratan Tata in the same Bombay House, occupying the chair JRD once did. I told him of my many sweet memories of working with Telco. Later, he wrote to me, 'It was nice hearing about Jeh from you. The sad part is that he's not alive to see you today.'

I consider JRD a great man because, despite being an extremely busy

person, he valued one postcard written by a young girl seeking justice. He must have received thousands of letters everyday. He could have thrown mine away, but he didn't do that. He respected the intentions of that unknown girl, who had neither influence nor money, and gave her an opportunity in his company. He did not merely give her a job; he changed her life and mindset forever.

Close to 50 per cent of the students in today's engineering colleges are girls. And there are women on the shop floor in many industry segments. I see these changes and I think of JRD. If at all time stops and asks me what I want from life, I would say I wish JRD were alive today to see how the company we started has grown. He would have enjoyed it wholeheartedly.

My love and respect for the House of Tata remains undiminished by the

passage of time. I always looked up to JRD. I saw him as a role model

for his simplicity, his generosity, his kindness and the care he took

of his employees.

Those blue eyes always reminded me of the sky; they had the same vastness and magnificence.

*Sudha Murthy is a widely published writer and chairperson of the Infosys Foundation involved in a number of social development initiatives. Infosys chairman Narayana Murthy is her husband.

THE TWO SUCCESS STORIES BOUND TOGETHER, CREATING A MAGNIFICO........

Last night we talked about the ten creepy Indian mysteries that still remain unsolved. I believe the one that might have interested you the most would be the Taj Mahal one. So here is a video which talks about the same in detail with evidences. Towards the end it even gives some explanations to boggle your mind so please do watch it and share it your friends.

Here's another video.....

                                                                             

#10 Creepy Indian Mysteries That Still Remain Unsolved

India is a land of heritage and history and with rich history comes along mysteries. Certain things are so complicated that no technological advancement can help untangle them. Here are 10 creepy Indian mysteries that till date remain unsolved.     

1. Is Taj Mahal A Temple Of Lord Shiva?

Taj Mahal, as widely known, was a built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as a mausoleum to his beloved deceased wife, Mumtaz Mahal. But here’s the shocker: according to a theory (read: conspiracy theory) by New Delhi professor P.N. Oak, Taj Mahal is not a mausoleum and instead, is a temple dedicated to Lord Shiva called Tejo Mahalaya. His theory further suggests that since Shah Jahan was the supreme commander, he took over the temple and made it what now history knows it as. Another thing that should be taken into notice is that Mughals have had a history of capturing enemy temples to re-erect them into tombs for their loved ones. Furthermore, no travel logs from the time of Taj Mahal’s construction make any whatsoever mention of it being built but do mention the existence of “Taj” as an established building. Well, we wonder if the government has buried something deep down.

2. Jodhpur’s Sonic Boom Of December 18, 2012

A Sonic Boom is caused by an airplane breaking past the speed of sound. This is a thing that doesn’t happen very usually as planes don’t fly at such high speeds over residential areas. But on December 18, 2012, a more than deafening sonic boom rattled the city of Jodhpur. While many believed it to be an Air Force exercise, the Army refused of any such drills. The source of the boom remains a complete mystery till date and it often fueled by the news of similar unexplained booms experienced in The United Kingdom and in Texas.

3. The Kongka La Pass In Ladakh Is A Suspected UFO Base

One of the most inaccessible places in the world, he Kongka La Pass in Ladakh lies in the forever disputed border of India and China. But since it’s a futile territory, the area has forever remained a no man’s land. Or has it? According to theories and near-by sightings, particularly those of the flying saucer type, the place is considered a mysterious UFO base. Even Google Maps have mapped things around the vicinity that look like military facilities.

4. Prahlad Jani, The Man Who Lived Without Food And Water For Over 70 Years

Prahlad Jani, popularly known as Mataji is an Indian sadhu, who is a staunch devotee of goddess Amba. This man claims that he can live without food or even water and has been doing so since 1940. If you total, this makes up to 70 plus years. Till date a total of 2 hardcore observations have been conducted on Jani. In an observation conducted in 2010, he was probed by 3 cameras 24×7 for 15 days. And to the wildest surprise of the scientist, Jani sailed through those 15 days without have anything other than oxygen. Even after 15 days the man had no symptoms of starvation or dehydration. Matter of fact, after 15 days of eating nothing his health was better than that of a 40-year-old male, the scientists noted. How he survives still remains unexplained!

5. An Indian Made The World’s First Air Plane 8 Years Before The Wright Brothers

The legendary Wright Brothers made the first air plane. Or did they? Well if certain aged articles of Times of India and Deccan Herald are to be believed, Shivkar Bapuji Talpade might be the first man to invent the plane. And that too, he did that almost a decade ahead of the Wright Brothers, who are actually credited for the invention. Shivkar Bapuji Talpade, born in Maharashtra, reportedly constructed and flew an unmanned plane called MarutSakha in 1895, before it eventually crashed. It is said that he obtained the designs from his Guru and the plane allegedly had a mercury ion engine. It is also said that he couldn’t go ahead with his prototype plane due to shortage of funds. Hence, no recognition for his achievement was ever awarded to him.

6. Empror Ashoka’s Nine (Illuminati) Unknown Men

Emperor Ashoka was the most gallant king and conqueror the Indian soil ever produced. It is also widely known that he turned into a monk after his encounter with Lord Buddha. But one mystery that still looms is about Ashoka’s “Nine Unknown Men” who he brought together in 273 BC after a bloody battle that took the lives of 100,000 men. In simple words, these 9 men to India are what Illuminati are to the West. Each of these Nine Unknown Men held a book of eternal knowledge on varied topics such as propaganda, politics, time travel and microbiology, etc. Legends even say that widely popular martial art of Judo was based on “leaks” from the Book of Physiology. The books have thus been passed on to the exact number of nine men but nobody knows who and where they are much like the Illuminati.

7. Gyanganj, The City Of Immortal Beings Of The Himalayas

Himalayas have always been linked to mysteries because of its futile terrain and inhabitable climate. But the myth has it that the world’s mightiest mountain range is a home to Gyanganj—a city of immortals and enlightened beings. Ancient Indian and Tibetan tales say that this place is city of mysterious immortal beings that cannot be discovered by ordinary men. It also said that the city is so well camouflaged that no modern mapping technique can identify the place. It is said that it is a place of serenity and ultimate knowledge. Fostering the belief is the famous Indian god-man called Sai Kaka Guru. He once mentioned in a meeting that “I have been to Gyanganj several times over the past half decade.” Many sadhus and mahatmas claim that their arcane knowledge stems from Gyanganj.

8. Where Did Subhash Chandra Bose Vanish?

Subhash Chandra Bose, the spearhead of Azad Hind Fauj, was declared dead during the closing stages of World War II by Japan. The reports stated that Bose had died of third degree burns in an overloaded plane that crashed in Taiwan on August 18, 1945. Since the body was never recovered, majority of his followers never believed his death. While some say that this was actually a ploy to help him go underground and finally escape to the USSR. Some say that Bose had become a Sadhu. In 1946, many of his allies even believed that he was in China preparing his final march on Delhi. A sighter even claimed that he saw Bose in a third-class compartment of the Bombay express on a Thursday. The sightings continued for a long time, but Bose was never actually heard from after the crash.

9. The 1600 Years Old Rust Free Iron Pillar Of Delhi

The Iron Pillar of Delhi is famous throughout India. But one thing that most people don’t know about it is that, it is 99 per cent resistant to corrosion. The 7.21 meters tall structure is as much as 1600 years old and still stands completely rust-free. Made from 98 per cent wrought iron, the pillar has been a subject of varied scientific studies from around the world. While a study concluded that critical corrosion-resistance agent called iron hydrogen phosphate hydrate makes the pillar resistant to rusting. The question that remains that how was such a chemically advanced agent manufactured almost 2000 years ago.

10.The Mysterious Monkey Man Of New Delhi (2001)

More than 10 years back, in 2001 surfaced the reports of sightings of a monkey like creature in Delhi. Some claimed that he was 4 feet tall, with black fur wearing a metal helmet and wielding metal claws. While other people who claimed to have seen him say that he was over 8 feet tall and slashes humans. On 13 May 2001, 15 people suffered injuries ranging from bruises to bites and scratches and other such incidents were also reported. The incidents gripped the city in fear and the sightings and attacks continued for over a month before completely fading away. The creature (or man dressed like a monkey) was never caught.  

is'nt this fascinating ?????

#Amazing War Strategies, Adapted by Indians !!!!!

From the Rajputs to our very own army, air force and navy, Indians across generations came up with some really novel ways to defeat the opposition they faced during war. Here are 7 that'll definitely blow your mind!

1. Elephant costumes for horses

Mewar rulers in India fooled opposition elephants by making their horses wear baby elephant trunks. Therefore, opponents' elephants would refuse to attack the horses thinking they were actually baby elephants. Maharana Pratap used this war tactic in the famous Battle of Haldi Ghati.

merwar

2. Small gates inside forts in Rajasthan.

In Rajasthan, forts were constructed in such a way that the gates to any room or hall were always way too small. At first, this seems like a construction error. But there's more to it. During a war situation, as the soldiers from the other troop entered and bent their heads to get in, soldiers standing next to the gate would chop their heads off. In fact, sometimes the gates would open to a dead end in front. Scary!

chittorgarh

3. Using South Indians in war to confuse Pakistanis.

During the 1971 war, the Indian army deployed South Indian signal staff in order to confuse the Pakistanis who had a superior code breaking equipment than India at the time. The South Indians spoke in languages that were not easily known to the Pakistanis and this helped Indians communicate secretly.

south indian

4. Did you know Indians were pioneers in rocket artillery?

Mysore was the first Indian state back in the day to use iron-cased rockets for military purposes. Hyder Ali, the 18th century ruler of Mysore, and even Tipu Sultan, used them against the British East India Company! Tipu Sultan even wrote the military manual Fathul Mujahiddin, which is considered a pioneer book in the field of rocket artillery.

mysore

5. When Indians spoke Russian.

The Indian navy crew on-board the missile destroyer INS Nirghat, INS Nipat and INS Veer carried out communications with the HQ at Mumbai and the IAF in Russian. Not English or Hindi! 

This was done to fool the Pakistani naval intelligence before the commencement, and during Operation Trident, as they could not trace the relations to any offensive sea movements by the Indian Navy. Operation Trident was followed by Operation Python which destroyed the Karachi port in the 1971 Indo-Pak war.

The Pakistan intelligence mistook this radio chatter as that of the Russian Navy far off in the Arabian Sea (far from Karachi) thinking that it may be related to counter the U.S. Navy movements in the region during the war. Poor Pakistanis, they had no clue what hit them. 

6. Sending torching bulls the enemy's way.

Our very own Shivaji tied burning torches to the horns of bulls and set them free in large numbers in the dead of the night. From a distance, it appeared as if a large army was advancing to attack. Eventually, it just scared the hell out of enemy soldiers. Shivaji used this strategy to scare Shahistekhan's (Aurangzeb uncle) army. 

7. The Maratha Warriors attacked in groups.

It was in the 17th century when the Marathas attacked the surrounding Muslim Kingdoms of Bijapur and Qutub Shahi, which had an outright numerical advantage and huge armies, but little knowledge of the geographical layout of the Western Ghats and the Deccan Plateau. They used to make a small group of soldiers and attack from mountains from different locations which made them look like a large group of soldiers. 

This technique was used again during Mughal wars.

Source :- INDIATIMES.com.....

#How to Negotiate like Mr. Bill Gates......

Entering a negotiation is a journey into the unknown--you have no idea how it will turn out. The uncertainty of bargaining can make even the most seasoned negotiator nervous. But you don't have to let the tension control your thoughts and actions.

In his research, Michael Wheeler, the author of The Art of Negotiation: How to Improvise Agreement in a Chaotic World, found a tremendous amount of tension among the parties at the bargaining table.

"Every person we interviewed expressed some degree of anxiety about negotiation,"  Wheeler writes in Harvard Business Review. "With a few subjects, it was only a minor concern, but with most it was the dominant emotion."

Wheeler explains that the "unpredictability of the process," worries about the other party's intentions, and self-doubt all contribute to anxiety.

"Such feelings hamper effective negotiation," he writes. "If anxiety isn't properly managed, it can make you defensive--and lots of other bad things will follow. You may be reluctant to reveal your interests, for example, fearful of being exploited. And if you're wary of others, you may be too quick to interpret an innocent question as a ploy. Most important, if you are tense and closed yourself, others may misread your defensiveness as hostility and prompt them to be defensive themselves. Tensions may escalate as a result."

Wheeler says being successful in a negotiation is not about repressing your emotions--you need to be passionate--but it does require maintaining poise. "Instead of ignoring these important feelings, you have to be aware of them and not let them take over," he writes. As an example of how to conduct yourself, he points to Bill Gates. Read below for details on the Microsoft co-founder's effective negotiating techniques. 

Listen, then give your perspective.

Gates is known for his negotiation skills, which years ago he showed off during a tense encounter with Apple founder Steve Jobs. Just before launching Windows, Jobs and Gates were butting heads, according to Jobs's biographer Walter Isaacson. Jobs claimed Windows was a copy of Apple's operating system. The wrinkle, though, was that Apple had "liberally borrowed" programming from Xerox.

The two founders needed to come to an understanding about the provenance of their competing operating systems. Isaacson wrote that Gates went to Apple's headquarters and Jobs lambasted him in front of Apple executives. In one of his infamous emotional outbursts, Jobs yelled, "You're ripping us off. I trusted you, and now you're stealing from us!"

That's when Gates grabbed the upper hand, Wheeler notes. Instead of screaming back at Jobs, Gates gave his perspective in a tranquil manner: "I think it's more like we both had this rich neighbor named Xerox, and I broke into his house to steal the TV set and found out you had already stolen it," he said.

Gates tapped into a key tenet of emotional intelligence: He stayed poised in a high-pressure situation. His calm demeanor helped to placate Jobs, and the two men hashed things out.

Be 'less emotional.'

Looking back years later, Gates said he is successful in negotiations when the other party is emotional because he is "kind of less emotional." The fact that Gates said he is less emotional rather than unemotional reveals an important distinction. "He obviously knows that feelings are important when dealing with other people, especially in a negotiation," Wheeler writes. 

"The heart of [emotional intelligence] is self-awareness, the capacity to sense the first stirrings of anger or anxiety," Wheeler writes. "That awareness, in turn, must be coupled with an understanding of what kindled that particular response. Depending on the situation, it might be something that another person has said or done. But if we dig deep enough, we sometimes see that our own attitudes are the real source of our visceral response."

These are negotiations by Bill Gates, hope that you all will try to follow him....

Source :- Inc. Magazine......

#Push - 2009

Cast - Chris Evans 

           Dakota Fanning

Direction- Paul Mcguigan

Chris Evans

Dakota Fanning

In Hong Kong, Nick is hiding as an expatriate. A young girl, Cassie, arrives at Nick's apartment, explaining that she is a Watcher and that they are going to find a mysterious case that will help them take down the Division. The case is also sought by the Pop Family, psychic Triads composed of Pop Father and his two sons who are "Bleeders", and his daughter Pop Girl who is a Watcher like Cassie.

Following Cassie's predictions, they go to a nightclub to meet Nick's friend Hook, who is a "Shifter". He tells them to go to a "Sniff" named Emily, one of many Sniffs Carver and his right hand Mover, Victor, are trying to enlist to find Kira. With Emily's help, Nick finds Kira; the two had a romantic relationship prior to Kira's capture by Division. Kira hid the syringe inside the case, then had a "Wiper" erase her memories to keep the Division Watchers off her trail. Nick recruits a "Shadow" named Pinky to "shade" Kira from psychic detection. Cassie finds a key in Kira's shoe to a locker in a construction building that is shaded by a powerful Shadow, indicating Kira hid the case there.

Nick devises a complex plan by giving his allies instructions in envelopes to open at specific times, while having a Wiper erase his memories of the grand plot to obstruct the Watchers' efforts to discern the entire plan. Meanwhile, Hook retrieves the case and creates a duplicate to match the real case with the syringe. As part of the plan, Kira surrenders herself to Agent Carver, who introduces himself to Kira as a friend. Pushing his thoughts into her, Carver convinces Kira that she is actually a Division agent who volunteered to take the augmentation injection and suffered amnesia as a side effect.

Pop Girl hunts Cassie and corners her at a secluded spot but The Wiper appears at the right moment to dispatch Pop Girl with a massive memory wipe. Nick meets with Carver, Victor and Kira to trade the drug for Kira's freedom but Kira tells him their past relationship was a false memory she pushed into his mind. The three force Nick to take them to the construction site that contains the locker holding the case, where the Triads lie in wait to ambush them. Victor kills several Triads before Pop Bleeder unleashes a powerful scream that kills Victor but also kills Pop Bleeder in a wave of collapsing debris.

*Star Cast*

Nick surprises Carver and grabs the syringe from him. Unable to convince Kira that their relationship was real, Nick jams the syringe into his arm, apparently killing himself. After Carver and Kira leave Nick for dead, he wakes up. Cassie appears and retrieves the true case with the syringe, revealing that Nick took the duplicated case and injected himself with soy sauce. Cassie plans to exchange the syringe to Division for releasing Cassie's mother, a powerful Watcher who foretold her vision to Nick's father and set the preceding events in motion even before Cassie's birth to ensure her and Nick's eventual success.

A STILL*

Flying back to America with Carver, Kira opens her purse and finds an envelope from Nick. Inside is photograph of herself and Nick in a relationship, and a message: "KILL HIM. See U soon - Nick." Kira pushes Carver to put his gun to his head and fire; the screen fades to black and a single gunshot is heard.

Since I heard about today evenig, i too got some telekinetic powers... As soon As i wished to watch it, it was broadcasted on channel HBO !!!!
Strange is'nt it ???

#watch full movie down here !!!!

#Who invented the piano? Google doodle marks Bartolomeo Cristofori's 360th birthday !!!!!!!

Cristofori’s entry in Encyclopaedia Britannica notes that little is known of his life and that his invention was not well known in his lifetime .http://www.google.co.in/?doodle=18523078&hl=en&nord=1

Google’s latest doodle celebrates the 360th birthday of Bartolomeo Cristofori, the man widely credited with inventing the piano.

Cristofori was born in Padua on this day in 1655 in what was then the Republic of Venice.

According to Encyclopaedia Britannica, the instrument Cristofori invented was referred to during his lifetime as a harpsichord that plays soft and loud, from which its name is derived. In Italian, the phrase is gravicembalo col piano e forte.

http://www.google.co.in/?doodle=18523078&hl=en&nord=1

On the blog dedicated to its doodles, Google wrote that one of Cristofori’s “biggest innovations was creating a hammer mechanism that struck the strings on a keyboard to create sound. The use of a hammer made it possible to produce softer or louder sounds depending upon how light or hard a player pressed on the keys”.

It added: “Being able to change the volume was a major breakthrough. And that’s exactly what doodler Leon Hong wanted to highlight in this interactive doodle.”

Cristofori’s entry in Encyclopaedia Britannica notes that little is known of his life and that his invention was not well known in his lifetime, even if it has since become ubiquitous.

It reads: “Cristofori apparently invented the piano around 1709, and, according to contemporary sources, four of his pianos existed in 1711.”

The Old Witch :

There was once a little girl who was very obstinate and disobedient. How could such a girl be happy? One day she said to her parents, "I have heard so much of the old witch that I will go and see her. People say that she is a wonderful old woman and has many marvelous things in her house and I am very curious to see them."


Her parents, however, forbade her from going, saying, "The witch is a wicked old woman who performs many ungodly deeds and if you go near her, you are no longer a child of ours."


The girl however would not turn back at her parents command. But went to the witch's house. When she arrived there the woman asked her, "Why are you so pale?"


“Ah!", replied she, trembling all over, "I am so frightened with what Ihave just seen."


“And what did you see?" inquired the old witch.


“I saw a black man on your steps."


“That was a collier", she replied.


“Then I saw a grey man."


"That was a sportsman", said the old woman.


“After him I saw a blood-red man."


“That was a butcher", replied the woman,


“But oh, I was most terrified", continued the girl, "When I peeped through your window, and saw none but a creature with a fiery head."


"Then you have seen the witch in her proper dress", said the old woman; "for you, I have long waited and now you shall give me light."


So saying she changed the girl into a block of wood and then threw it into the fire and when it was alight she sat down on the hearth and warmed herself and said, "And now for once it burns brightly!"


MORAL : One who disobeys one's parent’s words will soon get intoproblems.


In this story also the little girl disobeyed her parents and went on her own way to meet the witch which was considered by her parents ad wicked. If the little girl had obeyed her parents, she would have been saved from death and would have lived well for a long time. Because of the disobedience of her, she had to face the death at the hands of the witch which entertained only bad thoughts about the little girl. So the children should pay attention to their parents and heed them always. Thus they can save themselves from dangers. 

#Revolutionary - Gabbar Is Back, My Words

On may 1st, Friday,  akshay kumar featuring as Gabbar and Prof. Aditya, enters with a blast in theatres of entire world.
The films begin with the famous dialog of Sholay,

“ Kitne Aadmi the, 

Sarkar – 3,

-Sunvar k bachho.. “

 Then a team allotted starts collecting or we can say KIDNAPPING corrupt officials mainly tahsildars of the mahrashtra state. The most corrupted officer after an interrogation by Gabbar is hanged to death.
So With a rocking beginning, heres the plot
Gabbar Singh Rajput (Akshay Kumar) creates his own vigilante military network called the Anti-Corruption Force (ACF) that eliminates the most corrupt individuals, from all walks of life, in a systematic manner. As pressure builds on Police and Government to track down the man who masterminds these killings, Balbir Singh (Sonu Sood) is specially summoned to head the task. He is aided by Suryam (Prakash Raj) who, though being just a constable in the mammoth Police force, is compelled by his instincts to see through the underlying design.

One of the user said,

Gabbar is Back is a common man's fight against corruption. The movie justifies its name as Gabbar has been the biggest villain in Indian Cinema history. But this time Akshay Kumar adopt this name to fear the corrupts. He starts his own mission to destroy them and his way of doing so is brutal.

Movie is a bit slow in parts especially in first half but it doesn't boar you to core. We feel convinced with the proceedings and can actually feel the anger against the protagonist. This is what makes this movie different from other routine mass entertainers that audience get connected to the plot. Second half is solid with some really action packed sequences. Climax is ample and we feel convinced while coming out of the theater. There are minuses in the movie as every movie has but they don't irritate you. Slow pace and loud BGM are two drawbacks.

Akshay Kumar again plays the lead role quite brilliantly and after Baby , he has given another commendable job. His dialog delivery is just rocking. Action is always a plus in his movies. Shruti Haasan is cute and does her part good. The villain played by Suman is convincing. Sunil aka Gutthi is a bonus as Police officer. Kareena looks stunning in cameo while Chitrangadha is ravishing in item number.

it has :-
#ACTION
#COMEDY
#ROMANCE
#FICTION
#STORY
#LIFE_ISSUES
#Its simply Fantastic.....

Direction by Krish is good. Story and Dialogues are apt and support the movie a lot. Editing could've been better. Music is average with loud BGM. Cinematography is good. Action is OTT but looks good played by Akshay.

Overall, GIB is a convincing movie with a storyline that would connect audience and that's where it hits bulls' eye. It would be loved by one and all as it is a true entertainer. Go for it because there are very few no Nonsense masala movies made in Bollywood and GIB is one of them. Enjoy guys!


By my view, just watch it once…..

visit here :-
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2424988/

#Project_Suspense

Franklin- Part 2

One fine day, a strange and unexpected thing happened…….

I was walking through the home of franklin, when I saw something strange, everyone was mourning, dressed in whites, the peoples were limited to the family…..

The old man, elderly had died…

I thought for a second, that people give huge ransom amounts for the dilapidated, and not a respect for that man, who gives his everything for the world,

I was astonished; certainly I could not eat that day… I was in shock

On the next day, after the ritual of death, the 3 of their kids were crying, the mother too died of the shock…

Now I thought that how could that three children in their mid-adolescence, could bare the living,

I was moving through their hut, without any reason I went in just to feel the situation.

The girl was cooking on the stove; the boy moved his limbs in order to earn the daily living.

I asked him whether the shirt was ready or not. We went into the conversation.

Boy: - which one is yours sir? (Showing some of the garments)

Me:- where is the lady? She knows my garments.

Boy: - sir I am sorry, but mom is not here, she just went far away from us! You can select your garment I’ll get it ready for you by tomorrow.

Me:- Actually kid, I have taken my garments but I owe 500 to your mother. Will give it your mother.

Saying this I went ahead, without turning back.

I could feel the sense of remorse; I was literally worried about the children.

I think how cruel this world can be.

Later I would see every day the same situation there, the setting changed every evening, the three of them silently ate the food served, regretting.

I would also help the children by giving some assignments on my clothes, so that they could live. But still how the world is every situation, every aspect is defined by the world in different mannerisms…