Friday 9 March 2012

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A good deed is never lost: 
he who sows courtesy reaps friendship; 
and he who plants kindness gathers love.
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few;
and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence. 
George Washington
Never part without loving words to think of
during your absence. It may be that you will 
not meet again in this life.
Jean Paul Richter
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of 
discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which 
there is no duplicate. The world is all 
gates, all opportunities.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Without inspiration the best powers of the mind 
remain dormant. There is a fuel in us which 
needs to be ignited with sparks.
Johann Gottfried Von Herder
Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey 
toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.
Samuel Smiles
Believe with all of your heart that you 
will do what you were made to do.
Orison Swett Marden
If we do not plant knowledge when young, 
it will give us no shade when we are old.
Lord Chesterfield
 
"The best mathematical equation I have ever seen: 1 cross + 3 nails = 4 given."
"I would rather have one roseFun & Info @ Keralites.net and a kind word from a friend while I am here, than a whole truck load when I am gone.

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[www.keralites.net] IT'S COSTS NOTHING TO BE NICE

 

ITS COSTS NOTHING TO BE NICE BUT THE DIVIDENDS ARE PRICELESS

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Can you put a price on being nice? The chances are you already have. When you go to a restaurant, do you sometimes tip a little bit more if the serving staff were extra nice/professional/helpful? When you shop somewhere and the assistants are nice (not pushy) and give good advice, you go back next time, right?

Although you cant always equate these experiences to exact amounts, it is easy to see the value in being nice.

Of course, sitting herein frontof my computer it is easy to say these things, and reading them you may well agree, but out in the real world, when we are running at a million miles an hour, it is not always quite so obvious.

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Weve all been there, trying to do 5 things at once, only to get an email or take a phone-call from a customer (or potential customer) with a question. Thats when we need to remember the value of being nice.

In actual fact, the value of being nice far outstrips the cost of being nice. If you go out of your way to be helpful the customer will remember it. Whether you reap the benefit of this now or later, either way it will be remembered.

Let me add a small story. This is a true story. In 1998, I (Sherrie Holland)was working at Johns Hopkins as an Administrative Manager. I left my office to go to the ladies room and found one of our medical residents sobbing. I sat and talked with her for a while and tried to give her encouragement.

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The next morning, she arrived at my office with a little box of Godiva chocolates and a very heartwarming note, thanking me and telling me how much my pep talk had helped her and that she knew shed be fine now.

I sat at my computer and wrote the following, and after printing in a large font, taped it to my wall as a reminder:

It costs nothing to be nice. But the dividends are priceless.

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The same can be applied if you are not so helpful, always remember that.

The actual cost of being helpful is zero, or close to it. If you can greet every request, every phonecall and every email in the same positive manner it really does not cost you anything, but the rewards can be immense!

So next time the phone rings or you hear the chime of a new mail arriving, remember the value of being nice, its worth it, I promise!

Let me add anAwesome old classic sung by Mukesh from the film Anari (1959) .
Music by Shankar Jaikishan, Beautiful lyrics by one of myFavouritewriter Shailendra.
I like this song becaue of the beautiful lyrics.


Kisiki muskuraahaton pe ho nisaar

To offer yourself to someone for smiles,
Kisika Dard mil sake to le udhaar

To share someones grief,
Kisike vaaste ho tere dil mein pyaar

To have love in your heart for someone,
Jeena issi ka naam hai

This is what life is all about.

IST STANZA:

Maana apni jeb se fakeer hain

Granted, we are poor, by the standard of our pockets.
Phir bhi yaaron dil ke ham ameer hain

Even so, we are rich at heart
Mitte jo pyaar ke liye woh zindagi

Perish for love that is Life

Jale bahaar ke liye woh zindagi

Crave for spring that is life,
Kisiko ho na ho hamein to aitbaar

This we believe, though others may not,
Jeena issi kaa naam hai

That this is what life is all about

Rishta dil se dil ke aitbaar ka

Relationship between the heart and the hearts trust,
Zinda hai hameen se naam pyaar ka

The name of love lives on because of us
Ke mar ke bhiKisiko yaad aayenge

Even if we die, we will be remembered by someone
Kisike aansuon mein muskuraayenge

That we will smile through someones tears
Kahega phool har kali se baar baar

A flower will tell a bud, on and on
Jeena issi kaa naam hai

That this is what life is all about

Just listening to it brings a smile to my face, both for the memories it evokes,

and the beauty of the simple lyrics.


--
Aano bhadra krtavo yantu vishwatah.(- RIG VEDA)
"Let noble thoughts come to me from all directions"

REGARDS
Miss.Shaija Vallikatri Bhaskaran

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