Monday, 6 May 2013

[www.keralites.net] വേണമെങ്കില്‍ ചക്ക അബുദാബിയിലും

 

വേണമെങ്കില്‍ ചക്ക അബുദാബിയിലും...

 
Fun & Info @ Keralites.netഅബുദാബി: വേണ്ടി വന്നാല്‍ ചക്ക വേരിലും കായ്ക്കും എന്ന പഴഞ്ചൊല്ല് വേണ്ടി വന്നാല്‍ ചക്ക മരുഭൂമിയിലും കായ്ക്കും എന്ന് മാറ്റിയാലും ഗള്‍ഫ് മലയാളികള്‍ ഇനി കുറ്റം പറയില്ല. അബുദാബിയിലെ ഷെയ്ഖ് ഖലീഫ എനര്‍ജി കോംപ്ലക്‌സിലെ പ്ലാവില്‍ നിറയെ ചക്കകളാണ്. ബംഗ്ലാദേശ് സ്വദേശിയായ നൂറല്‍ ഇസ്ലാമാണ് എട്ട് വര്‍ഷം മുമ്പ് നാട്ടില്‍നിന്ന് ചക്കക്കുരു കൊണ്ടുവന്ന് മുളപ്പിച്ച് ഇപ്പോഴത്തെ രൂപത്തില്‍ ഇത് വളര്‍ത്തിയത്.
കഴിഞ്ഞവര്‍ഷം ഒരു ചക്ക മാത്രമാണ് ഉണ്ടായത്. വിളയുന്നതിനുമുമ്പ് അത് കൊഴിഞ്ഞുവീണു. എന്നാല്‍ ഇത്തവണ പത്തിലധികം ചക്കകള്‍ ഉണ്ടായി. പത്തും വിളഞ്ഞു തുടങ്ങിയിട്ടുണ്ട്. ബംഗ്ലാദേശിന്റെ ദേശീയ പഴമാണ് ചക്ക. പ്ലാവ് വലുതായപ്പോള്‍ പറിച്ചുകളയാനും ഇടയ്ക്ക് ശ്രമം നടന്നിരുന്നു.
എന്നാല്‍ സ്വന്തം കുഞ്ഞിനെപ്പോലെ നൂറല്‍ പ്ലാവിന് വെള്ളമൊഴിച്ച് വളര്‍ത്തി. നൂറലിന്റെ ചക്കസ്‌നേഹം ഇപ്പോള്‍ സ്വദേശികള്‍ക്കും പകര്‍ന്ന് കിട്ടിയിട്ടുണ്ട്. നിരവധി സ്വദേശികളുടെ വീടുകളിലും നൂറല്‍ പ്ലാവ് നട്ടുവളര്‍ത്തിക്കൊടുത്തിട്ടുണ്ട്.
എന്തായാലും നൂറലിന്റെ പ്ലാവിലെ ചക്ക കണ്ടാല്‍ മലയാളികള്‍ക്കും കൊതിതോന്നും. കാരണം ചൊളയായി ഗള്‍ഫിലെ സൂപ്പര്‍മാര്‍ക്കറ്റുകളിലെത്തുന്ന ചക്കപ്പഴത്തിന് തീവിലയാണ്. എന്തായാലും തന്റെ പ്ലാവിലെ ചക്കകള്‍ വില്ക്കാനൊന്നും നൂറല്‍ ഉദ്ദേശിക്കുന്നില്ല. ചക്കപ്രിയര്‍ക്ക് എല്ലാം നല്കാനുള്ള മനസ്സാണ് ഈ ബംഗ്ലാദേശിക്കുള്ളത്.


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[www.keralites.net] The Emotional Bank Account --- Stephen R Covey

 

When it comes to improving and maintaining our relationships with others, Stephen Covey's metaphor of the Emotional Bank Account is probably one of the most powerful ideas ever created for the development of interpersonal relationships. If you've never heard of this, it basically means that anyone with whom we have a relationship with, whether it be our coworkers, family or friends, we maintain a personal "emotional" bank account with them. This account begins on a neutral balance. And just as with any bank account, we can make deposits and withdrawals. However, instead of dealing with units of monetary value, we deal with emotional units.

The emotional units that Covey speaks of are centered around trust. When we make emotional deposits into someone's bank account, their fondness, trust, and confidence in us grows. And as a result our relationship develops and grows. If we can keep a positive reserve in our relationships, by making regular deposits, there will be greater tolerance for our mistakes and we'll enjoy open communication with that person. On the contrary, when we make withdrawals and our balance becomes low or even overdrawn, bitterness, mistrust and discord develops. If we are to salvage the relationship, we must make a conscious effort to make regular deposits.

This post will discuss Covey's six major ways of making deposits into these
Emotional Bank Accounts and how we can avoid making withdrawals.

 
1. Understanding the Individual
In Covey's book, seven habits of highly effective people, one of the seven habits is "seek first to understand then to be understood". Truly understanding what others are feeling is not always that easy. We must remove ourselves from our egocentric viewpoint and put ourselves into the minds and shoes of others. I say minds and shoes because we must try to first understand the thought patterns and second walk in their shoes or empathize with them.
One of my major faults when communicating with others is, while they are talking I tend to think what I am going to say next. Truly understanding someone requires us to wholly and completely concentrate on what the other person is trying to say, not reloading, just waiting to fire off your response

 
2. Keeping Commitments
Certainly when we break our promises to others, we make major withdrawals from their Emotional Bank Accounts. However, keeping commitments is not just relegated to promises. It also includes things such as arriving to work and appointments on time, fulfilling our duties, and living up to every word that comes out of our mouth.

 
3. Clarifying Expectations
There is nothing more frustrating in a relationship than not understanding what is expected of you. Although many of us wish we could be, we are not mind readers. And because each of us sees life differently and has different backgrounds and life experiences, expecting someone to just "know" is not only unfair but completely unrealistic. It's important that the person with whom you are dealing with, knows exactly what is expected of them. Doing this will keep them out of the dark and allow them to relate you confidently, knowing that what they are doing is in line with your expectations.

 
4. Attending to the Little Things
Little courtesies, kind words and warm smiles are at the heart of the little things that brighten up a relationship. It shows recognition and an awareness of others. It's interesting, but within our relationships, if you want success, it's the little things that really become the big things.

 
5. Showing Personal Integrity
Nothing is probably more damaging to a relationship, then a lack of integrity. Being that the Emotional Bank Account is based upon trust, you could essentially be doing all of the previous things, but without trust, it is to no avail. Integrity means wholeness, completeness, or soundness. In this case soundness of moral character. Integrity is the rock-solid foundation upon which all successful relationships are built.

 
6. Apologizing Sincerely When We Make a Withdrawal
Granted, we are all mortal. We make mistakes. That's part of life and learning. Knowing when you are wrong and admitting your mistakes prevents the wounds that you've caused in others from festering and allows them to heal. When appropriate, sincere apology will keep your relationships accounts in the positive, allowing you to maintain the balance that has been created in your application of all of the previous steps
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[www.keralites.net] Business Term: B2B (business-to-business)

 

On the Internet, B2B (business-to-business), also known as e-biz, is the exchange of products, services, or information between businesses rather than between businesses and consumers. Although early interest centered on the growth of retailing on the Internet (sometimes called e-tailing), forecasts are that B2B revenue will far exceed business-to-consumers (B2C) revenue in the near future.

 
B2B Web sites can be sorted into:

Company Web sites, since the target audience for many company Web sites is other companies and their employees. Company sites can be thought of as round-the-clock mini-trade exhibits. Sometimes a company Web site serves as the entrance to an exclusive extranet available only to customers or registered site users. Some company Web sites sell directly from the site, effectively e-tailing to other businesses.

Product supply and procurement exchanges, where a company purchasing agent can shop for supplies from vendors, request proposals, and, in some cases, bid to make a purchase at a desired price. Sometimes referred to as e-procurement
sites, some serve a range of industries and others focus on a niche market.

Specialized or vertical industry portals which provide a "subWeb" of information, product listings, discussion groups, and other features. These vertical portal sites have a broader purpose than the procurement sites (although they may also support buying and selling).

Brokering sites that act as an intermediary between someone wanting a product or service and potential providers. Equipment leasing is an example.
Information sites (sometimes known as infomediary), which provide information about a particular industry for its companies and their employees. These include specialized search sites and trade and industry standards organization sites.

Many B2B sites may seem to fall into more than one of these groups. Models for B2B sites are still evolving.

Another type of B2B enterprise is software for building B2B Web sites, including site building tools and templates, database, and methodologies as well as transaction software.

B2B is e-commerce between businesses. An earlier and much more limited kind of online B2B prior to the Internet was Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), which is still widely used.
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