Self and Social

We all want to win in exam, games, sports, negotiations,  bidding   interview, jobs, professions and in many events. Winning makes people successful, happy and enhance their confidence to improve, try new things and keep on moving. Nobody wants to lose. But very few win continuously whatever they do in their life. Many win in one occasion but lose subsequently. What are the qualities required for WINNING ?   Lots of things i.e. STRATEGY, PLANNING, EXECUTION, HARD WORK, CONFIDENCE, DETERMINATION, PRACTICE, PREPARATION, PATIENCE, RISK TAKING, COLLABORATION, TEAM WORK etc. are required for WINNING. What is the first step for Winning? What one should do in order to win? From my experience I would say that “DETERMINATION is the First Step towards WINNING” Oxford Dictionary defines “ DETERMINATION as firmness of purpose, controlling or deciding of the nature or outcome of something, tendency to move in a particular direction”. There are lots of examples “Ho...

Bishnu C Parida is a development professional with expertise on “ Project Management ”. His life mission is sustainable development and a better world for all human beings. Bishnu is the founder of “ PMchecklist ” – a coaching and consulting initiative on “ Project Management ” for better Project Outcome. He is a member of Project Management Institute (PMI), USA. He has been engaged with wide spectrum of development and welfare projects of “The World Bank, DFID, UNDP, WFP, ICCO, ICEF, SRTT, IGSSS, PRADAN, NABRD, Planning Commission (Govt. of India), State Governments of Odisha, Jharkhand and Bihar. He has 17 years of fulltime engagement with International Agency (UNDP), State Govts. (Bihar & Jharkhand), National level NGO (PRADAN) and Regional Science Centre (Govt. of India). Currently Bishnu is working as a Dy. CEO in SSUPSW (State Society for Ultra Poor and Social Welfare, Department of Social Welfare, Govt. Bihar) and based at Patna, Bihar. He is a former State Proje...

People say “Second Life starts after forty”. It is true for so many persons. Many persons change their professions, some become entrepreneurs, some write books, many start new hobbies, few join fitness clubs and so on … Similar thing is happening with me. I am reflecting about my work and life, exploring new avenues and re-inventing myself. I am focusing on LEADERSHIP from MANAGEMENT, INSPIRATION than INFORMATION, building KNOWLEDGE rather than only collecting data, COACHING rather than IMPLEMENTING. I am concentrating on my CORE COMPETENCIES rather than exhausting energy on too many PERIPHERAL activities.     I am preparing myself to become a coach of “PROJECT MANAGEMENT”. I have become a member of Project Management Institute (PMI), USA ( www.pmi.org ) and preparing for the internationally credential PMP (Project Management Professional) exam. I have become a student once again. I am initiating “PMchecklist1234” – a Coaching and Consulting ventu...

After a long gap of one year I am writing on my blog. FACEBOOK has suppressed  my blog writing because of its convenience and popularity. I was simply posting photos, quotes and up-dates on FACEBOOK. Now I have decided to write blog once in a week and post the link in my FACEBOOK & TWITTER sites.  Everyday I read inspirational quotes from newspapers, magazines, books, Internet etc. to learn, to enjoy and keep myself motivated for life and society.Today I was helping my daughter to arrange her books and notebooks in the cupboard. I saw back cover of a notebook (published by NAVNEET Publication (I) Ltd., Mumbai) with 26 quotes arranged serially from "A to Z" alphabets. I found these quotes as interesting and inspirational. I am posting these on my blog for wider dissemination for learning of others. I hope you will enjoy these quotes. THE ABC OF LIFE A – Avoid negative people, places, things and habits. B – Believe in yourself. C – Consider things from...

THE SCIENCE OF SUCCESS: Nine Things Successful People Do Differently : Cross-posted from the Harvard Business Review Why have you been so successful in reaching some of your goals, but not others? If you aren...

UN Secretary General's message on UN day : Days from now, the human family will welcome its seven billionth member. Some say our planet is too crowded. I say we are seven billion strong. The world has made remarkable progress since the United Nations was born 66 years ago today. We are living longer. More of our children survive. More and more of us live at peace, under democratic rule of law. As we have seen in this dramatic year, people everywhere are standing up for their rights and human freedoms. And yet … all this progress is under threat. From economic crisis. Rising joblessness and inequality. Climate change. Around the world, too many people live in fear. Too many people believe their governments and the global economy can no longer deliver for them. In these turbulent times, there is only one answer: Unity of purpose. Global problems demand global solutions. They compel all nations to unite in action on an agenda for the world’s people. That is the very mi...

We mark this year’s International Day of Non-Violence in a world dramatically altered since our last commemoration. The powerful engine behind that wave of change – beginning in Tunisia and then spreading across North Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere – was none other than a non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights. The individuals – many of them youth – at the helm and heart of these movements toppled long-entrenched governments, delivered a rebuke to those who embrace violence, and emboldened other oppressed peoples to think that the path of non-violence might work for them, too. There is a heavy risk for those who stare down the barrel of a gun armed only with the knowledge that they have right on their side. But courageous individuals who believe in and use non-violence leave oppressors facing what is for them an unpalatable option – crack down harder or negotiate. The former simply reveals the bankruptcy of the systems they are defending; the latter could well s...