I have been in love with podcasts and iTunes. When reading books are not the luxury (crowded commuting or just a mood for something different other than reading), listening to podcasts while on the go is always a step ahead… my list includes…
Present Perfect Tense – The action started in the past and it continues upto now.
Present Perfect Continuous Tense – The action has just stopped or an action continuing up to now
Past Tense
Past Continuous Tense
Past Perfect Tense – The action in the past before another action in the past.
Past Perfect Continuous Tense – It expresses longer actions in the past before another action in the past
E.g. I was very tired because I had been running.
Future Tense
Future Continuous Tense
Future Perfect Tense
The train will have left when you arrive.
Future Perfect Continuous Tense - about a long action before some point in the future
I will have been working here for ten years next week.
What is a modifier? In grammar, a modifier (or qualifier) is a word or sentence element that limits or qualifies another word, a phrase, or a clause. There are 2 kinds of modifiers are:
adjectives - modify nouns and pronouns
adverbs - modify verbs, adjectives, and adverbs
2 common types of modifier grammar errors are :
misplaced modifiers: results in illogical sentences that are difficult to follow
E.g. The lawyer wrote the notes for his client during the meeting.
The lawyer wrote the notes during the meeting for his client.
dangling modifiers (-ing): illogically connected to the main part of the sentence
E.g. Walking through the park, the sun came out.
Walking through the park, I saw that the sun came out.
It has long been a tenet of business theory that the best decisiosn are amde after careful review and consideration. Only then can a practical decision be made. Now that model is being questioned by some business thinkers in the light of the theories of Malcolm Gladwell, who states that human beings make better decisions in the blink of an eye. Gladwell argues that on the contrary, the human mind is able to make complicated decisions quickly, and that intuition often trumps an extended decision-making process.
Finally i found little applications that i can display on the desktop without the use of any browser or opening any applications… Yahoo Widgets!! Clocks, Convertors, weather, countdowns etc…
White collar refers to salaried professionals white Blue collar refers to job with manual labour earning hourly wage.
This term was first used by Upton Sinclair in 1930s where the color of overalls or coveralls indicated occupational status: blue for workers, brown for foremen, and white for professional staff such as engineers.
Book Title: Self Leadership and the 101 Minute Manager Authors: Ken Blanchard, Susan Fowler, Laurence Hawkins Year written/published: 2005 Book Source: Google Books, Library Summary: How do you steer yourself Some extracts:
Points of power
Knowledge Power
Position power
task power
relationship
personal power
Tricks of leadership:
Challenge assumed constraints
Celebrate your points of power
Collaborate for Success
Perhaps your greatest weakness is not realizing your own power
Ask yourself 2 questions about the goal of performing:
what is your level of competence?
what is your level of commitment?
4 development continuum
Enthusiastic Beginner stage: Low Competence -high commitment ? you need directing
Disillu8sioned learner stage: low some competence – Low commitment ? you need coaching
Capable but cautious Performer stage: Moderate high competence variable commitment ? you need supporting
High Achiever: high competence – high commitment ? you need delegating
To increase your competence to achieve a goal you need from someone who will:
? Set a clear goal
? Generate an action plan
? Show you how to do the goal or skill
? Clarify roles
? Provide timelines
? Establish priorities
? Monitor and evaluate your work and give feedback
To build your commitment to achieve a goal you need from someone who will:
? Listen to you
? Praise and encourage you
? Facilitate your problem solving
? Ask you for input
? Provide rationale (remind you why you’re doing it)
? Share information about their experiences relevant to the goal
? Share information about the organization relevant to the goal
T. J. Watson, one of IBM’s influential pioneer leaders had this talk with his employee (a highly efficient one) in 1915.
The employee probably did a big blunder that cost the company thousands of dollars. So when he came to meet Mr. Watson, he was naturally expecting to be fired.
But instead Mr. Watson said this, “You kidding me! We just send you for training costing thousands of dollars!”
Book Title: How to enjoy life and your job Author: Dale Carnegie Year written/published: 1984 Book Source: Google Books, Library Summary: A compilation of Dale Carnegie’s books on How to win friends and influence people and How to stop worrying and start living My Comments: I have always taken Dale Carnegie as relationship/diplomacy guru when dealing with people… another revision of this ideas. Contents page:
How to stop worrying and start living
Fundamental techniques in handling people
Ways to win people to your way of thinking
Ways to change people without giving offense or arousing resentment
Some extracts:
7 ways ot peace and happiness:
Let’s not imitate others. Let’s find ourselves and be ourselves
4 good working habits: Clean your desk of all papers except those relating to the immediate problem as hand, DO things in the order of importance, Don put off decisions, learn to organise, deputise and supervise
learn to relax
count your blessing and not troubles
Remember than unjust criticism is often a disguised compliment.
Do this – and criticism can’t hurt you: Do the very best you can; and then put your old umbrella and keep the rain of old criticism from running down the back of your neck
Fundamental techniques in handling people:
Don’t criticize, condemn or complain
Give honest and sincere appreciation
Arouse in the other person as eager want
be genuinely interested in other person
make the other person feel important – do it sincerely
ways to win people to your way of thinking
Show respect for the other people’s opinions. Never say "You’re wrong"
Begin in a friendly way
get the other person to say ‘yes yes’ immediately
Let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers
appeal to nobler motives
Ways to change people without giving offense or arousing resentment
call attention to people’s mistakes indirectly
Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person