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Speech Of Azim Premji At IIM-A “While change and uncertainty have always been a part of life, what has been shocking over the last year has been both the quantum and suddenness of change. For many people who were cruising along on placid waters, the wind was knocked out of their sails. The entire logic of doing business was turned on its head. Not only business, but also every aspect of human life has been impacted by the change. What lies ahead is even more dynamic and uncertain. I would like to use this opportunity to share with you some of our own guiding principles of staying afloat in a changing world. This is based on our experience in Wipro. I hope you find them useful.” LESSON 1 “Be alert for the first signs of change.” Change descends on every One equally; it is just that some realize it faster. Some changes are sudden but many others are gradual. While sudden changes get attention because they are dramatic, it is the gradual changes that are ignored till it is too la...

Excerpts from baby center. Time-outs: How to make them work by Paula Spencer and Karen Miles Reviewed by the BabyCenter Medical Advisory Board What to expect at this age It's a 2-year-old's job to explore the world around him — and part of that exploration involves testing the boundaries of his world. That means your 2-year-old will gleefully push the limits you impose in an effort to find out what's okay and what's not okay. He's also a creature ruled by emotion, and can turn on a dime from a happy-go-lucky child to a flailing, wailing wild thing. When your child gets too worked up for his own good, sometimes the best way to help him get a handle on himself is to remove him from whatever sparked the meltdown (or the limits-pushing) in favor of a little quiet time, better known as a time-out. Though many experts, including Penelope Leach, are skeptical about using traditional time-outs with children so young, it's fine to introdu...

Excerpts from "Tools To Life" ################################################ Jackhammer Tools Life is an opportunity. –Napoleon Hill To begin this chapter I start you off with a true story that changed my life. I was a young guy working at Newark airport in New Jersey for an airline service company. There, I had the boss of bosses. He was an average-height, Jersey-Italian guy named Joe. He looked like Rodney Dangerfield, bulging eyes and all. When he got excited he would hold the bottom of his tie down with one hand and stroke it up and down with the other. I was young and thought the world was mine. I graduated college at age nineteen with several degrees, and I thought I could do no wrong. So one day, I walked into Joe’s office and said, “Joe, we have a problem.” He turned to me, eyes popping out and, as his hands went for his tie, I knew I was in for it. He stood up behind his desk and blared at me, “Devlyn,...