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Oh Mind Relax Please - Book Review

This is a great book to understand what causes out mind tension and how we can deal with it to relax. Following are my learnings from the book [ ] we have to realise that our action are born from our thoughts. Our thoughts are the product of our values, and values come from our own belief system. if we believe life is miserable, we attract misery; if we believe life is beautiful, it will be beautiful. [ ] Life is a like painting and not arithmetic. The painter chooses to create his own world through his art. [ ] Learn ant's qualities- Flexibility Planning Patience Enjoy each moment Commitment TEAM [ ] We have to wait; our struggle have a cosmic purpose. When our wishes are not fulfilled, it gives us pain. But the Universe has its own plans. Remember how a pot is made from mud by curning n heating. This seems struggle to that mud but the clayman has converted it into a beautiful pot. [ ] Heart of the Education is Educating the Heart. [ ] Faith does not move mountains. ...

High Five - Book Review

High Five (The magic of working together) This is a great book to understand how a team can be a high five team and how you can be a good team player. Basically, an individual can achieve more if s/he is working in a good team. This is a story of a person who got fired from his job in spite of his good individual performance. The reason was that he was not a team player. He started working with a class 5th ice hockey team and with the help of an old lady's wisdom, he discovered the following 4  points which changed his life. These are well described by acronym  P.U.C.K. (1) Providing a clear sense of purpose with values and goals to the team. (2) Unleashing and developing skills. Continuously building individual skills that in turn bolstered collective skills. (3) Creating team power "None of us is as smart as all of us" (4) Keeping the accent on the positive by repeated reward and recognition. Deliberately sought instances where the behavior of people is alig...