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Whether it’s improving our life style, attitude, knowledge, health, and wealth.... We are knowingly or otherwise, on a mission of improvement. This blog will represent my opinions/ideas, based on my incidental gleanings and shared experiences of oth

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Better Caring Helps You Take Care
2008-01-11 06:27:00
Among the many difficult decisions in life, there is one decision that practically everyone has to deal with?How do you take care of your loved ones in there old age or in time of critical ill health? The situation becomes harder and more complicated as sometimes you need to take care of them without loosing your life or your job. I really commend the people who sacrifice their time and energy to care of their loved ones themselves. There are others, who feel they are incapable of taking care of your loved ones by themselves and look for nursing homes.This post is for them. A few factors you would consider are ? Care Facilities? Location? State Law? Full time or part time care? Environment ? Medical staffBettercaring is a dedicated service formulated with the above in mind. You can arrange the right kind of care, read daily care news and views, and even receive tips from care experts. From searching for the right type of care to finding the funds to pay for it, you will find ...

The Balance Sheet Of Life!
2008-01-07 12:08:00
If you are new to this blog please consider subscribing to my full feed RSS. You can also subscribe by Email and have new posts sent directly to your inbox.Thanks for visiting!Reference: Hatnamag, July-September 2007 issue.Our Birth is our Opening Balance !Our Death is our Closing Balance!Our Prejudice Views are our LiabilitiesOur Creative Ideas are our AssetsHeart is or Current AssetSoul is our Fixed AssetBrain is our Fixed DepositThinking is our Current AccountAchievements are our CapitalCharacter & Morals, our Stock-in-TradeFriends are our General ReservesValues & Behavior are our GoodwillPatience is our Interest EarnedLove is our DividendChildren are our Bonus IssuesEducation is Brands/PatentsKnowledge is our InvestmentExperience is our Premium AccountThe Aim is to Tally the Balance Sheet accuratelyThe Goal is to get the Best Presented Accounts Award!Related PostsJob InterviewTake A Break, With These One Liners Questions that Determine your Financial Fitness
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The Balance Sheet Of Life!
2008-01-07 12:08:00
Reference: Hatnamag, July-September 2007 issue.Our Birth is our Opening Balance !Our Death is our Closing Balance!Our Prejudice Views are our LiabilitiesOur Creative Ideas are our AssetsHeart is or Current AssetSoul is our Fixed AssetBrain is our Fixed DepositThinking is our Current AccountAchievements are our CapitalCharacter & Morals, our Stock-in-TradeFriends are our General ReservesValues & Behavior are our GoodwillPatience is our Interest EarnedLove is our DividendChildren are our Bonus IssuesEducation is Brands/PatentsKnowledge is our InvestmentExperience is our Premium AccountThe Aim is to Tally the Balance Sheet accuratelyThe Goal is to get the Best Presented Accounts Award!Related PostsJob InterviewTake A Break, With These One Liners Questions that Determine your Financial Fitness
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7 Things To Be Cautious Of In Year 2008 And Beyond
2008-01-03 11:25:00
If you are new to this blog please consider subscribing to my full feed RSS. You can also subscribe by Email and have new posts sent directly to your inbox.Thanks for visiting!This post is my view of what we need to watch out this coming year. What's your view?#1. Guard your time like a hawkI once read somewhere that its all about "stuff" and "time". We need to identify how ?stuff? robs us of space time and energy. Ultimately get rid of the things we don't really need and get at the absolute essentials.Before you know it we might be wishing 2008 goodbye. I have stopped counting how many people told me, ?My, I can?t believe another year has gone by so soon.?.So, make more time for the important stuff otherwise you will regret later.#2. Don?t loose your identityMore and more people these days, wants to adapt the lifestyle of someone else. They try to change or imitate someone else and along the way, loose their uniqueness. They generally are not happy with themselves and constantly ...
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7 Things To Be Cautious Of In Year 2008 And Beyond
2008-01-03 11:25:00
If you are new to this blog please consider subscribing to my full feed RSS. You can also subscribe by Email and have new posts sent directly to your inbox.Thanks for visiting!This post is my view of what we need to watch out this coming year. What's your view?#1. Guard your time like a hawkI once read somewhere that its all about "stuff" and "time". We need to identify how ?stuff? robs us of space time and energy. Ultimately get rid of the things we don't really need and get at the absolute essentials.Before you know it we might be wishing 2008 goodbye. I have stopped counting how many people told me, ?My, I can?t believe another year has gone by so soon.?.So, make more time for the important stuff otherwise you will regret later.#2. Don?t loose your identityMore and more people these days want adapt the lifestyle of someone else. They try to change or imitate someone else along the way loose their uniqueness. They generally are not happy with themselves and constantly say, If I ...
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Happy New Year 2008
2008-01-01 17:46:00
Another fresh new year is here . . .Another year to live!To banish worry, doubt, and fear,To love and laugh and give!This bright new year is given meTo live each day with zest . . .To daily grow and try to beMy highest and my best!I have the opportunityOnce more to right some wrongs,To pray for peace, to plant a tree,And sing more joyful songs!~ William Arthur Ward
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2007: Hold On To The Hallmark Moments
2007-12-31 17:23:00
The year 2007 began on a high note for me. No sooner followed a few setbacks. The choices were hard and the solutions seemed scarce. Time, friends and family kept the rhythm of life flowing. I don't have any regrets. It was indeed one of those life lessons. Perhaps I had to learn it the hard way. Given the same situation now, I probably would handle it differently.Mid year came, I had to make some deceive decisions relating to my career. It was a tough one to make at the time. Looking back at it now, I know I made the right choice. All in all, I have enough hallmark moments I can take away with me to the year 2008. I suppose at the end of it all, it really comes down to two things for me. * The people?. who left a foot print in my life. * The moments/memories?. that made me smile, happy and sad. As you might have realized, this year has been a mixed bag of experiences for me. Through it all, I am proud to say that I have learned, grown and matured!"Year?s end is neither an end no...
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Earn More Money With Smorty
2007-12-28 12:00:00
Smorty is a service that connects bloggers and advertisers. How Smorty can benifit youBloggers? You could to write reviews about the campaigns that are offered to you.? Use the affiliate program and earn some extra dollarsAdvertisers? Advertise on blogs and get as many back links from the them as possible ? Increase your exposurePayment details? Smorty assignments generally range from $6 - $15 each? Payment is done via Paypal, on a weekly basis.My 2 cents;? The registering process is very easy. You can join for free. Once the your blog is approved, you can begin your assignments. I was amazed when I received an approval mail within a day.? The user interface of the website is simple and easy to understand. It will be suited even for someone who just entered the blogging world.? The requirements of each Smorty assignment is well-explained in detail. The cost for the post is also indicated along with it. Thus, considering the time and the effort spent you can decide whether ...
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2007 Wind Down Of Enhance Life
2007-12-27 07:52:00
I am going to uphold the tradition I started last year continue with my nominees for the year 2007. * Most commented post - Its a tie between The Heart Of A Leader By Ken Blanchard and people Come Into Your Life For A Reason, A Season Or A Lifetime* Most linked post (source:Technorati)- Top 5 Ways To Make Your Week-End Last Longer* Most visited post (source:Google Analytics)- people Come Into Your Life For A Reason, A Season Or A Lifetime* Favorite post - A Journal Doesn?t Have To Be A ?Dear Diary?* Debatable post - Are We There Yet?* Blogging post - 6 'American Idol Ways' To Enhance Your Blogging * Humor post - Top 5 Reasons Why The Voices Inside Your Head Talk Only To You* Health post - Staying Motivated When We Don't Loose Weight, The Way We Want!* Book review post - Reaching Your Potential By Norman Vincent Peale* ?Such is Life? post - Designing Your future Begins Here ?.* Living simplified post - 6 Timeless Ways To Stay Out Of Trouble* Relationship post- How To Easily (an...
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The Best Christmas Gift You Can Give Yourself
2007-12-22 05:36:00
It?s that time of the year ?The city is nicely lit with various breathtaking decorations. The roads are never a lonely sight. There are so many people walking about, one begins to wonder where they were all through the year!I bet you also did your round of shopping for your loved ones. Did you get something for yourself as well? Probably spent a few dollars on that as well huh?The gift I am proposing doesn?t cost you anything, in terms of any financial sense. If you thought this post was a way of using affiliate marketing? shame on you. :-)I can?t take any credit for this idea. The idea originated from one of my mother?s good friend?s. She is an UK citizen and came to Sri Lanka(that?s where I live!) for a short holiday. About a week before her flight, she discovered a small lump under her chin while washing her face. As days passed by she began to get a tingling pain and went to the doctor to get it checked. The doctor had given her medication and as a precautionary measure asked h...
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Tame Your Temper; 6 Tips That Actually Work
2007-12-18 12:14:00
You don?t wake up in the morning thinking ?I am going to get mad today?. But it happens. There are moments in life where you get so annoyed, that you loose your temper and say and do things you might regret.The following excerpt from the book It?s ok to ask them to work sums it up pretty well.The madder you get, the dumber you areI never met a person who could make better decisions when angry than when calm. We even have a word for this:Irrational. Not rational. Not thinking.Who among us has not-in the heat of an argument-said and done things that we would have moved heaven and earth to un-say and un-do when we finally returned to out rational state. Our observations and our lived experience validate it. The madder we get, the dumber we are. Our challenge, then, is to manage ourselves in a way that we can avoid anger-at least the trembling anger that leaves us sputtering rather than speaking. Anger creates situations that rupture relationships, ruptured relationships lead to enemies...
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Why Read Books When We Have Blogs?
2007-12-14 07:12:00
This was one of the lunch table topics yesterday. I know it?s a bit geeky for a lunch time conversation. But hey, I work for a software firm! Anyway, I thought I would take the discussion further by writing a post about it. Here are some thoughts by my fellow colleagues.* Most people who write books have blogs. They use the blog as a means of advertising for the book. In order to create an interest about the book, the blog entries revolve around book.* A blog post can be read and done with in quick time. It was argued that it is sometimes a summarized version of a book.* Blogs are free, books are not!My 2 cents on the matter* Book s are generally centered around one main goal or rather a central idea. Every chapter in book is structure in a manner to achieve that goal. (Generally speaking of course!)*Unless it?s a series of posts, blog entries are rarely inter-related. * Not everyone who has a blog write a book. In terms of sharing ideas, the possibilities are endless.* For novels/ f...
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Staying Motivated When We Don't Loose Weight, The Way We Want!
2007-12-07 11:17:00
As my regular readers would know, I returned from Oslo about two weeks ago. I didn?t sort out the luggage the first week thinking I will wear my old cloths for the time being. To my utter shock, I discovered that I couldn?t wear most of jeans I left behind. This led me to check my weight. Yes, I had put on a few ponds. Even though I was away for only 3 months, come to think of it I wasn?t too careful with my diet. I did a quick calculation on the Body Mass Index (BMI), and was relieved to find out that I am still in the ?normal? range.With the sole motivation of fitting into my old clothes I started an exercise routine. I have been cautious with my diet as well. It has been two whole weeks now, however I am not too thrilled with the progress I made. It is all too easy to give up and blame it on the scale. However, I still continue with the exercise routine. Here are a few things that stop me from quitting!1. There is no quick fix Starting from fantastic fitness machines to, too good...
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It Couldn't Be Done
2007-12-04 10:24:00
By Edgar A. Guest Somebody said that it couldn't be done, But he with a chuckle replied That "maybe it couldn't," but he would be one Who wouldn't say so till he'd tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn't be done, and he did it. Somebody scoffed: "Oh, you'll never do that; At least no one ever has done it"; But he took off his coat and he took off his hat, And the first thing we knew he'd begun it. With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin, Without any doubting or quiddit, He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn't be done, and he did it. There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done, There are thousands to prophesy failure; There are thousands to point out to you, one by one, The dangers that wait to assail you. But just buckle in with a bit of a grin, Just take off your coat and go to it; Just start to sing as you tackle the thing That "cannot be ...
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What Would You Do, If You Were Not Doing, What You Are Doing Today?
2007-12-01 01:51:00
Confused with that question? Let me explain. I was watching "Nothing personal" (a interview program) a few days ago and this was a question posed by the interviewer to a famous cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya. He said he doesn't have an answer to that because cricket is what he has been doing since he was 11 years old.That question got me thinking too. When I was 8 years old, I wanted to become a veterinarian. I wanted to save the animal kindom from all it's sorrows! Needless to say that at the time, I loved pets! Little by little, I realized that it took more than that to actually become a veterinarian! Several years later, I am not even close to being what I wanted to be. Rather, I now work for a software company. I know that it wasn't my childhood dream, but believe it or not I enjoy what I do. Looking back now, I don't think that I want to change steer my career in any other direction.I asked my self the same question, "What would you do if you were not doing, what you are doing...
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Enhance Life Back In Action!
2007-11-30 06:40:00
I know it has been a while since I posted. As mentioned previously I was in Norway for a period of 3 months. Anyway,I returned last Saturday. You can look forward for some interesting posts.Stay tunned....
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Everything Depends On The Lens You Use To See Life
2007-10-28 09:57:00
This was a email forwarded to me. Normally, I scan through the subject line and delete most of the emails which are "forwards". However, the I had some time on my hands, and thought of actually checking what the mail was all about.One day . . . a wealthy family man took his son on a trip to the country, so he could have his son see how poor country people live. They stayed one day and one night in the home of a very humble farmer. At the end of the trip, and when they were back home, the father asked his son, "What did you think of the trip?" The son replied, "Very nice dad." Then the father asked his son, "Did you notice how poor they were?" The son replied, "Yes." The father continued asking, "What did you learn?" The son responded, "I learned that we have one dog in our house, and they have four. Also, we have a fountain in our garden, but they have a stream that has no end. And we have imported lamps in our garden . . . where they have the stars! And our garden goes to the edge ...
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Designing Your future Begins Here ?.
2007-10-15 15:51:00
I was at an IT workshop recently and one activity given to us was to ?design the future? (as opposed to predicting!) for the next 10 years. Dealing with technology, I am sure you will agree with me when I say, imagination is the limit. I have watched several movies with a high caliber of ?future technology?. I often wondered, ?how in the world did they think of that!?. May be you have too.The workshop inspired me to ?design the future?, again! Yet, from a different perspective. Let?s call this edition the ?enhance life? edition!Yes, Life. Do you still have one? Unlike technology, there a few additional parameters that adds to the equation, when designing your LIFE's future. I suppose imagination is bound by reality and human emotion. Some people might regard this post as stupid or nutty. You are welcome to your own opinion, after you need the next sentence! In order to be where you are today, you certainly have to have designed it; knowingly or otherwise. The sequence of actions t...
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