SWOT ANALYSIS -An Individual Approach to Career Planning

What does APJ Abdul Kalam life teach us to grow in Professional Life ?

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, was an ordinary man with extraordinary talent and above all he exploited his talent very well throughout in his life.  This made him an extraordinary man.

Some lessons which can be used by us in our professional life are as follows :

-          -Problems are there to make you strong and prepare you for the bigger challenge of life.

-          -Everybody has the talent, but you have to exploit your talent at its best.

-         - Love your job till the last breath of your life.

-         - You will only known by your deeds, not by your wealth.

-          -Whatever the responsibilities comes to you, accept them and tackle them.

-          -Live a simple life , do great things and enjoy yourself.

-          -A true life is beyond the cast, racism , poor or rich.

-          -Your passion can take you on the top.

-          -Your good deeds always be appreciated sooner or later.

-          -Everybody can do wonders in his / her life from an ordinary life.

Life is short and time bounded.  Nobody can change this.  The most important thing is – How you will live your life?  How do you want to remember?

I am a big fan of late great scientist , an excellent teacher and ex president of India and it is great to see that every citizen of india mourn in his death without any limitations or barriers. 

A grand salute to Dr. APJ Abdul Kalaam …………….. We are fortunate that we lived in your era and seen you doing great things in a very simple manner.

RIP Dr. APJ Abdul Kalaam … We miss you ………

One Inspirational Quote from legendary boxer – Muhmmad Ali

“Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill."

These words are very inspiring and encouraging. In every field of life where you want to excel or want to raise your bar, there are something which needs within you- Hardwork, determination , focused approach, Patience, believe in almighty and a great will. These characteristics leads to a person to become the victorious from all odds. Odds are only the part of life and it teaches the lesson to an individual and give them the patience to handle or tackle the more challenges in life. Muhammad Ali or Casius Clay the great boxer of all time, describing that will - strong will that a man can do wonders if he /she has the faith in themselves. Inborn assets or talent only exhibited when you think beyond your bars.

If we really want to excel in our professional life, we have to believe in ourself first and believe that We can do it.  Every person is gifted enormous talent by GOD, the only thing is – we have to realize this and channelize our efforts to achieve our goal of life.

Keep reading and have a faith in yourselves because we all are special child of the omnipotent and almighty.

God bless you........

20 Golden rules to make a mark of your work at office.....

1.Do your work with dedicated interest and loyalty. Be punctual at work and try your best to observe the rules and regulations of the company and develop the passion quotient within you.
2. Improve your knowledge and professionalism on the job and if possible, be ahead of the times by reading about current research findings in your areas of expertise. Know the regular up-dation in your field.
3. Be the best at what you do, no matter how small or big the job. Treat every job with equal importance. 
4. Do not brag about your achievement. Let your work speak for itself or let somebody else do the bragging.
5. Learn to know a co-worker individually and to not base a relationship on what was said by another person. Believe in what you see.
6. Learn to have shorter periods of anger when aggravated and let the matter rest as quickly as possible. Anger toward a co-worker tends to adversely affect your work. Try to calm at office.
7. Accept your imperfections. When you make error, admit it. The cardinal sin on the job is to blame somebody else for your errors.
8. Use your errors as learning tools for education, and job improvement. This is how you turn your weaknesses to strategies for success.
9. Learn to identify and deal with thrill seekers of crisis. Once a problem is solved, they will create another. The rule is, as long as these people are kept busy, given numerous assignments, their energies to craft crisis or do havoc will be depleted. Don't react to these people as nuisances on the job, which chronic complainers can sometimes be.
10. Never destroy co-workers' work or denigrate them to elevate your status.
11. Do not bring personal problems to work or persecute co-workers as a reflection of your personal failures or problems.
12. Never get into a shouting match with a co-worker no matter how angry you get.
13. Find a neutral ground to negotiate issues with the boss or co-workers. When negotiation fails, learn to compromise; when compromise fails, learn to agree to disagree.
14. Learn to respond without stress to stressful situations.
15. Improve your work ethics and spend the major part of the job time producing.
16. Never take a problem to the manager without having two or three solutions for the problem.
17. Deal with an ego-driven manager with diplomacy.
18. Know your limitations, know the limitations of your boss, do your best on the job and know when to stop pursuing an issue. Your greatest asset on the job is your motivation to achieve and produce. No matter what the job is, always let your work leave a mark of excellence.
19. Treat your customers with respect and kindness whether they are external or Internal.
20 . Last but not the least, you will always be remember by your work in your company when you leave the organization. So, Give your best and do the best. 

Keep reading….Wish you a happy career…

Know about Firmware and Spyware as an user of Computer.....

As a computer user, we all know about the Hardware and Software. The  physical and tangible components of a computer are called Hardware i.e Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, CPU etc. and Software are the instructions or programs according to which the hardware do functions.

But usually we are not aware about the Firmware and spyware.

Firmware are the combination of Hardware and software. Computer chips that have data or programs recorded on them are Firmware. Some examples of Firmware are ROM, PROM and EPROM.

Spyware is basically a computer software which is installed on a personal computer in intercept or take the partial control over the user’s interaction with the machine without user’s  knowledge. Keylogger is one of the spyware.

If a spyware is installed in your computer, the user activities like surfing habits, websites visited can be tracked without the user knowledge. Spyware can change the computer setting and can stop the internet or slow down its speed.

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Which color of Hat suits to you ? ( An Introspection)

'Six Thinking Hats' is an important and powerful technique. It is used to look at decisions from a number of important perspectives. Every person looks a problem with their attitude and to get rid from the problem, every individual has its own style of solving the problem which was actually based upon his/ her traits, educational background, experience and attitude.
This tool was created by Edward de Bono.
White hatWith this kind of people always focus on the data available. Look at the information you have, and see what you can learn from it. Look for gaps in your knowledge, and either try to fill them or take account of them. This is where you analyze past trends, and try to extrapolate from historical data.
Red HatWearing' the red hat, you look at problems using intuition, gut reaction, and emotion. Also try to think how other people will react emotionally. Try to understand the responses of people who do not fully know your reasoning.
Focusing the entire scenario in one shot is the characteristic of Red Hat people.
Black HatThese are the individual who always looks for the flop side of the coin. It means they consider the bad effects first then the positive effect of the decision. This is important because it highlights the weak points in a plan. It allows you to eliminate them, alter them, or prepare contingency plans to counter them.
Yellow HatThey are the opposite from Black hat. They always see the flip side of the coin. The yellow hat helps you to think positively. It is the optimistic viewpoint that helps you to see all the benefits of the decision and the value in it. Yellow Hat thinking helps you to keep going when everything looks gloomy and difficult.
Green hatThey are revolutionary. The Green Hat stands for creativity. This is where you can develop creative solutions to a problem. It is a freewheeling way of thinking, in which there is little criticism of ideas.
Blue hatThey are the people who are really responsible to control the problem. 'Blue Hat Thinking' stands for process control. This is the hat worn by people chairing meetings. When running into difficulties because ideas are running dry, they may direct activity into Green Hat thinking. When contingency plans are needed, they will ask for Black Hat thinking, etc.. They are always looks for the ideas from others.
So, what type of Hat you wear when a problem arises at your end?.......................
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A short Corporate Story …. Appraisal

Boss called his junior in his cabin. 

“ Mr. Singh … As you know we are short from our target achievement in the past year.  What do you think ? who is responsible ?”
Boss fired questions to his junior.

“Sir, my target achievement was 105%” , He answered.

“ So, you want to prove that you are overachieved and other members are responsible for not achieving the target.”  Boss almost shouted and said , “ It means you are not a team player.  If you guide your team members on time, they could also achieved their target.”  Junior was stunned from the reply.

“ What is your expectations from your appraisal ?”  Boss said.

“ Sir, I think I have done a wonderful job inspite of slowdown in the market” He uttered.

“ But my dear, our team has not done well.  So, we have to suffered as a team, not an individual” Boss said .

Junior said to Boss, “ Sir, I am agreed that I have not coached or mentor the other team members but I had no time for that.  I was always on tour.”

“ Right Mr. Singh, this is your problem.  But I am very disappointed by this fact that you are very experienced in my team and I have a lot of expectations from you.  Let me check that How much I can recommended for you?” Boss said while checking some sheet.

“ Thank You sir,  I will do my best in this year.”  He said and leave the cabin. 

Success needs a lot from you....

The 3 Ps  of Life ….. Patience , Persistence, Perseverance …

There is no set formula to get success but there are some thumb rules to get success in life.  First is you have a passion to get something in your life and it should be well supported by your hard work and skills.

And if these are within you , you have also need 3 Ps – Patience , Persistence and Perseverance.   I will try to explain these three words in my coming article.

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Treat yourself well......

Human being is the best creation of the god because it has the thinking ability to segregate good or bad. The brain capacity is endless. Every individual on earth has the enormous potential to do the things. The only need is- He/She has to select the right path to grow in the journey of life.
Everyone is extraordinary and has the capabilities to do wonders in their life.
My tips for growing in life are as under-
1- Treat yourself as the best creation of God.
2- Be positive and face every flip-flop of life bravely.
3- Make some Goal for life.
4- Start day dreaming and think big.
5- Be ready to face the challenge of life.
6- Keep yourself motivated.
7- Think that you came alone in the world and you have to perform alone.
8- Create a difference in your activity and try to give your cent percent to every activity.
9- Learn new things everyday.
10- Enjoy life as it comes and see the every happening of life in a childish manner.

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The best review of my book – VMAGO till date by eight years old niece ………………..

English translation of above :

My Favorite book

My favorite book is VMAGO because it tells us that how we can get and achieved our goals.   This book is written by my uncle Mr. Anand Mehra. Do you know I also want to write a book like VMAGO? Friends , books are the source of knowledge. Now You know about my favorite book and keep reading books ……Thanks

Yesterday , I visited my uncle’s house for some work of my cousin.  After some time, my niece Kamakshi Mehra , a 8 year old girl  who is studying in 4^th class in DPS R.K Puram , Delhi  came to me and showed her answer sheet.

She told me that there was a class test of her of hindi subject and there was a question about  favorite book.  When I saw on her notebook and I was almost fallen down from my chair because what she wrote in her notebook , it was very surprising for me.

She wrote in her notebook that her favorite book is VMAGO which was written by me.  I was some shock and some surprise.  When I enquired her then she told me that last week when you came to our house, you were telling about your book to my father , I was also listening to you and whatever I have listened I wrote in the answer.

This was the cutest book review which I have received till now…….I was speechless. 

The New book , “ The Best Example” is under process …

After publishing my three books at Google Play Store and Amazon Kindle Store, Nowdays, I am busy with my new book.

I have titled this book as , “The Best Example” and this book will contain three stories of different people. This books will tells you their stories in corporate world or professional world.  This will apprise your with their struggle , their success and failures  etc.  One story is about a senior person who gave their best to the company but one fine day company sacked him.  Second story is about a young professional who is actually a corporate juggler and moves from one company to another in the quest of excellence.  Third story is about a young HR executive and her initial struggle in HR domain.

I hope I will able to complete this book by May’s end.  Till then enjoy reading my three book which are available at Google Play store as VMAGO- A handbook for Business Excellence, Golden words – 365 Quotations – A good thought for a day and a short Hindi novel as Karvaan Jaree hain. 

Just open Google Play store and under search tab, type “ Books by Anand Mehra” and my all books will appear. 

My three books published in Google Play Stores

I have published my three books in Google Play store.  You just go through https://play.google.com/store/books?hl=en and type “ Books by Anand Mehra” and there are three books appeared in your screen as follows

1)       VMAGO : This is a handbook published for every professional which covers VMAGO – Vision , Mission , Aim, Goals and Objectives.  There is a detailed description of all these words. There are others interesting chapters in this books which can be very useful to professional for their itinerary of professional life.

2)       Karvaa Jaree hain ( In Hindi ) : This is a short novel in Hindi.  This is a story of a mathematics teacher who retired from his service then he went through a serious illness.  How his students helped him? This is in the book.

3)       Golden Words : 365 Quotations – A Good Thought for a day :  This is a collection of 365 finest quotations said by the great leaders of world.  I believe a great thought can change a life.

I hope you will enjoy reading these books .  Keep reading...