Giving 100% is all about attitude

I love this analogy.... and there's some truth in it too!

What does it take to give 100%?

What does it mean to give more than a 100%? Even 103%?

Well, here's a little mathematical formula to help answer these questions…

If the letters of the alphabet

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

were represented as

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26,

then

H-A-R-D--W-O-R-K would be 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%

and

K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96% but

A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%

however

B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T
2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20 = 103%

and

look how far A-S-S--K-I-S-S-I-N-G will take you
1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7 = 118%

So, one can conclude that while hard work and knowledge will get you close, it’s attitude that will produce 100%

And all those people who say they are giving more that 100% ? They just might be full of @#$%^&*()!

A poem for all women

This is a poem given to Hillary Clinton by a New Delhi (India) college woman and read by Hillary in her address to the Rajiv Gandi Foundation in New Delhi, India, 1996.

Send it to the women in your life. It's powerful !

Silence
by Anasuya Sengupta

Too many women in too many countries speak the same language – of silence.

My grandmother was always silent, always aggrieved, only her husband had the cosmic right (or so it was said) to speak and be heard.

They say it is different now, but sometimes I wonder.

When a woman gives her love, as most do, generously, it is accepted.

When a woman shares her thoughts, as some women do, graciously, it is allowed.

When a woman fights for power, as all women would like to, quietly or loudly, it is questioned, and yet, there must be freedom if we are allowed to speak. And yes, there must be power, if we are to be heard.

And when we have both (freedom and power), let us not be misunderstood.

Creating good habits...

Here's a book review that I wrote awhile ago. Then this week I
bought a copy of the book for a guy I work with, so I thought I would post it and maybe this review will inspire you to have a read, too :)

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R Covey

Well, 15 million people made great choices - they bought this book before I did! What can I say... The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People just blew me away....

When this book came out in 1989, everyone was reading it - except me. I
studiously ignored it. After all, what was it going to say that I
didn't already know?

Well, almost 20 years later, there was a lot to learn! And it's as valuable as ever.

The subtitles of this book include: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change,
and, Restoring the Character Ethic. Pretty heavy stuff, right? Wrong.
This is an easy to read, thought provoking book that you can refer back
to at anytime.

Essentially, Stephen Covey has created 7 principles to live your life by. They each build on the previous one, allowing creation of a full life which contributes the utmost to society. The habits are:

• Habit 1 - Be Proactive
• Habit 2 - Begin with the end in mind
• Habit 3 - Put first things first
• Habit 4 - Think Win/win
• Habit 5 - Seek first to understand, then to be understood
• Habit 6 - Synergize
• Habit 7 - Sharpen the saw

Of course, Stephen has now come out with a book titled 'The 8th
Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness' which is now on my reading
list. However, if you haven't read this book, I sincerely hope that you
do! It's fantastic and will (hopefully) change your life. It's
certainly got me thinking....