THE SECRET OF SUCCESS

THE SECRET OF SUCCESS

"What is the secret of your success?" a reporter asked a successful businessman.
"Two words," he replied, "Right decisions."
“And how do you make right decisions?"
"One word," "Experience."
"And how do you get experience?"
"Two words." "Wrong decisions."

Estimate time with Your Hand

How can you estimate time remaining in case you forgot to take your watch and your mobile phone is out of battery?

Extend your arm fully and count the number of finger widths between the sun and the horizon. Each finger is about 15 minutes, which means each hand width should be about an hour. Remember that this is just an estimate, so if you want to be conservative, make sure to give yourself a bit more time than you measure if you want to get home before dark.

(according to Estimate the Time of Sunset with Your Hand)

How about estimating the current time?

According to Telling Time Using Only Your Hand you need to know the time of sunrise first but I found it works well even when I don't know the time of the sunrise since I am estimating and not finding the exact time. 

Look to the sun on horizon. If there are trees on the horizon, then use the tops of the trees as the horizon.Now hold your arm all the way out, palm side facing you like you're shading your eyes from the sun.

"Pinky" on the start of the horizon. From the bottom of your "Pinky" to the top of your "Pointer" finger,.. that's one hour!

So for example,

Starting at the horizon, lets say that it's three hand withs, stacked on top of each other, to the bottom of the sun...This means it's been light for 3 hours. If sunrise was at 6:00am, that would mean that it's now 9:15 or about 9:30. (Since I've never owned a Cell phone and never wear a watch, this has always been close enough for me.)

The bottom two fingers equals 30 minuets. 

Practise it and depending on whether you are in a jungle or in the city this trick can work as a life saver or an impressive trick.

Have you ever observed that your phone dialler allows you to dial two letters p and w also, along with digits (0 to 9) and +,*,# ? - Read to discover

On some android mobile diallers  p is replaced with , and w is replaced with ; (by long pressing * you will get , and long pressing # results in ; ).

​​On old Nokia keypad mobiles press * quickly three times to get p and four times to getw.

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​So what is the purpose of p and w?

Here p stands for pause and w stands for wait. 

Suppose you are dialling some IVRS system (assume the number as 999) and everytime after picking call you have to dial 5 with in 3 seconds to continue. 

What you are going to do is dial 999 and after picking up your call go to keypad dialler and enter 5 to continue.

Here lot of time is wasted. Instead just save the contact as 999,5 or 999p5. By this way you don't need to dial 5 again. 

Here above p pauses for  2 or 3 or 4 seconds and 5 is entered automatically.
 
Remember pause duration depends upon the mobile model. To get long pause duration enter p or , continuosly depending upon the requirement.

Like the sameway w or ; will make the wait (as long as you need) confirmed by a dialog box so that we have to confirm every time. Here also you don't need to type any number. Just confirmation is needed to send your choice.

For instance in India, to speak to Airtel complaint customer care you have to dial 198 and again 1 and again 2 and atlast 9 (changes circle to circle).

​So save this number as 198;1;2;9 . Your job is done in one shot. Remember to press Yes at appropriate time. :)

Hope this hidden phone dialler feature will be useful in your life...


Source:
Naresh Bharat

What to do when you feel everything is wrong in your life????

You must have seen the image by now.  Left is angry and right is calm right???

Now move at least 10 feet from the computer and see how it works.

This image reminds me to:
Always give some time and distance yourself from the problem. Sure, the way you perceived the problem will change. The more closer you stay or lesser the time you give to solve the problem, you'll always perceive it the wrong way!!!!

Give some time and distance yourself.

A Saraswati Devi temple designed as a Facebook wall.

Social media has reached the realm of the Hindu Gods in India. This image of the Facebook-themed Hindu temple has been circulating sites since February 18th. The people behind the idea seem to have taken a cue from all those parody accounts of World History and religious figures and blown up the idea as the wall of Devi Saraswati’s temple. If you look closely, you can see that the goddess Devi is “friends” with notable Hindu Gods such as Krishna, Laxmi, Shiva, Kali and more.
Netizens have marveled at this “modern approach” to religion and most have expressed genuine concern that a change in Facebook layout might be a tad inconvenient for the innovative temple. Some commented it is “taking Facebook wall to a new level.”

Live Root Bridges - In the depths of northeastern India, in one of the wettest places on earth, bridges aren't built—they're grown.

Live Root Bridges.
In the depths of northeastern India, in one of the wettest places on earth, bridges aren't built—they're grown.

The southern Khasi and Jaintia hills are humid and warm, crisscrossed by swift-flowing rivers and mountain streams. On the slopes of these hills, a species of Indian rubber tree with an incredibly strong root system thrives and flourishes.

The Ficus elastica produces a series of secondary roots from higher up its trunk and can comfortably perch atop huge boulders along the riverbanks, or even in the middle of the rivers themselves. The War-Khasis, a tribe in Meghalaya, long ago noticed this tree and saw in its powerful roots an opportunity to easily cross the area's many rivers. Now, whenever and wherever the need arises, they simply grow their bridges.

In order to make a rubber tree's roots grow in the right direction—say, over a river—the Khasis use betel nut trunks, sliced down the middle and hollowed out, to create root-guidance systems. The thin, tender roots of the rubber tree, prevented from fanning out by the betel nut trunks, grow straight out. When they reach the other side of the river, they're allowed to take root in the soil. Given enough time, a sturdy, living bridge is produced.
The root bridges, some of which are over a hundred feet long, take ten to fifteen years to become fully functional, but they're extraordinarily strong—strong enough that some of them can support the weight of fifty or more people at a time. In fact, because they are alive and still growing, the bridges actually gain strength over time—and some of the ancient root bridges used daily by the people of the villages around Cherrapunji may be well over 500 years old.

Source : atlasobscura

STOP BARGAINING WITH THE HELPLESS

Everytime we step out to buy groceries or take a rickshaw ride or any such facility ,we As Indians feel that something is missing as long as we don't bargain for that 10-15 Rs whereas, we are ready to pay any amount to the bigger players like shopping brands and eatery stores .

Every second rickshaw-puller in the city, especially in and around central Delhi, is a seasonal migrant, who come to the city with just a few clothes and heads straight to one of the thousands of garages across the city owned by rickshaw contractors.

Most rickshaw-pullers live a wretched life. After pedalling for almost 12-15 hours a day, most of them sleep in the garage (makeshift structures where rickshaw are parked and repaired) with only a tarpaulin to save them from the sun and the rain. Many rickshaw-pullers, worried about their vehicle being stolen, simply sleep on their rickshaw. And then, there are thousands who find the city’s footpaths a better place to spend the night.

But sleeping on the footpath is dangerous. In the night, the rickshaw-pullers say local ruffians snatch their hard-earned money. The police don’t help them, saying that those who rob them of their money are of their ilk. The police often use them to put up and remove barricades, which sometimes they hitch to their rickshaws.

Words from a richshaw driver :-

At 5pm, i get ready to leave the garage with my rickshaw. While people get dropped at a mall where they do not mind spending thousands in a restaurant, they haggle over a fare of `15 with me, and there are many who walk away without paying. And if we argue, we get a hard slap,” , his voice laced with anger.

There is no minimum fare, no parking stands for them, banks do not give them loans to buy rickshaws and they are barred from all arterial roads in the city. Instead of being rewarded with carbon credits, they continue to be considered a nuisance.

Most stop plying their rickshaws by the time they turn 50. The daily toil takes its toll on their lungs and heart. They survive on meagre food, work in tough weather conditions. This city needs to be kinder to them.

We may be can't fight their battle but we can surely support them by giving them what they actually deserve .