17 Management Funda's

1. "We will do it" means "You will do it"

2. "You have done a great job" means "More work to be given to you"

3. "We are working on it" means "We have not yet started WORKING on the Same"

4. "Tomorrow first thing in the morning" means "Its not getting done "At least not tomorrow!"

5. "After discussion we will decide - I am very open to views" means "I have already decided, I will tell you what to do"

6. "There was a slight mis-communication" means "We had actually lied"

7. "Lets call a meeting and discuss" means "I have no time now, will talk later"

8. "We can always do it" means "We actually cannot do the same on time"

9. "We are on the right track but there needs to be a slight extension of the deadline" means "The project is screwed up, we cannot deliver on time."

10. "We had slight differences of opinion "means "We had actually fought"

11. "Make a list of the work that you do and let's see how I can help you" means "Anyway you have to find a way out no help from me"

12. "You should have told me earlier" means "Well even if you told me earlier that would have made hardly any difference!"

13. "We need to find out the real reason" means "Well I will tell you where your fault is"

14. "Well Family is important; your leave is always granted. Just ensure that the work is not affected," means, "Well you know..."

15. "We are a team," means, "I am not the only one to be blamed"

16. "That's actually a good question" means "I do not know anything about it"

17. "All the Best" means "You are in trouble"

Famous Quotes by Great Minds

Famous Quote #1
‘People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be’ - Abraham Lincoln

Famous Quote #2
‘Everyone has problems, some are just better at hiding them’ - Unknown

Famous Quote #3
‘If we did all the things that we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves’ - Thomas Edison

Famous Quote #4
‘Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it’ - Dennis P. Kimbro

Famous Quote #5
‘Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy’ - Thich Nhat Hahn

Famous Quote #6
‘Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways’ - Stephen Vincent Ben't

Famous Quote #7
‘Only by going too far can one possibly find out how far one can go’ - Jon dyer

Famous Quote #8
‘People only see what they are prepared to see’ - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Famous Quote #9
‘Don't be afraid to fail because only through failure do you learn to succeed’

Famous Quote #10
‘It’s true that we don’t know what we’ve got until we lose it, but it’s also true that we don’t know what we’ve been missing until it arrives’

Famous Quote #11
‘Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself’ - Chanakya

Famous Quote #12
‘The tongue weighs practically nothing, but so few people can hold it’

Famous Quote #13
‘It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone; but it takes a lifetime to forget someone’

Famous Quote #14
‘Always put yourself in the other’s shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the person too’

Famous Quote #15
‘The happiest of people don’t necessarily have the best of everything they just make the most of everything that comes along their way’

Famous Quote #16
‘Many people will walk in and out or your life, But only true friends will leave footprints in your heart’

Famous Quote #17
‘To handle yourself, use your head, To handle others, use your heart’

Famous Quote #18
‘He who loses money, loses much; He who loses a friend, loses more; He who loses faith, loses all’

Famous Quote #19
‘If someone betrays you once, it’s his fault. If he betrays you twice, it’s your fault’

Famous Quote #20
‘God Gives every bird it’s food, But he does not throw it into it’s nest’

Perseverance, Persistence, & Determination Story

Perseverance, Persistence, and Determination Story
(Never Give Up in life...)

In 1867, a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired by an idea to build a spectacular bridge connecting New York with the Long Island. However bridge building experts throughout the world thought that this was an impossible feat and told John Roebling to forget the idea. It just could not be done. It was not practical. It had never been done before.

John Roebling could not ignore the vision he had in his mind of this bridge. He thought about it all the time and he knew deep in his heart that it could be done. He just had to share the dream with someone else. After much discussion and persuasion he managed to convince his son Washington Roebling, an up and coming engineer, that the bridge in fact could be built.

Working together for the first time, the father and son developed concepts of how it could be accomplished and how the obstacles could be overcome. With great excitement and inspiration, and the headiness of a wild challenge before them, they hired their crew and began to build their dream bridge.

The project started well, but when it was only a few months underway a tragic accident on the site took the life of John Roebling. Washington Roebling was injured and left with a certain amount of brain damage, which resulted in him not being able to walk or talk or even move.

“We told them so. Crazy men and their crazy dreams. It's foolish to chase wild visions.”

Everyone had a negative comment to make and felt that the project should be scrapped since the John Roebling were the only ones who knew how the bridge could be built. In spite of his handicap Washington Roebling was never discouraged and still had a burning desire to complete the bridge and his mind was still as sharp as ever.

Washington Roebling tried to inspire and pass on his enthusiasm to some of his friends, but they were too daunted by the task. As he lay on his bed in his hospital room, with the sunlight streaming through the windows, a gentle breeze blew the flimsy white curtains apart and he was able to see the sky and the tops of the trees outside for just a moment.

It seemed that there was a message for him not to give up. Suddenly an idea hit him. All he could do was move one finger and he decided to make the best use of it. By moving this, he slowly developed a code of communication with his wife Emily.

Washington Roebling touched his wife’s arm with that finger, indicating to her that he wanted her to call the engineers again. Then he used the same method of tapping her arm to tell the engineers what to do. It seemed foolish but the project was under way again.

For 13 years Washington Roebling tapped out his instructions with his finger on his wife’s arm, until the bridge was finally completed in 1883. Today the spectacular Brooklyn Bridge stands in all its glory as a tribute to the triumph of one man's indomitable spirit and his determination not to be defeated by circumstances.

It is also a tribute to the engineers and their team work, and to their faith in a man who was considered mad by half the world. It stands too as a tangible monument to the love and devotion of his wife who for 13 long years patiently decoded the messages of her husband Washington Roebling & told the engineers what to do.

Perhaps this is one of the best examples of a never-say-die attitude that overcomes a terrible physical handicap and achieves an impossible goal.

Often when we face obstacles in our day-to-day life, our hurdles seem very small in comparison to what many others have to face. The Brooklyn Bridge shows us that dreams that seem impossible can be realized with determination and persistence, no matter what the odds are.

Moral: Even the most distant dream can be realized with persistence & determination. Never take some one for granted, hold every person close to your heart because you might wake up one day & realize that you have lost a diamond while you were too busy collecting stones. Remember this always in life.

[VIA Email: Syed Hassan Ali]