What can u do to irritate person most

TV Anchor interviewing a Farmer:

Q: What food do you serve to your goat?

Farmer : to white one or to black one?

Anchor: to white one

Farmer : Grass...

Anchor: And to black one?

Farmer : Grass for that one too...

Anchor: where do you tie them?

Farmer : white one or black one?

Anchor: White one...

Farmer : in the room outside

Anchor: And the black one?

Farmer : in the same room outside

Anchor: And bathing?

Farmer : to white one or to black one?

Anchor: Black one...

Farmer : with water

Anchor: And to white one?

Farmer : With water for that one too...

Anchor angrily:
Idiot, while you do same stuff for both of them, why are you asking white or black each time?

Farmer : because the white one is mine..

Anchor: And the black one?








Farmer : it's also mine!

Learn from Mistakes

This is a story about a famous research scientist who had made several very important medical breakthroughs. He was being interviewed by a newspaper reporter who asked him why he thought he was able to be so much more creative than the average person. What set him so far apart from others ?

He responded that, in his opinion, it all came from an experience with his mother that occurred when he was about two years old. He had been trying to remove a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he lost his grip on the slippery bottle and it fell, spilling its contents all over the kitchen floor — a veritable sea of milk!

When his mother came into the kitchen, instead of yelling at him, giving him a lecture, or punishing him, she said, "Robert, I have rarely seen such a huge puddle of milk. Well, the damage has already been done. Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up ?"

Indeed, he did.

After a few minutes, his mother said, "You know, Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, eventually you have to clean it up and restore everything to its proper order. So, how would you like to do that ? We could use a sponge, a towel, or a mop. Which do you prefer ?"

He chose the sponge and together they cleaned up the spilled milk. His mother then said, "You know, what we have here is a failed experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands. Let's go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can discover a way to carry it without dropping it."

The little boy learned that if he grasped the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. What a wonderful lesson! This renowned scientist then remarked that it was at that moment that he knew he didn't need to be afraid to make mistakes.

Instead, he learned that mistakes were just opportunities for learning something new, which is, after all, what scientific experiments are all about. Even if the experiment "doesn't work," we usually learn something valuable from it.

Make mistakes, you learn from them.

As someone jokingly once said, "If you have the habit of learning from your mistakes -  make more mistakes, learn more."  Jokes apart, we do make mistakes but we must learn from them; however we can NEVER repeat the same mistake!

Do we justify our mistakes or learn from them?  You know, once we learn to justify our mistakes and not accept them, we never learn, so we repeat the mistake – it is justified, after all, isn't it?  But if we learn to accept our mistakes, we don't make them again; instead we use it as a learning ground.

24 Habits By Robin Sharma

24 Daily Habits

“We first make our habits, and then our habits make us” – John Dryden

I have previously written about how the habit of exercising every day has helped me tremendously. Doing something every day is such a powerful way to form a habit that I thought I would make a list of 24 habits that are worth doing on a daily basis. Note: I have divided these into morning, day and night although some could obviously be under different headings.

The Morning

1. Wake Early: I am a big fan of waking at 5am and spending time working on myself before going to work. I have written more about this habit here.

2. Exercise: when I had the goal of exercising 4 times a week I found it was very easy to tell myself I will exercise tomorrow instead. Setting the expectation of daily exercise removed this as a potential excuse and I have since reaped the benefits of this daily habit.

3. Review or (even better) Rewrite Your Goals:each day I try to get closer to achieving my short, medium and long term goals. Starting the day by reviewing or rewriting my goals means that I have better awareness of them throughout the day. As Robin Sharma says:

With better awareness you can make better choices and when you make better choices, you will see better results.

4. Read and/ or Listen to Motivational Material: in the morning a whole day of endless possibilities lies ahead. I motivate myself to play my best game by reading and listening to inspirational books/ audio books.

5. Visualise the Day Ahead: I like to take a few minutes to shut my eyes and visualise what I want happen in the coming day. It’s amazing how often my desires become reality when I do this.

6. Write a “To Do” list: I like to write out a list in my diary of the important tasks I need to do that day. As they are completed I put a line through them. So simple, yet so effective.

7. Check the News Headlines: I think it’s important to have an idea of what is happening in our community and the world. Also if don’t at least check the main stories, I find it is easy to feel left out of conversations throughout the day.

8. Take a Multivitamin: I try to eat a well balanced diet, but taking a multivitamin daily reassures me that I obtaining the proper amount of vitamins and minerals that I need (**Update: see comments).

9. Tidy Up: a cluttered house can lead to a cluttered mind and fuzzy thinking. I find it’s best to stay on top of things by tidying up each day.

10. Take Time to Look Good: it’s a reality of life that people judge us by our appearance. I take a few minutes each morning to ensure I go out into the world looking the best I can.

The Day

11. Put First Things First: Many people have their day controlled by tasks that are urgent , but not necessarily important. Examples include interruptions, some email and some phone calls. The habit of putting first things first is about organising and executing your life around your deepest priorities.

12. Connect with Nature: I find spending time outdoors in nature is great for my sense of wellbeing. I have written about this here.

13. Blog: blogging makes me think and write – two things that I can’t get enough of each day. I have written more about the benefits of blogging here.

14. Snack Well: I substitute the chips, candy and chocolate with fruit, vegetables (carrots and celery are great to chomp on) and nuts.

15. Be Proactive: being proactive means showing initiative and taking the responsibility to make things happen. Whenever I want something to happen, I ask myself: what can I do to make this happen?

16. Ping a Friend: I try to send a quick email or text to a friend each day. It’s a great way to stay in touch with friends when I am extremely busy.

17. Save: I save at least 10% of each paycheck. A great way to find the money to save is to break it down to a daily amount, for example $10-15. By taking account of the Latte Factor I find it easy to save this much.

The Evening

18. Have Family Time: on a typical workday I won’t see much of my partner and son, so I believe it’s important to, at the very least, be there most evenings. Family time is about quantity and quality.

19. Floss: This is essential to reduce tooth decay and gum disease. Why wouldn’t you want to have the best smile possible?

20. Wind Down: I try to switch off the computer and the TV about 30 to 60 minutes before bedtime and let my brain have some down time after a long day. I sleep far more peacefully when I do this.

21. Review My Day: I find this is a great way to hold myself to account for taking action throughout the day. Did I get closer to achieving my goals? Did I complete my to do list? Did my day go as planned? If not, why not?

22. Read: I love to read and do so continuously throughout the day. I find it is especially good to read just before to going to bed. Just makes sure it’s a relaxing book, and not one about nuclear physics (see habit #20).

23. Say I Love You to My Family Members: don’t just assume that your family members know you love them. I say these words to my partner and son at least once per day.

24. Go to Bed At A Reasonable Time: the first habit of this list (waking early) begins by going to bed at a reasonable time and getting a good nights sleep

Children are smart, they look for alternatives

A small boy had been waiting for the whole day for his father to come home, Christmas was coming and like all little boys he was full of energy just from waiting for it to finally arrive.

His mother was too busy to play, how boring it must be to cook and clean and pay bills, the little boy thought. No time to play? 

The little boy thought he never wanted to grow up if he had not time to play, so he sat by the window, waiting for his dad to come and play with him.

When his father finally opened the door the boy ran to meet him.

Daddy! You´re home! now we can play!

He hugged his Father, Father was tired and sighed, he hugged his son, took off his coat and shoes and walked into the living room.

He lay down on the sofa and closed his eyes.

Daddy! Come and play! the boy grabbed his arm and pulled.

Daddy is tired, the father said, - too tired to play.

This seemed like the oddest thing anyone could say, the little boy just stood and stared at his father.

DADDY! His voice was demanding.

The father felt a sting in his heart but was too tired to get up, he reached his arm and took a magazine from the table.

But the little boy would not give in, he stood there, asking his father to play with him, while he tried to read the magazine.

To make the boy stop his pleading the father tore a page from the magazine, there was a map of a country on that page. 

He then took the page and tore it into small bits and gave those to his son.

Here, put this puzzle back together. I´ll play with you after you´ve finished.

He was certain he could now rest for quite a while and closed his eyes, the map was so big and detailed it would take hours for a little boy to get it back together again. 

The boy took the pieces eagerly and ran off.

After what seemed like a minute the father felt the familiar tugging in his arm.

Daddy! I put the puzzle pieces together! Now come and play!

Father opened his eyes, the little boy was holding the page, the pieces carefully taped together. 

How on earth did you manage to do that so fast? he asked and got up.

He looked at the map, it was perfect, no mistakes. 

There was a picture of Santa Claus on the other side, the boy pointed.

The father turned the page, true enough - jolly old Father Christmas was on the other side.

I turned the puzzle pieces around, I did the Santa Claus puzzle instead and when I turned the page, the map was there too!

Father looked at his son who stood there beaming at the accomplishment, he couldn´t help but smile and got up.

Ok. What do you want to play?

Animesh Sheolikar :Software Engineer

Animesh Sheolikar :Software Engineer