What to watch out for in a new job?

Q. Why do so many new hires wash out in their first year?

A big reason is that a huge percentage of new employees, including new managers, are not clearly told what they were hired to do or what their goals should be for the first six months and the first year.

They also usually aren't told where to find information that they need, so they spend a lot of time reinventing the wheel - and their managers think they're idiots for wasting so much time and not asking colleagues or bosses for help.

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15 career mistakes

We often make mistakes. But we tend to do the same actions, and expect different results. This should be a pointer to a good idea....

"It is always a good idea to implement a good idea" -Sri Sri

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How Do I Choose My Web Design Company?

This is a simple but effective article on the ground zero points to consider when narrowing the search for an ideal Web Design Company that meets your requirements...nicely written by the Founder of a Company that was incubated out of a garage with just 2 employees:

http://ezinearticles.com/?How-Do-I-Choose-My-Web-Design-Company?&id=1175562

"I set up Magnon Solutions with no technical background of my own -- in fact, I had to take a friend's help to even pick a couple of kids from NIIT who would best suit our requirements. I couldn't even afford to buy computers -- I had to rent two.

We started operations out of a refurbished generator room in south Delhi, with just one phone line for making calls as well as using the Internet -- which meant that we would go online only in the evenings and ended up staying in office until 10.30 pm. We got just Rs 5,000 for our first order, which was to set up a website for an artist based in Varanasi."

............and it took a new high with 100% growth every year.

Today he has over 400 clients in seven countries, including the Ministry of Finance and the Uttar Pradesh government. Magnon has a turnover of Rs 58 lakh and is targeting Rs 1 crore next year.


His experiences has spawned the book, Build From Scratch, which is aimed at the budding entrepreneurs. (It corners practical issues startups face, like high-pressure sales management and manpower retention.

The Barbarian Manager, his next book, is on the way. It will examine how managers are programmed to survive aggression in the corporate sector. Sounds cool :-)

meaning of 'satsang'

Normally in the wold people with similar tendencies group together- intelligent people get together, fools get together, happy people get together, ambitious people get together and disgusted people also get together to celebrate their problems. Disgruntled people get together, they complain and pull each other down.

Frustrated people can not be with some one happy because the other is not dancing to their tunes.You only feel comfortable when the other one is in tune with you.
Intelligent peopledo not feel at home with foolish people.
Foolish people feel intelligent ones are not humane.

People with wisdom feel at home with the disgruntled as well as the happy, foolish and intelligent.

Similarly, people with all these tendecies feel at home. Just turn around and look at what goes on in your group....are u grateful, or gumbling? Take responsibility to uplift the people around u.

That is satsang...not just singing and leaving.

THE WISE PERSON IS LIKE THE SKY WHERE ALL BIRDS FLY...

-SRI SRI

19 I N S T R U C T I O N S F O R L I F E (Excerpts from Dalai Lama's speech)

1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

2. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.

3. Follow the three R’s:
- Respect for self,
- Respect for others and
- Responsibility for all your actions.

4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.

6. Don’t let a little dispute injure a great relationship.

7. When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

8. Spend some time alone every day.

9. Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.

10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time.

12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.

13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past.

14. Share your knowledge. It is way to achieve immortality.

15. Be gentle with the earth.

16. Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.

17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.

18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.