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Barriers to Innovation

yazi.malik@gmail.com (Yazi) — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:08:00 +0000

I came across this in a reading, it’s quite an interesting list that can hamper innovation. At first it seems strange, but giving it a thought it does make sense and changing some of these might help us tap into our creative genius. Here it is...

Not asking enough questions
Having rigid point of view
Depending on your memory too much
I have always done things this way
Fear of looking stupid
Being logical
It’s important to work hard and be serious
Giving up so soon and too easy

wishing u better day than good, yazi~/

Encourage

yazi.malik@gmail.com (Yazi) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:31:00 +0000

You never know how far the circles will go when you throw a pebble in the lake or ocean, just like you never know what an encouragement would do for someone in need of it.

Never look down on anyone, unless you are helping to pull them up!

Something to think about and regularly practice. Wishing you all better day than good!

Become less controlling

yazi.malik@gmail.com (Yazi) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:36:00 +0000

A person who is controlling carries a great deal of stress, not because he/she is concerned with his/her own choices & behavior, but also in addition they think of others to behave & perform in certain way. Occasionally, we can influence other person, but we certainly can't force them to be certain way

Controlling people lack the willingness to allow other people to be fully themselves, give them space to be who they are, and to respect-really respect the fact that human beings are different.

The advantage of being less controlling is that people will feel easier and respected around your presence. Plus their will be less stress on you to feel the need to have people be the way to fit the image that you have of them..

Remember, Don't take yourself so damn serious (this is a link to previous post)

Move with the cheese

yazi.malik@gmail.com (Yazi) — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:28:00 +0000

Some of the key lessons learned from the book "Who Moved My Cheese?"

Change Happens

They keep moving the cheese

Anticipate Change

Get ready for cheese to be moved

Monitor Change

Smell the cheese often so you know when it is getting old

Adapt to Change Quickly

The Quicker you let go of old cheese, the sooner you will enjoy the new cheese

Change

Move with the cheese, change is the only constant thing

Enjoy Change

Savor the adventure and enjoy the taste of new cheese

Be Ready to Change Quickly Again & Again

They keep moving the cheese

Cheese being used as a metaphor for whatever you want in life; job, relationship, money, own house etc. These are some amazing insights that can be applied towards life and lead a fulfilling life. They are simple, yet profound knowledge that is easily lost in the midst of crisis. Remember in this information age CHANGE is the only thing constant and we might start preparing our self by applying some of techniques

Exceptional Service

yazi.malik@gmail.com (Yazi) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:17:00 +0000

Life cycle of exceptional service goes through 4 phases. Each phase done perfectly will lead to transactional satisfaction, which would directly lead to future encounters and build customers loyalty.

Explore - Build awareness, rapport and understanding
Agree - Negotiate, understand clear terms & conditions and make mutual promise
Deliver - Do what you promise to do; create, deliver, produce, ship etc
Assure - Make sure all parties are fully satisfied, if not explore what needs to be then and then do it

wishing you good week ahead..

Be the winner you were born to be

yazi.malik@gmail.com (Yazi) — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:19:00 +0000

Want to be a winner in life, practicing these might assist you in your quest for the success...

Never judge the day by weather
Always lookout for the good in every situation and every person
Greet people properly, weather on the telephone or in person
Identify the Go Lights (Not Stop Lights) of life for what they really are
Take care of your physical body
Daily feed the mind with good, clean, pure & positive
Take time to be quiet to recharge the batteries
Spend time with those you love

Remember, what you get in life is not as important as what you will become in quest for reaching your objectives

wish u best of luck!

Build some trust

yazi.malik@gmail.com (Yazi) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:53:00 +0000

Building Trust is a four step process repeated over and over..

Find out what is important to the other person
Make a promise to do something on their behalf
Do what you promised
Check & make sure they are satisfied

If this four step process is completed once, he or she will open up for future encounters. Based on their experience, they now have a reason to "trust" you. A foundation of long term loyalty and success.

S.M.A.R.T

yazi.malik@gmail.com (Yazi) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:32:00 +0000

Excellent service standards are S.M.A.R.T and safest path to success, loyal clients & customers!

S - specific, clear and precise, not vague
M - measurable, quantifiable, objective
A - achievable, a stretch but no impossible
R - relevant to customers
T - time bound, a clear date for achievement

If you work in a service industry, check you quality service standards. Are they SMART to meet customers expectations...?

wish you better day than good!

Appreciation

yazi.malik@gmail.com (Yazi) — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:16:00 +0000

"There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread." Mother Teresa

This is such a powerful statement because appreciation is such a powerful tool and when people are appreciated, it brings about a huge sense of accomplishment, value, power and happiness in their life. Great thing about appreciation is its easy, you just have to look into positives and inspiring work of others.

Think about who you have not appreciated lately; parents, siblings, coworkers, neighbor etc, time to pay them a trip of gratitude.

hope you all had great weekend!

Time

yazi.malik@gmail.com (Yazi) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:28:00 +0000

How we spend our time is how we live our life. If you think time management is an illusion than you are in denial. The only equality we have here is that we are all allocated 1,440 minutes each day. No matter who you might know, the fact is non of them will have a nanosecond more than you have in a day.

What we intend, decide to do is solely up to us. Some of us complaint, whine, wish... than there are others who go on to explore, create, fulfill the dreams... how are you using these minutes? something to ponder about!

wishing u better day than good!

Happy Independence Day!

yazi.malik@gmail.com (Yazi) — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:27:00 +0000

What would your life be like in this country if you followed rules on the road, paid taxes and respected others? What if you charged your customers a just amount had price tags on all products and stopped ripping off a new customer? What if you didn’t have to fight each time with rickshaw driver for asking you 80 rupees for what you paid for 50 rupees yesterday? What if you stopped procrastinating, overcame your fears, and began taking care of your neighborhoods, stopped littering on the ground? Would your life be different? I bet it would!

What if you started taking responsibility for whatever happens to you? Certainly if you did take more responsibility, than there will be no government, no dictator, no system, and no other nation to blame.

To me it seems like we still have a chance in this country! We have a freedom of choice, we can exercise. A first step in any dramatic change is an obvious “dramatic personal change”. It has taken us 60+ years to be here today, and are you accepting to have that change you envision about Pakistan overnight? For those who think whole system is failed, than what are you doing to address it? Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world, indeed it is the only thing that ever has. We were a minority in India. Been there, we have done that!

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”—Charles Darwin. That is the law of universe, in order for us to survive as a nation; we will have to change at very local level. I, you and people out on street will have to change. No leader, No governments, No foreign policy will change anything for us, the sooner we realize the better off we will be.

The Minar-e-Pakistan still stands, but, even more important, the goals, the guts, hard work and determination of the Pakistani people remain untouched. I, for one, have decided to get back to work; not just to a job, but to the work that I love, the kind of work that we all aspire to do. I just got up in the morning, and it felt terrific to reclaim my freedom to decide, to choose. I have all I need in this country, I have a heart, I have brain to decide what is good and what is bad, I have the willingness, determination and a burning desire. I'm going to invent things, start things, teach, and improve my Pakistan.

Why not start today living the way we want to see your nation? A year from now, we may wish we had started today. As long as we believe in the dream that is Pakistan, we win. Faith will be rewarded. You and people like me will have to insert the key ingredient PASSION.

Happy Independence Day! Pakistan Zindabaad!

signing off, yazi

*The post is couple days late thanks to some Internet issues at the last moment.

Reap what you propagate

yazi.malik@gmail.com (Yazi) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:49:00 +0000

When you treat a person the way they are, the will stay the way they are

When you treat a person the way you want them to be, they might become what they should be...

Continuing the thought from previous post, there is no alternate to get someone to do what you like them to do. You must treat them right, if you want them to treat you right. Ironically you control the outcome to any relationship. It is up to you to change the outcome if you are not getting what you are looking for out of any endeavor. Please see KFC to get further insight on that. You are quite powerful. Some people might argue that people are stubborn, difficult to change etc. But what are the chances you will ever get them to do what you like them to do any other way?

have a great weekend u all!

Love people

yazi.malik@gmail.com (Yazi) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:10:00 +0000

What? Love people? That.s right! Why? Because if you are going to get to the top, u are going to need other people to help you out. Be a jerk and you will find people dragging their feet on you. Treat them right and you will find them helping you and even cheering you on!

Perhaps a course or two on interpersonal relationship to sharpen up communicating skills will not be a bad idea. After all we need people, people bring us in this world, people feed us, people pay us, people work with us, people make relationships with us, you get the point!

have a great day! (:

Critics & Doers

yazi.malik@gmail.com (Yazi) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:45:00 +0000

A non-doer is very often a critic, that is someone sitting back and watches doers, and then waxes philosophically about how the doers are doing. It is easy to be a critic, but being a doer requires effort, risk, change, & getting out of comfort zone.

As you look around your social group and see how much time is devoted toward criticism. Why? Because it is plain easy talking about how others are performing rather than performing yourself.

Could that be a problem around this part of the world? Are we too busy judging, criticizing, rather than doing what it takes to move toward coveted goal?

have an awsome day u all! Enjoy..

Behavior

yazi.malik@gmail.com (Yazi) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:08:00 +0000

a thought to think about..

You are not what you say. Behavior is a better measuring device than your words. What you do in your present moments is the only indicator of what you are capable of as a person.

wishing u better day than good!

Feeling Bad, think again

yazi.malik@gmail.com (Yazi) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:28:00 +0000

Major Premise: I control my thoughts
Minor Premise: My feelings comes from my thoughts
Conclusion: I can control my feelings

What this suggests is we as humans have the power to control our mind, our thoughts. Since the feelings comes from the thoughts thus it suggests we can ultimately control how we feel.

Ah haa, next time you are feeling bad, it might be worth to rethink the situation over. Because no one can hurt your feelings unless you let them. Whenever you are hurt by some remarks from others you have to understand that you have taken opinion of others more importantly than you own! Start taking responsibility for what happens to you and how you feel.

wishing you better day than good!

The Law of Relativity

yazi.malik@gmail.com (Yazi) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:55:00 +0000

• Nothing is good or bad, big or small…until you relate it to something.

Pretty amazing law to practice living according to. To me what this law specifies is you are great until you start relating yourself to someone. It amazes me how easy it is to compare ones self to those who are higher, richer, more successful in life than acknowledging that their situation is far more better than a lot out there.

• Practice relating your situation to something much worse and yours will always look good!

wishing u better day than good!

K F C

yazi.malik@gmail.com (Yazi) — Sun, 25 May 2008 18:37:00 +0000

Next time you go out to get a desired result, don't forget to take a bag of KFC along. It might increase chances of having a successful encounter.

Know what you want
Find out if you are getting what you want
Change in order to get what you want

I think this applies greatly to communication. Whenever going to a difficult conversation, do some brainstorming to find out the ideal outcome and accordingly seek it. As they say "People never plan to fail, they just fail to plan."

wishing you better day than good!

Reset.

yazi.malik@gmail.com (Yazi) — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:20:00 +0000

Thanks to all those who hung in around this blog. Seems like it has been ages since my last post, five months today.

A lot has changed,
relocated, restarted and redirecting toward something.
something worthwhile

I come here with nothing, I leave this place with nothing, than what can I do while I am here to make it a worthwhile. I thought getting back to regular blogging wasn't a bad idea...

So here I am, starting blogging again like someone has set the reset!

Wishing you all better day than good, yazi~/

Thanks All

yazi.malik@gmail.com (Yazi) — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:17:00 +0000

Hi all,

I been out celebrating my parents visit and sister's wedding for last month or so. I shall be getting back to regular blogging soon in about week. Thanks for all those checking up and sending all the wishes to me while I was away.

Wish you all best, thanks & good day all!

yazi ~/

Winning teams

yazi.malik@gmail.com (Yazi) — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:22:00 +0000

When u are dealt with lemons make Deal-With-It Lemonade

A good advice or pie in the sky claptrap? I think that depends on the circumstances. No doubt some things are easier said than done...
However when there's a support system in place it helps navigate through though times, the challenges are weekend and so is burden on one individual. There lays a power of highly functioning Team. The word "TEAM" itself conveys

T ogather
E veryone
A chieve
M ore

Fact remains putting teams will not guarantee success. Putting up winning teams requires time, effort, commitment & leadership. Team apporach can be used for family, friends, coworkers and other aspects of life. We all can benefit from them if the goals, objectives & roles are clearly defined and accepted willingly. So go out, lesson the burden and team up!!

have a great weekend!!! :)

When going gets though, the though gets going

yazi.malik@gmail.com (Yazi) — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 01:31:00 +0000

Austrian public-opinion pollsters recently reported that those held in highest esteem by most of the people interviewed are neither the great artists nor the great scientists, neither the great statesmen nor the great sports figures, but those who master a hard lot with their heads held high.

Every now and then circumstances take a turn against us, but if we cannot change the situation that causes us to suffer, we can still choose the attitude to how we deal with it. Always remember, when one screws up, tumbles, or someone walks out on you, you can still turn that personal tragedy into a triumph by choosing your how you respond.

wishing you better day than good, :)

Some people

yazi.malik@gmail.com (Yazi) — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:58:00 +0000

Some people come in our life and quickly go. Some stay for a while and leave our souls dancing around. They awake us to a new understanding and leave footprints in out hearts. And we are never ever same again...

Always live, love & laugh!

What if

yazi.malik@gmail.com (Yazi) — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:04:00 +0000

Hindsight is 20/20. Sometimes we look back on 1990s and wishing that If we had had more courage, only if we had stayed there longer, only if we had acceptted that opportunity. The fact of the matter is whats done is done and can't be undone. We can certainly learn from it and start making more courageous decision today or else in ten years, yet again be sitting here and saying what ifs.

Fortunately we still live in a world that's filled with opportunity, now more than ever. So better stop thinking about forever and start making the decisions today..

good week you all!

Say "no" to "no"

yazi.malik@gmail.com (Yazi) — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:09:00 +0000

Through my experience, I thought this might be something to write upon.. sometimes we should opt to say no to no.

Problem with answering questions or request with the word "no," is that it can set off a chain of negative events. Therefore, the next time you're tempted to say "no," consider that there is usually an alternative "yes." For example, if someone asks you to help out with a problem, it's better to refer them to someone who can lend a hand rather than say you can't help.

It has amazed me how many times we try to get through to others without any success. Remember, not answering your emails and voice mails is usually taken as an implied "no." Making it a policy to acknowledge the message in a reasonable amount of time, which will build goodwill and show you are attentive to others' needs. It can also earn some respect and appreciation.

Its a wonderful weekend,
better day than good, signing off yazi~/