9 Daily Habits That Will Make You Happier

Happiness is the only true measure of personal success. Making other people happy is the highest expression of success, but it's almost impossible to make others happy if you're not happy yourself. With that in mind, here are nine small changes that you can make to your daily routine that, if you're like most people, will immediately increase the amount of happiness in your life:

1. Start each day with expectation.

If there's any big truth about life, it's that it usually lives up to (or down to) your expectations. Therefore, when you rise from bed, make your first thought: "something wonderful is going to happen today." Guess what? You're probably right.

2. Take time to plan and prioritize.

The most common source of stress is the perception that you've got too much work to do.  Rather than obsess about it, pick one thing that, if you get it done today, will move you closer to your highest goal and purpose in life. Then do that first.

Qualities of Remarkable Employees

Jeff Haiden on  www.inc.com

Forget good to great. Here's what makes a great employee remarkable. Great employees are reliable, dependable, proactive, diligent, great leaders and great followers... they possess a wide range of easily-defined—but hard to find—qualities.A few hit the next level. Some employees are remarkable, possessing qualities that may not appear on performance appraisals but nonetheless make a major impact on performance.

Here are the eight remarkable qualities:

1. They ignore job descriptions. The smaller the company, the more important it is that employees can think on their feet, adapt quickly to shifting priorities, and do whatever it takes, regardless of role or position, to get things done. When a key customer's project is in jeopardy, remarkable employees know without being told there's a problem and jump in without being asked—even if it's not their job.

2. They’re eccentric... The best employees are often a little different: quirky, sometimes irreverent, even delighted to be unusual. They seem slightly odd, but in a really good way. Unusual personalities shake things up, make work more fun, and transform a plain-vanilla group into a team with flair and flavour. People who aren't afraid to be different naturally stretch boundaries and challenge the status quo, and they often come up with the best ideas.

To Be a Good Leader, First Be Human

To Be a Good Leader, First Be Human 

It is incredibly powerful for your team to know that you can get frustrated, happy or concerned and that you are even stumped by professional situations. It encourages them to seek ways to succeed even as they experience these emotions themselves. It reduces self-doubt and increases our ability to reach out, collaborate and generally become better professionals and human beings. 
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http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20121217194559-554288-to-be-a-good-leader-first-be-human

Companies Bill approved with mandate on CSR spending

Companies Bill approved with mandate on CSR spending:
The Companies Bill, 2011 was passed by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, in a move that would usher in a regime for less-intrusive regulation of corporates balanced with enhanced shareholder democracy.
The new Companies Bill aims to make it mandatory for private companies to earmark 2% of net profit in preceding three years for corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. It will also make corporate governance more transparent and make independent directors more accountable.

The Companies Bill has been under works for over a decade. It will replace the Companies Act of 1956, which was amended several times in the past two decades."

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Creative Infinity Mind

" Make Your Body A House Of Pictures.
Watch the photons spread their bright wings,
These micro-butterflies of the spectrum.
And fly like fireflies flashing
Through forests of burning light.
Infinity Poem’s last verse p113 in Creative Wisdom."

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Building India from the heart

BAT runs The Fabindia Schools in rural Rajasthan in a district called Bali for children of local artisans. They are looking to upgrade the level of education to any other well recognized public school so these children can be merge into mainstream society on completion of their education. The team is looking for professionals to assist in teacher training and development. The school is well established but the upgradation process very much at the nascent stage.

If anyone is interest in working in such a set up do get back to me and us. After going through a selection process the candidates will be provided rigorous training before they assume the professional role. The work will involve traveling between Delhi and Rajasthan with base in Delhi.

For further details about the project you can visit www.bateducation.com

Sandeep Dutt
SD@EBD.in