The Mayonnaise Jar

I read it somewhere and thought of sharing it..

The Mayonnaise Jar

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle,
When 24 Hours in a day is not enough,
Remember the mayonnaise jar
And 2 cups of coffee.

A professor stood before his philosophy class And had some items in
front of him.
When the class began, wordlessly,
He picked up a very large
And empty mayonnaise jar
And proceeded to fill it with golf balls.

He then asked the students
If the jar was full.
They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar.
He shook the jar lightly.
The pebbles rolled into the open
Areas between the golf balls.

He then asked
The students again
If the jar was full..
They agreed it was..

The professor next picked up a box of sand And poured it into the jar.
Of course, the sand filled up everything else.
He asked once more if the jar was full.
The students responded
With an unanimous "yes."

The professor then produced
Two cups of coffee from under the table
And poured the entire contents
Into the jar, effectively
Filling the Empty space between the sand.
The students laughed.

"Now," said the professor,
As the laughter subsided,
"I want you to recognize that
This jar represents your life.
The golf balls are the important things - God, family, children, health,
Friends, and Favorite passions -- Things that if everything else was
lost And only they remained, Your life would still be full.

The pebbles are the other things that matter Like your job, house, and car.

The sand is everything else --
The small stuff.

"If you put the sand into the jar first,"
He continued,
"there is no room for
The pebbles or the golf balls.
The same goes for life.

If you spend all your time
And energy on the small stuff,
You will never have room for
The things that are
Important to you.

So...

Pay attention to the things
That are critical to your happiness.
Play With your children.
Take time to get medical checkups.
Take your partner out to dinner.
Play another 18.

There will always be time
To clean the house
And fix the disposal.

"Take care of the golf balls first --
The things that really matter.
Set your priorities.
The rest is just sand."

One of the students raised her hand
And inquired what the coffee represented.

The professor smiled.
"I'm glad you asked".

"It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem,
there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend."

So do you want to have a cup of coffee with me, My friend ??

A 3 hour pd session squeezed into a post

A group called Confluence visited our college to subject us to hours of  boredom.Their visit was spread over 4 days and one fateful day we became their victims.Some stuff was appreciable...and some were the same old stale things everybody keeps saying.So without talking much let me put down some excerpts...

• No detail is too small & No effort is too big.
• If it is to be it is up to me.So Take Charge.
• Don't get stuck with content but with context.
• If you can't make it good, make it look good.

They mentioned a book called 'Made in America' by Sam Walton.It describes two ways to know how well an instituition is working.The first one, the toilet test.If the toilet smells good, it indicates that the institution is working well.Second was, the employee feedback.Ask a few employees how they feel about the institution.If they answer in positive, the institution will go a long way.
The session seemed interesting in the first fifteen minutes.Then as they moved on to the theoretical details, it became terribly intolerable....details like-
Competency-Any characteristic that differentiates a superior worker from an average or poor worker.Types of competency-Technical(process-driven) and Behavioural or Managerial(people-driven).
Employability-Being useful and getting paid for it.The three stages of employability-Getting a job, Keeping a job, Excelling in a job.
Then they turned to one single word-Professionalism-and elaborated on it for the rest of it.
On the whole, i can only give them 5 on 10.

Great is the power of thought

Read somewhere, found worth sharing-
Thoughts can be more powerful than the mightiest weapons.Thoughts rule the world when translated into action.People re-shape their destinies just by their thoughts.
Let's analyse our thoughts.The scientific guys say that about 30,000-40,000 thoughts cross our mind in a day which are of 4 basic types:-
Positive thoughts:Focussed ones.They carry best intentions for ourselves and others.
Necessary thoughts: "I must get the notes xeroxed" or "I must return that book at the library" etc
Waste thoughts: Thinking too much about the past or worrying too much about the future.Thoughts that others spill out as gossip.
Negative thoughts: Feelings of anger, fear, ego, greed, sadness, doubt, regret and unease.They drain away our energy.
A large % of our thoughts is negative or waste which becomes the root cause of our stress.
So, by increasing the quota of positive thoughts, we can expeience a relaxed state of mind.


And here comes a stupid story...
Once a yogi and his disciple were in a big city.They had no money either for food or night stay.The disciple was perplexed.The yogi smiled and assured him that everything will be alright.
For a few seconds, the yogi sat in meditation and after opening his eyes said "Follow me, we are going to stay in a hotel and eat there too."
After sometime, they found themselves at a hotel.On hearing their footsteps, the manager came out and said "I believe you have no money.But i can allow you to stay if you work in the kitchen."
"Fine",the yogi responded.
The disciple asked him"Did you use any magic?"
Yogi said"I wanted to show you how the power of thought works.When you think in concentration , your thought materialises." Therefore, one should be very careful about what one thinks of because...

Your thoughts become your words.

Your words become your actions.

Your actions become your habits.

Your habits become your character.

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