ಸಂಬಂಧಗಳೆಂದರೆ ಗಾಜಿನ ಹಾಗೆ. ಜೀವನದಲ್ಲಿ ಅನಿವಾರ್ಯ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅದನ್ನು ಮುರಿಯಲೇಬೇಕಾದ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಉಂಟಾದರೆ ಅಂಥ ನಿರ್ಣಯ ಕೈಗೊಳ್ಳುವುದೇ ಉತ್ತಮ. ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ಒಡೆದ ಮನಸ್ಸುಗಳಿಂದ ನೋವು ಅನುಭವಿಸುವುದಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಅದು ಉತ್ತಮ ನಿರ್ಧಾರವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.

Washer man donkey and dog

Good story with old version…

There was once a washer man who had a donkey and a dog.

One night when the whole world was sleeping, a thief broke into the house, the washer man was fast asleep but the donkey and the dog were awake.

The dog decided not to bark since the master did not take good care of him and wanted to teach him a lesson.

The donkey got worried and said to the dog that if he doesn't bark, the donkey will have to do something himself. The dog did not change his mind and the donkey started braying loudly.

Hearing the donkey bray, the thief ran away, the master woke up and started beating the donkey for braying in the middle of the night for no reason.

Moral of the story " One must not engage in duties other than his own"
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Now take a new look at the same story…

The washer man was a well educated man from a premier management institute.

He had the fundas of looking at the bigger picture and thinking out of the box. He was convinced that there must be some reason for the donkey to bray in the night.

He walked outside a little and did some fact finding, applied a bottom up approach, figured out from the ground realities that there was a thief who broke in and the donkey only wanted to alert him about it.

Looking at the donkey's extra initiative and going beyond the call of the duty, he rewarded him with lot of hay and other perks and became his favorite pet.

The dog's life didn't change much, except that now the donkey was more motivated in doing the dogs duties as well. In the annual appraisal the dog managed a " meets requirement" Soon the dog realized that the donkey is taking care of his duties and he can enjoy his life sleeping and lazing around.

The donkey was rated as "star performer". The donkey had to live up to his already high performance standards. Soon he was over burdened with work and always under pressure and now is looking for a job rotation…


If you have worked in a corporate environment, I am sure you have guessed the characters of the new story….

Students judge professors on what they post on Facebook

PTI May 7, 2013, 07.16AM IST

NEW YORK: Professors, please note! While your Facebook profile may help you connect with students, you may have to be careful about what you post on the site!

College students judge professors based on their Facebook profiles, a new study has found. For instance, a professor with a socially oriented Facebook profile may be viewed as more popular but less skilled by potential students than other professors, according to the study.

Many professors use the site to reach out to undergraduates as well as for their own social reasons, said Winthrop University psychologist Merry Sleigh and her students Jason Laboe, also of Winthrop, and Aimee Smith of Kent State University.

 To understand how a social media presence might influence a professor's teaching career, the researchers created six fake Facebook pages, all of a fictional 39-year-old male professor, 'Live Science' reported.

Each page had a specific focus: Either the professor was portrayed as primarily politically conservative, politically liberal, religious, family-oriented, socially oriented or professional.

One hundred and ten undergraduates were randomly given one of the profiles to rate for the professor's skill, friendliness, popularity and appropriateness and their likelihood of taking the professor's class and how much they respected him.

Professors with professionally oriented profiles were viewed as most skilled, whereas social and conservative professors were seen as the least skilled. Social professors were also seen as the least likely to be difficult, while politically conservative professors were viewed as most likely to teach a tough course. Students disliked professors who wore their politics on their sleeves . They also had little respect for social professors and felt family-oriented ones were the most respectable.

Notes for my students......

https://drive.google.com/?tab=wo&authuser=0#folders/0B18RfA2MK_AGRG1OYmtxd2FoZzQ

How to handle negative people

This is something to think about when negative
people are doing their best to rain on your parade. So
remember this story the next time someone who knows nothing
and cares less tries to make your life miserable.

A woman was at her hairdresser's getting her hair
styled for a trip to Rome with her husband. She mentioned
the trip to the hairdresser, who responded:

"Rome? Why would anyone want to go there? It's
crowded and dirty. You're crazy to go to Rome. So, how are
you getting there?"

"We're taking Continental," was the reply. "We got a
great rate!"

"Continental?" exclaimed the hairdresser. "That's a
terrible airline. Their planes are old, their flight
attendants are ugly, and they're always late. So, where are
you staying in Rome?"

"We'll be at this exclusive little place over on
Rome's Tiber River called Teste."

"Don't go any further. I know that place. Everybody
thinks it's gonna be something special and exclusive,
but it's really a dump."

"We're going to go to see the Vatican and maybe get
to see the Pope."

"That's rich," laughed the hairdresser. You and a
million other people trying to see him. He'll look the size
of an ant. Boy, good luck on this lousy trip of yours.
You're going to need it."

A month later, the woman again came in for a hairdo.
The hairdresser asked her about her trip to Rome.

"It was wonderful," explained the woman, "not only
were we on time in one of Continental's brand new planes,
but it was overbooked, and they bumped us up to first class.
The food and wine were wonderful, and I had a handsome
28-year-old steward who waited on me hand and foot. And the
hotel was great! They'd just finished a $5 million
remodeling job, and now it's a jewel, the finest hotel in
the city. They, too, were overbooked, so they apologized and
gave us their owner's suite at no extra charge!"

"Well," muttered the hairdresser, "that's all well
and good, but I know you didn't get to see the Pope."

"Actually, we were quite lucky, because as we toured
the Vatican, a Swiss Guard tapped me on the shoulder, and
explained that the Pope likes to meet some of the visitors,
and if I'd be so kind as to step into his private room and
wait, the Pope would personally greet me. Sure enough, five
minutes later, the Pope walked through the door and shook my
hand! I knelt down and he spoke a few words to me."

"Oh, really! What'd he say?"

He said: "Who has spoiled your hair?


Taken from the mail from Dr. K. Sampath Kumar