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As We Celebrate International Day Of The Girl Child, Let's Continue To Grant More Opportunities To Girls to Create A Brighter Future For All Of Us.

B. K. Birla Public School Kalyan Thanks Every Girl For Making This World Stronger.

#International #Girl #Child #Day #Happiness #Future #World #Strength #Win #Joy #Success #Peace 

At least 117 million girls around the world demographically go “missing” due to sex-selective abortions.

Girls Missing is Humanity Lost.

This International Girl Child Day let's make a serious attempt to right the unimaginable wrong.

#internationalgirlsday #internationalgirlchildday #girlchildday #girlchildday2019 #internationaldayofthegirl #internationaldayofthegirlchild #girlday #girl #missinggirls #losthumanity #sexdeterminationtest #sexselection #girlchild #savethegirlchild #sexratio #postoftheday #picoftheday #shybuzz #techkans #cause #unitednations #unicef #unesco #unicefindia

On Today's International Day Of Girl Child, Let's Support Girls To Stand Up For Their Rights In Order To Create A Happier & Stronger World.

#International #Girl #Child #Day #Happiness #Future #World #Strength #Win #Joy #Success #Peace 

Every Girl Child Brings Glory To The Nation!

On Today's International Girl Child Day, Let's Thank Every Daughter Of This Nation For Making Us Stronger!

#International #Girl #Child #Day #Happiness #Future #World #Strength #Win #Joy #Success #Peace — celebrating International Day of the Girl Child.

At least 117 million girls around the world demographically go “missing” due to sex-selective abortions.

#internationalgirlsday #internationalgirlchildday #girlchildday #girlchildday2019 #internationaldayofthegirl #internationaldayofthegirlchild

Traits of Successful Entrepreneurs & Influencers

Optimism & Resolve

Chances are that when you decide to share your views or unveil your grand designs to pursue against the odds or in contrast to conventions, there are likely to be more naysayers or pessimists lining up questions and casting doubts than supporters who earnestly offer gesture towards willingness to assist. So to begin with it is better to be an eternal optimist than look for affirmations and reassurances. As a caveat, although not all optimist ends up a success, chances are that if you are an optimist, success will eventually follow.

The classic case of an optimist is Colonel Harland Sanders, who was fired from a variety of jobs throughout his career before he first started cooking chicken in the 1930s when he was 40 years old, that too during the Great Depression. However, in the 1950s the Colonel was forced to close his business and retire, being almost penniless, but not without hope, surviving on only his $105 monthly pension check. He didn’t give up, and was rejected more than 1,000 times before finally finding his first partner. His optimism and resolve allowed him to franchise Kentucky Fried Chicken when he was 62, and become an international icon after he sold his company at 75.

Calmness & Passion

As anyone with many responsibilities to fulfil and roles to play understands, things eventually will go wrong, and you will be reminded of the Murphy's law and dread over it, whilst being in the centre of the storm, with expectations and may be employees , looking upon you to pull you out of this trouble. So at this time it is important to stay calm, and although a tornado might be wrecking up your confidence inside, it is pivotal to hold the fort in front of those that matter and be calm - easier said than done though - and at least masquerade to be in control, and be so self confident or even ignorant enough that you are sure that you will get out of this, even if it takes all that you have.

Calmness and passion is epitomized by Mr Elon Musk who made $180 million when PayPal was acquired by eBay in 2002. He invested $90 million into SpaceX and Tesla, but the company as yet were only losing money. In 2008 all felt lost when SpaceX's Falcon 1 rocket failed for the third time, and Tesla almost went bankrupt two days before Christmas.

Mr Elon Musk didn’t mean to go down without a fight nor did he show the real trouble he was in, but now he only had about $40 million left. So he made a prudent, well thought out, yet hard decision to put in all his money into the companies to make sure it doesn’t die as he believed in himself and the company. Furthermore, now Mr Musk got divorced and had to borrow money from his friends to pay his rent. Today both his company, although still fledgling as per its potential wonders, is one of the most recognised and Mr Elon Musk’s personal wealth is estimated to be $22 billion approximately. He has already started tests for a trip to Mars.

Innovative & Prudent

Complacency and lethargy has brought great colossus to their knees. Those who refused to shift their emphasis from their core area of expertise or deviate from their beloved product or brand that has paved their way to the top could see a cascading descent to the bottom with enterprising and innovative entities taking over by beating the established behemoths at their game, just played with updated, more flexible rules enabled by technology and inspired ideas of that eureka moment ilk to push aside the status quo.

The pulsating power of innovation is illustrated by the success of the Pulsar brand of motorcycles by 

Bajaj, headed by Rajiv Bajaj, MD, Bajaj Auto, and salvaged by Abraham Joseph, now the company’s Chief Technology Officer. The mid-90s also witnessed a major shift in the preference of Indian consumers from the trusted scooters to the masculine motorcycles. By 1999, motorcycles had overtaken scooter sales for the first time in the country. Bajaj Auto was caught in a flux and the company was no longer number 1 but was now relegated to the 4^th spot behind Hero Honda, Yamaha and TVS Suzuki.

The Pulsar not only transformed the way Indians commuted, but also changed the DNA of the country’s second-largest two-wheeler maker that till then had been successful but was stuck in the glory of their past laurels like the blockbuster scooter, Chetak.

Other than priming Bajaj to be a major player again in the booming segment, and transforming Bajaj Auto into a respected maker of motorcycles, the Pulsar did plenty more for Bajaj from a branding, reinvigorating an unimaginative delivery line and advertising standpoint. Pulsar was not just a bike for Bajaj Auto. It was a do or die product. It was one single product that virtually saved the company.

Lessons ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Can Teach Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders

As the hullabaloo of the cricket world cup subsides and the heady emotions transmutes into introspection and analysis, it is a good time to think of the learning that fans, aficionados, consultants, experts, management, entrepreneurs and leaders et cetera can take out from the extravaganza that gave us a final for the ages that deserve a study in itself.



Here are 4 points that I have gathered through the course of the World Cup that can play a pivotal role in meaningful successes of firms in the short and long-term.

Don’t Depend On Those At The Top To Perform Always


As was aptly highlighted in the semi-finals between India and New Zealand, being too dependent on the top order can leave the middle and lower order dangerously exposed, especially when it is inexperienced, and can cost the team dearly. India, which emerged from the group stages on the top spot with strong performances from Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul & Shikhar Dhawan, was found wanting chasing a small total when the top 4 wickets fell cheaply and the following batsmen weren’t prepared to take on the added responsibility resulting in an excruciating defeat for the fancied team that resulted in their exit.

Likewise, when a team in an organisation is heavily dependent on the top management or top performers alone, the firm leaves itself precariously exposed when it comes to scaling up operations where resources are stretched to the limit and every member of the team is expected to lead their area of expertise. Being over-reliant on some limits the organisation's growth potential and can truly expose its frailties in the crunch moments.  A casing point here is again the Pakistan team, which was so depended on the lone hands of Babur Azam, Mohammad Amir, and Shaheen Afridi in the later stages, that the team narrowly missed out on a trophy where they had recently won the Champions Trophy at.

So it’s not what he alone Kane, but what the team can. Kane Williamson just had to be mentioned here. :)

When Facing Challenges Or Opportunities It Is Always Better To Be Patient Than Flamboyant


West Indies was among the most watchable teams in the world cup blessed with the biggest hitters in the world like Chris Gayle, Carlos Brathwaite, Nicholas Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, along with mighty fast bowlers who can bring some searing heat with frightening bouncers like, Oshane Thomas, Shannon Gabriel, and Sheldon Cottrell with his trademark salute celebrations.  However, all this flamboyance seemingly counted for nothing when you look at the final standings, where they ended second from the bottom. Their over attacking batting and balling, which is exciting to watch and has earned them many followers; cost them many matches where they were in the driving seat to dictate terms.

In the business domain, be it a start-up or a tenured enterprise, unwarranted aggression while scaling up, or imprudent hiring policies or overestimated business prospects seriously dampens the inherent potential of a company. Balancing attack and defence, in keeping with the current situation, systematically gauged after deep analysis of macro and micro factors, will deliver the desired result rather than decisions dictated by what looks or feels nice at the moment, or just playing to the gallery.

So until the time is right, patience and poise will help to look past the clutter and noise.

It’s Not About How You Start But How You Finish


Many teams had a good start to the world cup whilst many began badly but that necessarily didn’t dictate where they finished in the grand scheme of things. The teams that began well like West Indies & Bangladesh faded in the crucial stages of the campaign, but teams like Pakistan that began abysmally, almost made the semis at the cost of New Zealand who had three straight losses, whilst England who didn’t look like qualifying in the middle of the tournament surged in the back end and eventually became world champions. So, rather than resting on the laurels of a good start or vilifying oneself for a bad beginning, it is crucial to keep the drive to excel going longer and stronger, even after promise of glory or illusions of ruin, and focus on the big picture and be ready to make the most of all the opportunities that might come your way. Therein, a firm who has a great beginning vis-à-vis clients, funding, pitch wins, awards and recognitions et cetera shouldn’t be satisfied with early accolades, as a firm’s reputation is cemented over the long run and it is the most consistent & motivated team that truly triumphs. Furthermore, a team that begins slowly and finds it hard to gain traction, can still surpass the competition by taking its time in building the team, its values, infrastructure and processes that best positions it to make the most of the boom time, along with the challenges progress throw up. 

When it comes to glory, it is all about where and how you finish.

Diversity, Competition & Differences Makes You Stronger

As was beautifully displayed by England, it was its diversity that ultimately proved to be its greatest strength. With players that traverses geography and culture including Captain Eoin Morgan from Ireland, the super over hero Jofra Archer from Barbados; the English cricketers of Pakistani descent, Moeen Ali & Adil Rashid; Jason Roy, born in Durban, South Africa, proudly representing England, and Ben Stokes, son of New Zealand rugby league player and coach Gerard Stokes, who moved to England at a young age, whose contributions in various crucial stages sealed the world cup for England for the first time in a nailbiting epic of a finish.

In apropos, the true strength of the company is also its ability to handle various situations under trying circumstances that separate the great companies from the mediocre. The different ability to cope with demands of a competitive environment, calling upon the resources that are instilled in individual members, especially when the job at hand calls for a heightened level of creativity, innovation, skill and expertise, where successes are often dependent on minutiae factors, makes all the difference.

If You Are Nice, It’s A Responsibility To Finish First

We have all heard of the adage that nice people finish last, which has been hammered into our consciousness. But what it really should read is nice people should consider it a responsibility to finish first.

We should not just consider it something to achieve if we could, but give it the added incentive & active drive to leave no stone unturned and realize the goal of not just finishing among the top but right at the pinnacle.

Now, you must wonder why add the additional pressure of making success a responsibility, right? Well, allow me to list some points that could make your success something that provides that extra bit of motivation that’s the difference between finishing first or being amongst the obscure, unrecognized effort.

Nice Guys All Over The World Deserve Better Examples.

We are bombarded with stories of success and accolades of people who have accumulated wealth, fame and glory, by finishing first among equals, but not for the right reasons, nor by employing the right means.

These stories do nothing to inspire the nice fellows who are trying their best to be better whilst upholding the most underrated of traits, of being good. So as a consequence, the more dopey the athlete, the more cruel the industrial baron, the more manipulative the pilferer, the more philandering the celebrity, or how abusive the tycoon etc, etc, they are nonetheless portrayed as the best example of inspiration for the next generation, which only leads to more of them for us to endure.

The list could go on and on, but just wonder, wouldn’t we be better off if we could focus less on the Narcos & Breaking Bad of the world and focus more on the Keanu Reeves among us... perhaps not the best example but you get the drift. So all the nice guys, be good and finish first, becoming the example that inspires millions or even just one.

Give The Other, Somewhat Maleficent Folks, Something To Think About.

Films & other popular media is filled with good giving it back to the bad guys & coming up trumps, overcoming all adversities & emerging the champions of all that’s pure and pristine. But the fact remains there aren’t many stories in real that - particularly the nice folks in question, the impressionable youth, and the perpetual optimists – fill us with zeal and passion for the possibilities at hand.

In fact, it does the opposite. It offers encouragement to the less desirable elements, the not-so-needed sorts, an extra boost for reaching the top and without having to worry about too much about the cost of their action on people who are less fortunate but indirectly also have consequences on nature and history as a whole.

However, if the good guys rally by aiming for the top spot, chances are there those undesirables might not get their own way always or even they might be dissuaded from using nefarious ways to the top, or in fact, just by luck, they will be turned into one of the good guys... maybe, just maybe. Isn’t that a good reason to work towards being the best without worrying about what has transpired up till now? So, go on, be Rocky, of the real kind.

Be Nice & Let Your Success Really Matter.

Just imagine that you are nice, finished first, and you achieved this adhering to all the goodness that success is at liberty to allow. Then there is no limit to the good that can be done in every single part of the beautiful creation we are part of. Your success not only makes you famous, earns your laurels and rewards, but could affect positively your family, friends, society, nature, animals etc, depending upon the success that you aspired for, and the drive you had to make it a reality. Your simple mission to be yourself and aim to be the best could possibly change the world. WOW, right?

So next time when you are trying for the zenith in the area of your interest, and you genuinely consider yourself to be among the good guys, just remember, don’t just do it for yourself, but do give it a bit extra for the other good guys looking up to you in anticipation.

Also, remember to not let the extra responsibility of making your success a reality be a detriment on yourself, because by being good you are already good enough... so go you.

Middle-East: Practical Solution or Biblical Stalemate

Israel-Palestine Conflict

A problem as primitive as civilization we know,

Where humanity has lost civility sure & slow.

With medieval maps spawned by imperialism still masquerading as evidence,

Two of One God’s Children fight it out while the world can only offer pretense.

Mortars and rockets has muzzled the anguish and stymied the prayer,

Where the mighty rain fire on innocents when the culprits hide in their layer.

Love Can Achieve More Than Hate

Talks carry on when humanity fills the street with stories of soulless gore,

Where the powerful protect, the weak destroy, & press inks its horrendous folklore.

Although the existence of either can never be debated or denied,

Between a hidden monster & a blatant demon, peace has been brutalized & defiled.

The Middle-East Tragedy

With the bodies piling up and no end to the killings in sight on either side,

Why are the culprits still deciding the fate of those who can only cower and hide?

Are we a generation too nascent for a tussle that is too biblical to be practical,

Is the blessed land destined to be the domain of the unfortunate and miserable?

Peace

Don’t rest assured as if we have time of plenty in a conflict spanning millennia,

The world has seen enough dismay to realize there is no hiding from the irony of this godless mania.  

Slowly but surely the voice of reason are being drowned out by the hard-line evil,

It is time for the world to stand up and be counted or forever be shamed for being too feeble.

A Game of Epic Proportion

 I for one do accept my limitations in suggesting recourse for Palestine, Israel or both,

Yet we need to stand up and be counted no matter the criticism that hurt or the eyes that loathe.

It is getting harder to put people before the fact without taking a side,

Whilst our efforts for peace & love may fail, take pride for you and I at least tried.

No point in washing our hands as if it were an issue too far and too old,

It just could be our story that is currently being foretold.

Death on Both Sides