Think positive - Succeed!!!

Practicing positive thinking allows people with ADD to focus on our strengths and accomplishments, which increases happiness and motivation. This, in turn, allows us to spend more time making progress, and less time feeling down and stuck.

1. Take Good Care of Yourself
It's much easier to be positive when you are eating well, exercising, and getting enough rest.

2. Remind Yourself of the Things You Are Grateful For
Stresses and challenges don't seem quite as bad when you are constantly reminding yourself of the things that are right in life. Taking just 60 seconds a day to stop and appreciate the good things will make a huge difference.

3. Look for the Proof Instead of Making Assumptions
A fear of not being liked or accepted sometimes leads us to assume that we know what others are thinking, but our fears are usually not reality. If you have a fear that a friend or family member's bad mood is due to something you did, or that your co-workers are secretly gossiping about you when you turn your back, speak up and ask them. Don't waste time worrying that you did something wrong unless you have proof that there is something to worry about.

4. Refrain from Using Absolutes
Have you ever told a partner "You're ALWAYS late!" or complained to a friend "You NEVER call me!"? Thinking and speaking in absolutes like 'always' and 'never' makes the situation seem worse than it is, and programs your brain into believing that certain people are incapable of delivering.

5. Detach From Negative Thoughts
Your thoughts can't hold any power over you if you don't judge them. If you notice yourself having a negative thought, detach from it, witness it, and don't follow it.

6. Squash the "ANTs"
In his book “Change Your Brain, Change Your Life,” Dr. Daniel Amen talks about "ANTs" - Automatic Negative Thoughts. These are the bad thoughts that are usually reactionary, like "Those people are laughing, they must be talking about me," or "The boss wants to see me? It must be bad!" When you notice these thoughts, realize that they are nothing more than ANTs and squash them!

7. Practice Lovin', Touchin' & Squeezin' (Your Friends and Family)
You don't have to be an expert to know the benefits of a good hug. Positive physical contact with friends, loved ones, and even pets, is an instant pick-me-up. One research study on this subject had a waitress touch some of her customers on the arm as she handed them their checks. She received higher tips from these customers than from the ones she didn't touch!

8. Increase Your Social Activity
By increasing social activity, you decrease loneliness. Surround yourself with healthy, happy people, and their positive energy will affect you in a positive way!

9. Volunteer for an Organization, or Help another Person
Everyone feels good after helping. You can volunteer your time, your money, or your resources. The more positive energy you put out into the world, the more you will receive in return.

10. Use Pattern Interrupts to Combat Rumination
If you find yourself ruminating, a great way to stop it is to interrupt the pattern and force yourself to do something completely different. Rumination is like hyper-focus on something negative. It's never productive, because it's not rational or solution-oriented, it's just excessive worry. Try changing your physical environment - go for a walk or sit outside. You could also call a friend, pick up a book, or turn on some music.

FIA-Govt. of India deal!!

The global credit meltdown has hit home, and how. India's beleaguered airline sector has become the first industry to seek an official bailout from the government. The Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA) has asked for a $1 billion (about Rs 5,000 crore) interest-free loan from the government to tide over the current crisis in addition to many other fiscal sops and easing of regulatory measures.

FIA, whose members include Air India, Go Airlines, IndigGo, Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines, Paramount Airways and Spicejet, also wants a moratorium of three years on the repayment of the loan.

A fiercely competitive market, slowing passenger traffic, rising costs and the current liquidity crunch has brought the industry to a stage where it feels that if a bailout package is not on the cards then it would need to substantially downsize.

Simply put, many an airline will be grounded which doesn't sound implausible considering that the $6-billion (Rs 30,000-crore) industry is expecting losses to mount to $2 billion (Rs 10,000 crore) this year.

When asked if Kingfisher Airlines had approached the government for a bailout package and for help till the company was able to raise money, Vijay Mallya, chairman of the company, said: "It was part of the presentation made to PM by FIA."

In a presentation made to the Prime Ministers Office, the FIA has asked for the following:

• Reduction in aviation turbine fuel (ATF) price to global levels. This is to be brought about by eliminating excise duty of 8.24% and custom duty of 5.14% on ATF by putting ATF under the category of declared goods thereby limiting state sales-tax at 4% and by reducing the base ATF prices to bring it in line with international levels. For the last measure the government might need to consider a subsidy.

• Reduction in landing and navigation charges. Specifically, the industry wants a temporary relief of 50% on landing, terminal navigation and route navigation charges for domestic operations for the next two years. Also, that there should be no further increase and creation of new charges at airports like user development fee (UDF), introduction of Common User Terminal Equipment (CUTE), increase in rentals.

• Alteration in route-disbursal guidelines.

• Self-handling to optimize the cost structure and quality of service.

Indian carriers' argument is that there is precedent for such a bailout both in India and abroad. After 9/11, the US airline industry was given $5 billion in cash and another $10 billion in loan guarantees. In 1999, the Indian telecom industry was allowed to migrate from annual fee structure to a revenue sharing arrangement when telcos started defaulting.

Most Indian carriers have been trying to raise money the past few months. Mallya said recently that he wanted to raise $400 million (Rs 2000 crore). With the global credit situation worsening by the day, it looks unlikely that any of the carriers will be able to raise funds in a hurry or on their terms.

Satyam banned from offshoring work with World Bank: An ET Report

NEW YORK: Software major Satyam Computer Services has reportedly been banned from doing any off-shore work with the World Bank after forensic experts and bank investigators discovered that spy software was covertly installed on workstations inside the bank's Washington headquarters, allegedly by one or more contractors from Satyam Computer Services.

According to a FOX News report, apart from Satyam, two IP intrusions have been reported from China, and there have been six intrusions in all.

Investigators say that the software, which operates through a method known as Keystroke Logging, enabled every character typed on a keyboard to be transmitted to a still-unknown location via the Internet.

Upon its discovery, bank officials shut off the data link between Washington and Chennai, where Satyam has long operated the bank's sole offshore computer center responsible for all of the bank's financial and human resources information.

"I want them off the premises now," World Bank President Robert Zoellick reportedly told his deputies. But at the urging of CIO De Poerck, Satyam employees remained at the bank as recently as October 1 while it engaged in "knowledge transfer" with two new India-based contractors.

Courtesy: ET, 11 Oct 2008.

Visual DNA - Try it once!!!

This is really neat...try it !

When you click on the link, a series of about 15 pictures will come up. Click on a photo in each category that appeals to you.

Again 15 pictures will come up, click the one for you and move on. Just continue to keep picking.

At the end, it will give you a profile of yourself....It is called a visual DNA.... Your choice's dictate your profile. It is worth a test :

Http://DNA.imagini.net/friends