Superheroes or average human beings !!

Tim Cook hits the gym every morning at 5 AM.

At a poll at the World Economic Forum of 20 senior execs from industry, it was found 90% woke up before 6 am on weekdays.

Indira Nooyi, CEO of Pepsi, wakes up at 4 am.

Tim Cook of Apple hits the gym daily at 5 am.

Bob Iger of Disney rises at 4.30 am daily.

David Cush of Virgin America is on his exercise bike by 4.15 am.

Top execs also practice extreme sports like mountain climbing on every continent, flying fighter jets, 100 mile mountain biking trails, triathlons etc. promoting a cult of hyper performance ..

But Peter Drucker says, "no institution can survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it, It must be organised in such a way as to be able to get along under a leadership composed of average human beings" !!

ge..

Some solid advice on life ..

HANDBOOK 2016

Health:
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1.       Drink plenty of water.

2.       Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.

3.       Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants..

4.       Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy .

5.       Make time to pray.

6.       Play more games .

7.       Read more books than you did in 2015.
8.       Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day

9.       Sleep for 7 hours.

10.    Take a 10-30 minutes walk daily. And while you walk, smile.

Personality:
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11.    Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

12.    Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.

13.    Don't over do. Keep your limits.

14.    Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

15.    Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.

16.    Dream more while you are awake .

17.    Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need..

18.    Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with His/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.

19.    Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.

20.    Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.

21.    No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

22.    Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn.  Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.

23.    Smile and laugh more.

24.    You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree...

Society:
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25.    Call your family often.

26.    Each day give something good to others.

27.    Forgive everyone for everything..

28.    Spend time w/ people over the age of 70 & under the age of  6.

29.    Try to make at least three people smile each day.

30.    What other people think of you is none of your business.

31.    Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:
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32.    Do the right thing!

33.    Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

34.    GOD heals everything.

35.    However good or bad a situation is, it will change..

36.    No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

37.    The best is yet to come..

38.    When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.

39.    Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.

Last but not the least:
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40.    Pray for all your friends,  relatives and everyone you know, that God bless them abundantly ..

Ge

Flute by P Kunhikrishnan, Director SHAR centre .. at 50 th launch celebrations at Sriharikotta .

Kunhikrishnan relaxes himself by playing the flute. 

Watch "Flute performance by P Kunhikrishnan - Vathapi (50th Launch Celebration at Sriharikota)" on YouTube

The Hindu news item ..

Another link on his visit to Alliance University, Bangalore.

george..

Shanthigiri ashram visit .

Last evening got a great opportunity with the Chief Secretary of Kerala to visit Shanthigiri ashramam, near Vembayam, Trivandrum. 

It was a great secular Christmas and new year celebrations addressed by Orthodox bishop,  Catholic priests and kerala state Chief secretary, Dy speaker, Legislative Assembly Mr Panniyode Ravi and former MP Peethambara Kurup ..

With sylvan clean, green surroundings and organic farming, honeybee rearing, masala powder manufacture, schools, HSS, sidha medical college  etc. the campus has about 200 inmates with 1000 families staying in nearby places.

This is a great example to make societies self reliant, intelligent,  tolerant and peaceful .. Great demonstration and  experience of inter-religious tolerance. Moreover, there were no religious leaders' idols or pics at the ashram, which believes in spirituality, not religiosity ..

A higher level of intelligence, unattained by many of us, including myself,  because of our narrow thinking  .. Getting Mahatma Gandhiji's ideals into practice in the twenty first century energy hungry, digital and information world..

Wishing all of you a very contented and peaceful New Year (as wished by our CS) ..

Ge

To stall the wipeout of a civilization. .

It required the advanced kerala society (advanced than the rest of India), its equally progressive leaders from a dynamic and vigilant political system to ban drinking.

An equally concerned judiciary to upheld this desire of the community, to foresee and help stall the breakup of families, decay of a society, culture and eventual wipeout of a civilization. 🙏👌

The eventual aim of a progressive society is its development and survival ..

George

Can the IS demon be laid to rest ?

Can this victory be replicated elsewhere in Iraq and Syria to lay the demon of Islamic State to rest ?

Have Arab states supporting IS  started getting the heat ?

http://m.firstpost.com/world/significant-step-forward-us-hails-iraqs-victory-over-islamic-state-in-ramadi-2563444.html

BBC report on who is with and against IS. 

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29074514

Before the cancer of IS metastises to other countries, it is high time the world gives full support to Iraq and Syria to see them off.

Cults like IS can never gain foothold in democracies, which is again a lesson to Arab countries to start shift to democracy for a bright future for their homeland, if they so wish !

IS came out of repression of Sunnis. Such repression does not happen in a democracy.

NASA the big brother ??

Eventhough NASA tries to browbeat India, it is surprisingly and shamefully dumbfounded when it comes to cost-performance-innovation comparison !!

US succeeded to enter Mars only at its third attempt, while ISRO had a smooth sailing at its very first attempt at Mars with demonstrably superior technology, command, manoeuvre capability, all at one tenth cost of NASA missions.

Shame on NASA for being cruelly silent on Mangalyaan's unbeatable cost innovation .and maneouvre capabilities ... NASA can learn a lesson or two from its humble Indian competitor.

With Astrosat launched and solar mission ready from 2017-8, India is confidently having the upper hand and technology to take on any fry from anywhere.