Self-management techniques:Overcoming depressive thinking

One of the best methods is to force our own selves into some kind of creative work. As depression is a state embedded with negative thinking, it will be difficult to stop those thoughts when sit idle and go on thinking meaningless things. Thoughts could be controlled by forcing our own selves into taking up some work that would be useful in some way or the other....When we progress through our work, we receive inner pleasure as those negative thoughts are unable to enter our brain on a continuous basis. Giving physical labor into some meaningful job would even be better....

physical form of work would cleanse our minds of the dirt deposited from our past deeds...it would also act as physical exercise and would fine-tune chemical balance of the body....

An idle mind is the devil's workshop....  we all know
An idle body is the storehouse of  many diseases....

Balancing our mental and physical acts is a great self-management action for a better life ahead..

Key to personal peace and happiness..

If we can work with devotion and pleasure, we shall always be happy and peaceful. Happiness lies in our inner world of thoughts and perception, not in the perception of our behavoiurs by others. But we should be self-confident about all our activities and behaviours. We also need to have a very positive self-image about our own selves and we should never compromise on that aspect.

Managerial challenges in today's world

SSELF-MONITORING OF ELF-MANAGEMENT AND SELF-TRAINING NEEDS  ON A DAILY BASIS...

Self-brainstorming sessions on a daily basis...to improve self-performance & productivity

We require a completely SILENT period for each day. Among many assignments we are engaged with, we should take a break to think over things to be done and a total mental plan should be ready before we start taking action....

We should not be in a hurry to do anything that is important.

For each important thing to be done we should a brief managerial session of POD-D-LMC3 which means

PLANNING
ORGANIZING
STAFFING
DIRECTING
LEADING
MOTIVATING
COMMUNICATING
COORDINATING
CONTROLLING

We need these practical aspects of management on a daily basis to excel in our performance in any professional or personal endeavors.....

If possible we should have a brief session

Self-managerial challenges....

To be productive, creative and innovative is the ultimate self-managerial challenge of professional life. In practical affairs of life, we need technical expertise and to apply the same in real-life situations, we need to possess high level of managerail competencies such as

GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS
INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
LEADERSHIP SKILLS
FITNESS
PATIENCE
EMOTIONAL MATURITY
FLEXIBILITY
DYNAMISM
RESULT-ORIENTATION
INTEGRITY
HUMANITY
TIMELINESS
COURAGE etc....

A good combination of some of these qualities can do the miracles in our professional and personal life, as technical skills alone can not serve the purpose of ensuring quality service in any sphere of life, as the human environment is the most crucial aspect in delivery of goods and services. Only human leadership can influence various aspect of quality. A motivated professional person only can produce finest things. Management is deeply concerned with the motivational psychology and leadership effectiveness in any organization. Therefore everyone should try to attain  basic managerial skills for their personal effectiveness in any field of activity.


BASIC MANAGERIAL SKILLS required for all:

to learn the art of communicating
to learn the art of coordinating
to learn the art of  motivating
to learn the art of negotiating
to learn the art of planning,organizing and staffing
to learn the art of leading.....

where

LEADERSHIP IS THE GREATEST HUMAN QUALITY

Leadership requires the greatest ability of managing stress and the biggest quality of having patience in any tough situation. Leadership also requires having authentic knowledge and information on concerned field and hence needs continuous updation of knowldge, information and skills so that the latest developments in the field could be handled judiciously.....It also takes care of basic human concerns and considerations of ground realities involved in any matter....

Driving out frustration from personal and professional life....

Though difficult, driving out frustration from life requres developing a special mindset.

The best option is to continuously try to remain engaged in some work relating to self-improvement or professional up gradration.

Focus on work or quality of work that we perform eliminates mental lethargy and generates newer ideas from the experience. But idle thinking produces more negativity in the mind.

 If we can combine our thoughts with actions for most of the time of day, we are in a better position to produce tangible outputs at the end of the day....

'dedication to creative work only can give us true happiness and satisfaction....'

Self-improvement is a never ending process...we can enjoy the same for a lifetime..

(POS-D-LMC3) FORMULA IN OUR DAILY LIFE:


PLANNING
ORGANIZING
STAFFING
DIRECTING
LEADING
MOTIVATING
COMMUNICATING
COORDINATING
CONTROLLING

are the fundamental processes governing managerial activities at both personal & professional domain.

For improving personal productivity, we may try to implement these method for all important actions on a daily basis.

In addition to this, we can also try to enjoy a SILENT session for self-brainstorming on SWOT at the very personal level...BEFORE EVERY VITAL ACTIVITY WE SHOULD HAVE A PERSONAL MEDITATIVE SESSION. THIS WILL DEFINITELY BOOST UP OUR CREATIVITY & INNOVATION...

All these could enhance the process of excelling in our own domain of activities...

A PLANNED DAY WILL HAVE HIGHEST POSSIBILITY OF DELIVERING BEST PERFORMANCE...

How to reduce worries ? How to find happiness in normal ordinary life?

We have to  adopt a philosophy of

• LIVING ONE DAY AT A TIME, DOING ONE JOB AT A TIME,

• DOING OUR JOB WITH PLEASURE, DEPENDING ON THE PRAYERS TO GOD, GIVING

• OUR BEST IN THE PRESENT TIME, LIVING IN THE PRESENT ,

• NETWORKING WITH GOOD PERSONS AROUND US

• KEEPING OURSELVES PHYSICALLY FIT AND MENTALLY ALERT

• SLEEPING WELL DURING NIGHT

• KEEPING LOW PROFILE AND BEING STRAIGHT-FORWARD

• BEING NOT GREEDY AND JEALOUS ABOUT ANYTHING

Lessons from the past...learning & relearning continues

The most recent lessons were:

1. We need to have enough practice on 'personal anger management', it is tremendous issue in life and patience only solves all major problems in life....

2. One needs to humble in all situations

3. We have no place for arrogance

4. A smiling face solves many tricky problems of life

5. One must try to learn to deal with the difficult persons

Inspiration for exceling at thepersonal level...

The biggest  input to our minds is 'inspiration' from variety of sources connected directly or indirectly with our lives....

Ultimately, that matters in driving us to act is our mindset and mental processes. Inaction is the result of mental and psychic lethargy only. To remove the shell of lethargy from the minds, we need inspirational inputs to our lives. Once we are inspired to better in lives, we get recharged to act in a meaningful manner.

To get inspired we need to have an open mind that continuously seek for those excellent sources in and around us. If we are positive in our attitudes, we absorb those virtues in our inner minds and naturally get inclined to act in similar ways in our respective domains of activities.

Basically, mind is the man. Thinking is the man that I am. My mind only drives me action.

Hence, we should continuously try to improve upon the 'quality of thinking' to better our self work-culture. We should develop our own ways of thinking in depth about anything that requires creativity and innovation. And hence, meditation could form an important component of our daily lives. Vital decisions of our lives could be taken after deep meditation on the subject as well as discussion with like-minded friends.....

QUALITY OF THINKING prepares the foundation of QUALITY OF WORK AND LIFE....
To systematize our thoughts, daily meditation & yoga would help us a lot. Yoga and mediattion would drive us to spiritual thinking and spiritual thinking leads us to peace and happiness. Prayer to God is the only way to clease our minds. A clean mind can do the miracle of  total creativity and innovation in what we do....


God Bless..

Having enough patience, improving Listening skills and Acquring ability to make important decisions.....

Some of the finest managerial qualities are:

Having enough patience, improving Listening skills  and Acquiring ability to make important decisions.....

Through long years of experience and experimentation on life, I have come to the above-said conclusions.....

In addition to the above, we also need to fine-tune certain personal qualities  for achieving 'personal excellence':

1. forming 'good habits' on a continual basis

2. managing time

3. building rapport with the concerned people

4. giving best in any job we executive.....

5. acquiring energy and enthusiasm to perform well in our professional endeavors

Foundation of professional excellence....

Some of the pillars of professional excellence:

1. Continuous striving for exceling in communication skills/linguistic abilities & its various dimensions

2. Continuous improvement in Mathematical, Logical and Analytical skills for practical

3. Technical skills and ability of decision-making

Self-management tools to ensure a happier life....

Managing the self is the ultimate challenge of any professional or personal life. The basic challenges are to stay young, mental peace and satisfaction , keeping fit, maintaining personal integrity, having time for prayer, serving others in some way as a means of serving GOD,  and a balanced interaction with people around us. Let us consider the topics one by one..

STAYING YOUNG IN BOTH BODY AND MIND....

The real secret lies in training our minds for higher thinking...

Positive thought patterns develoop positive responses in our nervous system and hence we should network with dynamic and progressive positive thinkers only...

To be involved in continous updation of knowledge, skills, and information....

To keep learning from practical life as well as from academic attachments....

Total regularity in taking physical exercise for fitness...

Being engaged in our hobbies that would give us pure pleasure....

MENTAL PEACE AND SATISFACTION..

It can only come from the good work that we do with honesty and devotion...
Real pleasure and satisfaction come from a special feeling of the inner self for creative and innovative contribution for the happiness of others....

DAILY PRAYER..
It simply cleanses our mind taht is entangled in many of the mortal sins and desires. God's blessings only can remove dirts from our greedy minds...

FITNESS...
Exercise and diet are the main components, but we should remember that mental state greatly influences the body functioning and hence yoga and mediattion are a must for real fitness and energetic existence.....

NETWORKING WITH PEOPLE...

It is always better to be choosy about mixing with people...
It is bad to talk too much in any situation....
We should master the art of saying NO to bad people around us...
Interaction with bad people generates a lot of stress in body and mind, and hence always risky at the personal level...

True Happiness...

True happiness lies in selfless giving only

Qualities of the Good managers as observed in my life...

During my tenure with GAIL(A Govt. of India U/T) I have interacted with some good managers. I learnt that 'self-discipline'  is a common quality among all good managers.

Another biggest aspect is the best of communication skills.

 Some of the most impressive features  are their physical fitness, mental alertness  and power of observation of human behaviors......

One more common characteristic is the ability of taking stress and the capability of handling crisis.

Even without doing MBAs we can be good managers, if we understand the dynamics of human behaviors including universal rules for motivation,  understanding of differences in personalities, attitudes, aspirations etc......


The first and foremost thing in evolving as a good manager is attainment of higher levels of ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM to work for cause/mission/objecitves....
Till we understand that WORK GIVES PLEASURE, SATISFACTION, HAPPINESS AND  PEACE,  we can never be good managers in our whole life....

If we enjoy our work, we are really blessed with the real happiness of living a life....

All other forms of enjoyment give us only temporary pleasure or relaxation, except the eternal pleasure of DOING OUR WORK AND ENJOYING IT AT THE SAME TIME.....

THIS ABOVE DISCOVERY TOOK 48 YEARS OF MY LIFE ....I STILL BELIEVE THAT THOUGH IT IS LATE THE SAME COULD BE ENJOYED FROM TODAY ONWARDS....

Here possibly lies the meaning of life, as revealed to me through the holy blessings of GOD...


So let us all try to realize the meaning of 'WORK IS WORKSHOP'  in our own different ways and May God bless us all.....

Leadership challenges in teaching profession...

A teacher needs to be a good leader for all situations for all times....

Leadership in teaching  should have some of the fundamental components:
A teacher
1.  should remember that sincerity and dedication are the main building blocks for imparting education

2. should take care both academic and human developmental processes...

3. should act selflessly and impartially

4. should be a self-disciplined person...

5. should encourage excellence in all his/her interactions

6. should be straight-forward and honest.....

7. should set living examples before the young learners  for good habits

8. should continuously improve his/her personality traits so  that others receive inspiration...

9. should always remember that PSD(PUNCTUALITY-SINCERITY-DEDICATION)  has no alternative in the  professional world........

Personal Excellence is the key to a happier life....

Possibly, We shall be blessed with a happier life, if we continuously try to improve ourselves on many fronts....such as ....

ACTIONS REQUIRED:

• REGULAR PHYSICAL EXERCISE INCLUDING YOGA & MEDITATION
• BEING INVOLVED IN SOME KIND OF CREATIVE ACTIVITY
• IMPROVING OUR COMMUNICATION SKILLS EVERYDAY....
• HAVING RESPECT FOR OTHERS
• HAVING CONTROL ON ANGER IN ALL POSSIBLE MANNERS...
• self-discipline first for influencing others......
• being humble and simple in approach...
• Mastering the art of decision-making
• Mastering the art of negotiating
• Having patience
• Being relaxed and natural....
• Being pleasant and cheerful
• Making proper use of time and energy....
• Not to participate in gossip, loose-talks
• Not to waste time and money
• Having time to pray...
• Attaining near perfection through hard work and practice only

Managerial responsibilities are not so easy to be dealt with...

When we are assigned with managerial job, we should take care of some of the following aspects of our actions:

1. We should have enough patience  in all situations...though it is really difficult to maintain cool all the time

2. Must assume that human beings are complex phenomenon in any work-place situation...

3. We should try to build an atmosphere of trust, and understanding with one and all

4. We should always try to be honest, impartial and transparent.....

5. Hard work and determination have no alternative in any venture..

6. Slowly but steadily we should make a habit of seeing the finer details of the jobs we need to perform....

7. We are supposed to deliver quality and we should not be negligent of our duties.....

8. We should possess great listening skills, to understand human behaviors in depth....

9. We should try to be pleasant and cheerful most of our times....we need to be fit all the time..

Making the most of one's available time and energy...

Making the most of one's available time and energy... truly requires managerial skills, as Mgmt teaches us how to approach a problem and solve it from basic human angle. Mgmt is all about PLANNING, ORGANIZING,STAFFING,DIRECTING,LEADING, COMMUNICATING,COORDINATING AND CONTROLLING...(POS-D-LC3) .All such elements could be applied in most of the cases of organizational and personal concern.
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Challenges of a good life and peaceful living

The major challenges are:
1. exploitation by the mighty
2.lack of human understanding of the deep-rooted problems of the society
3. unemployment and related issues
4. radical changes in lifestyle
5. fast-paced living
6. corruption
7. unlimited greed and desires
8. lack of true spirituality and human compassion
9. cruelty, violence and crimes against the common man

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Challenges in leadership style....

The most difficult thing in life is leading. Leading is a job that goes beyond doing. Leading is an invisible art of motivating,commanding and controlling without putting any pressure on anybody in any way. It is basically an art of behaving which displays honesty, integrity and strength before others. All these characteristics actually should originate from self-motivation, self-respect, self-confidence and self-learning. Leadership is a style getting things done through employment of skills and knowledge of others. Though a difficult task, some of the following actions could be taken at the personal level:

1. clearly indicating the preferences at the work-place
2. reinforcing the above criterion at every opportunity
3. sincere praisings for the fellow subordinates
4. showing respect for others, even when opinions vary
5.developing an atmosphere of trust and cheerfulness among all the members
6.striving for achieving excellence so that others learn from the examples set
7. shaping result-oriented daily work-routine
8. trying to finish a planned job by the end of the day

Management of Mental Fitness and its development......

Our mental fitness depends directly on the state of physical fitness, in the sense that if we are not physically fit, we can not be expected to be completely mentally fit. We need a strong body and a strong mind will automatically follow. I have experienced in many times in my personal life. Physical fitness though does not guarantee mental fitness, as mental cleasing process is also very much essential for a good body-mind relationship.
Mental fitness can be improved by taking regular yogic and breathing exercises. In addition to that, we should keep ourselves in in any form of devoted work or self-study of variety of subjects. If we are in the process of learning some new subject or make a habit of solving puzzles, brain-teasers or if we play chess, we are bound to improve our mental concentration. Mental concentration is at the heart of resolving many tough issues of life.

Higher level of concentartion will make the problem-solving process better and effective in many ways.Calmness of the mind can throw out most of the conflicts and turmoils of daily life....

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Core areas of self-management for a happy life....

Self-management is the biggest challenge in one's personal life and on this aspect of life depend the nature of professional and social life. If we can manage ourselves in the best possible manner, things on the professional and social front will get improved. Some areas of self-managing activities that need attention of everyone who wants to a healthy and happy life are:

1. fitness management with regular physical or yogic exercises or walking
2. diet for fitness
3. management of time  for effective implementation of daily responsibilities
4. networking with like-minded professional to fight boredom and monotony
5. using sense of humour for mental relief
6. being engaged in some creative activity in some part of the daily routine
7. having a good sleep
8. drinking sufficient quantity of water
9. remaining prepared to work hard whenever required and giving some selfless services to others for spiritual development

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Management Skills Development....

There are infinite kinds of skills, out of which managerial skills seem to be the most sought-after in any organization. A manager should be an extrovert or at least an ambivert, as he or she need to interact with infinite variety of people. There is no place for an introvert in the world of management. To be an extrovert, one must have good general knowledge and should possess a high level of common sense as well as presence of mind....
The following are the backbone of managerial skills:

1. excellent communication skills
2. good manners, etiquettes and habits
3. flawless performance
4. motivational skills
5. rapport-building
6.expert  knowledge of goods and services in a specific field
7.courage of managing crises
8. decision-making ability in any tough or tricky situation

Basic Art of Management....

The art of management has got three major components such as

1. Managing the self in the best possible manner so that we set examples before others about performing things

2. Managing others by using great words and sincere efforts and clarity of purpose....

3. Knowing people around us so that we can develop strategies for suitable leadership styles

Self-management challenges

To manage or to lead others, one should be able to manage the self in a perfect manner first. By managing the self in a planned and systematic manner, we can set examples before others and therefore creating an atmosphere of  encouraging perfection .It is really true that we can better the ways of doing things, if we try to achieve perfection in performing the job we are assigned with. Hence from onw onwards , we should always try to set a higher standard of performance for ourselves and things on all fronts will improve automatically. Behind all our imperfections and failures, we ourselves are to be blamed, as the root cause might be one or more of the following:
1. lethargy
2. procrastination
3. waste of time and energy in unproductive areas
4. lack of sense of timing
5. mismanagement of time
6. not having the tenacity and determination to complete our assignments in time

etc.etc.

Hence the biggest lesson in management and leadership should be 'striving for perfection' 'continuous practice in doing things' so that others feel motivated and inspired for achieving perfection in their own domains. We should be able to attain perfection in speaking, writing, behaving, and engaging our skills in attainign our desired objectives in both professional and personal lives

Self-motivation and productivity....

Self-motivation is at the root of all work that we do. It's a great challenge to keep ourselves motivated and inspired. Life passes through ups and downs. It's natural. But  during the period of depressive thinking, we tend to degrade ourselves if we do not network with friends who are hard-core positive thinkers. When managing things becomes more and more difficult, we should take advice and guidance from our well-wishers. Our well-wishers only can boost up our morale and put us on the right track. Otherwise, we may fall victim to obsessive depression which is harmful to both body and mind...Here mental state is the primary concern of leading a happy and balanced life. A healthy mind definitely produces positive physiological states and therefore enhancing the possibility of being in a happy condition.

Most of ailments originate from an unregulated lifestyle and mental worry or disturbances of some kind or the other. Hence controlling the mind to be in a state of peace and productive thinking is the biggest issue in practical life...

Managerial Thinking ....

Managing of human affairs is indeed a difficult task. Theoretical knowledge rarely works in practice, unless the same is modified as per real-life experiences on human interaction and its dynamics....
I have seen a good  number of good managers among my colleagues. The most common qualities among them could be summed up as follows:

1. they are systematic and methodical workers themselves
2. they can take enormous pressure
3.they are straight-forward
4.they maintain dignified distance from the colleagues
5.they speak of business only and they are focussed on their goals
6.they are all hard-working individuals with the abilities to lead...

Training in management can never be sufficient to make a person punctual,sincere,dedicated and systematic. It requires a lot of practical experience to handle situations in a 'management' way....
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Health is wealth...the saying goes

It is the biggest truth I have ever found. It needs a lot of experience to realize this simple fact. My recent experience about health parameters speaks volume about the fact that without good health and fitness, we are basically nothing. Nothing good can be done without fitness. To achieve and retain fitness, a lot of tenacity and determination is required. And the most important thing about fitness work is its regularity and consistency. Till we are regular and consistent about yoga and other form of exercises, we hardly gain any appreciable effect on our health...

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For AEIE 2nd year: Marks for Values and ethics in profession

 

Gurunanak Institute of  Technology
Stream: AEIE,VALUES AND ETHICS IN PROFESSION(HU401)
Sl. No	Name	Registration No		Roll No		UT-I Marks (Values & Ethics)
1	ADITI PAL	111430110310		14300511001		3
2	ANAMIKA TARAFDAR	111430110311		14300511002		5
3	ANKUR CHAKRABORTY	111430110312		14300511003		6
4	ANWESHA DAS	111430110313		14300511004		6
5	APARNA CHOWDHURY	111430110314		14300511005		5
6	APURV AZAD	111430110315		14300511006		6
7	ARCHANA	111430110316		14300511007		7
8	ARPITA CHAKRABORTY	111430110317		14300511008		6
9	BAISAKHI DIAN	111430110318		14300511009		6
10	BIKASH DUTTA	111430110320		14300511011		7
11	DEBANGANA DAS	111430110322		14300511013		7
12	DEVARSHI ROY	111430110324		14300511015		6.5
13	DIPDENDU DAS	111430110325		14300511016		4
14	GOPAL CHANDRA JANA	111430110326		14300511017		3.5
15	GOURAV AGRAHARI	111430110327		14300511018		3
16	HIMANSHU KUMAR	111430110328		14300511019		4.5
17	KALLOL MAJUMDER	111430110329		14300511020		6
18	MD SHAHBAZ	111430110330		14300511021		4
19	MONIDEEPA BISWAS	111430110331		14300511022		4.5
20	PATOTRI PAL	111430110333		14300511024		3.5
21	PRAN GOPAL PAUL	111430110334		14300511025		2.5
22	PRATIMA DATTA	111430110335		14300511026		6
23	PRITHA SAHA	111430110336		14300511027		7
24	PURNASREE MALLIK	111430110337		14300511028		6
25	RAHUL KUMAR	111430110338		14300511029		6.5
26	RAMDEEP KUMAR	111430110340		14300511031		3.5
	SUPARNA GANGULY					5.5
Sl. No	Name		Registration No		Roll No			UT-I  Marks (Values & Ethics)
27	RUDRA CHANDRA SUKLABAIDYA		111430110341		14300511032			3.5
28	S JAGJIT SINGH		111430110342		14300511033			5.5
29	SAJAL PRASAD KARAN		111430110343		14300511034			3
30	SANCHARI DAS		111430110344		14300511035			5
31	SAYAN CHAKRABORTY		111430110345		14300511036			6
32	SAYANTAN BOSE		111430110346		14300511037			3.5
33	SHRESTHA GHOSH		111430110347		14300511038			4.5
34	SHREYA BOSE		111430110348		14300511039			3.5
35	SMARAJIT CHAKRABORTY		111430110349		14300511040			6.5
36	SNEHASRI NAG		111430110350		14300511041			7
37	SOMNATH MONDAL		111430110351		14300511042			6.5
38	SOUMOJIT SHARKHEL		111430110352		14300511043			6
39	SOUMYA ROY		111430110353		14300511044			3.5
40	SOUMYA ROY		111430110354		14300511045			3.5
41	SOURAV CHAKRABORTY		111430110355		14300511046			5.5
42	SOURAV MALAKAR		111430110356		14300511047			4
43	SRIJANI CHATTOPADHYAY		111430110357		14300511048			3
44	SUMANTA CHATTERJEE		111430110359		14300511050			4
45	SUPARNA GANGULY		111430110360		14300511051
46	SWATI BANERJEE		111430110361		14300511052		4.5
47	UDDIPTA DUTTA		111430110362		14300511053		4
49	BIJOY BISWAS						2