The power of Habit

Talking about habitual tendencies, there's great book out there which deserve to have 5 stars rating. it has so many experiments & research on people behavior and habitual tendencies.

For those who want to do self transformation on weight loss, quit smoking, drink alcohol, etc. i reckon you'll find it relevant with the approach.

The book titled The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business  it become more and more interesting. a good resource if you want to start a new transformation.There's also interesting fact about how the company used statistics to capture customer behavior in order to do analytic and approach to win the marketplace.

Smoking is a habitual tendency

I used to be a smoker. I tried so many times to quit but always failed. it keeps me quit for few days and then being a smoker again.

I tried so many times to reduce the number of stick i consumed everyday.. for example just 1 every morning. but when you have emotional issue, it backed and backed again. so  i think you can't really quit by reducing the number of stick you consume.

after so many times with failures, my observation about smoking.. it;s actually not an addiction to Nikotine that makes problem for you to quit. it;'s more on the habitual tendencies. like it's a habit that you have to smoke after meals, as it it tastes so perfect after eating something spices, or as if there's something missing when you drink cofee without a cigarette.

You need to find a good reason to quit, and just a reason might not be enough  too, you might need to find a tool too, a tool in order to manipulate your mind, to provoke your mind or to cheat on your mind.

Few things I tried before I'm able to quit:

1. My strong reason for quitting is my beloved Daughter .. so i keep on thinking of a reason why I need to be healthy.. why I have to quit smoking. this is the strongest reason for me to quit.
2. Relaxation & Visualization of how you might be healthy. i did visualization every time before I sleep on how i want to be strong & healthy
3. Stop  the habitual tendencies, those includes visiting places you used to be when having breakfast, lunch, or might remind you on those fantasies of how delicious smoking is.. and those includes say no to any offer..
4. When there's a huge temptation to smoke.. this is time when you need to be mindful, you might consider cheating, provoking or switching your mind.. for example when the temptation is so huge..you may do yourself interview of why you need to smoke.. or long distance walking.

Good Visualisation- Exercise has impact on your brain

This picture was copied from Lifehack.org in which it has a good visualisation on how exercise will impact your brain.

Happiness Quiz

The following Quiz can be used for you to assess what happiness really mean to you

¤ Management ¤ Success ¤ Motivation

See the end of this quiz for quiz answers.

1. Happiness is:________________________________________________________________

2. Happiness is not:_____________________________________________________________

3. Who is responsible for your happiness:___________________________________________

4. Who is not responsible for your happiness:________________________________________

5. It is possible to be happy all of the time. True/False.

6. Happiness is: inside-out - outside-in.

7. If you had more:___________________________________________ you could be happier.

8. When you:___________________________________________________you will be happy.

9. Stuff can make you happy. True/False.

10. Happiness is: more, bigger, better. True/False.

11. Most people are reasonably happy most of the time. True/False

12. You will be happy when:_____________________________________________________

13. If you are successful, you will be happy. True/False.

14. If you have your health, you will be happy. True/False.

15. __________________________________________is getting in the way of your happiness.

16. Hanging on to old emotional baggage prevents happiness. True/False.

17. People who are happy smile a lot. True/False.

18. Living in the present moment is not important to be happy. True/False.

19. Happiness is easy to achieve. True/False.

20. One of the biggest things missing in people's lives who are not happy is:

_____________________________________________________________________________

21. Other people can make you unhappy: True/False.

22. Un-managed stress is a cause of unhappiness. True/False.

23. People who are happy have no regrets: True/False.

24. Happy people always want more of something: True/False.

25. Unhappy people are never satisfied with:_________________________________________

26. Happy people see other's as teachers: True/False.

27. Unhappy people tend to see themselves as:_______________________________________

28. One of the most important things to do to find lasting happiness is:

_____________________________________________________________________________

29. Most people take themselves too seriously: True/False.

30. Happy people have just as many problems as unhappy people: True/False.

31. The power of choice contributes to a person's happiness because:

_____________________________________________________________________________

32. Happy people lead with their head and let their heart follow: True/False.

33. Unhappy people would rather be right than happy: True/False.

34. Accepting differences in others is not important to your happiness: True/False.

35. Happy people are always doing, going, learning: True/False.

36. A lack of patience is a sign of:_________________________________________________

37. Happy people have more fun in life than unhappy people: True/False.

38. Unhappy people believe that other people need to be fixed in some way: True/False.

39. Happy people are interested in others and listen to them: True/False.

40. Something is always missing in the: happy person - unhappy person.

41. Unhappy people tend to:______________________ in life.

42. Happy people are always:_____________________________________________________

43. Unhappy people never:_______________________________________________________

44. Self-disclosure is a trait of:_____________________________people.

45. A lack of forgivenes is a trait of many unhappy people. True/False.

46. Happy people live for:________________________________

47. Unhappy people live for:______________________________

48. You know someone who would benefit from taking this quiz. True/False

49. You learned what as a result of this quiz:_________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

50. You are happy you finished this quiz: True/False

SCORING

50 correct answers..........You should be giving the quiz. 
45-50 correct answers..........You are happy with most of your life.

40-45 correct answers..........You have it together unless you lied about some of your answers.

35-40 correct answers...........Read my book: The Road to Happiness. It will help you.

25-30 correct answers...........You live in fantasy-land most of the time. Get a life.

25 or less correct answers......You have really big problems. Get into therapy.

Correct Answers: Happiness Quiz

Keep in mind that the answers to several of the questions are subjective. In many cases there is no right or wrong answer only - a best or better answer. This quiz is not designed to give you an in-depth explanation for each answer but rather to stimulate your thinking. With this in mind let's take a look at what I believe - are some of the vital issues in the area of happiness.

1. Up to you.

2. Possessions, your address, success, power, fame, good looks, up to other people.

3. You are.

4. Anyone else.

5. True.

6. Inside-out.

7. You fill in the blank.

8. Again you fill in the answer.

9. False.

10. False.

11. False.

12. Your turn.

13. False.

14. False.

15. Your turn.

16. True.

17. True.

18. False.

19. True.

20. The willingness to take the responsibility for their life and happiness.

21. False.

22. True.

23. False.

24. False.

25. Anything.

26. True.

27. Victims.

28. Take responsibility for your happiness.

29. True.

30. True.

31. They get to chose their outcomes, attitudes, happiness.

32. False.

33. True.

34. False.

35. False.

36. A lack of trust, faith.

37. True.

38. True.

39. True.

40. Unhappy person.

41. Complain a lot.

42. Interested in others, listening, concerned.

43. Take responsibility for their station, position, circumstances.

44. Happy.

45. True.

46. The present moment.

47. Yesterday, tomorrow, always.

48. Up to you.

49. Up to you.

50. Up to you.

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/287917

Can money Buy happiness

Can Money Buy happiness? this forbes articles is a good one, as it contains researches which were done by 3 professors to define how happiness could be boosted. http://www.forbes.com/sites/learnvest/2015/06/24/can-money-buy-happiness-3-researchers-weigh-in/5/

There's another article which I think also worth reading, in which they did survey on employees on how earning will impact job satisfaction.

"Glassdoor examined other job attributes it surveyed and found that employees valued them in the following order: “culture and values” at No. 1, “career opportunities,” at No. 2, “senior leadership” at No. 3, “work-life balance” at No. 4, and then compensation and benefits finally at No. 5, just above “business outlook.” Nunez recognizes that culture and values are a kind of catch-all category that includes important things like morale, employee recognition and transparency with an organization". source (http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2015/06/18/money-doesnt-buy-happiness-at-work-new-study-says/)

Apple’s next big iPhone update will turn your iPhone 6 into an iPhone 5/5s to save battery life - Business Insider

Apple’s next big iPhone update will turn your iPhone 6 into an iPhone 5/5s to save battery life - Business Insider

How to use LinkedIn for Recruiting

There are no two ways about the fact that LinkedIn is now the most actively used social media tool employed by organizations for recruiting quality talent. With over 225 million profiles and more than 5.8 million business development professionals in the LinkedIn universe, it is virtually a goldmine of talent for recruiters to mine and use.

As per a recent ZALP survey on social media recruiting, 83%of recruiters who use social media use LinkedIn extensively for just about every activity involved in sourcing and hiring employees.
Respondents of a recent Jobvite survey said that they usedLinkedIn to:
• Search for candidates (96%)
• Contact candidates (94%)
• Keep tabs on potential candidates (93%)
• Vet candidates pre-interview (92%)
• Post jobs(91%)

However searching the entire LinkedIn network to fill positions is not child’s play and is likely to cause you much pain and heartburn till you eventually figure out the best way to leverage LinkedIn’s incredible database to pick the talent you really want.

Here are a few tips to help you leverage LinkedIn’s network to source high quality talent.

•  Review your job description to ensure that the job and the company sound interesting to the candidate. The first question you should ask yourself when you read through the job description is whether you would be tempted to apply for the job based on the job description provided.
•  Ensure that your Company page on LinkedIn and your individual LinkedIn page are complete to establish credibility of yourself and the company. With over 3 million LinkedIn Company Pages existing, the surest way you can get passive talent to consider joining is to ensure that your company page and your individual page contain all the information that might be interesting to job seekers.
• Encourage employees to share open positions and job linkswith their social networks on LinkedIn and elsewhere.One such area that is now extensively popular is using linkedin for employee referrals. Recruiters today are equipped with advanced employee referral tools that allow them to leverage the social and professional networks of their employees to hire the best talent, Linkedin included. These tools enable employees to easily share job openings on their social networks like Linkedin and others thus making every employee a potential recruiter for the organization. These tools are advanced enough to even suggest relevant candidate matches for a particular job to the employee so that the referral process is made even easier.
•  Plan and craft InMailrecruiting messagingwith different messages to target active andpassive candidates. Keep your tone friendly and conversational and work out a strategy for reaching out to candidates who have rejected your Inmail summarily.
• Recruiting through Linkedin by participating in LinkedIn groups to build interest in your organization among the participating members and cementingyour company credibility is also an effective strategy. Another way to reach out to your network is by posting regular status updates drawing attention to yourself and to your company.
•  LinkedIn also features a question and answer section which can be used for sourcing candidates if used effectively and can also help you build relationships with subject matter experts and influencers within groups. You can post a question related to either a technology or an opening you are hiring for, and invite influencer groups and others to answer to establish contact and build relationships from a recruiting standpoint.
  Recruiting is ultimately all about relationship building and is it very essential to use LinkedIn effectively for talent hiring and thus building a great talent pool.

You can read more on latest trends and technologies in recruitment on www.zalp.com/theemployeereferralblog

Author Profile: Savio Vadakkan is the Marketing Professional at ZALP, a unique employee referrals booster. ZALP helps organizations tap the full potential of their employee referrals using advanced employee referral tools, social media recruiting and interesting features like gamification.
Article Source: How to use LinkedIn for Recruiting

Namaku...

Apakah arti sebuah nama?

benarkah nama hanya sebuah sebutan?

yang membedakan visualisasi rupa seseorang dengan lainnya.

Andainya awal peradaban manusia dimulai…

kita memanggil makluk air bersirip bukan ikan melainkan burung…

mungkin sekarang namanya burung bukan?

dan makhluk berparuh yang terbang bukan burung, tetapi serangga..

jadilah makhluk-makluk itu kita sebut serangga…

“Apalah arti sebuah nama” ..itu kata shakespeare

  

Ku bahkan tak mengenal orang yang memberiku nama ini..

dan aku telah dan akan hidup sampai akhir hayat ini dengannya…

mungkinkah nama ini akan tetap kupakai setelah MATI?

akankah  penghuni dunia baru disana tetap memanggilku ..dengan nama lamaku

nama michael kedengarannya bagus.. sepanjang sejarah manusia..

mungkin saja telah ada jutaan orang dengan nama ini.. di dunia baru itu…

kelihatannya dunia baru itu akan lebih kompleks… kalau saja “itulah arti sebuah nama”

  

Tetapi banyak orang yang hanya karena sebuah nama….

melahirkan pertikaian..kesalahan-kesalahan..

nama yang bahkan tak mereka mengerti asal usulnya…

yang katanya demi ini…demi itu….

kalau saja “itulah arti sebuah nama”

  

Nama dan rupa… bukankah hanya ilusi kausalitas…

Ataukah memang Kausa Prima merencanakan nama dan rupa?

Hukum karma VS Newton

Hukum Newton I: Setiap benda akan tetap bergerak lurus beraturan atau tetap dalam keadaan diam jika tidak ada resultan gaya (F) yang bekerja pada benda itu.

Hukum Karma: Nasib sebagai akumulasi karma masa lalu bersifat tetap tanpa adanya resultan perbuatan (didasari kehendak bebas selama kehidupan) tindakan didasari cetana (keinginan). Yang akan terjadi pasti terjadi.

Hukum Newton II: Setiap benda akan tetap bergerak lurus berubah beraturan diberikan resultan gaya (F) pada benda itu. Percepatan akan berubah mengikuti banyaknya gaya yang diberikan pada benda.

Hukum Karma Nasib akan berubah menjadi lebih baik atau lebih buruk mengikuti banyaknya perbuatan (didasari kehendak bebas selama kehidupan). semakin banyak perbuatan baik semakin banyak potensi karma penghancur penderitaan, semakin banyak potensi karma buruk sebaliknya dapat menyebabkan terakumulasiinya potensi karma yang merusak nasib.

Hukum Newton III: Jika suatu benda mengerjakan gaya pada benda lain (benda kedua) maka benda kedua tersebut mengerjakan juga gaya pada benda pertama, yang besar gayanya = gaya yang diterima tetapi berlawanan arah. ( Gaya aksi= Gaya reaksi).

Hukum Karma Setiap akibat pasti memiliki sebab. Segala fenomena mengikuti hukum sebab akibat yang saling bergantungan.