Timo: Ever heard about Intelligence Quotient?
Jarmo: Of course, yes.
Timo: Yeah i thought so. I think most of us would have!!
Timo: OK then, how about emotional quotient?
Jarmo: Sounds vaguely familiar. Though don’t know what that means.
Timo: Alright. How about this – Spiritual Quotient?
Jarmo: Spiritual…what?
This dialogue between two colleagues isn’t that uncommon. Our society has placed an extraordinary importance, in the past, on Intelligence Quotient, that we all think, the one with he highest IQ is the best. Read More »
A fable:
Welcome to the Feb 2010 edition of personal development and well being carnival hosted at 
Fact 1: According to a recent census, there were 793 billionaires and close to 8 million millionaires in this world – that is less than 0.2% of the world population. Between them they own assets close to $50 trillion.
There are a number of things that you should never do at a work place. This would of course include things that have been detailed on your contract and would be a legal agreement. Employees are also generally expected to follow the code of conduct and the contract and almost all of us do follow them – like being in the office at agreed working hours, turning up for a meeting in time, calling up the manager if sick etc. etc. These are all common stuff that everyone is generally aware of and would be happy to follow. But there are a few untold things that may not be expected out of an employee but if followed could help you in a number of ways later…
The world is always excited about winners. Be it sport, business, academics or politics, it is the winners that define the world. It is probably because we all want to stand out and prove we are better than the others in everything we do. This pressure to prove that we are better than others sometimes turns into a nasty rat race that we loose sight of the big picture. But that doesn’t mean that we should be complacent and not run at all. We are all born with definite qualities and we should try and use them to help the world to become a better place – both for us and for all the other living beings. 
In today’s world, the most valuable asset for a company is its employees. Other machinery, equipments and tools can be upgraded quite quickly, provided there is enough money, when compared to hiring and training an employee for a job. All employer-employee relations have a break-even point up to which the company invests on the employee and after which the company sees some returns back. The biggest loss a company can face is when an employee quits at the break-even point. But with some logical and simple steps employers can reduce, if not avoid, brain drain.