tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60708579461340608022024-02-20T10:58:01.347+04:00Change Thoughts Change LifePositive Thinking bring thoughts with feelings and beliefs to create a positive life experienceImran Khan Sheikhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11556843497378129781noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070857946134060802.post-53856039044956151552012-08-31T20:13:00.000+04:002012-12-17T22:39:24.351+04:00The Art of Photography<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography is my passion and dream now. Even without a camera, I am constantly composing photos in my mind. I enjoy a variety of different subject matter: macro, floral, still life, nature, landscape, HRD, black and white. You name it, I click it.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 22px;">Life happens today, at this moment and it can be missed so easily. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 22px;">Time flying by too quickly we lose so many moments that slip into what we will call our past too suddenly. When life gets crazy and it seems there is never going to be enough hours or energy to push through the tread mill of the day, it’s hard to take time to just step off and stop for a moment to see what is in that very second right before you. I would not say that patience is my gift in this life. Perhaps that’s why photography fits me so well, a quick snap and instant art. I am learning though that life is a series of pictures some perfect, some imperfect, some simple and some momentous. And it’s impossible to rush the process, although trust me, I have tried. </span><br />
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The year 2011 had taken its toll on me, but that is what makes life worth living in some ways, hence my optimism for the future. Looking back at the events and challenges of the past year 2011, it is hard to believe that all of these could possibly have been crammed into one year, but rather when reflecting on the events of 2011 it feels like a decade. Nevertheless, bid a fond farewell to 2011and look forward to 2012 with hope and optimism. Every new year is a great opportunity to look back and see what has been done and what’s ahead.<br />
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I'll follow the below 10 actions for a happier 2012:<br />
<ul><li>Let my family and friends know how much they mean to me</li>
<li>Find ways to make exercise fun and sociable</li>
<li>Do extra acts of kindness to help others</li>
<li>Get outside and enjoy the natural world </li>
<li>Spend more time getting to know others</li>
<li>Take time each day to be mindful and notice the feeling</li>
<li>Change something that's been making me or others unhappy</li>
<li>Support a good cause that I feel passionate about</li>
<li>Try something new that puts me outside comfort zone</li>
<li>Write down three good things that happen each day</li>
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With the fireworks video in the world's most expensive site, Burj Khalifa, celebrating New Year eve, wishing you all love, peace, health and happiness in 2012.<br />
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Awards, Recognitions and Appreciations at work are certainly an honour and it motivates you to compete for excellence.<br />
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Many thanks to my Clients, Line Manager and Colleagues.</div>Imran Khan Sheikhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11556843497378129781noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070857946134060802.post-35730953960636306272011-11-11T09:51:00.000+04:002011-11-11T09:51:15.171+04:00What's Your Morning Tech Routine?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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Some people get their news from the TV and some from radio. Some folks still catch up with the world by reading the morning paper with their coffee. I tap into Google Reader and Twitter before even getting out from under the blankets. Everybody has a morning routine, and most of us in the tech industry have a morning routine of getting in touch with the rest of the world. <br />
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I can't remember when I last used an alarm clock, or staggered out of bed to check the computer first thing. These days, my iPad is my alarm clock and first form of contact with the rest of the world. After turning off the alarm, I start skimming Google Reader, Flipboard (my fav app on iPad) and Twitter to see if there's any news afoot.<br />
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Once I reach office, open my office laptop and check my personal email first, to see if anything urgent is happening. Then I check work email and go through that for quite some time. I'll open Facebook, Google+ and Twitter which I leave on and let streaming alongside my work all day.<br />
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Does it mean End of the world or Beginning? Neither<br />
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But lets make it a day to realize where we stand and determine how we wish to transform in Life.<br />
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<li><div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed">The last to record songs of the radio on cassettes</div></li>
<li><div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed">Knew the con<span class="text_exposed_show">nection between a pencil and cassette and the pioneers of VCR, walkmans and chatrooms. </span></div></li>
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<li><div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><span class="text_exposed_show">Jumbo Circus have held our breath while the pretty young thing in the glittery skirt did acrobatics, quite enjoyed the elephants hitting football, the motorcyclist vrooming in the Mautka Gola and it was politically okay to laugh your guts out at dwarfs hitting each others bottoms</span></div></li>
<li><div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><span class="text_exposed_show">Knew that Indira Gandhi was somebody really powerful and terribly important. And that's all we needed to know</span></div></li>
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Find a quiet place with no distractions such as the library, sitting in your bed, or sitting in your car. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.8pt; margin: 0in 0in 5pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: ""sans-serif"", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> 2. <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Daydream </span></span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">- During your appointment with yourself, think about areas in your life in which you want to make a change. 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Maybe there is only one area you want to change. Don't feel like you have to change everything. But if there is something that could improve the quality of your life, write it down. Don't worry about whether it is possible. Assume that anything is possible.<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">5. <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Mentors -</span></b> Who else has done what you want to do? Who inspires you? What can you learn from that person or those people? How do they think? How do they handle challenges? Write it all down. Let that person serve as a guide to how you work towards your dreams. Seek out these guides even if it is simply by reading someone's book or blog. Ask for help and guidance. You'll likely be surprised to find that when you ask most people will try to find a way to help you. Lastly, remind yourself every day that if your mentor can succeed, so can you!<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">6. <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The Reminder Poster, Use your creativity here -</span></b> The idea is to create a poster of which you can make several copies to hang in key places such as your bathroom, bedside table, kitchen, car and desk. On the poster (any size you want) list your Dreams, your daily action plan, and the thoughts you want to cultivate each day. You can include quotes or other inspiration from your mentors too.Of course feel free to add pictures, color, texture, whatever makes it powerful for you.<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">7. <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Gratitude.</span></b> Take a bit of time each morning to really appreciate what you currently have in your life that is good. In the evening take a bit of time to review your accomplishments and learnings from the day, either in quiet meditation, in a journal, or with someone who supports you. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.8pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">8. <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Believe.</span></b> Believe in the power of your thoughts. Here are some examples of how powerful a thought can be. All of these great achievements by humans started with an idea or thought in someone's mind.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.8pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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Now, choose to make the limits go away and live that life.<br />
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Focusing on the steps to your goals will keep you on track... Focusing on the chaos around you will only carry you away from your vision.</div><div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show">You are worthy of your incredible life… You can claim your incredible life and Live it now.</span></div><div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><span class="text_exposed_show"><br />
The path to your ultimate life is one simple step at a time.</span></div></div>Imran Khan Sheikhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11556843497378129781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070857946134060802.post-46784038035949051602011-11-09T20:00:00.001+04:002011-11-09T20:08:05.892+04:00Conceive, Believe and Achieve<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2fJRFmQH8LG6PiUczyeCMzz2s70qye5ZzFj5C9hPjhWc6jzL6ViqakEDYYWcdtw_GVi-aEqZGpF0L1cJa8BLk7RLcFQcoiYWdvBbdgHtE52nwLHiKCF6Au4K1jbLubSzvczKBP1jF8UgH/s1600/Achieve.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2fJRFmQH8LG6PiUczyeCMzz2s70qye5ZzFj5C9hPjhWc6jzL6ViqakEDYYWcdtw_GVi-aEqZGpF0L1cJa8BLk7RLcFQcoiYWdvBbdgHtE52nwLHiKCF6Au4K1jbLubSzvczKBP1jF8UgH/s400/Achieve.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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"Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve. There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge" - Napoleon Hill<br />
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Steve Jobs, the mastermind behind Apple's iPhone, iPad, iPod, iMac and iTunes, has died today, Apple said. Jobs was 56. <br />
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<div jquery1317877700243="64">Jobs started Apple with a high school friend in a Silicon Valley garage in 1976, was forced out a decade later and returned in 1997 to rescue the company. During his second stint, it grew into the most valuable technology company in the world with a market value of $351 billion. Almost all that wealth has been created since Jobs' return.</div><br />
<div jquery1317877700243="57">The world lost a showman, whose flair for the dramatic — there was always "one more thing" —he was as keen as his knack for divining what people wanted before they even seemed to realize it themselves.</div><div jquery1317877700243="57"><br />
</div><strong>Reaction to Jobs' death came from far and wide:</strong><br />
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<strong>From the White House;</strong><br />
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<em>"Michelle and I are saddened to learn of the passing of Steve Jobs," President Obama said in a written statement. "Steve was among the greatest of American innovators - brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it." </em><br />
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<strong>From Bill Gates;</strong><br />
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<em>"I'm truly saddened to learn of Steve Jobs' death</em>. <em>The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact Steve has had, the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come," Bill Gates said. "For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it's been an insanely great honor. I will miss Steve immensely." he added.</em><br />
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<strong>Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg;</strong><br />
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<em>"Steve, thank you for being a mentor and a friend," it read. "Thanks for showing that what you build can change the world. I will miss you." </em><br />
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<strong>Eric Schmidt, chairman of Google Inc;</strong><br />
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<em>"He's clearly the most effective and successful American CEO in the last 50 years. He didn't just found Apple, and he didn't actually just make it successful in the first decade, he also took it after a bad period, and rebuilt it. Which has essentially never been done in an American corporations, to be the extraordinary company it is today. To me, Steve proves that nerds don't win. Artists do. And that Steve who is both a technologist, but really an artist, shows that art matters and the rest of us missed the fact that beautiful simple products are what people want." </em><br />
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<strong>Walt Disney Company president Bob Iger: </strong><br />
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<em>"Steve Jobs was a great friend as well as a trusted advisor. His legacy will extend far beyond the products he created or the businesses he built. It will be the millions of people he inspired, the lives he changed, and the culture he defined. Steve was such an "original," with a thoroughly creative, imaginative mind that defined an era. Despite all he accomplished, it feels like he was just getting started. With his passing the world has lost a rare original, Disney has lost a member of our family, and I have lost a great friend. </em><br />
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<strong>Howard Stringer, Sony Corp. CEO</strong> <br />
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<em>"The digital age has lost its leading light, but Steve's innovation and creativity will inspire dreamers and thinkers for generations." </em><br />
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<strong>Jerry Yang, Yahoo!, Inc. co-founder and former CEO:</strong> <br />
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<em>"Steve was my hero growing up. He not only gave me a lot of personal advice and encouragement, he showed all of us how innovation can change lives. I will miss him dearly, as will the world." </em><br />
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<strong>Jeffrey Biegel, pianist and composer</strong> <br />
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<em>"Steve Jobs expanded technology and the progress of computerization from the 20th to the 21st century as Ludwig van Beethoven transcended the world of music, transitioning from late Classical style to the Romantic style from the 18th century into the 19th century. Mr. Jobs legacy is forever etched in the pages of time and history for generations to follow." </em><br />
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Jobs co-founded Apple Computer in 1976 and, with his childhood friend Steve Wozniak, marketed what was considered the world's first personal computer, the Apple II. <br />
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You get shocked when people you know die," Wozniak said. "And this was closer to when John Lennon died, or JFK or Martin Luther King." <br />
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</div><div jquery1317877700243="60"><em>Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life," Steve Jobs said. "Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important." he added.</em></div><div jquery1317877700243="60"><br />
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Reunions present a marker of time. <br />
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Indian Islahi Islamic School, Abu Dhabi first Alumni get together event took place on last Friday at Ramee Hotel, Muroor. <br />
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">These days most of us do not get to meet face to face due to busy life schedules, though facebook helps to connect with each other online. </span><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">Thanks to those friends who took extra efforts in organizing the event. </span><br />
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"></span><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">Indeed a nostalgic reminisce, a reunion of some happy memories of our school days. 11 years down the line how our daily life used to be......<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">We have moved into different areas of profession, most of them got married and many have children, yet we do </span>we fondly remember the school mates, teachers, silly fights, pranks, games played..and shared each other up to date on what has happened to each of us since we went seperate ways. </span><br />
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">Hope to see more bigger occassions for the IIIS Alumni to keep in touch, to share good moments, to recognize and promote talents, to introduce and participate family members, to contribute for a cause, to seek support and much more....</span><br />
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I have recently enrolled in for a Cuban Salsa dance course, "Ritmo -de-Havana", and started attending Salsa parties organized by them in Dubai. <br />
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Salsa is a popular syncretic dance form with origins in Cuba as the meeting point of Spanish and African cultures. Salsa is typically a partner dance, although there are recognized solo forms (Floor Shines/ Shines), line dancing (suelta), and Rueda de Casino, where groups of couples exchange partners in a circle.<br />
Cuban Salsa is a feeling, a passion, danced with sensuality and style, from the gut, and with love for rhythm and music. Each dance is a new story of meeting one another. And just like a good conversation, it becomes an interaction of leading, following and playing.<br />
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=225597544137607">Del Peiro</a>, is an amazing guy. He is a certified well experienced Salsa instructor. His energy, sheer passion, commitment and attitude of ready to answer any stupid doubt from you is really admirable.<br />
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I never been a good dancer and used to feel shy to dance in public.<br />
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The class sessions and party evenings are so nice - messing up the steps with dance partners ;) and the fun of both making mistakes and getting it right. But honestly this dance course increases my sense of excitement, joy, confidence level, and the awareness of dance culture and history. Opportunity to partner dance with every girl in the class also doubled my confidence level to attend parties and partner dance with any woman on the dance floor. Sometimes I wonder what it is about Salsa dancers but I find this community very open and friendly, which makes it much more fun. <br />
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Though not interested in being a Professional Salsa Dancer, look forward to attending more such classes, parties and network with this community in Dubai.<br />
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Kerala Kitchen, a busy Indian restaurant in Karama, is currently running a Kerala Food Festival, serving special dishes from each of the fourteen districts of Kerala.<br />
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Happy Onam!<br />
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_RVU8adfo0Kmn-aVF_0Hlb7IkmWi_LIW_BPxyoOex4aK79rovnp3yB9BWDJLn1LdJdmLf7rwEuMqNmAz18T53Yw0-fnMKJuIL2VIJTiOwAEx9gzpil1Tum8siSDo60CgsXX5J4U0Qt7m0/s1600/Onam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266px" nba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_RVU8adfo0Kmn-aVF_0Hlb7IkmWi_LIW_BPxyoOex4aK79rovnp3yB9BWDJLn1LdJdmLf7rwEuMqNmAz18T53Yw0-fnMKJuIL2VIJTiOwAEx9gzpil1Tum8siSDo60CgsXX5J4U0Qt7m0/s320/Onam.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div></div>Imran Khan Sheikhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11556843497378129781noreply@blogger.com2Dubai - United Arab Emirates25.2644444 55.31166669999993224.9799129 54.977785199999936 25.5489759 55.645548199999929tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070857946134060802.post-31576144049521519122011-09-04T16:09:00.000+04:002011-09-08T09:57:32.346+04:00The Power of Positive Thinking<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div closure_uid_ez6fli="114"><div closure_uid_skfet2="136"><br />
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A positive mind anticipates happiness, joy, health and a successful outcome of every situation and action. Positive thinking is a mental attitude that expects good and favorable results. </div></div><div closure_uid_ez6fli="114" closure_uid_skfet2="140"><br />
</div><div closure_uid_ez6fli="115"><div closure_uid_skfet2="139">It is quite common to hear people say: "Think positive!", to someone who feels down and worried. Most people do not take these words seriously, as they do not know what they really mean, or do not consider them as useful and effective. How many people do you know, who stop to think what the power of positive thinking means?</div></div><div closure_uid_ez6fli="115"><br />
</div><div closure_uid_skfet2="141"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Negative thoughts, words and attitude bring up negative and unhappy moods and actions. When the mind is negative, poisons are released into the blood, which cause more unhappiness and negativity. This will lead you to failure, frustration and disappointment.</div></div><div closure_uid_ez6fli="115"><br />
<div closure_uid_skfet2="134"><span class="sqq" closure_uid_ez6fli="155" closure_uid_skfet2="133"><em>“A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.”</em> <em closure_uid_skfet2="142"> Herm Albright</em></span></div></div><div closure_uid_ez6fli="115"><br />
</div><div closure_uid_ez6fli="120">In order to turn the mind toward the positive, inner work and training are required. Attitude and thoughts do not change overnight.</div><div closure_uid_ez6fli="120" closure_uid_skfet2="135"><br />
</div><div closure_uid_ez6fli="117">The power of thoughts is a mighty power that is always shaping our life. This shaping is usually done subconsciously, but it is possible to make the process a conscious one. Even if the idea seems strange give it a try, as you have nothing to lose, but only to gain. Ignore what others might say or think about you, if they discover that you are changing the way you think.</div><div closure_uid_ez6fli="117"><br />
</div><div closure_uid_ez6fli="118">Always visualize only favorable and beneficial situations. Use positive words in your inner dialogues or when talking with others. Smile a little more, as this helps to think positively. Disregard any feelings of laziness or a desire to quit. If you persevere, you will transform the way your mind thinks.</div><div closure_uid_ez6fli="118"><br />
</div><div closure_uid_ez6fli="119"><div closure_uid_skfet2="131">Once a negative thought enters your mind, you have to be aware of it and endeavor to replace it with a constructive one. The negative thought will try again to enter your mind, and then you have to replace it again with a positive one. It is as if there are two pictures in front of you, and you choose to look at one of them and disregard the other. Persistence will eventually teach your mind to think positively and ignore negative thoughts.</div></div><div closure_uid_ez6fli="115" closure_uid_skfet2="132"><br />
<div closure_uid_skfet2="106"><span class="sqq" closure_uid_skfet2="107">“<em>For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else</em>” <em>Sir Winston Churchill</em></span></div><div closure_uid_skfet2="106"><br />
</div><div closure_uid_skfet2="106" style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="256px" nba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZrguGd1hAdqarSm3_vuF1pJ-QGUnd8HoB16_ZFSepRgcDyy2koojO2g7HNpBj3lKtUnLiWiKROlrYN69dHDSZpSWUDNcfrgLNpFu9GXmMYMikZJP0kD3DKKKmJA0hwQYKyPgTnOXim8k/s320/smile.jpg" width="320px" /></div></div></div>Imran Khan Sheikhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11556843497378129781noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070857946134060802.post-3134527305800211622011-09-04T14:55:00.000+04:002011-09-08T09:52:55.511+04:00My Present Life - Daily Routine<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div closure_uid_9332uu="115" style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" closure_uid_s5veco="104" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1hvSD4C90-Kjyj23QguIywlKROFNaY5DwJAsnki9pxCZiXC85S_-kpDZJF4tNIN199ddzk79hHa1h1L3eD3TXrO0Qw9VnZFx1ayI45XJNlRWWFhbxd9GZQDlDqRDmexWA1fmCuFB39SA7/s1600/present+life.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="175px" nba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1hvSD4C90-Kjyj23QguIywlKROFNaY5DwJAsnki9pxCZiXC85S_-kpDZJF4tNIN199ddzk79hHa1h1L3eD3TXrO0Qw9VnZFx1ayI45XJNlRWWFhbxd9GZQDlDqRDmexWA1fmCuFB39SA7/s320/present+life.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div></div><div closure_uid_9332uu="115" style="text-align: left;"><div closure_uid_s5veco="104"><br />
</div><div closure_uid_s5veco="104"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span closure_uid_9332uu="114">I’ve been getting some very interesting advices for blogging, a close freind suggested that I blog about experiences in my life. Seriously! Blog about my life!</span></span></div><div closure_uid_s5veco="104"><br />
</div></div><div closure_uid_9332uu="115" style="text-align: left;"></div><div closure_uid_9332uu="115" style="text-align: left;"><div closure_uid_s5veco="106"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span closure_uid_9332uu="114">Let me try to start with my present life - my daily routine. </span></span></div><div closure_uid_s5veco="106"><br />
</div></div><div closure_uid_9332uu="115" style="text-align: left;"></div><div closure_uid_9332uu="115" style="text-align: left;"><div closure_uid_s5veco="107"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span closure_uid_9332uu="114" closure_uid_fne186="106" closure_uid_x5omdl="94">I am based in Dubai, currently work as a Solutions Manager for a national Telecommunications Company that I love a lot and it is extremely exciting for me. Don't worry, in this peace of blog I am not going to mention more about it as you might find it boring with the typical corporate stuff, clients and servicing and the lot that corporate life brings with itself.</span></span></div><div closure_uid_s5veco="107"><br />
</div></div><div closure_uid_9332uu="115" style="text-align: left;"></div><div closure_uid_9332uu="115" style="text-align: left;"><div closure_uid_s5veco="108"><div closure_uid_cdl5aa="107"><div closure_uid_5h9m8="96"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span closure_uid_5h9m8="94" closure_uid_6jqud="95" closure_uid_9332uu="170" closure_uid_bmdop2="95" closure_uid_cdl5aa="106" closure_uid_cld0r1="95" closure_uid_fne186="104">A typical weekday starts when the alarm wakes me up from sleep morning at around 6. Realize time to go to work and then ...<em closure_uid_9332uu="188">where is the tie that suits the shirt I'm wearing, forgot to polish shoe, laptop charger is missing, no charge in iPad</em> n finally off to work by 7:45 but no pressure since office is just a 10 minutes drive away from home and it is fine if I manage to punch in before 8. but the extra effort that i need to put to find a free parking lot at the covered parking area and to squeeze into elevator to avoid HR sending email notification to boss for my late arrival is bit of a challenge. As soon as I open my laptop, quite a lot of meeting reminders and notifications pops up that will completely wipe away last night's sweet fantasy dream that was in mind while driving to office. A weekday usually goes by a lot of travelling, meetings, phone calls, email follow ups etc.</span></span></div></div></div><div closure_uid_s5veco="108"><br />
</div><div closure_uid_s5veco="108"><div closure_uid_5h9m8="98"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span closure_uid_5h9m8="97" closure_uid_9332uu="171" closure_uid_b508j8="97">I always try to leave office on time (unless boss is around driving me mad delegating some crazy job at the last minute). After reaching back home, get freshen up and go to gym and then to a swimming session for around an hour or so. Not to forget, I do keep ample time aside for Allah and prayers during the course of the day. Recently i have joined for a Business Management course and a Salsa Dance class which is of two days a week. A weekday ends by 11 or 12 after the dinner, facebook -twitter update, TV, a movie, reading etc.</span></span></div></div><div closure_uid_s5veco="108"><br />
</div></div><div closure_uid_9332uu="115" style="text-align: left;"></div><div closure_uid_9332uu="115" style="text-align: left;"><div closure_uid_oiuzu7="95"><div closure_uid_5h9m8="100"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span closure_uid_5h9m8="99" closure_uid_9332uu="170" closure_uid_b508j8="95">At last the weekend. I am very close to my Family that consist of Parents, 2 Brothers and a Sister. I mention about them only now because week end is the time when I get to spend quaility time with my family. long sleeping hours, outing with family, shopping, chill out with friends, night partying etc.</span></span></span></div></div><div closure_uid_b508j8="96" closure_uid_oiuzu7="95"><br />
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</div></div><div closure_uid_9332uu="115" style="text-align: left;"></div><div closure_uid_9332uu="115" style="text-align: left;"><div closure_uid_5h9m8="103" closure_uid_xkr5hp="105"><div closure_uid_s5veco="109"><div closure_uid_5h9m8="102"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" closure_uid_5h9m8="101" closure_uid_9332uu="172" closure_uid_fne186="107" closure_uid_ivtld="96" closure_uid_xkr5hp="106">Nevertheless, I neither have a strict routine nor follow a time table (Ah that would be very unsustainable to me). I tend to be spontaneous with social plans and other things popping up here and there. Ofcourse, we all know that rarely one day is same as the next as we come across different seasons, occassions, vacations, travelling, change in plans and events throughtout the year. </span></span></div></div><div closure_uid_5h9m8="104" closure_uid_s5veco="109"><br />
</div></div></div><div closure_uid_9332uu="115" style="text-align: left;"></div><div closure_uid_9332uu="115" style="text-align: left;"><div closure_uid_ivtld="97"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" closure_uid_9332uu="172" closure_uid_fne186="110" closure_uid_ivtld="98" closure_uid_xkr5hp="108">After all who wants to have a predictable steady routine? Boring!</span></span></div></div><div closure_uid_5h9m8="105" closure_uid_9332uu="115" closure_uid_xkr5hp="107" style="text-align: left;"><div closure_uid_5h9m8="106" closure_uid_fne186="108" closure_uid_ivtld="99"><br />
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