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Success
"A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up."
- Albert Schweitzer
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R.Gopalakrishnan
R Gopalakrishnan is executive director of Tata Sons, chairman of Rallis India and Advinus Therapeutics, and vice chairman of Tata Chemicals. He is a director of several Tata Group companies such as Tata Motors, Tata Power and Tata Teleservices.
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Success

"In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time."

- Anthony J. D'Angelo

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Marquis de Condorcet

Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet (September 17, 1743 – March 28, 1794) was a French philosopher, mathematician, and early political scientist who devised the concept of a Condorcet method. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he advocated a liberal economy, free and equal public education, constitutionalism, and equal rights for women and people of all races. His ideas and writings were said to embody the ideals of the Age of Enlightenment and rationalism, and remain influential to this day. He died a mysterious death in prison after a period of being a fugitive from French Revolutionary authorities.

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The Dragon and the Elephant

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Achievement

"It is not so important who starts the game but who finishes it."

- John Wooden

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Alexander Emanuel Agassiz

Alexander Emanuel Agassiz (December 17, 1835 – March 27, 1910), son of Louis Agassiz and Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, was an American scientist and engineer.

He was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland and emigrated to the United States with his father in 1849. He graduated at Harvard University in 1855, subsequently studying engineering and chemistry, and taking the degree of bachelor of science at the Lawrence scientific school of the same institution in 1857; and in 1859 became an assistant in the United States Coast Survey.

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On Global Order

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Success

"Patience is a key element of success.."

- Bill Gates

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Anthony James Leggett

Sir Anthony James Leggett, KBE, FRS, (born March 26, 1938 in Camberwell, London, England), is John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Chair and Center for Advanced Study Professor of Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Knowledge Creation and Management
New Challenges for Managers by Kazuo Ichijo and Ikujiro Nonaka

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Discipline

"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments."

- Jim Rohn

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Norman Borlaug

A central figure in the "green revolution", Norman Ernest Borlaug (March 25, 1914- ) was born on a farm near Cresco, Iowa, to Henry and Clara Borlaug. For the past twenty-seven years he has collaborated with Mexican scientists on problems of wheat improvement; for the last ten or so of those years he has also collaborated with scientists from other parts of the world, especially from India and Pakistan, in adapting the new wheats to new lands and in gaining acceptance for their production. An eclectic, pragmatic, goal-oriented scientist, he accepts and discards methods or results in a constant search for more fruitful and effective ones, while at the same time avoiding the pursuit of what he calls "academic butterflies". A vigorous man who can perform prodigies of manual labor in the fields, he brings to his work the body and competitive spirit of the trained athlete, which indeed he was in his high school and college days.

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Money, the Financial System, and the Economy by R. Glenn Hubbard

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Difficulty
"Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater"
- Albert Einstein
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World Tuberculosis Day
World Tuberculosis Day, falling on 24 March each year, is designed to build public awareness that tuberculosis today remains an epidemic in much of the world, causing the deaths of about 1.6 million people each year, mostly in the third world. 24 March commemorates the day in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch astounded the scientific community by announcing that he had discovered the cause of tuberculosis, the TB bacillus. At the time of Koch's announcement in Berlin, TB was raging through Europe and the Americas, causing the death of one out of every seven people. Koch's discovery opened the way toward diagnosing and curing tuberculosis.
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India’s New Middle Class by Leela Fernandes

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Wise

"A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool."

- William Shakespeare

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U. G. Krishnamurti

Uppaluri Gopala Krishnamurti (born July 9, 1918 – March 22, 2007), better known as U.G. Krishnamurti, or just U.G., was a famed speaker and philosopher, though he repeatedly stated that he was not a guru, teacher, or a philosopher of any kind.

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Advertising: Principles and Practice

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Practice

"An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching."

- Mohandas Gandhi

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Nirmala Srivastava

Shri Mataji Nirmala Srivastava or Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi (born March 21, 1923 in Chindawara, India) founded Sahaja Yoga in 1970 in Nargol. She has proclaimed that she is the incarnation of the Adi Shakti, and is worshipped as such.

Nirmala Srivastava was born to Christian parents, Prasad and Cornelia Salve, and claims descent from the royal Shalivan (or Shalivahan) dynasty. Her parents named her Nirmala, which means "immaculate."

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Request for Proposal

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Action

"A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his action."

- Confucius

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Alka Yagnik

Alka Yagnik (born March 20, 1966[1] in Calcutta, West Bengal, India) is an Indian singer. She is born into a Gujarati family. Both her parents were well versed in classical music.

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Success

"Our greatest glory consist not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

- Confucius

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William Morton Wheeler

William Morton Wheeler, Ph. D. (March 19, 1865 - April 19 1937) was an American entomologist, myrmecologist and Harvard Professor.

Wheeler was trained as an insect embryologist, having studied under Baur, Dohrn and Whitman, but became the leading authority on behaviour of social insects, achieving particular renown for his studies of social behaviour of ants.

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Philosophy and Contemporary Issues

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Humility

"Humility about how little I know has encouraged me to listen more carefully and more wisely."

- John Templeton

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Dr. Julian Gaspar

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIST with eighteen years of operational experience with
multilateral and multinational banking institutions, and with international business education.
Operations-oriented economist with international expertise in project economic and financial
analysis as well as financial and industrial restructuring of countries, analyses of multilateral and
regional trading blocks, and privatization and private sector development.

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Beyond HR

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Courage

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."

- Anas Nin

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Dividend

A dividend is money paid directly to an investor in a company's stock. Some publicly owned companies offer a dividend with their stock, while others do not. The choice of buying and owning a stock that pays a dividend is up to the individual investor, as there are both positive and negative aspects to consider. A company that offers a dividend with its stock is often a larger, more stable business in a field with little growth or a slow, steady growth potential.


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by MCKINSEY & COMPANY,TIM KOLLER,MARC GOEDHART,DAVID WESSELS

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Knowledge

"A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination."

- Nelson Mandela

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James Madison

Born in 1751, Madison was brought up in Orange County, Virginia, and attended Princeton (then called the College of New Jersey). A student of history and government, well-read in law, he participated in the framing of the Virginia Constitution in 1776, served in the Continental Congress, and was a leader in the Virginia Assembly

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Preparation

"Prepare and prevent instead of repair and repent."

- E.C.McKenzie

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Julius Caesar

Gaius Julius Caesar[1] (pronounced [ˈgaːius ˈjuːlius ˈkaɪsar] in Classical Latin; conventionally pronounced /ˈgaɪəs ˈdʒuːliəs ˈsiːzɚ/ in English; July 13, 100 BC[2] – March 15, 44 BC), was a Roman military and political leader and one of the most influential men in world history. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire.

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Handbook of Niche Marketing by Tevfik Dalgic, editor

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Education

"Education is the progressive realization of our ignorance."

- Albert Einstein

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Albert Einstein, Physicist

Born: 14 March 1879
Birthplace: Ulm, Germany
Died: 18 April 1955 (heart failure)
Best Known As: Creator of the theory of relativity

Thanks to his theory of relativity, Albert Einstein became the most famous scientist of the 20th century. In 1905, while working in a Swiss patent office, Einstein published a paper proposing a "special theory of relativity," a groundbreaking notion which laid the foundation for much of modern physics theory. (The theory included his famous equation e=mc².)

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Adland: A Global History of Advertising

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Growth

"You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety."

- Abraham Maslow

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Franchises

Franchises, also known as chain stores, are businesses operated under a special arrangement. Franchises are moderated industries that follow a set business model, which includes a name, an image, and a set of support services. In exchange for a set-up price and a monthly royalty payment, the franchiser, who owns the trademark of a company, licenses the brand to somebody. The buyer then opens the business and operates it, but the franchises always belong to the original creator. Examples of successful franchises include Gold's Gym® and Dunkin' Donuts®. For somebody considering franchises as a business investment, there are many advantages and disadvantages that should be kept in mind.

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CIO Best Practices

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Success

"The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do."

- Thomas Edison

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Shreya Ghoshal

Of Bengali origin, Ghoshal grew up in the remote southern corner of Rajasthan, in the small township of Rawatbhata near the city of Kota. Her father works in Bhabha Atomic Research Center as an Engineer in the nuclear power plant by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (BARC) and mother is a postgraduate in literature. She belongs to a highly academic family. Her early days as a singer started from the age of four. Her mother was a good singer and whenever she used to play any note on the harmonium, Shreya used to sing correctly on her own.[citation needed] Her father recognized her talent and decided to give her proper training. But as she was residing in an isolated place near Kota, she could not get much help. Later on she started going to Kota and started learning proper Hindustani classical music.

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The New Human Capital Strategy

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Focus

"Next in importance to having a good aim is to recognize when to pull the trigger."

- David Letterman

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Vijay Hazare

Vijay Samuel Hazare (11 March 1915–18 December 2004) was an Indian cricket player from the state of Maharashtra. He captained the Indian cricket team in 14 matches between 1951 and 1953. In India's 25th Test match, nearly 20 years after India achieved Test status, he led India to her first ever Test win (and the only victory under his captaincy) in 1951-52 against England at Madras, winning by an innings and eight runs in a match that began on the day that King George VI died.

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Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Anger

"The greatest remedy for anger is delay."

- Seneca

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Stochastics

Stochastics is a technical market analysis tool developed by Dr. George Lane. Technical market analysis is an investment method that attempts to "time the market", or predict market direction based on past behavior. Stochastics is a mathematical method used by technical analysts to assist in predicting the direction of the price of a particular stock.

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Operation China: From Strategy to Execution by Jimmy Hexter

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Action

"The world is more malleable than you think and it's waiting for you to hammer it into shape."

- Bono

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Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, (Russian: Ю́рий Алексе́евич Гага́рин, Jurij Aleksejevič Gagarin IPA: [ˈjurʲɨj əlʲɪkˈsʲejɪvʲɨtʂ gəˈgarʲɨn]; 9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968), Hero of the Soviet Union, was a Soviet cosmonaut. On 12 April 1961, he became the first person in space and the first to orbit the Earth. He received many medals from different countries for his pioneering tour in space

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Operation China: From Strategy to Execution by Jimmy Hexter

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Altitude

"The way you see them is the way you treat them and the way you treat them is the way they often become."

- Zig Ziglar

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International Women's Day

International Women's Day (IWD) is marked on March 8 every year. It is a major day of global celebration for the economic, political and social achievements of women.

Started as a political event, the holiday blended in the culture of many countries (primarily Russia and the countries of former Soviet bloc).
In some celebrations, the day lost its political flavour, and became simply an occasion for men to express their love to the women around them in a way somewhat similar to Mother's Day and St Valentine's Day mixed together. In others, however, the political and human rights theme as designated by the United Nations runs strong, and political and social awareness of the struggles of women worldwide are brought out and examined in a hopeful manner.

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Greater Good

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Ambition

"The future you see is the future you get."

- Robert G Allen

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Aristotle

Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC) was a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. He wrote on diverse subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry (including theater), logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology and zoology. Along with Socrates and Plato, he was among the most influential of the ancient Greek philosophers, as they transformed Presocratic Greek philosophy into the foundations of Western philosophy as it is known today. Some researchers credit Plato and Aristotle with founding two of the most important schools of ancient philosophy, while others consider Aristotelianism to be a development and concretization of Plato's insights.

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Greater Good

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Ambition

"Don't quack like a duck.. soar like an eagle."

- Ken Blanchard

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Maha Shivaratri

Maha Shivratri or Maha Sivaratri or Shivaratri or Sivaratri (Night of Shiva) is a Hindu festival celebrated every year on the 13th night/14th day in the Krishna Paksha of the month Maagha (as per Shalivahana) or Phalguna (as per Vikrama) in the Hindu Calendar. The most significant practices on this day are offerings of Bael (Bilva) leaves to the Lord Shiva, fasting and all night long vigil. In North India and Nepal many people consume bhang lassi, which they believe is lord Shiva's favorite drink.

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Redefining Global Strategy

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Luck

"Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently."

- Henry Ford

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Z Shares

The Z share is a form of mutual fund share that is of a class that may be acquired by persons who are in the employ of the institution that manages the mutual fund. Z shares may be provided to employees as part of the overall benefits of employment, or simply offered for purchase. There are a couple of reasons why Z shares can be advantageous for both the institution and the employee.

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Power

"Whatever you fear most has no power.. it is your fear that has the power."

- Oprah Winfrey

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Jamsetji Tata

Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata (March 3, 1839 - May 19, 1904) was a pioneer in the field of modern industry. He was born in Navsari, Gujarat, India.

He founded what would later become the Tata Group of companies. Jamsetji Tata is generally accepted to be the "father of Indian industry".

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The Opposable Mind

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Love

"Love is a little word, People make it big."

- McKenzie

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Sarojini Naidu

Sarojini Naidu (February 13, 1879 - March 2, 1949), known as Bharatiya Kokila (The Nightingale of India), was a child prodigy, freedom fighter, and poet. Naidu was the first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress and the first woman to become the governor of a state in India. She was active in the Indian Independence Movement, joining Mahatma Gandhi in the Salt March to Dandi, and then leading the Dharasana Satyagraha after the arrests of Gandhi, Abbas Tyabji, and Kasturba Gandhi.

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Planning

"A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power."

- Brian Tracy

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Jackie Shroff

He made his film debut with the 1982 film Swami Dada in which he was introduced by Dev Anand, although he had a bit-role in the 1973 hit 'Heera Panna'. After Swami Dada, his subsequent movie was Hero directed by Subhash Ghai in which Jackie played the main lead. This film was a huge hit and made him a star overnight.

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