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1) Reduce travel on bikes and cars 2) Be the catalyst: Spread the message of car pooling at office.If possible, practise before preaching.You message will be taken seriously 3) You can even think of bike pooling.It will work, if you want it to for you. 4) Try cycling for a change, you may love it as well. And then, adapt to it. Do short distances first. 5) If you are making repeated purchases for household, and spend money travelling, decrease the frequency of purchases, stock up things, if you can afford it. 6) Mass transport is not a very bad idea. Try Volvo or metro, and check if it works. 7) Get a petro card/membership card and check if you can get some discounts or offers on petrol purchase. Try to get more miles with less  dimes. 8) If you are thinking of buying a new bike, have electric bikes, as an option. No need of liscence, pollution check etc. 9) Start waking to the ide of walking. Cover short distnces by walk. Locate laundry, grocery which are nearby. Walkin...

Dear Vj, Wish you avery happy new year.At the risk of telling things straight to you, I have a few important issues, which you need to deal with , head-on. The fact that you've become complacent and comfortable speaks a lot about the abstinence feom the kind of effort you need to really put in. You have to set some really tough targets for yourself and actually "achieve". And 'achievement' is not competition is not competition with people around you, but with yourself. 'Dedication', 'zen' approach is a must in this regard. Don't boast about anything you may have achieved. Its all very minute compared to people who have achived far greater things at your age or even younger than you, in many cases. Start thinking so as to how you can perfect yourself.Your aim of being one of the "best trainer in the world" should be taken vey seriously. Every day, is a new challenge. Look at ways to contribute more to your organization. Look at ways to...

“Brand Bare-Discovering the new rules of the fast changing brand world”-Brand Strategies to drive India towards a Super Economy status By, Vijay. G. Padaguri Faculty of Management Studies New Horizon College of Engineering, Bangalore Introduction: Branding, like many other disciplines has evolved over the years, from being more of an independent discipline to an integrated discipline with several complex factors coming into play. And branding has a profound influence on the way products and services are perceived in the marketplace and also the manner and extent to which products and services get sold. It is, but a stark reality that some of the super brands of today have originated from the super economies. Probably, in a converse approach it would be logical to say that countries which have been able to produce successful global brands have been successful in elevating themselves to a super economy status. The classic example in this case’ would be that of the USA which is ...

Unveiling the façade- Stark reality of the sexual harassment scenario in India Inc. –A paper to be presented at the RVIM national conference on Ethics in Business and Corporate Governance-2010 By, Vijay.G.Padaguri Faculty, Management Studies New Horizon College of Engineering Soft Skills Trainer: Brand Label: Vj Communications B’lore-K’taka/ vijaypadaguri@gmail.com, www.vjbreathes.blogspot.com, www.vjcomms.wetpaint.com ‘Sexual harassment’ in corporate India is one of the most shunned and non-discussed topic. But, the impact it has on organizations in terms of talent attraction and talent retention and other issues like job satisfaction, productivity etc is immense. And the HR fraternity in India does not seem to being doing a great deal about this. Sexual harassment in companies goes unchecked and unattended or improperly attended because it’s not given the due attention and is a matter of embarrassment to the employees in general and management in particular. Further, companies hav...

This is a poem I just wrote inspired by a need .The need to open a Inaugural ceremony. This can be used to open the inaugural ceremonies etc .. ENjoy.. Sometimes I just wonder why, Life is so much hue and cry.. And at the end it's a void so high and dry .. But there's a new spirit that which seeps in, Talks to me and gets me walkin, Its a new journey and and its a new beginning .. It's a hope given to me.. Its a chance given to me. And its a promise given to me.. Of Light, Happiness, Learning and bliss...

"Intense desire to excel", "doing something with a lot of devotion", "giving yourself to some person/thing/work etc","strong determination", "what we enjoy doing even without or knowledge or love the most", "A way or style to be particular domain in personal or professional life" . These are a few definitions my friends gave me, when I asked them what's 'PASSION'. And my definition of Passion would be " unconditional surrender to a thing/person/art". Well, I somehow feel that this word 'passion ' is all the more important and critical at this point of time, not only to me, but all those friends and foes(lol) throughout the world who are stepping on to their careers, undergoing a transition from college to workplace. Some of my fiends, and even me gave excuses for not attending a few interviews. We felt that the pay, the profile etc were not that good and so on. In fact, we weren't passionate a...

Terrorists by themselves cannot function and survive. They need people and resources to carry out the front end and back end operations. A powerful vision, network, dedication and perfection of execution are a rough summation of all that’s involved. They have already conquered Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Surat and Hyderabad in the recent times. Though the scale of loss in terms of life and property may not be huge; the impact of course was tremendous. A feeling of insecurity, helplessness and fear has certainly encroached the minds of the people. ATC(Anti-terrorist cell), STF(Special task Force) and OCG(Other Govt Agencies) have failed to do anything more than press releases and press conferences after the blasts ad other acts of terror. Their excuse is that the terrorists are more equipped, sophisticated, skilled, educated and armed. Though one community is being blamed, the problem lies with the system that is involved in identifying, re-locating, training, transforming and inspiri...