Taking a break…
The last 5 months of 2008, has been a good one. I have “closed” down couple of sites which were neglected due to lack of time. I have started couple of new ones that dont require regular attention and are self running with the content in them.
Ofcourse, my core sites has undergone couple of changes. Couple of new sites that i started recently has come into the core network while others that i once considered to be core sites are now just part of the secondary set of websites.
My aim to “start” my own company hasnt started yet, but i am hoping to get that sorted by the end of this year. I have the domain name already, i just have to register it and get started with it.
Professional Work as usual is keeping me busy.
Thats it for the time being :)
ps: you can always check my list of active websites here
As you would have noticed, that i havent updated the posts for a long long time. Right now i am very busy with professional work and also with my personal websites because of which i am unable to find time to post regularly.
I can still be found at the various forums i frequent or via email. So anything drop me an email or send me a private message in any of the forums u see me in :)
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Becoming the leader of a project, group or business is very thrilling. You get to make the decisions, help more people, earn more pay and have more fun. The technology described in this article outlines exactly how you can do this.
“THE K-R-C TRIANGLE”
“The points are K for KNOWLEDGE, R for RESPONSIBILITY and C for CONTROL.”
“It is difficult to be responsible for something or control something unless you have KNOWLEDGE of it.”
“It is folly to try to control something or even know something without RESPONSIBILITY.”
“It is hard to fully know something or be responsible for something over which you have no CONTROL, otherwise the result can be an overwhelm.”
“Little by little one can make anything go right by
“INCREASING KNOWLEDGE . . . ,”
“INCREASING RESPONSIBILITY . . . ,”
“INCREASING CONTROL . . . .”
“If one sorts out any situation one finds oneself in on this basis, he will generally succeed.”
“By inching up each corner of the KRC triangle bit by bit, ignoring the losses and making the wins firm, a being at length discovers his power and command of life.” — L. Ron Hubbard
Examples
Terry and Joe work for Dan’s Auto Repair. They both want to succeed, but Terry uses the KRC Triangle.
For example, when Joe makes a mistake, he hits the car part with his tool. When Terry makes a mistake, he slows down, adjusts the tool and carefully does the work again. He increases his control.
At 5:00 each night, Joe puts down his tools and walks out the door to get a beer. Terry cleans up his area, oils his tools and puts them away. He increases his responsibility.
During the weekends, Joe watches football while Terry reads auto repair magazines and shop manuals. He increases his knowledge.
Joe gets frustrated when he can’t pay his bills, can’t get along with his wife and can’t get ahead at his job. He complains about all the losses he has had in life to his buddies at the bar every night.
Terry also gets frustrated, but he ignores the losses and rarely talks about them. Instead, he makes his wins firm by sharing them with his family and friends and looks for new ways to succeed.
When Dan, the owner of the shop, decides to add a partner to his business, who does he choose?
Who are the most successful people you personally know? How much knowledge, responsibility and control do they have in their fields?
How often do they increase their knowledge? Their responsibility? Their control?
Do they talk about their failures or their successes?
To become a leader and achieve success, just remember these five things: increase knowledge, increase responsibility, increase control, ignore losses and solidify wins.
Recommendations
Raise your KRC for the activity faster and more thoroughly than anyone else and you will become the leader.
1. Decide on the group or project that you want lead. If you are not yet a part of that activity, take a small position in that group or project.
2. Increase your knowledge: Learn more about the activity than anyone. Do more research than anyone. Figure out more innovative solutions than anyone.
3. Increase your responsibility: Be a great supporter to the current leader. Volunteer to do extra work and take on extra duties with no pay. Consider the success of the project or group to be your personal responsibility.
4. Control: Invest more time and interest in the activity than anyone else. Take control of every aspect of the project or group, when the opportunity presents itself.
5. Losses: Do not dwell on any failures, regrets or mistakes you encounter. Fix them, when possible, but otherwise, ignore them.
6. Wins: Focus on your successes each day. Write them down, think about them and talk about them. Make them a permanent part of your life.
7. Because you have the most knowledge and responsibility for the success of the project, an opportunity to take control of the project or group will eventually appear. When this happens, do not hesitate. Take the reins!
Copyright © 2007 TipsForSuccess.org. All rights reserved. Grateful acknowledgment is made to L. Ron Hubbard Library for permission to reproduce selections from the copyrighted works of L. Ron Hubbard.
vBulletin 3.7.0 contains a plethora of new features, many of which have been long requested by users and customers, while other new features will come as a surprise to everyone. 3.7.0 is slated to be the final major release of the vBulletin 3.x series before all forum development efforts are switched over to vBulletin 4.x, after which 3.x will receive only bug fix releases.
What’s New
- Inline Spam Management and Prevention Tools
- Thread Tagging
- Thread Prefixes
- Reciprocal Friendships Between Users
- Public Messaging
- User Picture Galleries
- User-Created Social Groups
- Member Customization of Profile Page
- Inline Editing of Profile Field Values
- Attachment Viewing Lightbox
- Post Edit History
- Inline Moderation Enhanced Authentication
- Navbar Notices
- New Human Verification Systems
- Social Bookmarking of Threads
There are plenty more new features in vBulletin 3.7.
Here is a brief list of some of the other ones :
- Visitor tracking on profile pages
- Automatic resizing of attached images to match filesize or pixel dimensions
- Enhancements to custom bbcode system
- Custom icons per forum
- Advertisement locations defined in templates
- Add multiple moderators in one go through ACP
- ATOM support for RSS Poster Robot
- Hooks to allow attachments to be passed through a virus scanner
- Posts by users in ‘Tachy Goes to Coventry’ will no longer count towards the total number of posts in a thread or forum. They are now truly hidden!
- All AJAX systems now employ the Yahoo! User Interface Library (YUI) for a more consistent and predictable system
- YUI files can now be switched from locally hosted to remotely hosted by Yahoo! with a single option change, saving you bandwidth
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For the complete list along with screenshots, visit the official vBulletin 3.7 - First Look thread at Vbulletin Forums
Paypal now supports withdrawal of funds to your Indian Bank Account.
PayPal account, so you can withdraw your money
directly to your bank. It saves you time and gives
you faster access to your PayPal funds!Plus, there is no charge to withdrawal amounts over INR 7000*.So, go ahead and add your bank account today!
The banks that are supported at this time include State Bank of India , Bank of India, Canara Bank, Union Bank of India, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, ING VYSYA Bank, UTI Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, HSBC, Citibank.
Read more on the Paypal Withdrawal to your Indian Bank Account
Humanity may split into two sub-species in 100,000 years’ time as predicted by HG Wells, an expert has said. Evolutionary theorist Oliver Curry of the London School of Economics expects a genetic upper class and a dim-witted underclass to emerge.
The human race would peak in the year 3000, he said - before a decline due to dependence on technology.
People would become choosier about their sexual partners, causing humanity to divide into sub-species, he added.
The descendants of the genetic upper class would be tall, slim, healthy, attractive, intelligent, and creative and a far cry from the “underclass” humans who would have evolved into dim-witted, ugly, squat goblin-like creatures.
Full text at: BBC