Involvement v/s Concentration
What is the difference between Involvement and Concentration?
Just came across a brochure of a music institute which emphasises on Invovlement to learn music against Concentration.
It goes further and explains the difference between them.
Invovlement is spontaneous which you experience in watching Dramas, T.V., Movies, reading a Novel etc., where as, preparing for examinations, studying text books, requires Concentration. The results of Concentration are short lived where as the impacts of Involvement are more or lesss permanent. This is the reason why you remember T.V. serials, movies and novel for a very long time even through you have not attempted to concentrate artificially.
And finnaly they suggest that this is the reason, why one should learn to get involved rather than mugging up the lessons while learning music.
This is really a good reason to change our attitude towards learning...!!
What say?
Friday, July 23, 2004
Sunday, June 20, 2004
Hi Folks,
This was interesting enough to share with you all.
Take a look.
Shrenik.
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The Japanese have always loved fresh fish. But the waters close to Japan have not held many fish for decades. So to feed the Japanese population, fishing boats got bigger and went farther than ever. The farther the fishermen went, the longer it took to bring in the fish. If the return trip took more than a few days, the fish were not fresh.
The Japanese did not like the taste.To solve this problem, fishing companies installed freezers on their boats. They would catch the fish and freeze them at sea. Freezers allowed the boats to go farther and stay longer. However, the Japanese could taste the difference between fresh and frozen and they did not like frozen fish. The frozen fish brought a lower price. So fishing companies installed fish tanks. They would catch the fish and stuff them in the tanks, fin to fin. After a little thrashing around, the fish stopped moving. They were tired and dull, but alive.
Unfortunately, the Japanese could still taste the difference.Because the fish did not move for days, they lost their fresh-fish taste.The Japanese preferred the lively taste of fresh fish, not sluggish fish. So how did Japanese fishing companies solve this problem? How do they get fresh-tasting fish to Japan? If you were consulting the fish industry, what would you recommend?
To keep the fish tasting fresh, the Japanese fishing companies still put the fish in the tanks. But now they add a small shark to each tank. The shark eats a few fish, but most of the fish arrive in a very lively state. The fish are challenged.
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Instead of avoiding challenges, jump into them. Beat the heck out of them. Enjoy the game.
If your challenges are too large or too numerous, do not give up. Failing makes you tired. Instead, reorganize. Find more determination, more knowledge, more help. If you have met your goals, set some bigger goals. Once you meet your personal or family needs, move onto goals for your group, the society, even mankind.
Don't create success and lie in it. You have resources, skills and abilities to make a difference.
Put a shark in your tank and see how far you can really go!
This was interesting enough to share with you all.
Take a look.
Shrenik.
----------------------------
The Japanese have always loved fresh fish. But the waters close to Japan have not held many fish for decades. So to feed the Japanese population, fishing boats got bigger and went farther than ever. The farther the fishermen went, the longer it took to bring in the fish. If the return trip took more than a few days, the fish were not fresh.
The Japanese did not like the taste.To solve this problem, fishing companies installed freezers on their boats. They would catch the fish and freeze them at sea. Freezers allowed the boats to go farther and stay longer. However, the Japanese could taste the difference between fresh and frozen and they did not like frozen fish. The frozen fish brought a lower price. So fishing companies installed fish tanks. They would catch the fish and stuff them in the tanks, fin to fin. After a little thrashing around, the fish stopped moving. They were tired and dull, but alive.
Unfortunately, the Japanese could still taste the difference.Because the fish did not move for days, they lost their fresh-fish taste.The Japanese preferred the lively taste of fresh fish, not sluggish fish. So how did Japanese fishing companies solve this problem? How do they get fresh-tasting fish to Japan? If you were consulting the fish industry, what would you recommend?
To keep the fish tasting fresh, the Japanese fishing companies still put the fish in the tanks. But now they add a small shark to each tank. The shark eats a few fish, but most of the fish arrive in a very lively state. The fish are challenged.
________________________
Instead of avoiding challenges, jump into them. Beat the heck out of them. Enjoy the game.
If your challenges are too large or too numerous, do not give up. Failing makes you tired. Instead, reorganize. Find more determination, more knowledge, more help. If you have met your goals, set some bigger goals. Once you meet your personal or family needs, move onto goals for your group, the society, even mankind.
Don't create success and lie in it. You have resources, skills and abilities to make a difference.
Put a shark in your tank and see how far you can really go!
Wednesday, June 09, 2004
How to have a beautiful mind.
Worldwide the spending on cosmetics is about $18 billion. That probably does not include plastic surgery, elegant clothes etc. We spend a great deal on trying to make ourselves more attractive. That is of benefit to ourselves and, of course, to others.
How much do we spend on having a beautiful mind? If you are physically attractive but have a boring mind, that is a great waste. If you are not exceptionally attractive in a physical sense you can always develop a beautiful mind - if you want to. As you grow older your physical aspects may not improve but your mind can always get more beautiful.
The latest book of "Edward De Bono" addresses this issue. It is published this week in the UK and is called "HOW TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL MIND".
It is available from bookstores in the UK or through the Internet via www.amazon.co.uk or www.bookstore.co.uk.
Check this out and let me know how do you find the book.
Worldwide the spending on cosmetics is about $18 billion. That probably does not include plastic surgery, elegant clothes etc. We spend a great deal on trying to make ourselves more attractive. That is of benefit to ourselves and, of course, to others.
How much do we spend on having a beautiful mind? If you are physically attractive but have a boring mind, that is a great waste. If you are not exceptionally attractive in a physical sense you can always develop a beautiful mind - if you want to. As you grow older your physical aspects may not improve but your mind can always get more beautiful.
The latest book of "Edward De Bono" addresses this issue. It is published this week in the UK and is called "HOW TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL MIND".
It is available from bookstores in the UK or through the Internet via www.amazon.co.uk or www.bookstore.co.uk.
Check this out and let me know how do you find the book.
Wednesday, May 19, 2004
Hi Friends,
Recently I have been to a shop in Mumbai(India) which is very famous for electronics home appliances. This vendor has a chain of shops (huge shopping malls type) running across the city under the name "Vijay Sales".
I checked up on a TV (Videocon Brand)and checked up the price tag. The product MRP was Rs. 14000/- and due to a festive offer they were selling it at Rs 10000/-. Along with the scheme offer they were giving a exchange offer where if bring your old color TV and get it exchanged than the new TV costs you Rs. 7999/- only.
Well looking at the figures, the final price is almost the half of the MRP of the product. It is even more surprising to know that they earn still good no. of percentage amount after all the discounts.
Can you just imagine that we keep bringing inn lots of stuff with just marginal percentage of discounts being offered during the festive season. After getting the discounts we get the feel of doing something in a smart way... but still those manufacturers are earning a lot, taking out all their profits from your pocket.
That's the way product industry goes.
What say?
Recently I have been to a shop in Mumbai(India) which is very famous for electronics home appliances. This vendor has a chain of shops (huge shopping malls type) running across the city under the name "Vijay Sales".
I checked up on a TV (Videocon Brand)and checked up the price tag. The product MRP was Rs. 14000/- and due to a festive offer they were selling it at Rs 10000/-. Along with the scheme offer they were giving a exchange offer where if bring your old color TV and get it exchanged than the new TV costs you Rs. 7999/- only.
Well looking at the figures, the final price is almost the half of the MRP of the product. It is even more surprising to know that they earn still good no. of percentage amount after all the discounts.
Can you just imagine that we keep bringing inn lots of stuff with just marginal percentage of discounts being offered during the festive season. After getting the discounts we get the feel of doing something in a smart way... but still those manufacturers are earning a lot, taking out all their profits from your pocket.
That's the way product industry goes.
What say?
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