PALMS Plus January 2023

Knowledge Enrichment Skill Building Attitude Development



PALMS PROGRAMME FOR THE MONTH

invites you for its regular monthly programme

Time, is not constant

Date : Time: by
12th January 2023 (Thu) 6.30pm to 8.30pm Mr. A. Chandruvel Murugan

Venue: PALMS Meeting Hall, 84- D, South Raja Street,
Indian Chamber Building, Tuticorin – 628 001 .

Programme Objective: Einstein's theory of relativity states that time and space are not as constant as
everyday life would suggest. He suggested that the only true constant, the speed of light, meant that time
can run faster or slower depending on how high you are, and how fast you are travelling. But this
programme is not about Einstein's scientic theory. Rather it is an invitation, for you to look at time
differently.

We often complain about lack of time, but the truth is we get carried away by time, due to lack of priorities.
This programme will help the participant, to:

Ÿ Develop a vision for your future

Ÿ Learn the secrets of time

Ÿ Understand the working of your mind

Ÿ How to develop time consciousness in our life.

Resource Person: Chandru, was a stutter from his childhood days. He had so much of difculty with
stammering, that sometimes it took more than 60 seconds to even pronounce his name. Still with great
effort, he completed his Engineering degree at Infant Jesus College of Engineering. He had difculty in
getting a job, because of his stammering problem. This led him to do research, on the reason behind
stammering and how to overcome it. His research helped him to discover some breakthrough ndings,
not just about stammering but also about the mind. He realised that stammering is not a physical problem,
but a mind problem and started to act on that. As a result, he was able to overcome his stammering. He
then decided to teach these techniques to other people having the same stammering problem and so far, he
has been able to recover more than 100 people from their stammering problem. He is now engaged in
mind research. He has addressed many people, including school and college students, through over 150+
public programmes. He runs a mindset consulting rm and stammer curing centre. He has over 1000

clients, across the globe. He is the author of the book, “Øku¤ÂïVª nÍm ]Åç\ï^”.

He also has a You Tube Channel called CHANDRU AKASH , in
which he periodically updates his videos which enjoys good
popularity.

Programme Fee: Rs. 750/- for Associate Members .

PALMS PLUS 1 January 2023

INSIDE OUT the good pain, that we endure, in order to enjoy the
fruits of our efforts. Good pain could be something
Good Pain or Bad Pain like putting hours of dedicated effort and hard work
What is your choice? at your workplace to achieve a desired goal; doing
regular tness activities for our body to feel healthy,
What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger. living a disciplined life, thereby enjoying a good
Friedrich Nietzsche. credibility; sacricing on a few luxuries and
indulgences, so that you have enough money for
On reading the title of this article, I am sure many your future needs.
of you are thinking, “Pain is Pain. How can
something be a good pain or bad Pain?” Well, I Mahatria, in one of his discourses titled
think there is a difference. Let me explain how. “Dinacharya”, talks about the liberating power of
self-discipline. We often tend to think, living a
A Good pain is one that works for our good and disciplined life is the opposite of enjoying a life full of
helps us grow, whereas the bad pain is what freedom. But if you think deeper, you will realise that
makes us suffer and becomes a stumbling block discipline is the true way to freedom. For example:
for our growth. Good pain can come in the form One hour of exercise every day, gives you 23 hours of
of determination, discipline, endurance, health. In other words, one hour of good pain
sacrice, whereas Bad pain can come in the form (exercise) liberates a person from 23 hours of bad
of illness, failure, deprivation, economic pain (illness).
insecurity, or helplessness.
We come across a lot of achievers in sports, but this
It is a basic human tendency to avoid pain and achievement doesn't come easily. It is the result of
embrace pleasure. We like to indulge in various determination and commitment to put in many
pleasures of life, whereas we are averse to do hours of practice, which makes them shine. The
things, which feel painful. Of course, it is the world-famous boxer, Mohammed Ali was once
little pleasures of life that make life enjoyable, asked, “How long do you practice every day?' and he
and it is not wrong to enjoy them. However, we replied, “As long as it hurts, that I can't do it
also need to know that all pleasure has its own anymore.” This is the sort of attitude that achievers
limitations. Quite often, things that give us have. They are willing to endure the pain, to achieve
maximum pleasure have the potential to give us the goal they have set for themselves.
most pain.
Avoiding the temptation, eating junk food is a pain,
For example, people get into habits such as but it gives us the benet of a healthy body. Avoiding
drinking, smoking, excessive eating, the distractions of social media is pain, but it gives us
womanizing, pornography, social media and so the power to focus on our goals. Avoiding the urge of
on. This at some point of time, can become so impulsive buying, when tempted by attractive deals
addictive, that it could make one lose focus on or offers, feels like pain, but it helps us to save the
their goals, lack a sense of achievement in any money for that dream holiday. There are many such
area of their life and live a life without purpose- examples we can think of. It ultimately boils down to
all of which can ruin one's life. Excessive exercising self-discipline. Discipline is all about
indulgence and later trying to withdraw from enduring these pains, to live a better life. A good life
these habits can lead to mental depression or of our imagination.
loneliness. In the emotional front, it can lead to
troubled relationships or broken marriages too. Remember, “It is easy to die, but it is difcult to
suffer.” Endure the Good Pain, to live a life without
We have often heard this maxim, “No pain, No the Bad Pain.
gain.” So, what does that pain mean? It denotes
Happy Reading
PALMS PLUS D. Senthil Kannan

2 January 2023

Attitude is Everything EDITORIAL - LET'S TALK

What you can relate to Investing from Get updated or Go outdated.
those who have scaled Mount Everest?
All things are difcult before they are easy
Climbing a mountain takes a lot of
mental strength and also physical -Thomas Fuller
strength. It requires focus and also
ability to accept and deal with fear. It's As we step into a New Year, one of the
also important to be extremely questions we need to ask ourselves, is am I
positive, be able to keep smiling through any adversity. updating myself every year or am I lagging
behind.
Your journey as an investor is also similar. There is
uncertainty and volatility that you need to face on many I have often heard people say, I am losing my
phases of your investing career. learning curve. It means that they feel they are
too old to learn new things. I know this is true to
1) Discipline & Practice - A successful mountain climber some extent , but we cannot allow this to be an
rst needs a lot of discipline and practice. If you aspire to excuse. Because, if we do that we risk becoming
climb Mount Everest, then you should train in the base irrelevant in our own life time.
camp for 40 - 60 days to acclimatize to the weather. Also,
you should be someone who has already scaled a peak Let me explain, why. I am sure most of you are
which is over 6500 meters. aware of the Knowledge Doubling Curve”,
propounded by Buckminster Fuller in 1982. In
An investor must continue to learn every day and to 1900 it was believed that knowledge doubles
constantly have the discipline to follow his strategy. once in 100 years. In 1945 it was 25 years and the
current estimate is that it doubles in 13 months
2) Learn from History - Who has scaled the peaks in the past and the forecast is with the advent of internet,
and from their experience. the potential for knowledge to double will be 12
hours, few years from now. I know that it is
As an investor you can learn a lot from history of those who hard to even put that in our head, but that is the
have made it successful. This gives you the insights on speed of knowledge growth we are witnessing.
what has worked for them.
So, the need to be updated, seems to be an even
3) Unpredictable Weather - The weather can be extremely more pressing need. Well, how do we do that?
cold (minus 25 degrees) and with freezing wind speeds of Take the opportunity to learn something new,
even 200 kmph. connect with people with an open mind, talk to
people belonging to different profession, be
Remember the journey as an investor is never smooth, you amidst the gangs of youngsters . Instead of
need to withstand the storm and stay calm and focused on asking your kids to help them with new
your journey. technology, ask them to teach you. Next time,
when you get introduced to something new,
4) Reaching the peak is not the end of the journey - The don't say I don't know. Rather say, I will give it
descent is even more dangerous than the climb. Most a try. This way, you will keep abreast of the
people lose focus and are exhausted. Focus on the next happenings in the world.
goal.
We are now part of a Techie world, which is
Many investors have made money in a bull market, but meant to make out life easier, but what happens
they have failed to protect their capital and have lost all of it when we don't learn is that we get scared by
taking higher risks or holding on to their investments when technology. It is common for human beings to
the ground level reality changes. fear what we don't understand. Keep this in
mind and always be open to learn and
5) Taking help of a Sherpa - A Sherpa is someone who is understand new things.
familiar with the routes and gives you the psychological
support in this climb. Yours Posi vely,

A mentor's role is hugely underrated. Remember a tried D. Senthil Kannan
and tested approach not only saves you from costly Editor
mistakes but also a lot of time as well especially, when you
are headed in a wrong direction.

PALMS PLUS 3 January 2023

How Tactful Are You?

Unfor tunately, many of us speak befor e we think of the impact our statements might make on other s.

Many people, pr iding themselves on their fr ankness, shoot ver bal holes thr ough their victims. This

test will help you assess your tactfulness.

In the following situations, select the response you think would be nearest to your own.
1. A friend tells you his/her romance or marriage has come to an end. You would
a. Ask what happened.
b. Say you don't want to be involved.
c. Listen to as much as he or she wants to tell you.
2. You meet a friend whom you have not seen for a long time. This friend has gained far too
much weight. You would
a. Tell your friend that he or she has gained too much weight.
b. Say something complimentary about his or her appearance.
c. Make no comment.
3. A neighbour tells you about a bargain he or she found. You know where the same item could
have been purchased for less. You would
a. Tell your neighbor that he or she made a mistake.
b. Tell your neighbor to try another store.
c. Avoid comments on whether or not the purchase was a bargain.
4. To an acquaintance, whose father is in the hospital for a serious operation, you would
a. Say, 'Stop worrying. If the operation is fatal, your father will never know about it.
b. Not talk about operations because the idea upsets you.
c. Say that you have condence in modern medicines and medical procedures.
5. You are on an outing with a group of co-workers. One discovers he or she has no money. You
would
a. Announce proudly that you will take care of the expenses.
b. Say nothing.
c. Whisper that you have enough money to cover the expenses.
6. You are going to be interviewed for a job and know that the employer is conservative. You
would
a. Wear your casual clothes anyway.
b. Put on very sedate, outmoded clothing.
c. Wear conservative but modern business attire.
7. You are invited to dinner, but to your taste, the main dish is unpalatable. You would
a. Shove your plate away.
b. Say that you're on a diet.
c. Eat a small portion while making interesting conversation.

Answers: (b) 0 points (c) 10 points Your Score:
1. (a) 3 points (b) 0 points (c) 10 points 60-70 : You make fr iends easily and ar e usually not
2. (a) 0 points (b) 5 points (c) 10 points
3. (a) 0 points (b) 0 points (c) 10 points hur t by people because of the consider ation
4. (a) 0 points (b) 3 points (c) 10 points you display for other s.
5. (a) 0 points (b) 3 points (c) 10 points 40-59 : You tend to be over ly fr ank and honest.
6. (a) 0 points (b) 3 points (c) 10 points Sometimes you step on the toes of other, but
7. (a) 0 points not with any wish to do so.
0-39 : You ar e sever ely inconsider ate of other
people's feelings.

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CONCEPT-O-GRAM cooking; or photography, travelling, reading,
sports, crafts, animals, or any number of things. It
The Venn Diagram of Purpose could be related to your work, your family, your
volunteer activities, and/or your personal interests.
The Venn Diagram of Purpose is a framework
of doing something that you love that you are What are you good at? The second question relates
good at, that the world needs, and that you can to your skills and competencies – they can certainly
be paid for created by Spanish astrologer be professional (related to what you do at work), but
Andrés Zuzunaga. they could also be personal (maybe you're good at
This framework has impacted and inspired landscaping, or drawing, or singing, or telling
millions as the Ikigai Venn Diagram. Everyday stories, or any number of things).
thousands of people share Andrés Venn
diagram thinking it is a Japanese concept, not What does the world need from you? Question
knowing that he was the one who introduce it three is all about nding what the world needs. If
to the world. the world needs gardeners and you love to garden,
It is a concept – a framework, a model – that has you found your life's mission. (On the contrary, if
four key questions that overlap into a Venn there are too many gardeners already – or if the
diagram: world just doesn't need gardeners – you may have to
explore other world needs that you love doing to
· What do you love? nd that mission.)
· What are you good at?
· What does the world need from you? For what can you get paid? And the last question
· For what can you get paid? relates to what the world is willing to pay you for
Let's explore each. doing – a market, if you will. If people need a
What do you love? The rst question is gardener and they are willing to pay you to garden
perhaps the easiest to answer. Think of your for them, you found a vocation. If they're willing to
hobbies; think of what relaxes or rejuvenates pay you for gardening and you're really good at it,
you, of what gives you energy. Maybe it's you found your profession.
gardening; or tness and exercising; or
This brings us to ve intersections, which denotes
different things

1. What you love + What you do well = Passion

2. What you do well + What you can be paid for =
Profession

3. What you love + What the world needs =
Mission

4. What the world needs + What you can be paid
for = Vocation

The fth intersection is where everything overlaps
in the model – represents an ideal state. If what you
love doing is something you're good at doing and
something the world needs and what you can be
paid for, you've found your true life's purpose and
meaning, and a balance between what you can and
want to and do that's of value to the world and to you
too. To begin to discover your purpose and reect
on those four key questions.

PALMS PLUS 5 January 2023

SHORT STORY The ever-changing balm of the seashore awaited
me. The breeze was chilly, but I strode along,
THE SAND PIPER trying to recapture the serenity I needed.
- Robert Peterson
"Hello, Mr. P," she said. "Do you want to play?"
She was six years old when I rst met her on the beach
near where I live. "What did you have in mind?" I asked, with a
twinge of annoyance.
I drive to this beach, a distance of three or four miles,
whenever the world begins to close in on me. She was "I don't know. You say."
building a sandcastle or something and looked up, her
eyes as blue as the sea. "How about charades?" I asked sarcastically.

"Hello," she said. The tinkling laughter burst forth again. "I don't
know what that is."
I answered with a nod, not really in the mood to bother
with a small child. "Then let's just walk."

"I'm building," she said. Looking at her, I noticed the delicate fairness of her
face.
"I see that. What is it?" I asked, not really caring.
"Where do you live?" I asked.
"Oh, I don't know, I just like the feel of sand."
"Over there." She pointed toward a row of summer
That sounds good, I thought, and slipped off my shoes. cottages.

A sandpiper glided by. Strange, I thought, in winter.

"That's a joy," the child said. "Where do you go to school?"

"It's a what?" "I don't go to school. Mommy says we're on
vacation"
"It's a joy. My mama says sandpipers come to bring us
joy." She chattered little girl talk as we strolled up the
beach, but my mind was on other things. When I
The bird went gliding down the beach. Good-bye joy, I left for home, Wendy said it had been a happy day.
muttered to myself, hello pain, and turned to walk on. I Feeling surprisingly better, I smiled at her and
was depressed, my life seemed completely out of agreed.
balance.
Three weeks later, I rushed to my beach in a state of
"What's your name?" She wouldn't give up. near panic. I was in no mood to even greet Wendy.
I thought I saw her mother on the porch and felt
"Robert," I answered. "I'm Robert Peterson." like demanding she keep her child at home.

"Mine's Wendy... I'm six." "Look, if you don't mind," I said crossly when
Wendy caught up with me, "I'd rather be alone
"Hi, Wendy." today." She seemed unusually pale and out of
breath.
She giggled. "You're funny," she said.
"Why?" she asked.
In spite of my gloom, I laughed too and walked on.
I turned to her and shouted, "Because my mother
Her musical giggle followed me. died!" and thought, My God, why was I saying this
to a little child?
"Come again, Mr. P," she called. "We'll have another
happy day." "Oh," she said quietly, "then this is a bad day."

The next few days consisted of a group of unruly Boy "Yes," I said, "and yesterday and the day before
Scouts, PTA meetings, and an ailing mother. The sun and -- oh, go away!"
was shining one morning as I took my hands out of the
dishwater. I need a sandpiper, I said to myself, "Did it hurt?" she inquired.
gathering up my coat.
"Did what hurt?" I was exasperated with her, with
PALMS PLUS 6 myself.

"When she died?"

"Of course, it hurt!" I snapped, misunderstanding,

January 2023

wrapped up in myself. I strode off. LIBERATION

A month or so after that, when I next went to the beach, Liberation refers to
she wasn't there. Feeling guilty, ashamed, and admitting the process of
to myself I missed her, I went up to the cottage after my freeing someone
walk and knocked at the door. A drawn looking young from another's
woman with honey-coloured hair opened the door. control. Synonyms
of the word 'liberate'
"Hello," I said, "I'm Robert Peterson. I missed your little are emancipate, free and release. While these
girl today and wondered where she was." words mean 'to set loose from restraint or
constraint', 'liberate' stresses on the resulting
"Oh yes, Mr. Peterson, please come in. Wendy spoke of state of liberty.
you so much. I'm afraid I allowed her to bother you. If she
was a nuisance, please, accept my apologies." Liberty is freedom from limits on thought or
behaviour. When we describe someone as
"Not at all! she's a delightful child." I said, suddenly liberated, we mean that they do not accept
realizing that I meant what I had just said. society's traditional values or restrictions on
behaviour. It is about feeling free and being
"Wendy died last week, Mr. Peterson. She had leukaemia able to behave as you like.
Maybe she didn't tell you."
Essentially it is about the shift in paradigm. In
Struck dumb, I groped for a chair. I had to catch my the rst stage of Illusion, we believe that
breath. problems originate externally. By thinking
thus, we empower what's out there to control
"She loved this beach, so when she asked to come, we us. Putting the onus on others and external
couldn't say no. She seemed so much better here and had factors chains us to those very problems.
a lot of what she called happy days. But the last few
weeks, she declined rapidly..." Her voice faltered, "She From victimhood, we must wake up to taking
left something for you, if only I can nd it. Could you wait responsibility of our lives and the choices we
a moment while I look?" make. The truth may be unpleasant, but it is
better than living a lie of illusion. We start
I nodded stupidly, my mind racing for something to say seeing things logically and nd ways to cope
to this lovely young woman. She handed me a smeared and be liberated.
envelope with "MR. P" printed in bold childish letters.
Inside was a drawing in bright crayon hues -- a yellow We constantly evolve with new levels of
beach, a blue sea, and a brown bird. Underneath was liberation awaiting us. When we escape one
carefully printed: box, we nd ourselves in another one. The box
eventually is in our mind conditioned by
A SANDPIPER TO BRING YOU JOY. prejudices and fears. Stepping out of such
consecutive boxes will lead to liberation.
Tears welled up in my eyes, and a heart that had almost
forgotten to love opened wide. I took Wendy's mother in Don't get chained by constraints of the
my arms. "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry," I situation.
uttered over and over, and we wept together. The
precious little picture is framed now and hangs in my The limiting box must be undone for
study. Six words -- one for each year of her life -- that liberation!
speak to me of harmony, courage, and undemanding
love. - Pravin K Sabnis
[email protected]
A gift from a child with sea blue eyes and hair the colour Experiential Life Coach, Goa
of sand who taught me the gift of love.
January 2023
NOTE: This is a true story sent out by Robert Peterson. It
happened over 20 years ago, and the incident changed his life
forever. It serves as a reminder to all of us that we need to take
time to enjoy living and life and each other. The price of hating
other human beings is loving oneself less. Life is so complicated;
the hustle and bustle of everyday traumas can make us lose
focus about what is truly important or what is only a
momentary setback or crisis. Everything that happens to us
happens for a reason. Never brush aside anyone as
insignicant. Who knows what they can teach us?

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key words when it comes to exercise.
Every time we plan to exercise more, our mind Moderation means your average heart rate
comes up with a plethora of excuses! Women, should only be 70% of your maximal heart rate.
especially, have such genuine reasons- I don't Variety means your workout should include
want to neglect my family, I get injured, I have no aerobics ( like walking, jogging, cycling,
time, it's boring, I am too tired already etc. swimming), muscle strengthening ( like squats,
We sit and work a lot. And here is the bad news- pushups, weight training) and exibility ( Yoga,
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low back pain, a bulging belly, smaller muscles in
arms and legs, hormonal imbalance and thinner Here are some of the ways you can MOVE more
bones (osteoporosis). this New Year.
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etc. are some of the dozens of genes that are Heart rate. Aim for 7000-10000 steps per day
positively inuenced by exercise. This means
that people who exercise regularly will: 2. Sit less. Take a walk up the stairs or stand up
Ÿ Have a lower blood pressure and lower blood and stretch yourself for every hour of sitting.

sugar 3. Find ways to move. Heel lifts when talking
Ÿ Better preservation of our muscle mass in on the phone or neck exercises during a 5
min break are examples.
trunk, arms and thighs. As we age, we start
losing our muscles (sarcopenia) 4. Burst training: do short periods of intensive
Ÿ Smaller waist circumference which leads to workout followed by a normal pace. For
lower risk of cardiac diseases and diabetes example, walk very fast for 1-2 min followed
Ÿ Better memory and learning abilities by 3 mins of normal pace walking. Playing a
Ÿ Reduces Resting Heart rate leading to game like shuttle or tennis automatically
calmness provides periods of burst training.
Ÿ Firmer and tighter skin
5. Supplements like a protein drink or BCAA
drink can provide benets like building
muscle mass when taken after a workout.

6. Schedule time for recovery. For example,
give at least 24 hours between bouts of
exercise. And have exercise free days about
1-2 days a week.

7. Good exercise should be combined with
healthy eating and adequate sleep to get its
maximum benets on improving your life
span.

Motivation is what gets you started, and habit is what
keeps you going!

Dr Nirmala Vijaykumar MD, MRCOG (UK)
Queens Fertility Center, Tirunelveli.

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LOVE & RELATIONSHIP energy coming his way! When they shout at him, they
give him energy. Negative energy, alright, but it is
STOP HURTING better than no energy at all.
THOSE
When we grow up, and start to date, we discover a
YOU LOVE. very interesting phenomenon: when we fall in love,
we receive a lot of energy (read: attention, interest,
You love each other but can't manage to time, love etc.) for free. The other person gives us
communicate without arguing, ghting and ending freely and abundantly a whole bunch of energy. We
up exhausted, each one in his corner, trying to lick don't even have to ask for it, we don't need to apply
his wounds and thinking of how to protect oneself any strategy to pick this energy, it's all for free! We let
against a new attack. And in spite of that…do you go of our mechanism to pull the energy of others
love each other? How is this possible? Why do towards us. We loosen up. We “fall” in love. We
people hurt most those they love? almost literally y. We are high! Everything seems to
have more colour, is more vivid, we feel lighter, life
How come we can't express our love? How come we seems easy, everything goes by itself, we have the
are full of good intentions but when it comes to feeling we love everybody and everything, even our
reality, we nd ourselves again shouting and grumpy boss! Nothing can hurt us; we feel safe and
blaming the other one. And then that monster of boosted with energy. But this is his or her energy! We
guilt jumps out of nowhere to our throat to strangle are ying on someone else's energy, and human
us once again. energy is limited!

How to stop this infernal behaviour? And that is exactly the problem! This stream of free
energy begins to slow down, because the other one
First let me explain why this happens. We all need goes back to his business and activities he had before.
energy. We need energy to live and to survive. Why? The body is not able to handle this amount of
Energy comes in many forms: love, attention, adrenaline for a long period of time, they say… but the
interest, food, friendship, money, approval, real reason is we need to learn to pull our energy from
recognition… somewhere else, not from a human being but from the
source of energy itself.
We all need this to feel good, to build our
personality and to nd our place in society. So, our lover gives us less free energy than before. We
were used to this energy-ow and now we have to do
But here it is as long as we think this energy has to it again by ourselves! Free energy is so much easier!
come from other human beings, we will get caught We don't have to do any effort to get it! And now we
up in struggle. Because human energy is limited. are getting less of this free energy, we don't want to let
We have to ght for it. Human energy doesn't last. this happen. At this moment our old childhood-
There isn't enough of it. So, we have to be the system of capturing energy is triggered because of the
quickest, the smartest, the most beautiful one, to scarcity of energy (there is an alarm inside us that says:
attract the attention from the other and to pull his “Danger! Lack of energy!”) and the old mechanism to
energy. capture energy from others starts running in our head
and in our behaviour. The mechanism that worked
If this doesn't work, we try another strategy. We try when we were a child to get the energy of our parents,
to pull attention by negative behaviour. Every child will be triggered by the lack of energy now. We do
learns this very quickly in his early life: when he is what we did as a child to get energy owing our way.
playing quietly on the oor with his toys, mum goes
on cooking dinner or talking with daddy. But as We can do this by playing the victim (“Oh poor me,
soon as the kid hurts his little sister or is playing look at all that I do, and nobody is grateful! Look how
“sick”, mums hurries to give attention to him. She good I am and still life strikes me with disapproval,
shouts maybe, she's angry or worried, but no disease and misery! Oh, oh oh!”). Or we get attention
matter, all this is attention for the child! He learns by being aggressive, shouting and trying to dominate
very quickly which behaviour gives him the the other one. A third mechanism is harassing the
greatest amount of attention and energy. When his other one by asking too many questions and
mother or father looks at him, even angry, it still is controlling him. A fourth system is playing silence,

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refusing contact, not to speak and not to react, so the level is again high enough to be able to send
other one will do whatever he can to get in contact with energy to the other one. By sending energy, you
you again and this will give you, his energy. are sure not to steal energy from the other one.
This is an act of love. If you are not able to get your
These systems will of course make the energy of the energy level any higher, go to another place, do
other one owing your way. But what next? The other something for you and wait until your vibrations
one is now low on energy and wants to get his energy are high enough to meet the other one again.
back. So now his mechanism is triggered by his lack of
energy. He will now use the system that assured him the The important thing in a relationship is not to
energy of his parents when he was little, to get his energy make the other happy or to expect the other one to
back from you. He will either shout at you, either make you happy, but to make yourself happy and
playing the poor one that didn't deserve your treatment, offer this happiness as a free gift to the other!
either torture you with a bunch of questions, or refuse
contact. Loving another human being is giving him
energy!
This explains why we hurt the ones we love. First reason
is we want their energy, energy they gave once for free. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO
We hurt our loved ones most because they gave us love DECOMPOSE
and energy and attention for free in the beginning and
now, we have to do it on our own and we are angry and Paper towel 2-4 weeks
want to get them back. We think we are entitled to have
their energy still for free and start our mechanism to get Banana peel 3-4 weeks
it. Second reason we hurt them most is because of
convenience: they are always around, their energy is Paper Bag 1 month
available so when we are low on energy, we try to rip
their energy off, and hurt them by doing that. Newspaper 1.5 months

Stealing energy from another human being is hurting Apple core 2 months
him.
Cardboard 2 months
What can we do about this? We should only be in contact
with other people when we are sure to be already lled Cotton Glove 3 months
up with energy, so we won't steal theirs. When we are
full of energy, and conscious of what happens between Orange Peels 6 months
people, we can give the other one energy instead of
ripping him off. We should not meet each other when Plywood 1-3 years
we are low on energy. It's the responsibility of each and
every person to generate energy by himself and not to Wool Sock 1-5 years
depend on other people.
Milk Cartons 5 years
How to do that? By connecting to the energy that is
always available. That is the energy of the Universe. The Cigarette Butts 10-12 years
easiest way to connect to this energy is contemplate the
beauty of a ower. You also can contemplate the beauty Leather Shoes 25-40 years
of an object or a person. You can listen to beautiful
music, take a walk-in nature, meditate, pray, dance, Tinned Steel Can 50 years
paint, read positive texts, work on your mission on
earth, love your cat or dog, anything that gives you Foamed plastic cups 50 years
energy.
Rubber-Boot Sole 50-80 years
Make a list of everyday activity and behaviour that
increase your energy levels. As soon as you feel you're in Plastic Containers 50-80 years
a conict with your partner, boss, child, parent or
whoever, do something to get yourself together and Aluminum Can 200-500 years
raise your energy. Don't say anything until your energy-
Plastic bottles 450 years

Disposable Diapers 550 years

Monofilament fishing line 600 years

Plastic Bags 200-1000 years

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Path-Goal Theory About Path-Goal Theory

Discovering the Best Leadership Style Psychologist, Robert House, developed Path-Goal
Theory in 1971, and then redened and updated it in a
Imagine that your boss has just assigned a 1996 article in The Leadership Quarterly.
major project to your new team. There are some
very talented people within the team, but Leadership Responsibilities
you've worked with them in the past, and it
wasn't a pleasant experience. According to it, if you want your people to achieve
You've always felt that the best way to manage their goals, you need to help, support, and motivate
a fast-paced, expert team is to set objectives, them. You can do this in three ways:
and then let team members work out how
they'll deliver for themselves. You don't want 1. Helping them identify and achieve their goals.
to interfere with what they're doing, so you
rarely have meetings with individuals or with 2. Clearing away obstacles, thereby improving
the group. performance.
The problem is that the team hasn't responded
well to this approach. So what else should you 3. Offering appropriate rewards along the way.
do? Would daily meetings waste your people's
time? And would they be annoyed if you To do this, you can use four different types of
involved yourself more in decision-making, or leadership:
gave them more guidance on the project?
When thinking about the best way to lead a Ÿ Supportive leadership – Here, you focus on
team, we have to consider several different relationships. You show sensitivity to individual
factors, and it's easy choose the wrong team members' needs, and you consider your
approach. When this happens, morale, team members' best interests. This leadership style
effectiveness, and productivity can suffer. is best when tasks are repetitive or stressful.
Path-Goal Theory helps you identify an
effective approach to leadership, based on Ÿ Directive leadership – With this, you
what your people want and your current communicate goals and expectations, and you
situation. assign clear tasks. This style works best when
tasks or projects are unstructured, or when tasks
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inexperienced.

Ÿ Participative leadership – With participative
leadership, you focus on mutual participation.
You consult with your group, and you consider
their ideas and expertise before making a decision.
This approach works best when your team
members are experienced, when the task is
complex and challenging, and when your team
members want to give you their input.

Ÿ Achievement-oriented leadership – Here, you set
challenging goals for your team. You have
condence in your team's abilities, so you expect
your team to perform well, and you maintain high
standards for everyone. This style works best
when team members are unmotivated or
unchallenged in their work.

12 January 2023





Becoming an Insight Driven short, sharp, agile pieces of work that create value
quickly, without requiring big up-front investments.
Organization The result? Beyond creating one source of the truth,
you gain the ability to grow revenues, reduce costs,
A new approach to data analytics mitigate risk and compete more effectively.
Strategy: Setting strategy requires executive sponsors
Ÿ Realize rapid return on your analytics investment and champions to carefully dene their analytics
by building an Insight Driven Organization objectives, identify desired outputs and align the
(IDO), one step at a time. analytics journey with the organization's broader
goals, business plans and win strategy. Components
Ÿ Insight Driven Organizations turn decision- include describing your vision, building a business
making into a strategic advantage by uncovering case, committing to continuous improvement, and
insights their competitors lack. 4 gaining—and maintaining—key stakeholder
support.
Ÿ The true strength of analytics lies in its ability to People: To become an IDO, organizations need to
help leaders make more informed, effective and build an analytical culture as well as identify the
intelligent business decisions champions and develop analytics talent. By marrying
“red skills” (data scientists, technology architects and
The true strength of analytics lies in its ability to help software developers) with “blue skills” (change
leaders make more informed, more effective and managers, political navigators and senior executive
more intelligent business decisions. This is the value inuencers), IDOs build “purple teams”—those that
of becoming an IDO. By entrenching data, analysis combine statistical, data management and
and reasoning into the organization's decision- technological skills with communication, business
making processes, IDOs turn analytics into a core acumen and political know-how to drive analytics
capability while promoting a culture of data-driven success.
decision-making. As a result, organizations embed Process: Beyond capturing, certifying the accuracy of
analytics across the entire organization and gain and distributing the right data, IDOs need processes
access to the analytical insights they need to tackle to turn data into insight and to act upon that insight.
complex business problems. This involves more than generating retrospective
Too often, organizations struggle to realize tangible insight limited to siloed teams or functions. Instead, it
benets from their analytics investments. That's enables prescriptive insights capable of guiding a
because it's no longer enough to turn data into company's decision-making. To build this capacity,
insight, you need the ability to turn insight into you need a solid governance framework and
action. operating model, embedded measurement
This is the promise delivered by becoming an frameworks and a feedback mechanism.
IDO—an organization that injects analytic insight Data: Rather than conning their analytics focus to
into every decision it makes. By using data, statistical internal structured data sources, IDOs tap external
and quantitative analysis, and visualization tools and unstructured data sources—including social
and techniques, IDOs empower their people to use channels and external data points that can enhance
insights to change the way they do business. decision-making, risk analysis and scenario planning.
To become an IDO, you need to address ve essential In addressing their data requirements, IDOs also put
building blocks well-designed information models into place, adopt a
1. Strategy realistic approach to data quality, ensure regulatory
2. People compliance and carefully consider the ethical
3. Process implications of how they use their data.
4. Data Technology: To build an effective analytics platform,
5. Technology you need a well-thought-out solution architecture,
This involves identifying a sponsor and setting up a people with the requisite technical skills, a delivery
governing body to align analytics activities across model to disseminate insights across the organization
business units. It means extending your focus and a structured approach for collaborating with
beyond technology and data to encompass strategy, your third-party technology partners.
people and process. And it hinges on engaging in

PALMS PLUS 13 January 2023

SCI TALKS condensation, the temperature
goes up. Alternatively, if there
CONDENSATION is hardly any condensation,
there will be a temperature loss.
Ÿ Have you experienced your
spectacles getting fogged How can it be measured?
while drinking a hot cup of tea
or coffee? Psychrometry measures the
rates of condensation through
Ÿ Have you ever wondered why there are visible evaporation into the air moisture at various
water droplets on grass early in the morning atmospheric pressures and temperatures.
even if it didn't rain during the night?
Condensation in the water cycle
Ÿ Have you been amazed by how those uffy
white clouds are formed? Condensation is one of the key stages of the water
cycle. The water vapour in the air rises and cools.
Ÿ Have you played fake smoking or smoke The large uffy clouds we see in the sky are
breathing dragon on a cold night in a hill formed from condensation which is visible in the
station when your breath becomes visible? atmosphere. As more and more water particles
and aerosols stick together, clouds are formed.
Ÿ Have you looked at the fogged bathroom This process is known as coalescence.
mirror after a hot bath and been curious on
how it happened? Cloud droplets can range from 10 microns to
about 1 millimeter in size and are packed full of
Ÿ Have you ever noticed water forming inside these water droplets, all cooling down and
the windows of a warm vehicle when it's cold joining together to make bigger and bigger
outside? drops.

Ÿ Have you observed chilled drink cans/ tins Why does it rain?
sweat when placed in a normal temperature?
There is so much moisture in the atmosphere, far
So, what's happening in all these cases? This more than the air in that region can take. At this
article will explain the incredible science behind stage, the combined water droplets in the clouds
it. Have fun exploring! become heavy enough to form raindrops that fall
as precipitation.
What is condensation?
What do LPG cylinders and re extinguishers
Condensation is the process in which gas changes hold?
into a liquid when it touches a cooler surface, so
the state of matter is being changed. It is an The LPG we use in our kitchens for cooking is a
important part of the water cycle and the opposite condensed type of petroleum gas that is kept in a
of evaporation. liquid form inside a cylinder.

What causes condensation? Liquid carbon dioxide is held in a condensed
form under high pressure in re extinguishers.
Technically, condensation can happen at any
temperature, as long as the pressure of the DIY Solar still
condensing gas is more than the pressure of the
liquid state of that gas (both at the same A solar still is used to convert salt/sea water into
temperature). During condensation, the fresh water. It is useful if we are stuck in the sea or
molecules in the matter slow down. Heat energy in the desert or in the forest without drinking
is taken away, causing the state of matter to water.
change.
Materials required: Water, Salt, Measuring cup,
Condensation is vital in nature and is always the Large bowl, Cup that's shorter than the bowl,
same as temperature and vapour pressure in Plastic wrap, Rubber band, Weight (something
nature. This means that if there is a lot of not too heavy, we can use a small rock)

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Step 1 – Since we are doing this experiment Arise Awake and Take Charge
at home, we have to rst prepare salt water
by lling a bowl with quarter portion of salt The truth of the matter is that you always
and the rest with water. Stir it well till the know the right thing to do.
salt dissolves. The hard part is doing it.

Step 2 – Pick a place to set up the solar still General H. Norman Schwarzkopf
such that it receives sunlight for several
hours. Place the cup inside the bowl and There is a difference between knowing what to do
pour the salt water into the bottom of the and really doing the same. We all know what to do if
bowl. Tightly cover the top of the bowl with we want to reduce weight. We know that we should
the plastic wrap, using the rubber band to say no to sweet, say not to eating temptations, say no
keep the plastic in place. Set the rock on top to fatty and oily food etc. We know that the best way
of the plastic wrap, over the cup. to succeed in life is to nurture good relationship with
people. We know that if we give up smoking, we will
Step 3 – Let your still sit in the sun for a few avoid cancer. We know that if we save today, we can
hours. Throughout the day, you will see fog secure tomorrow.
and water droplets form on the inside of the
plastic wrap. We know all this. Don't we? But do we do what we
already know?
Step 4 – After a few hours or a whole day,
see how much fresh water you distilled! It calls for a willpower to do want we have to do. It
Take a sip to taste and be amazed with the calls for a focus and purpose. It calls for a
fresh water that you collected in your cup. determination to pursue our plan of action. It calls for
a mature mindset. We need to market the outcome
If you are stuck in a forest, you can dig a for any action plan and not the action plan by itself.
hole/ small pit and cover it with leaves For example, jogging every day for half an hour is an
instead of the salt water and create the same action plan. The end result is health. Saying no to
set up to collect fresh water. Here the sweets is an action plan. The end result is weight
moisture from the leaves condenses and reduction. More often than not we sell the idea of an
lls the cup. Survival tricks! action plan alone. We get convinced that we have to
jog, we have to eat right etc. But we don't explore why
Try this out and share pictures of your fun we should do what we decided to do. Unless and
to win exciting prizes! Awaiting your mails until we are convinced on how exciting the result will
to [email protected]. be of what we have undertaken to do.

-Divya.A The next important thing to do what we have
undertaken to do is to know well to do it. What to do
[email protected] is one thing, but how well to do it is another thing. For
example, take early morning walking. All the
PALMS PLUS walking you do is not the right way to practice
walking. There is a specic way and unless you know
it, you will not have the complete benet of walking.

- N C Sridharan
www.thetimefoundation.com

15 January 2023

TAX ON TRACK 3. Decriminalization: The Council has recommended to
raise the threshold limit from one crore to two crore to
48th GST Council Meeting : Updates launch prosecution under GST Act, 2017 except for the
offence of issuance of invoice without actual supply of
48th GST Council Meeting: It was expected goods or services or both (fake invoice).
that 48th GST Council Meeting would be held at 4.Refund to unregistered person: Hitherto there is no
Madurai. However, the plan got changed and enabling provision / mechanism available under GST
GST Council met through video conference Law when tax becomes refundable to the unregistered
under the Chairmanship of the Hon'ble Finance person. The Council has decided to include enabling
Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman on provision in CGST Rules,2017 and a Circular will also be
16.12.2022. The Council has considered many issued in this regard.
points and taken some important decisions. It is 5.Retrospective Effect on third country exports: From
needless to mention that the GST Council is the 01.02.2019, the activities such export of goods from one
supreme body and that is why decisions of GST country (outside India) to another country without
Council always play vital role. If I write all the bringing the goods to India is kept out of the purview of
decisions elaborately, it requires more space. GST. However, many litigations are going on with regard
Hence, I present here the important decisions in to similar transaction prior to 01.02.2019 and now the
a deciphered language- without mentioning Council has decided to give retrospective effect to the said
legal provisions. amendment from 01.07.2017.
Important Decisions: 6.Reversal of ITC, if tax is not paid: The council has
1. Change in Tax Rate: The tax rate in respect of recommended to insert Rule 37A in CGST Rules,2017
the following items has proposed to be providing the mechanism for reversal of ITC by the
changed. recipient if supplier has fails to pay the tax to the Govt.
7.Withdrawal of Appeal: There is no mechanism to
S. No Description From To withdraw the appeal by the taxpayers after ling the
appeal before the appropriate appellate forums.
1 Husk of pulses including chilka However, the Council has decided insert Rule 109C in
CGST Rules,2017 so as to provide a facility to withdraw
and concentrates including the appeal up to certain stage.
8.No Claim Bonus: It has been decided by the GST
chuni/churi, khanda 5 % NIL Council to issue a Circular clarifying that no claim bonus
offered by the Insurance Companies to the insured is an
2 Ethyl alcohol supplied to admissible deduction for valuation under GST Law.
9.Clarication on Ocean Freight: The Council has
reneries for blending with decided to issue a claricatory circular regarding place of
supply in respect of Export Ocean Freight. As per the
motor spirit (petrol) 18 % 5 % proviso to Sec 12(8) of IGST Act,2017 export ocean freight
is considered as Inter-State Supply. The Council has
2. Clarication: There is a confusion prevailing decided to remove the said proviso.
among the traders, particularly proprietorship 10. Difference between GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B: The
businesses, as to whether they need to pay GST Council has decided not to allow GSTR-1 for subsequent
on renting of residential dwelling, rented out to period, if tax liability shown in GSTR-1 is not discharged
a registered person, under RCM basis. The in GSTR-3B for earlier period.
genesis of the doubt is being PAN of the
proprietorship business and the Individual are -With Regards
one and same. However, now the Council has A. Siva
claried that no GST is payable under the above
scenario. Superintendent of Customs, Tuticorin.
(DISCLAIMER: The views expressed in this article
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are strictly of author's personal views only)

16 January 2023





BOOK SUMMARY come from? In simple terms, desperate choices
are draining, heavy, conning, stressful and
“Don't Believe Everything You Think” empty. There is an urgency to attain the goal. In
by Joseph Nguyen. inspiration, one feels full and less stressed.
How can we be happy after all? Here are his
This book was the talk of the town for the longest time words,
and that has gotten me to read it. The one-line “It is true that we cannot control everything that
summary of “Don't Believe Everything You Think” happens in our lives, but what we can control is
by Joseph Nguyen is that “Practice non-thinking.” whether we think or not (which is the root cause
But the book has brought out this thought in the most of all of our problems and negative emotions).
enriching manner by citing examples from real life We can decide to change our experience of life
and stories. Here are a few concepts and examples for whenever we want and how we feel at any
you to brood over for the month. moment. This is how we can choose to be happy
by choosing to let go of our thinking.” So, all we
He says that the root cause of suffering is our have to do is let go of thinking and keep the
thinking as we are constantly adding meaning and thoughts intact to feel happiness. There are
feeling to the event. This thinking process determines many more concepts that are discussed in this
whether we are sad or happy at a moment. He is book. It is denitely a good choice to give it a
dividing the concept into thinking vs thought. You read.
might wonder what these thinking and thoughts are. Self-help books can be read in parts, and can be
Thoughts create. Thinking destroys. Thoughts come given some time to reect and chew upon. I
rst into our mind, and by using our limiting beliefs, would suggest that you read one chapter a day
judgments, criticisms, and conditions to interpret and think about it. One bite at a time, to feel the
them we are thinking about them. Let's say you have change.
gone on a trip with your friends, you would feel loved
and enjoy the moments. When you are back home, -Jaisha Priyam M.
you would think about it and say maybe I shouldn't
have done that, maybe I shouldn't have worn that Smart thinking!
particular dress, maybe I should try beach cloth next
time, and further complicate by thinking that you An Indian hunter and a British hunter saw a
don't have the physic to do so. lion approaching them while hunting. The
Indian immediately changed his hunting
By brooding over the thoughts, we are creating a shoes to running shoes. The British hunter
thinking process that is destroying all the positive asked him whether he could run faster than
experiences attached. For example, let's say you have the lion with his running shoes. The Indian
a cup with muddy water, and you want to have clear replied that he could'nt, but he could run
water. What would you do? You might think that you faster than him and the lion had to eat one
have to boil or lter it. But all we have to do is leave it man only.
aside for some time and the water will become clear.
Similarly, the thinking will settle down giving a clear
state of mind if we don't disturb it.

Another concept that is said in this book is that of
unconditional creation. In today's world, all of us
wanted to be famous, loved, and rich. To attain all
this, we take up the job out of desperation and not
from inspiration. Where do these desperate choices

PALMS PLUS 17 January 2023

SARCOPENIA 7. Sarcopenia is more terrifying than osteoporosis!
With osteoporosis you just need to be careful not to
Slowly Use Your Functional Muscles fall, whereas sarcopenia not only affects the
quality of life but also causes high blood sugar due
Sarcopenia is the loss of skeletal muscle mass and to insufcient muscle mass!
strength as a result of ageing. It leads to gradual
decline in the quality of life! Let's explore 8. The fastest loss of sarcopenia is in the muscle of
sarcopenia! the legs! Because when a person sits or lie down,
the legs are not moving, and the muscle strength of
1. To develop a habit of being able to stand ... just the legs are affected ... this is particularly
don't sit! ... and don't lie down if you can sit! important! So be active, squat at least 20 to 30 times
a day. Squat is not squatting down but like sitting
2. After the age of 50~60, it is not possible to lose on the toilet seat ... you can use a chair and stand
weight, especially if you do not exercise and rely on up when your butt touches the seat!
eating less to lose weight! Because if all the muscles
are lost, it can be dangerous! TAIWAN's advanced medical system also have
health insurance but on average the elderly in
3. Does running, cycling or climbing hurt the knee? Taiwan spend 8 years in a wheelchair until they lie
If you have never exercised before you can only go in bed before they die! And you don't want to have
running, biking, or climbing in your mind as it will eight years of old age when the quality of life is so
hurt your knees a lot! But if you have enough poor!
muscle strength and slowly develop the habit of
running, cycling, and climbing, it can be a good So, You MUST pay attention to Sarcopenia!
exercise and not hurt your knees! Whether you
hurt your knees or not depends on your muscle Move up and down stairs, go running, cycling,
strength! trekking and climbing are all great exercises and
will increase muscle mass!
4. If an elderly person is sick and hospitalized,
don't ask him to rest more ... or lie down and relax For a better quality of life for everyone in old age...
and not get out of bed! Lying down for a week loses Keep Moving.
at least 5% of muscle mass! And the old man can't
get his muscles back! DID YOU KNOW?

5. Don't think that you are helping by not letting In 24 Hours Average Human:
the elders do any housework and scold the maid if
they do it! Usually, many elderly people who hire 1) HEART beats 1,03,689 times.
helpers lose muscle faster! 2) LUNGS respire 23,045 times.
3) BLOOD ows 16,80,000 miles.
6. Don't just do a single activity every day when 4) NAILS grow 0.00007 inches
you go to the park. Don't just shake your hands 5) HAIR grows 0.01715 inches
when you can also shake your legs. You must also 6) Take 2.9 pounds WATER
pull the horizontal bar or move every sports
equipment! Because as long as a person moves, (including all liquids)
then all the muscles of whole body will be involved! 7) Take of 3.25 pounds FOOD.
Many elderly people even have difculty 8) Breathe 438 cubic feet AIR.
swallowing because of insufcient exercise! In the 9) Lose 85.60, BODY TEMPERATURE.
end, they could not even cough up a mouthful of 10) Produce 1.43 pints SWEAT.
sputum and die because of this! 11) Speak 4,800 WORDS.
12) During SLEEP move 25.4 times

PALMS PLUS 18 January 2023

Fun with Puns

Teacher: "Why are you late this morning?” Ÿ No matter how much you push the envelope,

it'll still be stationery.

Student: "It's my alarm clock. Everyone got up Ÿ I changed my iPod's name to Titanic. It's syncing
except me!”
now.

Teacher: How did the alarm clock make you the Ÿ I've started telling everyone about the benets of

only one not to get up?” eating dried grapes. It's all about raisin

Student: "There are eight of us in my family and awareness.
Ÿ I saw an ad for burial plots, but that's the last
the alarm clock was only set for seven."
thing I need.
A lady came to the hospital to visit a friend. She
had not been in a hospital for several years and Ÿ If you're bad at haggling, you'll end up paying
felt uneasy, not knowing about all the new the price.

technology. Ÿ Police were summoned to a day-care center

where a three-year old was resisting a rest.

A technician followed her onto the elevator, Ÿ Prison is just one word for you, but for some
wheeling a large, intimidating looking machine people, it's a whole sentence.
with tubes and wires and dials.

Ÿ A dentist and a manicurist married. They fought

"Boy, would I hate to be hooked up to that tooth and nail.

thing," she said. Ÿ I did a menial job at a pizza parlour. I kneaded

"So would I," replied the technician. "It's a oor- the dough.

cleaning machine." Ÿ England has no kidney bank, but it does have a

Upon arrival at the Pearly Gates, you are Liverpool.
allowed one wish for anyone you left behind, Ÿ French pancakes give me the crepes.

back on earth. Ÿ Did you hear about the pyromaniac yoga teacher

who was convicted of asana?
St. Peter explained this to a woman who had just

recently arrived and asked what her one wish Cartoon of the Month
would be.

“Well, I just wish my son would get married and
be happy.”

"Look lady, it's just one wish; make up your
mind!"

Arguing with the wife is a lot like trying to read
the Terms of Use on the internet.

In the end you just give up and go “I Agree”.

My wife has been putting glue all over my rie
collection.

She's denying it, but I'm sticking to my guns.

PALMS PLUS 19 January 2023

EXPRESSION DECEMBER 2022

THE DECLARATION 2nd - A half day PEP UP Mojo
session on “Stress
- Robin Sharma Management” was
Today, I declare I am strong and brave, conducted by Mr. D. Senthil
not timid nor weak. Kannan.

Today, I declare that my past will no longer limit 3rd - A half day PEP UP session
my future and just because I couldn't achieve on “Power of One” was
something yesterday doesn't mean conducted by Mr. D. Senthil
Kannan.
I won't do it this day.
4th - A full day recap session of
Today, I declare that I'll honour my talents, the PEP UP programme, was
express my gifts and reveal my creativity conducted by PEP UP
to everyone around me. Members.

Today, I declare I'll be loyal to my values, 8th-A 2-hour inhouse
respectful of my mission and ercely focused on programme on the topic “5 S
my dreams. to enhance workplace
efciency” was conducted
Today, I declare that I am a maker versus for the staff of Chenthil
a consumer, a giver versus a taker and Murugan Agencies by
a visionary versus a victim. Mrs.Subbulakshmi.

Today, I declare that I will always be part 8th- PALMS regular monthly
of the solution and never part of the problem. programme, on the topic
“Happynomics” was
Today, I declare that when I fall, conducted by Mr. D. Senthil
I will certainly rise and when I'm in doubt, Kannan, for the benet of
I will persist. PALMS Members.

Today, I declare that I will cherish my health, feed 10th - A full day PEP UP Biz
my mind and nourish my soul. session on “Business SWOT
Analysis and Growth
Today, I declare that I am surrounding myself through Synergy” was
with people who are smarter, faster, stronger and conducted by Mr. D. Senthil
better than me so I am uplifted by their models Kannan.
and inspired by their examples.
11th – The PEP UP Annual
Today, I declare that I set the standard in my Day & Graduation
work, am becoming the icon of my industry and a Ceremony was held in a
legend at my craft. grand manner. The PEP UP
2022 batch and PEP UP Biz
Today, I declare that I adore my family, 2002 batch graduated today.
am grateful for my friends and am an encourager Mr. Edwin Samuel, CEO of
to all those who are blessed to cross my path. Pearl Shipping Agencies was
the Chief Guest.
Today, I declare that this New Year is
MY year. My time to grow, excel, laugh, love, win,
believe, persevere and serve, knowing that
I am truly the leader of my fate, the owner of my
results and the hero of my destiny.

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PALMS PLUS 20 January 2023