To Stop Neutering The Net, Keep it Neutral

To Stop Neutering The Net, Keep it Neutral :-

There’s been a big debate on for the last few weeks on net neutrality. Nobody above 40 has any idea what this debate is about. I tweeted vehemently in support of it without a clue of what Iwas supporting. It seemed to me by basic logic that neutral things are better than non-neutral things in a largely partial world.
Naturally, being clueless, I was guided by my philosophical belief system shaped mostly when I was in kindergarten, not by the specific facts, which were that I may have to pay to use WhatsApp and Skype. Had I known what I know now, I’d be even louder in support. (I would have written in all caps, I suppose.)
But it now turns out that the debate has been won. Young people revolted online in whatever means they revolt now: by creating memes, signing virtual letters, making ironic music videos. No morchas (which is good because it’s getting very hot outside). Also showing up outside Flipkart’s and Airtel’s offices and shouting wouldn’t have been effective because there are security guards.
Better a revolution by Wi-Fi, sitting at home eating toast. Political parties can take a few lessons from this when they send goons out to protest. Victorious young people have said they are happy that the internet remains free. And not just from British rule.
I was convinced that the net neutrality debate had no relevance to me, a middle-aged man reasonably happy with his mobile phone people and his Wi-Fi people. Yes, I have different providers. I like living on the edge. Actually, no. I meant I like living away from the edge. Living on the edge would be having one provider for both mobile and Wi-Fi and praying they don’t leave India fearing a retrospective tax. Yes, I was a very distant observer to this battle (read: browsing a different url), convinced that this has something to do with the speed at which teenagers can view videos of Kejriwal impersonators.

Neutering The Net

It doesn’t. It has to do with how we live — not how we will live, but how we live now. In this column, I have often written about what to expect from the future.
But even as I wrote it, I didn’t entirely believe it would transform how we live immediately. A sort of Indian mindset believes: yes, the internet is all wonderful, but basically it’s a place to idle away one’s time commenting on Modi’s shawls or viewing two-minute videos of a cat playing a mandolin. At most, buying online — but paying cash only when a physical person shows up, naturally. Life, as one knew it — the groceries, the maid, the driver, the auto guy, the bank, the multiplex — still remained outside the internet.
The generation before mine had such a profound distrust of online credit card transactions that I once watched an uncle impatiently waiting after he’d loaded his card details as he watched the ‘purchasing now’ graphic circle-thing turn. He then got even more anxious, got up and looked behind the laptop to see where his money may have gone.
Today, as I found out at a recent technology conference in Pune, the internet on the computer plays second fiddle to apps on the mobile phone. It is where people do buy vegetables, tables, tickets and air-conditioners. There are apps to find an autorickshaw, to buy homes, life insurance, get a degree and find a life partner. Someone told me of an app to find a toilet.
It is where people speak more than with voice out of a mouth. The smartphone for the young is their wise grandmother, their best friend, their worst enemy, every phone directory, all maps, most emotions, all memories, any information they’ll ever need and every single transaction they’ll ever do. It is where India lives now. To that generation, an equal internet —i.e., every website loading equally —is not about watching cats-on-trampoline videos. It is about taking away the road outside their house and replacing it with a lake that you’d have to pay to cross by boat.
To the rest of urban India that doesn’t understand this and says, ‘I’ll dive into this modern era when I’m ready’, buster, you’re already swimming in it. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, look at all the physical shops closing because everyone just buys stuff online and has it delivered. Yes, young people will tell me, “Uncle, I knew all this already.” To which all I have to say is, “Had I known what Iknow now….”.

Giving Education A Sporting Chance

Giving education a sporting chance

You are probably wondering what a UN official is doing writing about the World Cup. So let me start with an assurance. I’m not about to offer post-match analysis, express a view on the vuvuzela or take a position on the merits of the official World Cup football.

A British football manager was once asked whether he thought football was a life or death issue. “Of course not,” he replied, “it’s much more important than that.” When you ride the roller coaster of the World Cup, you get a sense of what he meant. Whole nations hold their breath, experience those moments of soaring hope, and then slide into collective anxiety. Yet in the end football is game. What makes this World Cup different is that it has given football and South Africa a chance to tackle a real life and death issue – a global crisis in education that is blighting the lives of a whole generation of children in Africa and beyond.

Learning By Sports

In football, both teams follow the same rules. Matches are won or lost through the skill of the players, the tactics of the coaches and sometimes moments of chance.
Nobody would think it fair if a match kicked off with one team’s forwards having their feet tied together. Yet poverty and gender inequalities in education shackle the talents of Africa’s children. This is one of the greatest social injustices of our time.
The 1Goal campaign – a global partnership between the world soccer federation Fifa and civil society organisations across the world – has helped to focus attention on this crisis in education. On July 11, the campaign will culminate in a special education summit in Cape Town, hosted by President Jacob Zuma. The aim: to get the 72-million primary-school-age kids currently denied an education into decent quality schooling by 2015.
This World Cup summit is a one-off chance to galvanise the leadership and the financial resources needed to make this happen. So far, political leaders have failed to treat the education crisis with the urgency it merits. Perhaps that’s because you don’t see kids dying for want of schooling. But when 72 million children don’t have a chance to go to school, there are deep social, economic and human costs.
Consider the links between maternal education and child survival. Children in Africa born to mothers with a secondary education are half as likely to die before the age of five. Put differently, universal secondary education in Africa would avert around 1.8 million deaths a year – a stark illustration of the fact that gender inequalities in schooling cost lives.
Failing to educate young girls, the majority of those out of school, is not just immoral and a violation of their human rights – it’s also plain stupid. Denying girls an education is bad for economic growth, bad for the health of the country and bad for democracy. It’s like missing an open goal in the World Cup final.
Achieving the 1Goal ambition will not be easy. If we carry on as we are, the target of “Education for All by 2015″ will be missed – there will still be 56 million children out of school. At a time when rich countries are struggling to come to terms with fiscal deficits, more aid is vital. Estimates by our Global Monitoring Report suggest that another $11 billion will be needed annually.
Yet despite repeated pledges to do more, donors have been cutting aid to education. If broken promises to the world’s children merit a caution, several G8 governments would be heading for a red card and an early bath.

Learning While Playing

The education summit on July 11 provides an opportunity to chart a new course. True, the price tag might prompt some people to question whether the aims of the 1Goal campaign are realistic. But how “realistic” is it to deny vulnerable girls and boys a passport out of poverty? As the old saying goes, if you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
As Nelson Mandela once put it, “Education is the great engine of personal development.” It equips people with the skills they need to work their way out of poverty, to broaden their choices, and participate in political processes that affect their lives. And in our increasingly knowledge-based global economy, education is the surest route to higher economic growth, decent jobs and future prosperity.
When it comes to global reach, soccer could make the United Nations green with envy. The World Cup will be watched by a cumulative audience of 26 billion people for all matches. In a world scarred by so much violence and conflict, football cuts across ethnic, religious and cultural divides – and unites people across national borders.
In two weeks’ time, the final whistle will blow and the winning team will collect the World Cup. One set of supporters will be euphoric. The rest will be left trying hard to remember that football is just a game, and that there will be another World Cup in four years.
Whichever team we are backing, all of us should be supporting the demand for an education summit that delivers a result. Education is not a game. And kids get only one chance to go to school. Giving them that chance would really make this a World Cup to remember.

Measuring Gender Equality in Education

Measuring gender equality in education: A challenge for the Sustainable Development agenda :-

As we look to the post-2015 agenda, discussions are turning to how we can expand our thinking around girls’ and women’s education from just gender parity (comparing numbers of girls to boys in the classroom) to gender equality. The focus on parity since the EFA goals were set in 2000 is widely acknowledged to have left serious obstacles to girls’ and women’s educational opportunities, including gender insensitive curricula and learning materials, classroom practices that undermine gender equality, and school management ignoring or minimizing incidents of school related gender based violence (SRGBV).
It is important to move the discussion on from parity to equality. Hiding behind what may seem like parity, for example, may be vast differences in the quality of education girls and boys receive.

Equality in Education

How can we measure gender equality?

There are two main challenges associated with measuring gender equality in education. The first is the imprecision associated with the current measurement system. Critics note that current metrics provide limited perspectives for policy discussion. The data routinely collected through administration channels or household surveys does not lend itself to explore more complex processes of inequality. The challenge of finding a way to define and measure SRGBV, which is one of the entrenched forms of gender inequality in education, is an important example.
Questions arise about whether we can measure gender equality in terms of what certain groups do or do not possess, or can gain through education—for example, access to schooling, adequate resources (teachers, textbooks) or qualifications. But measuring who has what leads to the concern that gender equality would again be viewed in a parity perspective. Gender equality in education has a far broader meaning than this.


Why should we measure gender equality?

The second main challenge around measuring gender equality is that there has been a failure to clarify why it is something worth measuring. Is it, for example, because we want education systems to be more efficient or is it due to concern for social justice and human rights? It is one step, after all, for critics of gender parity (and the simple measure of distribution) to say that it is not an adequate measure of gender equality in education. It is an altogether more difficult proposition to say what measuring gender equality in education should entail and how it should be accomplished.


Gender equality has a broad meaning.

Given the history of women’s exclusion, subordination and injustice, noted in every country in the world, it is important that the voices and perspectives of women are considered in how gender equality in education is measured and for what purposes. The metric for gender equality must include the right of women to articulate, review and critically comment on justifications for social arrangements. The metric must also consider the political economy and socio-cultural norms and practices that maintain injustices towards certain groups and exacerbate gender inequalities. Measures must additionally evaluate processes for real change towards greater gender equality and social justice. And lastly, because of the significance of bodily and emotional vulnerability in many meanings of gender, measuring or evaluating gender equality in education must aim to promote progress towards reducing all forms of gender-based violence and ensuring women are empowered to exercise their rights to reproductive health and autonomy.


Towards a common definition of gender equality in education.

A useful way to move beyond this impasse is to use list-based approaches to defining what gender equality in education is, while subjecting this process to rigorous scrutiny and debate. This approach has been successfully used by the UNDP and OECD to develop gender equality measures, although, as of yet, their measures in relation to education still only focus on gender parity and only at the national level. Thus a further challenge is to ensure relevant measures are developed at other levels—for example, the community, school, teacher and individual student levels–in order to assess and change discriminatory gender attitudes and behaviour.
We urgently need an informed political and technical discussion on how to develop a normative approach to defining gender equality in education. And on the basis of this discussion we will be able to work on developing improved and policy-relevant measures. Without this discussion, and consensus on the definition, whatever measurement we develop will attract the criticism that we have only reworked gender parity using imperfect proxies. It is important we get the parameters right early on in the post-2015 era. If we do not, we will find we have not reached the vision we are aiming for by 2030.

There is Nothing as Important as Education

“There is nothing as important as education”

The campaign to ensure that education for all is a lasting impact of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Weah, the first African soccer player to have been named FIFA’s World Player of the Year, calls on his own experiences growing up in Liberia to illustrate his point that “Africa’s future depends on education for all.”
Liberia, battered by two civil wars, is one of the countries we’ll look at in the 2011 Education for All Global Monitoring Report, which will focus on conflict and education. In his article, George Weah – who ran for president of Liberia in 2005 – draws attention to the need to ensure that children get a chance not just to go to school, but to get education of a high standard.

Education

 He emphasizes the importance of keeping class sizes down  – a crucial factor in Liberia, where children often have to sit three or four to a desk in classes of over 100, as our photo shows.

10 DAILY HABITS THAT WILL GIVE YOU INCREDIBLE WILL POWER

10 DAILY HABITS THAT WILL GIVE YOU INCREDIBLE WILL POWER :-

1. MEDITATE :-
Meditation is the fastest and most effective way to increase your willpower. By meditating you are training the brain to focus and resist the urge to wander. Research shows that after just 2-3 days of practicing meditation for 10 minutes, your brain will be able to focus better, you will have more energy, and you will be less stressed.
There are a lot of myths surrounding meditation. Burning incense, chanting, wearing robes, etc. So let's start by explaining what meditation really is.

2. EAT A LOW GLYCEMIC DIET :-
When the body takes in food, it creates a chemical known as glucose that travels through the blood stream. This is what the brain uses as its source of fuel to think, create, and exert willpower. So to ensure a healthy stock of willpower, we want to make sure our brain has enough glucose to use as energy.
Any food that contains calories will give your brain glucose to work with. But not all glucose is created equally. Sugary foods will cause a quick spike of glucose, giving you willpower fuel for the short-term, but will cause a subsequent crash that depletes your willpower just as fast.

3. GET ENOUGH SLEEP :-
When you don't get enough sleep, your willpower takes the biggest hit. When you are tired, your brain cells are not able to absorb glucose as efficiently as when you are well rested. This means that you begin lose the “power” in your willpower.
Then your brain will recognize the fact that it is not getting enough glucose, and immediately start to crave sugary foods and caffeine to replenish its supply. However, because your brain cells are not absorbing glucose as efficiently as they should be, not only will you give in to eating junk, you will eat much more than you need.

 INCREDIBLE WILL POWER

4. EXERCISE :-
We all know that exercise is good for our health, but can it also be good for our willpower? In order to find out, researchers found 24 non-exercisers between 18 and 50 to partake in a 2-month study. They were given free gym memberships and asked to exercise just 1x/week for the first month and 3x/week for the second month.
Throughout the study they would test the participants on various self-control activities from resisting temptations to persevering through challenging tasks.

5. FOCUS ON ONE TASK AT A TIME :-
We have 2 distinct parts of our brain that help in our problem-solving. One is the limbic system, which makes our easy and automatic decisions. This includes brushing our teeth and stopping at a red light. This part of the brain is also short-term minded, and is what motivates us to indulge in unhealthy food and get off of the treadmill.
The other is the pre-frontal cortex, which solves more difficult problems like how to effectively communicate or solve more complicated math equations like the one above. This is also the part of our brain that thinks long-term and is responsible for our willpower.
The problems above both require the pre-frontal cortex to solve. If I were to ask you to write the 50 states and do a simple problem like 10 x 5, you would have had no problem doing it. 10 x 5 is easy. It only requires our limbic system to solve, so we can successfully multi-task.
The more we multi-task, the more we train our limbic system. So by trying to do 4 things at once, we are unknowingly making the part of the brain that wants us to indulge stronger.
The pre-frontal cortex, however, cannot multi-task. The problems it deals with are too complicated. So by focusing on one task at a time, we are making the part of the brain that exerts willpower stronger.

6. PRACTICE MINDFULNESS :-
We tend to believe that every choice we make throughout the day goes through a process of well-informed decision-making. But 45% of our daily-decision are made completely automatically. From what we decide to eat, what we decide to wear and what we decide to do when we first get to work, our brains are running on autopilot.
You can overcome this tendency by becoming more mindful of your daily decisions. This is as simple as pausing and questioning why you are making the decision to get coffee as soon as you make it into the office. Or why you are eating cereal for breakfast rather than eggs.

7. SELF-MONITORING :-
Something odd happens in our brains when we look at ourselves in the mirror. The part of the brain that would say "hey, that's me in the mirror" is not activated. Instead it is a part of the brain that says "I wish I was taller, skinnier, more muscular, etc."
In other words, rather than seeing see who we are, we see who we want to be. This is not because we are shallow, it is because we all have an ideal self that we want to live up to. With this ideal self in our mind, we begin to think and act more like them.
The best way to keep your ideal self in mind is through a process called Self-Monitoring. This involves keeping track of as much information on yourself as possible. Like with the mirror, you will look at the information on yourself and compare it to what you really want. This will strengthen your willpower and help you make better decisions.

8. PLAY OFFENSE :-
When researchers came across a group of people in the Netherlands who seemingly had unstoppable willpower, they thought they must be saints. They ate extremely healthy, exercised regularly, hardly procrastinated and reported less stress than almost everyone around them.
But they were not saints at all. Many of them reported that if they were to get behind a bar stool, they would never leave. Others reported that they were unable to resist sweets whenever they were around. It seemed that these "saints" were prone to the same temptations as the rest of us.
So what was their secret?
The secret, it turned out, was that these people simply did not put themselves in those situations. Their lifestyles were well-organized to prevent having to look temptation in the face.

9. FIND INSPIRATION :-
We have all experienced the feeling of inspiration at some point in our lives. It may have been from a story in history, a speech by a great leader, or by someone in our own lives. When we become inspired, we get a rush of energy that we feel can take us to new heights. It's almost as if we get more willpower.
When we witness something inspiring, the part of the pre-frontal cortex that thinks about the long-term lights up. The neurons in this part of the brain start firing and we feel a rush of energy as we begin to believe in our dreams and goals.
This essentially means that by becoming inspired, we give the pre-frontal cortex more power. This strengthens our willpower and makes it easier to work towards our long-term goals.

10. CHUNKING :-
The last and perhaps the most important willpower habit is chunking. Chunking is the process of taking a large task, goal, dream, etc. and breaking it into manageable “chunks”.
If you’ve ever had a goal, you know how exciting it can be at first. You can see the “after photo” of your life when the goal is achieved - and you love what you see.  You imagine all of the great things about the “new you” and you can't wait to get started working towards that goal!
Then it’s time to actually do the work. And whether that work is putting pen to paper, or putting foot to treadmill, you get a sudden rush of being completely overwhelmed. You see just how much work it’s going to take to get you from where you are, to where you want to be. Then you get paralyzed by the fact that you don’t know where to begin. So you don't bother trying, or you lose the persistence to keep going.
Chunking works because it shifts your focus from that larger goal, into smaller chunks that are easier for your brain to comprehend. If your goal is to follow a 12-week exercise plan, it can be overwhelming when you’re tired on day 4 and thinking about the fact that you have 80 more days of this.
But if you shift your focus to simply accomplishing the workout plan today, you are far less likely to become overwhelmed. Then, before you know it, 20, 40, 60 days have passed and you are more confident than ever that we can make it to the end.


CONCLUSION :-
Excellence is a habit. It is a lot of small things done well, day-after-day. Starting any one of the habits listed above has been proven to give you incredible willpower over time. But you must be consistent.
It will be far more beneficial for you to begin just 1 of these daily willpower habits and do it consistently, than to do all 10 for a short period of time. So select just 1 habit to add to your life and stick to it. After it has truly become a habit, move on to the next one. Over time, you will see incredible benefits to your willpower!

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.”

CONSUMER BUYING BEHAVIOUR - AIR CONDITIONER MARKET IN INDIA

CONSUMER BUYING BEHAVIOR - AIR CONDITIONER MARKET IN INDIA :-

The success of a product in India is not predictable as it is very difficult for market researcher to understand the buying behavior of a consumer in India as their purchase decision is entirely different form needs stated. For past few years due to country’s economic growth and increasing PPP( purchasing power parity) households form middle and lower middle segment of SEC (socio-economic category) are able to afford consumer durables like air conditioner.

Air conditioner was once considered as a mark of luxury and only upper socio-economic category household were able to afford it. According a Euro-monitor article disposable income of Indian households are increasing but the air-conditioning industry is increasing at even higher rate. According to All India Air conditioning & Refrigeration Association (AIACRA) CAGR of air conditioning system is 15-20% which is highest among all the countries.

CONSUMER BUYING BEHAVIOR FOR AC

Penetration rate of ACs are very poor in Indian household which is less that 4%. Main reasons behind low penetration rate are low income and load-shading in smaller cities and rural areas. ACs have reached very small numbers of households in small cities and towns on the other side rural market is totally untapped and it would take quite a time to penetrate in rural market.

Buying Behavior Of AC In India :-

Due to increasing purchasing power parity, favorable weather conditions, growing Indian economy, me-too attitude of Indian consumers and other factors air conditioning is strengthening its foothold in Indian market. Buyer make an informed decision as product like ACs are very high involvement product. To understand the buying behavior of ACs in India lets understand the needs, usage, benefits and motivation behind purchasing this product.

Needs of AC in India:-

Changing lifestyle: As Indian population is moving towards service sector from manufacturing and agriculture sector, their lifestyle have changed over this transition period. Middle class population and above are getting habituated of comfortable life and products like ACs fit right in place in these situation.

Social Status: For Indian consumers it is really important to keep up to the society. If one household buys some product it triggers a chain reaction of purchase in the society to prove their capability to own a similar product.

Fresh air and lesser noise: ACs refines the air before emitting air which keeps a room fresh and cool. On the other hand one need not open the doors and windows for fresh air which reduces noise level in the room. Which gives a feeling of sanity in chaotic life of overcrowded cities.

Hot and humid climate: Average temperature of India has been increasing over years which demands a mode to keep the heat down. Households which can’t afford ACs they use air cooler to keep the temperature down.

Usage of AC in India:-

Major customers of air conditioner are commercial sectors. Almost all the offices, malls, big and medium sized shops or market places are equipped with ACs. Apart from these commercial sector many household have also started consuming ACs. ACs in India are mainly used in the summer when heat and humidity is at its peak. Most of the Indian households are cost driven. So, unless air conditions are indeed required most of the household refrain from using it in order to save electricity bills.

Penetration of ACs in Indian household in less than 4% which is very low numbers. This number is higher in metro or tier 1 cities. Rural market is still untouched.

Benefits from Using ACs:-

Middle class in India consists major chunk of population. And this SEC category is highly driven on cost. Though disposable income of these households are increasing these households take every possible measure to cut down the cost of running the household.

Jain et al. have showed in his research that energy labeling have very less impact on buying behavior of consumers. Initial price and other social benefit outweighs the benefits derived from ACs consuming lesser power. Social benefits: Me-too behavior and reputation in society yields major benefits for middle class families. Clean and clear air: ACs help in keeping air clean in the house which reduces the chances of getting breathing diseases. Unaffected by weather and heat: This is the final benefit derived from using this product.

Inspiring Story Of Acceptance

Power of Acceptance :-

My maid works in another house where another maid is also working. This maid washes the vessels in their house. She washes vessels in 3 other houses. Her husband is a driver in some call center. He does not have a fixed schedule to work. He comes home at different times. He calls her when she is working in some house. He expects her to be at home within few minutes as soon as he calls. She has to make hot food for him. The madam in those houses are scolding this maid for leaving the vessels in half and running to her house. If she does not go to the house on time, her husband is beating her. On top, her husband bought a two wheeler and asked her to pay the installments, as she is working. Now, she is struck, she could not quit the job and could not manage both. She was telling this to my maid. My maid suggested acceptance. She said, this is your situation. This is reality. Accept it. When he calls, why are you getting tensed? Just leave the vessels and tell the madam confidently that I have to leave. But I will come back and do the vessels for you for sure. At home, chop the vegetables in advance etc. Cook fresh and give. If this madam shouts after you leave, I will do the vessels for you. Don’t worry.

Inspiring Story Of Acceptance

She felt nice and did the same thing. In two months time, the madam accepted her. In fact, one day the madam’s husband and son said, change this maid, she is most of the days leaving the vessel in half and going. The madam said, but she comes back and does. Her husband is beating her. That is why. She will come back and do. On the husband front, she said, it is two months since she has taken the beating. He suddenly told her, you don’t have to pay the installments of the two wheeler and I will pay. She feels very nice and she is asking my maid, tell me more about the gyan and teach me meditation, I will meditate.

Important Note :- She didn't fight with the madam. She didn't ask her husband to cook or help her in cooking or why can’t he cook and eat on his own or why can’t he eat precooked food and she is also working, is she not equal, why can't the husbands share the household work? only acceptance. In situations where there is no choice, acceptance is the solution. Acceptance brings equality and freedom.

Importance Of Education

Importance of Education:-

Education is very important for our lives. Without education people wouldn't have their high-developed machine and would believe that the Earth is a planet around that all another planets are moving. Why people want to have their high education? As for me I have my reasons why I want to get high education. 

First reason I want to get high education is for career purpose. From the early age parents very often tell to their children that education is very important to find a good job. And this is true because if you want to be a doctor or a lower, or an engineer you must have an education. Among my friends in Russia when I was asking them why they wanted to get their high education very often they were telling me that it is necessary to get a good job and to make a good career. I agree with them because I think that it is easier to begin my career not from nothing, but with the experience and all education that I would gain in the University. 

Importance Of Education

Another reason why I want to get high education is because all members in my family have already received their high education. My father has finished the Institute of Technology, and my mother has finished Medical Institute. All my life I was listening from them that it is very important to get high education. When I was trying to pass my exams for the University in Russia my family was very nervous. It looked like that it wasn't me who wanted to get to the university, but the whole family were trying with me to pass all exams. I think that family’s support in getting education is very important. At least it was so for me.

Also I want to get my high education because I enjoy studying. All my life I thought that it is very important to be independent and I was trying to be independent since I was a child. I didn't like to ask my parents to help me with my homework and I was sitting with my homework sometimes till late night but I did myself understand that all must be dependent from yourself and not from someone else. I loved to study and in a high school was an excellent student.

Is It Okay For Students To Listen The music while studying?

Music is said to have positive effect on the mind, and listening to the right kind of music can also improve studying and learning. Listening to music can give a better frame of mind to learn. Music has a profound effect on us, it can alter everything from mood to heart rate. Music can energize us or even depress us. Moderate or medium levels of awakening is apt for studying. Music can be an effective tool that leads students to levels concentration which is neither too agitated nor too relaxed.

Students Should Not Listen The music while studying

According to research, multitasking tends to result in a slight drop of IQ. This would seem that listening to music while studying is a bad idea. Although, it does not necessarily be the same always, there are a few factors which it depends on.

1. Listening to calming music while you are agitated will absolutely have positive effects.
2. Music has the ability to bring-in a better mood which in turn increases the IQ.
3. If music helps to sustain your attention, it is better not to deprive yourself of it, but choose your music carefully.
4. Choosing music that you like and are familiar with is best, it will be less distracting.
5. Too loud music can be distracting and pull your attention away.
6. Music makes a perfect antidote for those who feel studying is a painful chore. Generally, instrumental music is always the best way to go.

There has also been contradicting results, where music was found to be distracting for some students. Research also says that background music affects students' ability to remember items in a specific order. Everything depends on the individual, some students can study effectively with music while others are distracted to any external stimulus. It also depends on the type of music played. Research also tells that listening to classical music provides short-term enhancement of mental tasks which includes memorization. So is it okay to listen to music while you study or do homework? It depends! Those who excel in multitasking can by all means continue to study while there is music playing. Otherwise, a quiet place with no distraction is best chosen.

You Can't Win Alone:- 5 Tips On Building A Stellar Team

Achieving success in business requires the support of mentors, cheerleaders, coaches and partners. Professionals may hit a few targets with a selfish “I’ve-got-this-myself” approach, but it’s only likely to occur in lucky spurts. A lifetime of victories, however, is rooted in the inspirational backing of a team. To find yourself with dependable backers, you must be willing to return the favor, remain humble and share your success. Here are five quick tips to keep in mind as you look to build a winning team. These are as follows:-

5 Tips On Building A Stellar Team

1. Treat people right:-

You learned it in kindergarten -- treat others how you want to be treated. When you go out of your way to help others, you can usually expect the same in return. Not to mention it feels great knowing you’ve contributed to someone else’s success.

2. Shun arrogance:-

Arrogance is unattractive no matter what your achievements. If you present yourself as though you’re already the best, how could anyone, including your supporters, ever help you? A humble professional, however, never lacks support, new opportunities and promising chances.

3. Have a motive greater than yourself:-

If you treat others with respect and avoid the pitfalls of arrogance, you will likely gain support -- but why stop there? If your motivation isn’t simply personal gain but achieving success for a larger, greater good, support can grow into fanaticism. In this beautiful way, fans will rally for the larger purpose, inspiring and uplifting all involved.

4. Give credit where credit is due:-

If you surround yourself with the right people, they’ll take pleasure in helping you. In return, show your appreciation by helping others. Thank employees, staff and colleagues publicly, privately and often for their important contributions.

5. Collaborate:-

A great team beats a great individual any day. When you surround yourself with other like-minded folks with a winning mind set, you benefit from fresh ideas, profound insight and good energy.

How to Choose a Business School

One of the most common dilemma faced by almost by every Business School aspirants is how to choose a Business school if they do not make it to IIMs. Yes it is certainly extremely crucial and also a turning point in one's future career path. Hence one should consider all important parameters before selecting a Business School.

How to Choose a Business School

I would like to list down some of the most critical parameters.

1. First and foremost, the teaching quality (both content and methodology and ultimately their blending and integration towards the industry).
2. Global exposure. Today the entire corporate world dynamics is on global platform , hence the students must have the global perspective embedded in their learning process.
3. Internship. (Quality internship is another critical parameter as this is the only platform during the education tenure one get to learn on the real world scenario.
4. Final point of the student life cycle i.e. quality Placements (This is where the real ROI is measured).

The Paradox is every business school claims to have all the above mentioned ingredients and the practical difficulty is to separate between the Men vs.boys. My advice would be to really visit /talk to the credible people in the preferred institute and really validate the facts. Though it is not a full proof system however it certainly works as filter. You can also see their Digital space presents and back and forth comments etc. would be another round of filter.