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| THE POWER OF MOTIVATION AND NEEDS |
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| Why do we eat, drink, strive to get ahead, seek approval, try new things and look for change? To answer these questions, we have to look at the psychology of motivation.
Motivation is a state within a person that leads to goal-directed behaviour. We may be motivated by our needs or by incentives.
Needs are defined as states of deprivation. When we have not eaten for a while, we begin to feel hunger or the need for food, which is the goal. Hunger and thirst are physiological needs. However, we may also show needs for achievement, affiliation and social approval. These learned needs show more variability than the physiological ones.
Incentives are objects, persons or situations perceived as capable of satisfying needs. Food, money, attention, approval can all act as incentives and influence our behaviour.
A drive is a condition of arousal within a person that is associated with a need or an incentive.
Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) believed that we all experience motives that direct us |
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| FEATURE 3 |
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| Spoonerism?s effects on Mannerism |
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| Though she drools over its ice creams and mocktails, my dear friend Abeli could never say Baskin Robbins. She ends up blurting Robinson Basket! Nor can she say Pollito?s. Here she says Poplins. She gives us a good laugh but her slips are not exclusive. Because someone else in my creative family never could address Ms Margaret Alva without ending up saying Alvaret Marga. And the dear husband would unfailingly say that he ?picked his fork with his pork?. It scared the breath out of our poor lungs for we thought it was a disease. But then, the breath was boot right pack into our lungs when we found that there were others too whose tongues played truant by belching out phrases like Farty was pun when what they had actually wished to say was Party was fun! Then someone told me about this History teacher who told one of his students, Why did you hiss my mystery lecture? The student took a while to decode it as Why did you miss my History lecture? And when the student gave vague reasons for b |
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| A woman of integrity: PADMAKUMARI GOHAIN |
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Sunilesh Borgohain, an advocate and the son of the three-time MLA of Moran, calls it daredevilry. He narrates with relish how a young man, who was a job aspirant, approached his mother for a character certificate and was denied it since he was a stranger to her. When he angrily cast aspersion on her integrity, saying that the refusal was dictated by his failure to give her bribe, the veteran Congress leader gave him a tight slap. The politician made her point. It was also enough to cool down the young man?s temper.
The same spunk was on display when Padmakumari Gohain saw her inability to speak English or Hindi as no reason not to interact with the first Prime Minister of independent India, Jawaharlal Nehru, during his visit to Dibrugarh after the Great Earthquake in 1950. Many attributed it to her blue blood but there was more to her than that.
GROWING UP IN A ROYAL HOME
Khukun, as she was called at home, was born on February 24 in 1913 at Shillong. Her father, Rajkumar Siddhesw |
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| VAASTU |
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| ORIGIN OF VAASTU AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS |
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| Vaastu, according to vedic words, means a suitable place for construction of a house. In Sanskrit, it literally means a place where people reside. It is applicable for houses, mansions and palaces, temples, townships and places where people work. The ancient townships of Mahenjodaro and Harappa were constructed as per vaastu.
The sages or Rishis used vaastu principles in their rituals. The altars, mandapas and places of fire worship or havan were made according to vaastu norms. In ?Upanishads?, there are numerous mentions of palaces, student homes, temples, cowsheds, ashrams etc being constructed as per vaastu.
DEVELOPMENT:-
Unlike other studies, there is no particular book or scripture dedicated entirely to vaastu. There are ancient books on yoga like Patanjali?s Yoga or nmedicine like ?Charak Samhita? but none on vaastu. But in almost all the ancient vedic books have mentioned about the use vaastu principles. The ancient times can be divided into vedic kaal,Purana kaal and Madhy |
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| SIGN LINE |
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| 'Birthday Forecast'
Moon vertical Sun on your solar return chart denotes a good year ahead. This also brings success and good fortune at work and opens new horizons for betterment and expansion. New beginnings are in store, whether this means a fresh start in existing relationships or new ones altogether. If you are not currently in a relationship, you are likely to be bold and to make the first move toward someone you are attracted to. An established business concern flourishes and partnership may expand into triangular collaborations. It's a great time to make improvements to your regular routine. You would convey your ideas more powerfully. You are quick to take the initiative and to put your thoughts into action. Adventuresome travel may be part of the picture. You may be more actively involved with young people.
Aries: (March 21 - April 20)
This week brings forth a powerful and energetic approach to resolve professional projects in hand. As you travel you will find that it bri |
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| LAST PAGES |
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| Some top romantic quotes |
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| Romantic quote 1: What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. ? Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you?ve been in love, you know that at times it can feel like nothing else in the world matters other than what happens to the two of you. This is a great line to use in a card to a loved one when the words just won?t come.
Romantic quote 2: Journeys end in lovers meeting. ? William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night (II, iii, 44)
This simple line is a great example of Shakespeare?s skill; he is able to sum up the sheer satisfaction and completeness we feel once we have found that special someone. Three cheers for Shakespeare!
Romantic quote 3: When you fall in love, it is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake, and then it subsides. And when it su |
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