Dr. Shan on Living Life Easy

THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU ARE IN A BORING MEETING We all attend meetings every day at work. Although, the top management and the workforce knows that meetings are a ‘time killer’, we still have to go on meeting and kill our valuable time at work. So whenever you go to a meeting that you feel boring, you need to ‘look positive’ and still work on your daily targets.     Thinking of Helping your Own Work If you think that you have answered enough questions from the presenter and feel that the Chair will not look at you anymore (being cheeky   ...), think of how you can improve your present working processes.   Jot them down and keep them to discuss with your subordinates after this boring meeting.   You may find a good solution to one of your long outstanding problems. Respond to your Mail. If the meeting is to be long and boring you can plan to take your Laptop, Pad or even a Smart Phone (keep it silent  J ) and respond to the emails. For the lengthy...

You create your life everyday with your actions, thoughts and desires. Life is not always living to a target.   Although, you have to have Vision, Mission and Objectives, you also have to stop and think. Create space to your own life whilst helping others. End of the day ‘living life to the fullest ‘is up to you.

Sri Lankan Disaster Management “Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is a disaster.” –Elon Musk Introduction Sri Lanka has faced number of major natural and manmade disasters from the prehistoric era. One of the most famous stories was that of Queen ‘Viharamahadevi’. Who was sacrificed to the sea during a Tsunami that occur around 205 B.C.   Similarly, during the 500 years of    foreign rule the island nation has suffered many other manmade and naturel disasters. The details of some of these can be seen in the history books of Sri Lanka. Albeit, the ‘boxing day tsunami’ that occurred on the 26 th December 2004 is the most recently known disaster in the history of Sri Lanka. This disaster severely affected the economic and social structure of the country, devastating the entire coastal belt of the island. It took only 15 minutes to kill more than 30,000 people and to injure more than 15,000. Another 800,000 we...