Asian Pegionwings (Aparajita) - Beautiful Flower !!

 Asian Pegionwings, we mostly call it as 'Aparajita' flower. In India, this flower is widely popular as one of the holi flower and is used in many puja's. 

The shape of this flower is imagined to be the human female genitals, hence the latin name of the flower is called as 'Clitoria Tarnetae'.  

The beautiful purple flower, tiny shaped upto 4 centimeters (approx) length, bloomed in the greener plant. Some species are white colour as well. It is believed to be a very useful herb (flower) in ayurveda. 

It has the medicinal properties such as fever, gastritis, nausea, vomiting, bleeding, skin problem, throat problem, and many more..

The above pictures of Aparajita Flowers are from my own home garden...... 

A Peaceful Mind makes Better Decisions !!

 At times we all had to take many decisions, even today we do take multiple decisions depending on our situations, however not all the times decisions turned out to be correct. It happens due to our state of mind. 

There is a saying that you should not take the decision when in angriness or when you are very happy. In this context I remember a lovely story which depicts a powerful decision making skill through a calm mind.

The story goes in this way....

Once a farmer lost his precious watch while working in his barn. It may have appeared as an ordinary watch to others, but held a deep sentimental value for it.

After searching high and low among the hay for a long time, the old farmer got exhausted. The tired farmer did not want to give up the search for his watch and requested a group of children playing outside the barn to help. He promised an attractive reward for the person who can find his beloved watch.

After hearing about the reward, the children hurried inside the barn and went through and round the entire stack of hay to find the watch. 

After a long time looking for a watch in the hay, some of the children got tired and gave up. The number of children looking for the watch slowly decreased and only few tired children were left. The farmer gave up all his hope to find the watch and called off the search.

Just when the farmer was closing the door, a little boy came up to him and requested the farmer to give him another chance. The farmer did not want to miss any chance of finding the watch so let the little boy in the barn.

The farmer was delighted to get the watch and rewarded the little boy as promised.

After a w little while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand. The farmer was happily surprised and asked how the boy succeeded to get the watch while everyone including him  had failed.

The boy replied “I just sat there tried listening to the ticking of the watch. In silence, it was much easier to listen to it and direct the search in the direction of the sound.”

➥ Moral of the story :

A peaceful mind can think better than a worked up mind. Once in a while allow a few minutes of silence to your mind. Sometimes all you need is to do is relax and listen. 

You will be surprised that you can visualize your decisions and can judge it better way. 

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Clean up your mind before judging others | A Nice Story

Today I was having a chat with my old friend after almost a year and we were discussing about the current ongoing situation and it's impact on all of us, merely how we are spending our lives at present. The conversation was very casual, suddenly I felt that my friend became too complaining. He started blaming one of our common friend with some incidents. However, I know our common friend very well and atleast he is not up to the character which was being described to me. I kept quiet and ignored my friend's disguises. 

After dropping the call, I was thinking about the conversation. Like my this friend there are many in this world who doesn't take ownership to understand the other side facts.

I remembered a very meaningful story relevant to our conversation. Though to share with you all.

The story is about 'DIRTY LAUNDRY - Clean up your mind before judging others'. Here it goes...

A young couple moves into a new neighborhood state. One morning, while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbor hang the washed cloth outside.

"That laundry is not very clean", she said, "she doesn't know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap."

Her husband looked on, but remained silent. Every time her neighbor would hang her wash to dry, the young woman would make the same comments.

About one month later, the woman was surprised to see a nice clean wash on the line and said to her husband, "Look! She has learned how to wash correctly. I wonder who taught her this."

The husband said: "I got up early today morning and cleaned our windows!"

➥ Moral of the story: 

What we see when watching others depends on the purity of the window through which we look. Before we give any criticism, it might be a good idea to check our state of mind and ask ourselves if we are ready to see the good rather than to be looking for something in the person we are about to judge.

Think of it !! In our leadership role manier times we just assume and take decision about others without realizing the actual fact about the circumstances; and it turns out to be wrong in most cases. Some times we repent, sometimes we don't. Sometimes we ignore ad move on by considering this as our part of life. But did you even think what happens to the person on whom you have powered with your dictatorship decision.

Just think of it once again !!

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A Successful Professional with Learning Attitude | Deepak Kumar Dhal

"The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor." And we call the person as "Professional". 

We are either leaders now, or we work under a management team in our current positions. Regardless of the circumstances, I am here today to talk about a professional who undoubtedly has created a great impression through his professionalism.

I met many individual and have interacted with them in various capacity through out my professional journey till date, many have created unforgettable memories in my life. One among such individual is DEEPAK KUMAR DHAL. 

He has an incredible personality with extremely high energy and dedicated at work all the time. I happened to meet him on 14th August 2018 for the first time at the poolside restaurant of Novotel Hyderabad Convention Centre, eventually it was the hotel I was about to begin my another career stint from the very date. Thereafter we had multiple occasions to get to know each other and had training interventions in line with operational requirements. And we become very well-known and helpful to each other.

Easily approachable, detail oriented, innovative thinking, business agile mentality are few of his key attributes which I can keep listing. A true professional with 'thinking from heart' is an amazing quality Deepak always cherishes. Living by the essence of hospitality industry where it is absolute necessary to connect with others from heart, as we are into people service industry, Deepak is a true example to cite. 

Remembering a moment at work, where he was setting up his pool-side restaurant for dinner and I was on my audit rounds, I noticed his 'attention to details' to a special request by a couple-guest and sensed his assurance to the team for smooth functioning. The guest pre-booked to experience a 'special couple evening' to treat his fiancée. Team Food and Beverage was on their toes, all arrangement were set as expected. However, as a special gesture Deepak went beyond his limitation to personally procure special valentine gift for the couple to create 'WOW' factor. The guests were extremely delighted with the gesture and the services rendered, and also had taken their excitement to the social media (trip advisor) as well, narrating the experience (Refer the feedback links below).

Well ! I asked him, 'Why did you do such gesture by going beyond your professional capacity, although it was really amazing?' He explained calmly how he received the guest's dinner-booking over telephone and how the guest (male) was expecting the evening to be special in order to impress his fiancée. And the rest was history !!

Deepak's bonding with the guests through 'warm smile' and 'caring attitude' brought him the array of successes both personally and professionally, during his tenure at Novotel Hyderabad Convention Centre; which were evident in the guest's feedback in social media platforms. The best part in him is 'Never Say No' attitude and how confidently he handles all the assignments and challenges which come on his way. 

One of his best creation to increase the F&B revenues was 'theme based poolside couple dinner', which brought him success in revenue growth for the outlet he handled, also accounted for greater customer satisfaction. 

Guests showered with the incredible feedbacks in online platforms (e.g. Trip advisor) as the reflection of his sustainable performance. To list a few.....

                                                                                                        Perfect place for a tranquil Candle Light Dinner

Great Stay and Services                                       Exemplary Hospitality 

 

                                                                                                                             A memorable stay                    

    

 

                                              Birthday Surprise                                                      Candlelight Dinner

            

 

                            Candle Light Dinner                                                Private Rooftop Candlelight diner

 

                          Rooftop Candlelight Dinner                                           Best Moment of my life

Memorable Moments                             Evening in La Cantina

    

                            Anniversary Celebration                                                    Fast & Fabulous                               

On an informal moment at work I asked him once, what motivates him so much with high energy and focused in business agile attitude? He had a very simple reply, "Sir, I hail from a simple middle class family. With God's grace, I gained the qualities from my parents, we value each other, respect each other's sentiments. I have learnt to excel through constant performance in all circumstances from many leaders. I am still putting my best to be on the game. I feel happy to experience the success after putting my best efforts into action".  I acknowledged his words coming straight from his heart and realized how genuinely he was expressing his thoughts. 

He is climbing the career ladder. Being a growing leader, Deepak has mastered his training skills too. I remember his trainer certification during 'Train The Trainer' workshop, he was on top of his ability to perform with his seasoned experiences. His contribution to train his team members are noteworthy in terms of man-hours he invested in training. Being a trainer he has another great quality, listening which makes him to understand his guests very well. 

His passion at work brought him success in form of several awards and accolades, out of which the most recent was - being awarded as 'The Best Hospitality Professional 2019' by The International Hospitality Council (IHC). He was also being recognized as the 'Spirit of Conquest Person of the Year' by Accor.

His recent assignment is being 'HOD - F&B Service' at Novotel Lucknow, where with his own skills and traits he turned around the business to GOP even in this pandemic situation when many hotels are badly struggling for the revenue. Being a first timer 'Department Head' he is more excited about the challenges he is handling. He feels that to shine in this industry there is lot more skills to master. 

Very rarely I can find such talented individual who inspire others with his capability and commitment. I remember a great line, 

'A dream does not become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.' 

Deepak is a true example of it. Dedicated, Energetic, Efficient, Passionate, Active and Knowledgeable professional.

He has always been a great asset for the company he works for. I am certain that he will shine always like a  STAR.