Showing posts with label help. Show all posts
Showing posts with label help. Show all posts

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Effective Ways To Get Out of a Negative Mindset

sunsetIt is too easy to get into a negative mindset which invariably leads to unhappiness and depression. To avoid being overwhelmed by negativity we need to make a conscious effort to avoid the experience. When life seems like a perpetual dark tunnel these are some suggestions to change your outlook on life.

Don’t Cherish Destructive Thoughts.

Often we don’t realise how much we subconsciously cherish negative thoughts. It may seem counter intuitive, but often a negative frame of mind occurs because we won’t let go of the negative thoughts and ideas. Sometimes the mind clings on to these thoughts with a feeling of self pity or injured pride. We don’t like the negative frame of mind, but at the same time are we consciously trying to overcome it? The problem is that if the negative thoughts go round and round in our mind they can become powerful and we lose a sense of perspective. Just make a conscious decision to ignore the negative flow of thoughts and sentiments and be persistent in these attempts.

Do You want to be Happy or Miserable?

We should feel a negative mindset is a choice. If we feel a victim to our own emotions and thoughts, nobody else will be able to help us. We should feel that by holding on to a negative frame of mind, we are inevitably choosing to be unhappy; each negative is a conscious decision to be miserable. If we really value the importance of our own inner peace and happiness, we will aspire to cultivate this through good, uplifting thoughts. Next time you feel the onset of a depressed state of mind, just ask yourself the question: Do I want to be happy or Miserable?

Spend Time With Positive People

The best antidote to negativity is simply to spend time doing positive, uplifting activities. Sometimes if we analyse and examine our own negativity it does nothing to reduce it. By engaging in useful fun activities, we forget about the reasons for our negativity; this is often the most powerful way to overcome a depressed state of mind.

Don’t Accept Negativity from Other People

We live in a world where there are no shortage of pessimists, critics and doomongers. There will always be people who can find the negative in life; but, there is no reason why we have to ascribe to their world view. For example, often in an office environment there is a negative attitude to the workplace, but, even if there are faults and limitations we don’t have to allow them to make us a negative person.

Let Go of Thoughts

If you can learn to control your thoughts, you can control the experience and emotions of life. The best antidote to negativity is learning the art of meditation. Meditation is more than just relaxation; it is a change in consciousness. We move from the limited perspective of our mind and discover an inner source of happiness.

Live in the Heart

The nature of the mind is to be suspicious and critical. If someone does 99 good things and 1 bad thing, the mind will invariably remember the bad thing. If we allow ourselves to be drawn into highlighting the mistakes of others we will invite a negative mindset. However, if we live in the heart we are not drawn to the faults of others (even if they are insignificant). It is in the heart that we can have a true sense of oneness with others, their faults seem insignificance and we can feel a sense of identity with the achievements of others.

Don’t Sit Around Doing Nothing

The worst thing for a negative frame of mind is to mope around feeling sorry for ourselves. Ruminating on our bad luck / worries / fears will not diminish them in any way. Exercise can be a powerful way to bring about a new consciousness. Negativity is often associated with boredom and lack of purpose. Stop endlessly checking emails and surfing web, look for something good to do.

Force Yourself to Think of 3 Positive Thoughts.

If you are feeling really miserable and have a low sense of self esteem, try thinking of 3 good things that you have done. At time our own mind can be our worst enemy and very self critical. It is important not to lose a sense of balance; for the various bad things we have done, we have also done some good things.

Don’t Think Anything You Wouldn’t Say in Front of People

We often think things we would never say in front of people. If you are annoyed, disappointed with someone else, imagine what you would say to them in person. Sometimes when we are with people we are forced to behave; even if we are not particularly sincere the effort to avoid negativity can help us to overcome our bad mood.

Gmail Shortcuts

Shortcut Key Definition Action
c Compose Allows you to compose a new message. + c allows you to compose a message in a new window.
/ Search Puts your cursor in the search box.
k Move to newer conversation Opens or moves your cursor to a more recent conversation. You can hit to expand a conversation.
j Move to older conversation Opens or moves your cursor to the next oldest conversation. You can hit to expand a conversation.
n Next message Moves your cursor to the next message. You can hit to expand or collapse a message. (Only applicable in 'Conversation View.')
p Previous message Moves your cursor to the previous message. You can hit to expand or collapse a message. (Only applicable in 'Conversation View.')
o or Open Opens your conversation. Also expands or collapses a message if you are in 'Conversation View.'
u Return to conversation list Refreshes your page and returns you to the inbox, or list of conversations.
e Archive Archive your conversation from any view.
m Mute Archives the conversation, and all future messages skip the Inbox unless sent or cc'd directly to you. Learn more.
x Select conversation Automatically checks and selects a conversation so that you can archive, apply a label, or choose an action from the drop-down menu to apply to that conversation.
s Star a message or conversation Adds or removes a star to a message or conversation. Stars allow you to give a message or conversation a special status.
! Report spam Marks a message as spam and removes it from your conversation list.
r Reply Reply to the message sender. + r allows you to reply to a message in a new window. (Only applicable in 'Conversation View.')
a Reply all Reply to all message recipients. +a allows you to reply to all message recipients in a new window. (Only applicable in 'Conversation View.')
f Forward Forward a message. + f allows you to forward a message in a new window. (Only applicable in 'Conversation View.')

Escape from input field Removes the cursor from your current input field.

+ s

Save draft

Holding the key while pressing s when composing a message will save the current text as a draft. Make sure your cursor is in one of the text fields -- either the composition pane, or any of the To, CC, BCC, or Subject fields -- when using this shortcut.

#

Delete

Moves the conversation to Trash.

+ i Mark as read Mark your message as 'read' and skip to the next message.
+ u Mark as unread Mark your message as 'unread' so you can go back to it later.
[ Archive and previous Archive your conversation and move to the previous one.
] Archive and next Archive your conversation and move to the next one.
z Undo Undo your previous action if possible (for actions with an 'undo' link).
+ n Update current conversation Update your current conversation when there are new messages.
q Move cursor to chat search Move your cursor directly to the chat search box.
y Remove from Current View*
Automatically removes the message or conversation from your current view.
  • From 'Inbox,' 'y' means Archive
  • From 'Starred,' 'y' means Unstar
  • From 'Trash,' 'y' means Move to inbox
  • From any label, 'y' means Remove the label
* 'y' has no effect if you're in 'Spam,' 'Sent,' or 'All Mail.'
. Show more actions Displays the 'More Actions' drop-down menu.
? Show keyboard shortcuts help Displays the keyboard shortcuts help menu within any page you're on.
Combo-keys - Use the following combinations of keys to navigate through Gmail.
Shortcut Key Definition Action
then Send message After composing your message, use this combination to send it automatically. (Supported in Internet Explorer and Firefox, on Windows.)
y then o Archive and next Archive your conversation and move to the next one.
g then a Go to 'All Mail' Takes you to 'All Mail,' the storage site for all mail you've ever sent or received (and have not deleted).
g then s Go to 'Starred' Takes you to all conversations you have starred.
g then c Go to 'Contacts' Takes you to your Contacts list.
g then d Go to 'Drafts' Takes you to all drafts you have saved.
g then i Go to 'Inbox' Returns you to the inbox.
g then t Go to 'Sent Mail' Takes you to all mail you've sent.
* then a Select all Selects all mail.
* then n Select none Deselects all mail.
* then r Select read Selects all mail you've read.
* then u Select unread Selects all unread mail.
* then s Select starred Selects all starred mail.
* then t Select unstarred Selects all unstarred mail.

Customer Care Numbers

I find that lot of people search for customer care numbers of various Indian banks and services. So, here is a small list. Hope this would be useful for all. Will try to keep this updated. If you find that any of these numbers don’t work, or have a alternate number, please leave a comment.

  • ICICI Bank Customer Care Number
    • Bangalore - 4113 1877
    • Karnataka - 98455 78000
    • For other cities, click here. Phone Banking workflow click here.
  • Citibank Customer Care Number
    • All Citibank customers - Bangalore - 2227 2484. For other cities, click here
    • Citibank Suvidha account holders - Bangalore - 2227 2265. For other cities, click here
    • CitiBusiness Customers - Bangalore - 2229 4653. For other cities, click here
    • Citibank Credit Card - Bangalore - 2227 2484. For other cities, click here
    • Priority service to CitiGold Customers, Diners Club Members & Citibank Gold Card members - Bangalore - 2229- 4653. For other cities, click here
  • HSBC Customer Care Number
    • Banking related - Bangalore - 2558 9595
    • Credit card related - Bangalore - 2558 9696
    • For other cities, click here
  • HDFC Customer Care Number
    • Debit card related - 9945863333
    • Banking related - Bangalore - 5500 3333. For other cities, click here
    • Credit card related - Bangalore - 6622 4332. For other cities, click here
  • ABN AMRO Customer Care number
    • Bangalore - 4124 5555
  • SBI Credit Card Customer Care Number
    • Karnataka - Bangalore - 98441 05454 (people are reporting that this number does not work. If you know a number that works, please let me know!)
    • All India Toll Free - 1600 180 1290 (works only on BSNL and MTNL Line)
    • Try : 1800 180 1290 too. May work!!!
    • Other lines : 39 02 02 02
  • UTI Bank Customer Care Numbers
    • Bangalore (M G Road) - 2537 0615
    • Bangalore - 2531 7830
    • Mumbai - 022 5598 7700
    • For other cities, click here
  • IDBI Bank Customer Care Number (Phone Banking)
    • Karnataka - Bangalore - 080 22297000
    • Mumbai - 022 66937000
    • Delhi - 011 23627000
    • Chennai - 044 28295550
    • For other cities, click here
  • Manhattan Credit Card Customer Care Number
    • Bangalore - 3030 1969. (this number seems to work in Mumbai too! Give it a try in your local city!)
  • Standard Chartered Credit Card Customer Care Number
    • Bangalore - 2558 8888 (updated). For other cities, click here
  • Deutsche Bank Customer Care Number
    • 6601 6601 (this number is available in Aurangabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Kolhapur, Kolkata and Mumbai. If dialing from Gurgaon / Noida please prefix 9511 before dialing.)
  • Airtel Customer Care
    • Dail 121 from your airtel mobile
    • Karnataka - 98450 98450 - For prepaid if you are calling from landline
    • Karnataka - 98450 12345 - For postpaid if you are calling from landline
  • Hutch Customer Care
    • Karnataka - Dial 111 from your Hutch phone or dial 98860 98860
  • BSNL Mobile Customer Care (Cellone & Excel)
    • Karnataka - Dial 94480 24365
    • For other cities, click here.
  • Reliance Mobile Customer Care
    • Call 3033 3333 Or dial *333 from your Reliance Mobile
    • For other numbers, click here.
  • Reliance Broadband Customer Care
    • Call 022 - 3033 7777 Or dial *377 on your Reliance phone
  • SpiceJet Customer Care
    • From BSNL/MTNL : 1800 180 3333
    • Others (GSM/CDMA): +91 98718 03333
  • LIC Policy Details (Life Insurance Corporation)
    • Call - 1251 or
    • New Delhi 011 - 2332 9595
    • Mumbai 022 -2612 5555
    • Kolkata 033 - 23341765, 23211893/94/95
    • Chennai 044 - 28602626/28602929
    • Hyderabad 040 - 2329 7455
    • Bangalore 080 - 2248 5210
    • Pune 020 - 2553 6161
    • Ahmedabad 079 - 2550 7777
  • Yahoo! India Customer Care
    • I am not sure if these numbers work, but give it a try & leave a comment!
    • Bangalore : (080) 39805078
    • Chennai : (044) 39119494
    • Yahoo! US “Customer Service”: 1-866-562-7219 (for yahoo.com)
    • Yahoo! Small Business/Store: 1-866-800-8092
    • Other US Yahoo! numbers to try
      • +1 866-850-4303
      • +1 866-562-7228
      • +1 408-349-1572
      • +1 408-349-3300
      • +1 408-329-5151
      • +1 800-318-0631
  • If you feel some service is missing and would be useful to list, drop a comment.

Friday, February 22, 2008

Do You Maintain Multiple Google Accounts ? Solve That Headache of Logging In and Out

Life can get complicated if you operate more than one Google Account and have associated different Google services with different accounts.

For instance I have two Google Accounts - one is associated with Google Analytics, AdSense and Blogger while my second Google Account is connected to Gmail, Google Docs, Calendar and Orkut.

Now that’s a problem because each time I open Google Docs or Gmail, I have to log out from Blogger or Google Analytics because they have separate login credentials. This is so tiring and unfortunately Google won’t let you to merge two separate Google accounts.

If you are also in a similar situation as me, there’s something you can do to reduce your login-logoff cycles:

google-blogger Blogger: The trick is to convert your blog into a team blog but you still remain the sole author.

Go to Settings -> Permissions and type the email address associated with your second Google Account. Thus you will be able to create or edit blog posts, modify blog templates, approve comments and do everything else using either of your Google accounts since both enjoy admin privileges.

Google Analytics: Like Blogger, Google Analytics also allows you to add new users with administration accounts.

Go to Access Manager inside Google Analytics and click the "+Add User" link - change the access type as "Account Administrator" and you will be able to manage Analytics reports from either Google Accounts.

google-calendar Google Calendar: Go to Settings -> Share this calendar. Add the email address of your second Google account here and set the permission as "Make changes & manage sharing" - You can then manage your Google Calendar from either account.

orkut icon Orkut - While it is not possible to add co-users in Orkut, you can try a different approach - make your main Orkut account a friend of the secondary account. So if you are logged into Orkut using your secondary Google account, you will still be able to view Scraps left by other friends.

gmail-iconGoogle Mail: Gmail offers a useful Mail Fetcher feature that automatically downloads email from one Gmail inbox into another.

You can set this mail fetcher for the Gmail address associated with your secondary Google Account and check emails even when you are not logged in into your primary Gmail Inbox.

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In case of Google AdSense, I have setup a couple of CSV reports that are delivered to my Inbox every morning so I do need not check my AdSense earnings manually.

Friday, September 29, 2006

Some tips while buying Computer from experience

Yaeh, i wanna share some things to you, which i learned from past few years which can help while buying a computer:
1) MotherBoard
2) RAM Type
3) Monitor
4) KeyBoard
5) CD-DVD Writer
6) Options to upgrade
7) Extra Graphics Card

post under progress!!