Excellence with G.O.P.T.A.© Series: Part 104 (Strategies to overcome procrastination when the task appears so overwhelming)

By: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Sr. Associate Editor, ICN Group (In the past article, we know about ‘Procrastination’. Today, we will know about the strategy to overcome procrastination when the task appears so overwhelming.) Strategies to overcome procrastination when the task appears so overwhelming   Sometimes, even if the task is not unpleasant but the size of the project and estimated time required for completion of the project seems overwhelming that you could not decide, when to start; from where to start; and how to start. You doubt whether you have the…

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Schizophrenia: Needs Treatment, Not Despise

By: Prof.(Dr.) M Aleem Siddiqui, MD, DPM, Direct Council Member Indian Psychiatric  Society & Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe mental disorder that affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves. People with schizophrenia may seem like they have lost touch with reality. Although schizophrenia is not as common as other mental disorders, the symptoms can be very disabling.Have you ever wondered how it would be like if you strongly believed that: 1. Your colleague was conspiring against you and he has put on cameras in the office…

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Blog 2: 11 Myths About Choosing A Career

By: Rachna Mimani, Associate Editor-ICN  KOLKATA: So your exam score card looks promising and you’re on the crossroads of life, weighing in each stream to pick the career meant for you. Keep your calm and walk yourselves through the following 11 myths of career selection to keep preconceived notions and failure at bay.  1.Family or peers should pick a career for you While they might have known you for long enough, you know your skills and weaknesses far better. Be brutally honest about your capabilities and narrow down a list…

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Excellence with G.O.P.T.A.© Series: Part 103 (Strategies to overcome procrastination)

By: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Sr. Associate Editor, ICN Group (In the past article, we know about factors behind ‘Procrastination’. From today onwards, we will know about the strategies to overcome procrastination.)   Strategies to overcome procrastination   NOIDA: You have to understand in clear terms that procrastination is a choice in pursuit of always finding easy ways and your tendency to procrastinate difficult or unpleasant tasks for a later date is heavily detrimental to your progress towards achieving your goals. Following strategies may help you overcome tendency to postpone taking up the…

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Excellence with G.O.P.T.A.© Series: Part 102 (Factors behind procrastination)

By: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Sr. Associate Editor, ICN Group (In the past article, we know about ‘Procrastination’. Today, we will know about the factors behind procrastination.)   Factors behind procrastination   NOIDA: I used to write a to-do list every weekend with good intentions to follow for full week, but alas! By Tuesday or latest by Wednesday, my to-do list used to be shattered, until I started understanding the mechanics behind procrastination. I started to search for the reasons, why people procrastinate and why I used to procrastinate. I found that most…

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Parents, Please Listen!

By: Dr. Natasha Dua, Sr. Sub Editor-ICN  LUCKNOW: “Hey, do your parents understand you?”, asked the 12 year old girl, with a gleam of curiosity and a stroke of grief in her shivering voice. Her tone vividly portrayed her desire to be understood by her parents, who like all other parents belonged to another generation, but like some other parents chose to be extremely stringent in their thoughts, believing that they are always right, preferring to be listened to, without letting their dear children express their feelings, opinions and attitude. Do…

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Do Not Lose The Rope Of The Hope: Part 3

By: Mohammad Salim Khan, Sub Editor-ICN SAHASWAN/BUDAUN: Control your sugar level with natural herbs. Now a days diabetes is such disease which is spreading by leaps and bounds(rapidly) not only in India but also abroad. Unbalanced diet,without schedule diet, and comfortable life style without physical labour invite many diseases.Fox nuts (Tal-Makhana)–It is found that Tal Makhana is also very effective to control our sugar level.The process to take it, is that get ten Tal Makhana a small heat on griddle(Tawa) and take it daily in your breakfast.It will too maintain the sugar…

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Do Not Lose The Rope Of The Hope: Part 2

By: Mohammad Salim Khan, Sub Editor-ICN SAHASWAN/BUDAUN: As we all know that the life is mortal and we have to migrate from this mortal world. (Kullu nafsin zayqatul maut )every soul has to be tasted the flavour of death.Either we fall sick or not,demise will swallow everyone,either healthy or unhealthy,rich or poor,old or young nobody can escape himself to be a loaf of the death.Except the creator of this whole universe nobody would survive himself,(ALLAH-hu-Baqi min kulli Fani). Every body has to be destroyed except Almighty ALLAH or we call HIM ISHWAR…

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Do Not Lose The Rope Of The Hope: Part 1

By: Mohammad Salim Khan, Sub Editor-ICN Disappointment is just like a curse so give it up. SAHASWAN/BUDAUN: Control your sugar level with natural herbs. Now a days diabetes is such disease which is spreading by leaps and bounds(rapidly) not only in India but also abroad.Unbalanced diet,without schedule diet, and comfortable life style without physical labour invite many diseases. Diabetes is one of them.It has been the nature of ourselves to go to the bed late at night and to rise late after sunrise.We don’t drink water according to its proper schedule. early…

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Biofertilizers– Need Of Todays For Sustainable Agriculture

By: Dr.Ripudaman Singh, Associate Editor-ICN  NEW DELHI: According to an estimate 240 million tonnes of food grains will be required to feed about 1.2 billion population in India and to achieve this milestone, a sizable quantity of mineral fertilizers will be required. India is fourth largest user of chemical fertilizers (12.5 million tonnes of NPK nutrients) in the world. Its soils are still being depleted of their inherent nutrients reserve as a result of wide gap between addition and removal. One tone of produce removes an average of 32kg nitrogen,…

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