What came to my mind!

Thank God

2009-10-13T09:34:00.002+03:30

I was looking around to thank God for what he has given me and I couldn't find the place. I just wanted to shout out loud that I am really thankful and don't know how to thank you God.

I also wish the best for every human being on this planet.

Zeytoon ...

2009-09-30T19:16:00.001+03:30

Zeytoon is definitely a boy. ;)

Aggresive Behavior

2009-09-29T19:26:00.005+03:30

Zeytoon is showing aggression toward Yashm biting her hands every now and then.

I try to stop him whenever I am around and send him an alert by tapping on his nose :). The only reaction I get is him looking at me saying: "You think I am going to stop!!!! No you fool". Then he continues chasing.

News: The turtle dock my aunt bought from Petco arrived two days ago. Can't wait to clean the tank and reconfigure it on Friday.

At least somebody is caring!

2009-09-28T18:28:00.003+03:30

I read this on Science Friday:

"Michael Musnick is a citizen scientist who studies wood turtles in the Great Swamp -- a stretch of wetland about 60 miles north of New York City. He found turtles dying in the railroad tracks and proposed a solution to New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority: tiny turtle bridges."

Thanks and god bless him.

Red Ear Slider

2009-09-02T00:11:00.005+04:30

I have created this weblog so long ago that I cannot remember when. Since then I haven't found a topic to write about.

Seven months ago on my birthday I was given the most amazing birthday gift ever by my brother. Two lovely water turtles.

Since then they have become a part of our life. Their are named Zeytoon (olive) and Yashm (jasper) by my mom according to their shell colors.

Learn From Your Experiences ...

2008-01-04T11:35:00.000+03:30

I think I will change the name of my blog from "What came to my mind" to "What have I learned from my experiences ...".

First Tip
Never hesitate to do anything when it is time to do so!

Second Tip
Don't make the same mistake twice. (Well I don't know why do I make some mistakes even more than twice)

Third Tip
Find out who reads your blog!!!

Fourth Tip
Don't take everything too serious and try to simplify things. Don't make everything seem huge and complicated in your mind! If so you can't face things when they came up.

Fifth Tip
Give everything as much time as they need. Investigating a lot of time on unimportant things make you loose track of more important issues.

Enough for now.

Happy New Year 2008

2008-01-04T11:22:00.000+03:30

Hi everybody.
Happy New Year. Wish you the best and I hope you have learned enough in the past year to be a better person this year.

So Upsetting

2007-04-07T10:49:00.000+03:30

I got an e-mail from a friend who wished me a happy new year (Norooz). The e-mail had an attachment (a power point presentation). There was a shocking picture in it that made me ashamed of human beings (I am not going to update the picture on my blog because some people that I have already been shown the picture couldn't handle the scene). On the other hand I got ashamed of myself because I should have seen and known about the picture years ago. I am not going to talk about the picture cause I don't know really what to say. Here you can read about the photographer Kevin Carter who commit suicide a year later because of depression.

Organisations and the same Confusion and Uncertainty that Alice had in Wonderland!

2007-04-06T10:58:00.000+03:30

I am working on a book about "Performance Measurement Systems". As I was reviewing some articles I came across an article by Professor "Andy Neely" and "Chris Adams" on "The Performance Prism". At the beginning of the article there is a comparision between the confusion and uncertainty that organisations have when it comes to performance and the same uncertainty that Alice had in Wonderland.

‘Cheshire Puss’, she began, rather timidly, as she did not at all know whether it would like the name: however, it only grinned a little wider. ‘Come, it’s pleased so far,’ thought Alice, and she went on. ‘Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?’
‘That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,’ said the Cat
‘I don’t much care where –‘ said Alice.
‘Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,’ said the Cat.
‘- so long as I get somewhere,’ Alice added as an explanation..

تغییر آدرس و تلفنهای مؤسسه توسعه و بهبود مدیریت و انتشارات فرمنش

2007-01-17T13:06:00.000+03:30

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Google Calendar

2006-10-30T09:09:00.000+03:30

I truely love Google! It makes everything easy. With its calendar I have almost freed myself of all the physical calendars

We Should Panic!

2006-10-13T12:30:00.000+03:30

Click Here, and panic of what is happening to our world!

Make The Most Of Your Day

2006-10-07T19:21:00.000+03:30

Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.

- H. Jackson Brown

The speed of our lives has accelerated these days and we don't have enough time to do all of the things we want to do. We should push ourselves harder to keep up with the rest of the world. No pain no gain. Beside all the times I have wasted in my past I am learning the rules now.

My father always says: "Don't just schedule to do something someday. Have a list of what you should do. In your way home, do as much as possible."

For people like me whom try to learn the rules I suggest reading "Eat that Frog!" by Brian Tracy. Any other books or articles on how to be successful can help. At least they make us think that there have been lots of people in our situations and they have done great jobs by setting up rules.

In the book I mentioned above there is something exactly as my father always suggests. Have a "to do list" on your hand. Priorized the list. First do the things that have higher priorities then do the rest. If anything new comes up, put it in the list and priorize again. Good Luck!

An Advice!

2006-10-04T16:57:00.000+03:30

I had a conversation with one of my professors Dr. E. M. today and he gave me an advice:

"Be Acquiescent but not Satisfied"

Read My Name

2006-09-22T21:47:00.000+03:30

Since 2004 after Sir Chris De Burgh has released his album "The Road To Freedom" I've listened to the the song "Read My Name" (one of my favorite songs) a thousand times. Some people say that only those extraordinary people can effect things going on in the world. But every one of us can be a part of changes in the world (I mean changes in scientific fields). I think the "Chaos Theory" and "Butterfly Effect" explains this better. I will write more about this later.

Read My Name
from The Road To Freedom
by Chris de Burgh             
Year Released: 2004

For every child that has been born there is a chance to shine,
And everyone can have a dream until the end of time,
So live for every moment as the world keeps turning round,
And lift your hands up to the sky and say it loud and proud,
"I have been here, read my name, read my name! "

For every child that has been born there is a chance in life,
To try it all and be someone with what we have inside,
So don’t give up and don’t give in, just give it all instead,
And raise your voice above the crowd and let them know
You’ve said "I have been here, read my name, read my name;
With all I’ve got I’ve taken part, I’ve made a difference
To the world, I have been here just read my name!"

Endlessly amazing and inventive that we are, we dive the
Deepest oceans and we reach out for the stars,
And one day there will be a man across the universe,
Who’ll say "I come from Planet Earth" and these will
Be his words; "I have been here, read my name, read my name;
With all I’ve got I’ve taken part, I’ve made a
Difference to the world, I have been here, just read
My name !"

And when the darkness has to fall and comes the end
Of days, then lift your hands up to the sky and say it
Once again....."I have been here and I have taken part,
I’ve made a difference to the world I have been here,
Just read my name!"

"I have been here…….just read my name.
I’ve taken part………..reach for the stars,
Across the universe…..we come from Planet Earth."


Written by Chris de Burgh
Published by Hornall Brothers Music Ltd
(p) 2004 Ferryman Productions Ltd
© 2004 Ferryman Productions Ltd

First Female Private Space Explorer

2006-09-22T16:08:00.000+03:30

Being very proud as the first female private space explorer is an iranian (Anousheh Ansari) I wish I can feel the joy of reaching my dreams in my life as Mrs. Ansari is feeling right now. Good Luck Mrs. Ansari!
(I really pray for their safe trip back to earth.)

Who do you call a "Real Friend"?

2006-09-20T19:56:00.000+03:30

On Monday I met my best friends from university (on one them dissertation defence about "Information Knowledge"). I can't explain how happy I was meeting all of them after a long time.

Becoming friends is easy but staying friends is too hard. The problem here is "who are ones real friends and who should you give love and attention to". Do all whom you think are your friends deserve that?
All of us love ourselves more than anyone else (except our mothers, I believe they love us more than we do and they love their kids more than themselves). I strongly agree that our families are our best friends. I always appreciate God for giving me a supportive family. Here is a summary of what I have found about "Real Friends".

What are the real friends? (Here is a summary, find out more ...)

In the creation story the Creator, having formed the first person, immediately declared our social character: "It is not good that man should be alone." Seventeenth-century philosopher Francis Bacon noted two tremendously positive effects of friendship: "It redoubles joys and cuts grief in half." How true. Friends make the ordinary running errands or eating lunch, for example, extraordinarily fun. And good friends ease our pain and lighten our heavy load. They also strengthen us, nurture us, and help us grow.

This brings us to a central issue. What are the "right kinds" of friends? What makes a friend "good"? What are "the real" friends?

We all know "fair-weather" friends are no good. These are the people who walk with us in the sunshine, but they are gone when darkness falls. They take and take while we give and give, but we never see a return on our investment. On the other end is "know-it-all friend" who mothers and smothers with unwanted advice but never asks for our input.

Real friends are few. The few real friends we enjoy generally come in one of two forms, both desirable and equally delightful. They are friends of the Road and friends of the Heart. Here are two stories to explain you what we mean.

Friends of the Road
Some friendships are meant to be transitory. Like cowboys who ride hard together for miles, sharing both dusty perils and round-the-campfire coffee, we all have friendships that come to their natural end. Not because of discontent or lack of interest. Simply because the road has run out. We've hit the end of the trail together and it's time to move on to other things, other companies of men. These are not failed friendships. They are friendships of the Road, equally intense, equally necessary, equally worth cultivating and treasuring as the long-lasting versions. We couldn't survive without them. They get us through a particular stretch of road, and for that we can be grateful. The friends we meet along life's road make the journey joyful. And they are just as fulfilling as friendships of the Heart. Well, almost.

Friends of the Heart
There's nothing like a real friend of the Heart, long-lasting pals who know us sometimes better than we know ourselves. They bring such comfort to our lives. It's nearly inexpressible.

Are friends of the Heart more important than friends of the Road? Not really. We need both. What matters is how a relationship sustains you right now. An achieved real friendship - of any brand or bond - is among the best experiences life has to offer.

Introduction to Motivation!

2006-09-16T16:25:00.000+03:30

Here is a summary of an article titeled "Mastering the Mysteries of Motivation (Part 1: Undrestanding Motivation , Part 2: Building & Maintaining Motivation)", by Dean Anderson, Behavioral Psychology Expert. Here are some points I found interesting:

The author tries to answer these questions about motivation: what it is, where it comes from, and what you can do to hang on to it and what it takes to become your own best motivator!

What is Motivation? Many people seem to think that "being motivated" means not having to struggle with opposing desires. Not so. It is our nature as human beings to pursue both the gratification of our senses and the psychological gratification of achieving meaningful but more abstract goals (both of the pusuits are necessary for our survival). As long as you and the world remain less than perfect, you will have to struggle with this conflict between immediate and long-term gratification. No amount of motivation will make it go away.

See motivation as the ability to give yourself the chance to make conscious decisions and take responsibility for your choices. Therefore, the main "enemy" of motivation is the tendency to see yourself as the hapless victim of forces (or urges) over which you have no control. Your motivation will be weak when you consider yourself to be helpless against your own urges, feelings and desires, or a victim of circumstances beyond your control.

Motivation = Taking responsibility for conscious action

So what causes you to lose motivation in the first place?

Motivation Killer #1: Unrealistic Expectations Motivation
Killer #2: Perfectionism (don't expect yourself to be perfect).

The emotional upset of failed perfectionism can make it virtually impossible to stay motivated. Allow bad occasions to teach you more about yourself, so that you can learn to do things differently. But this learning won't happen if you spend your time and energy obsessing about your slip-ups, or getting down on yourself. That kind of useless self-abuse is just a smokescreen you are using to avoid your real responsibilities and opportunities. It is the polar opposite of honest self-appraisal, no matter how “true” or “real” it might feel to you.

Do you often find yourself wondering where your motivation went? Do you suddenly revert back to your “old ways” without really understanding why? If this sounds familiar, you may have some basic misconceptions about motivation. To become your own best motivator, you must consistently do two things:

Consciously choose what you want to do (deside) as often as you can by taking a second to ask yourself, "Is this what I want to do?".
When you do something different than what you think you should do, understand that this was also your choice. Just think of it as a valid decision made under less than ideal circumstances. This way, you have the ability to modify the circumstances (in large or small ways), making it easier to make decisions in line with your intentions next time around.

The product of how you see yourself in the world: active or passive, effective or ineffective, powerful or victimized, normal or pathological. If you want to be able to motivate yourself, you need to begin seeing yourself as active, effective, powerful, and normal.

There are many situations that can push you strongly in one direction or the other. But history is not destiny. From a psychological point of view, emotional "reality" is the product of whatever story you tell yourself about how things are and why you are the way you are. If you want (or need) to change your reality, then change the story you are telling yourself. The best way to really come to believe your story is to see it come true in the small, well-chosen steps you take every day.

Hello!

2006-09-14T14:36:00.000+03:30

Welcome to my weblog. Hope you'll find it interesting.