Now my journey begins (Inspiring true story)

Long ago, when I was studying in school, I always looked upon something that must be done to enhance my life and career but at that time, I never got soothing environment. This might be due to extreme teen pressure and great expectation from parents, teachers and society. Whenever I sincerely engaged in particular task, people discouraged me by saying that you are doing stupid things. But I never gave up my researching habit and it affected my performance in academic education.

I was a mediocre student and my family never accepted me more than ordinary girl even though I did many things which could have been easily appreciated. People did not digest my good efforts and they commented these things happened due to chance. Such comments pushed me to put more efforts to achieve my targets but still I was discouraged as I never got even a small fragment of success till my thirties. I was continually insulted and degraded for my lifestyle and considered as a female of an average mental level but nobody realized my hidden feelings, talent and never shown me a right path to meet out my targets. I jumped from one path to another to exploit my talent but in every field, professional expertise was the basic requirement. I developed my skill at individual basis and blindly moved to career path. But all efforts were futile and I was extremely disappointed at time. The only thing I chose, I never let me down even in the worst phase of life.

In late thirties of my life, I shifted to another state and was busy in routine work. Here, I changed my lifestyle. I was close to members of newly developed society. And extreme societal pressure released. This change brought some positive elements in my life and again I started to focus on my career life.

In my new set up, I was exposed to the environment of technological advancement, where I explored ground breaking ideas to work and merged in my academic qualification. Such actions showed sign of slight success which boosted me and I was again involved in expanding my knowledge, personal expertise to blossom my career.

I was continuously digging out suitable employment opportunities from deep well and these efforts enabled me to choose right career which had great demand at international level and I felt that all the scattered paths were joined at one point and the career picture was now clear to me but that was not too late. I concentrated honestly on the opportunities as aroused and did quite satisfactory. 

This slight upward trend in my life enhanced my status and now the real career journey begins. I am still working hard and trying to do quality work. I have an expectation to grab the golden opportunities of professional life which will assist to accomplish huge targets.   

Childbirth: Advancement in pain management

On earth, all living creature reproduce to multiply their breed. Childbirth is an exciting as well as fearful event in every woman’s life. Many of them doubt their ability to cope with this great event in their lives. At this time, the mothers need lot of help for the realization and acceptance of child birth as a normal physiological phenomenon. Childbirth is considered to be critical period for mothers. It is the one and only means of existence and continuation of the human race on earth. The phase of pregnancy is laborious, delightful, tiring and thrilling for the mother as well as the whole family. Women suffer from several physical and mental anxieties and ailments through the pre and post-natal period.

Women experiences labour pain when they develop regular painful uterine contractions, which are accompanied by changes of their cervix, these primarily being effacement and dilation. While childbirth is generally experienced as painful, some women have painless labours. The occurrence and duration of these contractions differs from individual to individual. The inception of labour may be unexpected or gradual.

A woman is said to be in "active labour" when contractions have become regular in frequency (3-4 in 10 minutes) and about 60 seconds in duration. The labour may begin with a rupture of the amniotic sac, the paired amnion and chorion ("breaking of the water"). Transition is often regarded as the most tough and intense for the mother. In the second period of labour, the baby is expelled from the womb through the vagina by both the uterine contractions and by the additional maternal efforts. The childbirth may be normal or some woman may develop complicacy due to biological or drug effect.

Some over conscious women prefer anaesthesia to reduce the pain associated with childbirth. Natural childbirth is becoming more accepted because women are responsive and concerned that the anaesthesia and medication given to them is quickly transported across the placenta to the unborn baby. Normal childbirth is also good for normal health of woman.

Today, with the advancement of medical science, effective pain management lessens the severity of stress and pain experienced by females at the time of child birth. Earlier, when childbirth used to occur in home setting, some untrained lady was responsible for managing all the issues and also it was dependent on her skill to deliver baby or help expecting women in her childbirth.

But heavy dose of anaesthesia at the time of childbirth or women who were medicated had difficulty in communicating and difficulty in pushing. Gynaecologists often use Forceps and cesarean sections to complete the birth.

Ways of pain relief during child birth are as under:

-      Local anaesthesia as recommended by treating doctor.

-      Epidural: It is administered by an anaesthesiologist during labour to reduce uneasiness or pain. 

 Pain relieving medicines can be injected into a vein or a muscle to lessen the impact of pain or labour discomfort. These medications do not completely stop pain.

It is a reality that women have frightened feeling and sometimes stressed in delivering baby due to extreme level of pain.  But medical advancement brought myriads of procedures and different medications that woman can take during labour and childbirth.

Important: This article is an expression of writer on the basis of experience and available information. Writer is not responsible for any disagreement

Emotional intelligence of leaders greatly counts for prosperous business

Emotional Intelligence is a person‘s knack to be self-aware, perceive emotions in others, and manage emotional signs and information. Emotional intelligence is great attraction to scientists, business intellectuals and researchers.The model of emotional intelligence has become a boiling theme of psychological research currently, especially in context of the way it impacts personnel of multinational companies.

In business dais, Emotional intelligence echoes professional’s aptitude to handle work challenges and helps to envisage triumph in personal and trade quests. To enhance emotional intelligence, Executives must brush up their skills like empathy, intuition, creativity, flexibility, resilience, stress management, leadership, integrity, happiness and optimism, in addition to intrapersonal and interpersonal communication abilities. Since last few decades, interpersonal skills have become essential to effective leadership that in turn lead to organizational success. Today, there is more challenging business environment that past in the consumer goods industry. It requires organisations to recruit personnel with potent managerial skills who also have high emotional intelligence.

Mushrooming research studies have revealed that emotional intelligence is a good forecaster of business success as compared to conventional measures of cognitive intelligence. When executives and personnel work to increase proficiencies in which they are feeblest, it is really advantageous to company in terms of effectual communication and enhancing output. It is well settled that long lasting business position in market can be retained through emotional intelligence of executives and management team who can adapt in constant changes in technology, growing demands of consumers and market trends.

Emotional intelligence of executives assist management team to nurture an organizational culture that crops organizational citizenship behaviours. It has been observed in several organizational set up that person who has extraordinary qualities of emotional intelligence can better manage his team, smoothly adapt to technological transformation and adopt flexible approach in dealing with intricate business issues.

EI helps managers to motivate and inspire team to perform outstanding in their work. It helps to avoid many drawbacks of groupthink. If executives of high level of emotional intelligence are empowered to recognize and grab opportunities that others may be uninformed of, it brings higher morale and supports others to gain their professional potential.

Key step to develop high emotional intelligence is to recognize own thought processes, emotions, and prejudices that may help individual to take wise decisions.

For example, HR managers with great emotional intelligence can make big difference for organization in hiring talented employees.  Pool of suitable personnel can assist in sustaining economic progression in neck to neck competitive global market. In a company, when suddenly major issues emerge, highly emotionally intelligent people can solve it as soon as possible and make efforts to give high output. Among giant software and IT companies, Google’s search inside yourself training for employees improve emotional intelligence and creativity. Google was the one of the first company to spouse the mindfulness at workplace. They developed mindfulness based curriculum on emotional intelligence. Today Google has rocketing performance and outshine as a dominant company among its business rivals.

It is well appraised that emotional intelligence bring whopping benefits for organization in today’s fierce competitive environment. High emotional intelligence in organizations is directly linked with augmented productivity, higher engagement levels, more revenue and lower absenteeism rates, and increased market share.

In another example, emotional intelligence proved that organizational output can be increased through embracing leaders having high emotional intelligence.  Sanofi-Aventis top performing pharmaceutical company of France trained its sales representatives and other employees and clearly observed the exciting results that emotional intelligence improved through training of employees and company performed outstanding on business platform. In these training sessions, it was found that leaders who have high levels of emotional intelligence are mindful of their impact on others and use it to their advantage. They have great empathy for others but they were adept in taking tough decisions and were shrewd judges of people without being critical. They had knack to balance feeling and logic in taking critical business decisions. With high emotional intelligence, employees develop excellent communication skills and they understand the impact of broadcasting messages with impressive way to express them.

It can be established that emotional intelligence involved in the capacity to perceive emotions, assimilate emotion related feelings, understand the information of those emotions and manage them. In nutshell, emotional intelligent leaders have competency to enthuse other employees to perform outstanding in given task and in turn these performance leads to organizational triumph. 

Escape from Quicksand: Real incident

Trap in quicksand is dreadful experience and it may turn to life threating if we do not have knowledge to come out or we fail to use our intelligence and emergency reaction to escape from this deadly situation. 

It is normally told to us from our elders that we should be alert while travelling to hilly, muddy or any challenging landscape. We as a human are adventurous, creative and challenges accepting creature. But some of us are busy with our professional schedule and do not have dearth knowledge of managing situations aroused due to horrific weather conditions or sometimes we may get trapped in quicksand while adventurous visit or on a family trip and enjoying natural scenery in hills, valleys or near water fall. Quicksand is simply regular sand that has been soaked with water to the point that it becomes a thick, muddy pool which cannot support weight.

First of all, it is imperative to know where quicksand develops. Generally, quicksand is found throughout the United States, India or other countries, particularly in the coastal region, inland on riverbanks, lakes and other freshwater, and in marshes. It can also be moulded anywhere that hidden underground water escapes. This condition is developed in saturated thick layers of loose fine sandy soils when the land is troubled either due to vibration, such as, from pile driving in the neighbourhood, or due to pressure of flowing water.

We as visitors may recognize quicksand through observing the upper surface. Quicksand looks like regular sand that has been soaked with water and it becomes a thick, muddy pool which cannot support weight. In other words, it is a liquid sand.

Here are some important smart ways with logic to escape from quicksand if trapped in to it.

-      As it is always advised by our elders, parents and teachers that when trapped in dangerous or complicated situation, we should not get panic. Though, it is natural human reaction and some persons do not have control over it. But it is sternly recommended that panic reaction while trapped in quicksand may lead to death bed.

Therefore visitors, travellers or students if by chance gripped under quicksand must first calmly assess the situation and if they think they are in real danger, they must call for help. Panic action or thrashing around may increase chance of deep sinking in quicksand.

There are some major grounds for people to loss their life while trapped in quicksand. That is they create panic around them and irrational fear to die. If people maintain psychological balance, it can be life saver.

-      Another smart action while trapped in quicksand is to unstrap any heavy things wearing or holding with you as these accessories will push into quicksand.  If a person unloads its baggage or other thing, there are less chances of sinking in quicksand speedily.

-     If persons cannot find any dry land near quicksand in which they are trapped and nobody is near to offer aid, then it is advisable to slightly lean back and put more of their upper body in the quicksand. This will help them to float in quicksand and there are bright chances of survival. After leaning back, person must bring his legs upwards in slow motion.

There is true incident occurred when we made a pleasure trip to River Narmada bank.

Narmada River flows in Hoshangabad, MP State of Central India. It is one of the holy river and we planned to enjoy near river bank. Me and my husband along with my two teenaged daughters were enjoying the natural scenes, waves of river and surrounding landscape. In river there were less water and we were seeing some rock land in between river water. We were excited to go to collect some typical stone. My husband and daughters were slightly far away from me and they were playing on mid river dry land. They were collecting stones and playing with water but I was slightly behind. Suddenly I thought that I should go back. I did not know why I did so.

I was moving on river bank quickly or it can be said blindly. Suddenly, I realized that my sleepers were trapped in wet land. Initially, it terrorized me but soon I sensed that I am in danger as my feet were also dipping in quicksand. Firstly, I slightly tried to pull my sleepers but failed to do so. Therefore I kept myself stand still. My husband and daughters were far from me. At that moment I assessed that how much area quicksand has covered surrounding me. Because if I call for help, there are chances that others may get trapped. It was my will power or logical mind that was the gift of my parent’s genes that I calmly called them that my sleepers is trapped in mud. My husband and daughters came in normal tone though they knew that I had some problem but not that severe.

When they came near to me, my husband quickly understood it was quick sand and he immediately helped me to come out from deadly sinking land. After that we all thanked God for helping us to escape from dangerous situation.

Therefore balancing a mind and hope for surviving are two powerful tactics to come out from most of the dangerous situation.

It is always better to take some precautions while travelling to the places which have some adverse weather conditions or unfamiliar geography. When planning for a trip to forest, river bank or water fall point, it is good to carry wooden stick for safety and one must try to avoid walking in large muddy land.

Snow sports: How they change human life

Sporting activity is passion for people and they get involve in different sports activities to rejoice the moments of life. Sports are booster of physical as well as mental health. People experience happiness and relaxation when doing any kind of sport activity. If people regularly indulge in physical activity, it helps in honing mental skills as they grow older such as concentration, critical thinking, learning, and making wise judgment. Sports of any type can lessen stress and depression level in person. As people are physically active, their mind is side-tracked from daily stressors.

Snow sports also improves the quality of sleep, develops self-confidence which in turn enhances mental ability and person may feel more comfortable, energetic and cheerful. Elderly people develop hope in their life which is a good sign of living healthy life. 

Sports loving persons can choose snow sports as these are of different kind and each sporting has extraordinary and exciting features.

Snowshoeing:  This snow sport has wonderful activity for physical fitness and enhancing mental health. People can build strength, agility, balance when doing this sport activity. According to physiological research, Snowshoeing is safe exercise to change body composition. It burns up to twice the number of calories as walking at the same speed.

Snowshoeing is basically walking. Sports persons who are doing this kind of sport must carry following things:

v Hat

v Thick, water-resistant gloves or mittens

v Heavy, wool insulating socks (avoid cotton socks)

v Layered clothing

v Thermal innerwear or long johns

v Sunglasses or ski goggles to protect eyes from bright snow glare

v Water bottle, high-energy food (such as fruits and nuts), sunscreen (SPF of at least 15), and lip balm.

v Daypack to carry personal belongings

It is also recommended to include following things on the safer side:

o   Windproof, waterproof jacket or parka

o   Waterproof boots

o   Snowshoes that fit properly

o   For balance, one or two snowshoe poles or ski poles that are of proper size

Snowboarding: Snowboarding is thrilling winter sport that involves sliding down the snow covered slopes while standing on a board. The riders attach a board to their feet, which is used to glide down the slopes. Sports person must learn to balance and how to jump over the slopes.

There are numerous health benefits for doing snowboarding. It enhances cardiovascular fitness. This sport increases strength, flexibility and balance. It also improves concentration power to do minute works.

Skiing: Skiing is popular and electrifying exploration sports that involve skiing down the crumbly slopes of the huge Himalayas or the snow bound areas. While skiing, the partakers attach skis to boots or shoes and use them to slide over the snow. The sporting activity is used for both amusing and competitive sports. Famous skiing points in India are Gulmarg, Pahalgam, Solang Valley, Manali, Auli.

Ski Jump: Ski jumping is a type of winter Olympic Sport that is associated with distance. Sky jump is about how far participants fly through the air. Ski jumping is regarded as traditional and ancient sports. In this sporting activity, athletes use power and technique to jump and fly, the most important assets to a ski jumper are mental strength and nerves of steel.

There are certain factors to keep in mind when jumping into snow sports:

When planning for snow sport, candidates must assess their physical limitations and do some basic preparations:

-      When participating in snow sports of any kind, participants must purchase appropriate dress and ensure that all equipment related to sports are in good condition.  Basic protective gear, such as a helmet, can lessen the chances of any probable snow injury.

-      Before going for snow sports, it is imperative to learn correct techniques.

-      Participants should not consume alcohol when participating in snow sport. It actually narrows blood vessels and increases your risk of hypothermia and frostbite.

-      When planning for snow sports, participants must monitor weather condition of that area. It is not recommended to go for snow sporting in extreme climatic conditions such as snowstorms.

-      Snow sports bring excitement as well as some risk factors. Though players or participants plan safely but it is recommended to inform relatives or close friends about place and schedule of return journey.  

Safety measures for persons going for snow sports:

Snow sports such as skiing and snowboarding are at high risks of getting injury and other safety concerns. Learners are at greater risk.

In snow sport, major reasons of injury are falls and crashes. With proper planning, and sensible approach, participants can lessen the risk of any accident due to snow sporting activities.

In Indian scenario, The Himalayan region is very much popular destination for snow sports. These sports like snowboarding and skiing is well played by participants or sports persons. It is well experienced that snow sports are entertaining but preparation and good training is necessary to go for this adventurous voyage. These sports require watchfulness and the skill of balancing, which are simple techniques but needs to be mastered in order to enjoy the sports.

Gulmarg and Manali during the winter season are places that offer perfect training centres and opportunities for adoring snowboarding and skiing in India.

Snow sport is really exciting for all participants, tourists and kids. It augments mental knack as well as maintains good physical health. Though sometimes, it is dangerous but snow sport is fun for everyone. People enjoy plentiful exhilarating snow sports.

Indian tourism at world level

Tourism sector is one of the major arena for generating huge revenue for any country. India has miraculous pearl places to offer to world. In India, tourists find ancient and rich tradition and adroit craftsman. Today, India has emerged as an attractive tourist spot.

India has mirrored its image as an ironic cultural history and magnificent past events at global platform that is still noticeable in its numerous places, forts, places of devotion of various religions and ancient memorials. Visitors magnetize to visit India to enjoy and spend time in seeing mountains, monuments, beaches, tropical islands, jungles, hill stations, temples and range of UNESCO World Heritage Locations.

There is a boost in tourism in India due to liberal economic policies for visitors such as visa on arrival. There is tremendous growth of hospitality in metropolitan as well other cities that meets the international standard. Currently, tourism is expected as an effective means of economic progress and aid in eliminating poverty, decreasing unemployment problems, activity and the upliftment  of subjugated sections of society.

Key challenges of Indian tourism that adversely impact tourism sector: 

Major challenges of tourism in India are poor road constructions, less communication facilities and lack of proper accommodation in some important tourist places. To reach tourist destinations, there is lack of proper Air, road, and train connectivity.

Another major ugly face of Indian tourism is growing criminal cases in many tourist places that restrict many tourists from other countries to plan a trip in Indian holy and amusement places. In J & K state, many travelers get scare as it is highly disturbed area and there is security threat for them. Few cases of sexually assault are reported of French and Japanese nationals in Goa, & Delhi.

In both Hotel and tourism industry and related several activities, there is still shortage of dynamic, and trained professionals who can serve international visitors in impressive way and meet their demands. Language and cultural barriers also impact tourism sector in India which decline the profit graph.

The reports of Indian Tourism Industry Analysis signify that India symbolizes one of the most prospective tourism and hospitality market at world dais. Indian tourism sector has expanded and magnetizing global travelers to explore new facts of life. There are myriads of spiritual, historical and dazzling natural scenery, untouched of pollution that really enthuse and thrill visitors. Indian tourist industry is gaining greater recognition among international travelers. Many tourist prefer Indian hospitality services for its quality as well as an economic tour for relaxation.

It was a real experience when I was flying back to India from US and I had to change the flight at Amsterdam. When I boarded flight at Amsterdam, one Dutch Air hostess was serving meals. When she heard that we are from Delhi, India, she got excited and started telling more about her trip of Delhi such as it was inexpensive tour as compared to other foreign tourism destination, people are supportive and there is peaceful environment where all can relieve stress etc. It was a proud moment for me as people from other countries were praising the culture of India.

Indian Tourism is moving towards its bright future. It is a means for stimulating economic growth and to increase the viability of traditional locations and enhance the living condition of local people.  In nutshell, Indian culture and diverse traditional practices allure overseas tourists.

Choose career path as an endodontist: Dental profession

In dentistry, there is a great role of endodontist. An endodontist is a dental expert who is responsible for examining, diagnosing and providing dental treatment to medical conditions that impact the interior and surrounding areas of teeth in the human. Endodontist undergo in rigorous during their medical studies. Mainly endodontists focus on the monitoring and preventing of dental diseases that impact the nerves, roots, pulp, blood vessels and other interior parts of the tooth. They also examine gums and all other related tissues that impact the overall performance of the teeth.

Candidates who want to pursue career as endodontist must obtain a bachelor's degree, followed by finishing dental school, and finally complete endodontic specialty training through residency.

Key skills of endodontists:

Candidates desiring to shape their career as endodontists must possess following skills:

For people that have a genuine desire to help improve the oral health of patients. A career as an endodontist is a smart choice.

-      Exceptional manual dexterity

-      Minute observation skill for details in several aspects

-      Extraordinary interpersonal skills

-      Good hand-eye-coordination

-      Critical thinking skills

-      Quick decision making skill

-      Strong communication skills

Major Job role of endodontists are as under:

-      They thoroughly plan treatment for issues with dental nerves.

-      They administer dental root canals.

-      They repairs damaged teeth.

-      They reinsert teeth that have been knocked out of mouth by accident.

Further, Endodontists also recommend prosthodontic fixtures like dentures and implants to patients. Sometimes, these fixtures are created by the Endodontist and they will install them in the patient’s mouth and/or teach them the appropriate way to install the fixtures. Also, they can perform routine dental procedures such as teeth cleaning, extractions, and even bleaching.

Work culture:

Endodontists normally work in an established dental clinic. After gaining experience, some Endodontists open their own clinic and start practicing.

Endodontists are basically specialist in root canal treatment for patients who complain tooth pain. 

They diagnose and treat problems with dental nerves pulp and other dental tissues. Job prospects of endodontists are promising as people are highly conscious about their teeth. They have an opportunity to work in dental hospitals, nursing homes, dental clinics and health departments.