Saturday, June 6, 2009

Niyama 6 - Referencing

We do not have answers to all of life’s situations; hence it is important that we either have an anchor with whom we bounce our thoughts or friends in similar situation who can support us through the process. Books also help a lot and reading clears a lot of concepts.

Talking to people, checking backgrounds and getting multiple inputs is a normal process at work, but often, people neglect to do this in their personal lives. We bounce off an idea with a friend and then plunge into decision making. This can cause grief, because, as the saying goes, appearances can be deceptive.

Share your opinion and experiences

  • How often do you reference?
  • For which kinds of decision do you reference?
  • What medium do you use for referencing?
  • Do you have a basic referencing tool at home that you access regularly?
  • When you reference with people, do you only reference with people you like or do you look for the person with best qualifications to advise you?
  • Do you use the internet for referencing?
  • What do you do when the advise given is counter to your natural inclination?

1 comment:

  1. Vishwwanath Iyer: Seems strange now, but we used your full name all the time while in college.

    Excellent effort, and a very useful site. Keep it up!

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