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Improving your listening skills

listening is the most important skill needed to get things done. The first step to improve listening process is to understand the nature of listening.. Content listening Its primary purpose is to understand and retain the speaker's message. The emphasis is on information and its understanding. It does not involve evaluation. Critical listening Its purpose is to understand and evaluate the meaning of the speaker's message. The evaluation may be done on several levels like logic of the argument, strength of witness, implication of the message to you and speaker motives. Empathic listening Its purpose is to understand the speaker's feelings, needs and wants in order to appreciate his/her point of view, regardless of weather you share that perspective. While empathic listening avoids judgement, jumping to the advice because sometimes all needed by an upset person is to have someone to listen. Active listening Its purpose is to make a  conscious effort to t...
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2 December 1984, Bhopal incident

The Disaster at Bhopal On the night of December 2, 1984, a leak developed in a storage tank at a Union Carbide chemical plant in Bhopal, India. The tank contained 10,000 gallons of methyl isocyanate (MIC), a highly toxic chemical used in the manufacture of pesticides, such as Sevin. The leak sent a toxic cloud of gas over the surrounding slums of Bhopal, resulting in the death of over 2,000 people, and injuries to over 200,000 more. The leak happened because of the accidental pouring of water into the tank. Water reacts very vigorously with MIC causing heating of the liquid due to which the temperature increased to 400 ° F. The high temperature caused the MIC to vaporize, leading to a buildup of high pressure within the tank. When the internal pressure became high enough, a pressure -relief valve popped open, leaking MIC vapors into the air. A utility section on the site contained two pipes side by side. One pipe carried nitrogen, which was used to pressurize the tank to a...
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Habits That Damage Our Brain

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        Damaged Brain 1) No-Breakfast Breakfast is really the most important meal in the whole day, but when you avoid it everyday, the blood sugar level gets spiked,irregular and low. After a night of sleep and no eating, you need food. Otherwise the brain will get no no nutrition  and is easily damaged. No breakfast 2) No Sleeping No sleep for long period of time reduces healthy brain cells. Sleep repairs the whole body from stress and recovers every cell. 3) Too much Sugar  The effects of glucose and other forms of sugar on the brain may be the most profound in diabetes, a group of diseases in which high blood glucose levels persist over prolonged period of time. Type 1 diabetes is a disease in which the immune system destroys the cells in pancreas that produce insulin, a hormone used by the body to keep blood glucose levels in check. Type 2 diabetes, caused  by dietary and other environmental factors, is a condi...
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Disadvantages of Alcohols

Types Of Alcohols 1) Rum 2) Tequila 3) Red Wine 4) Whiskey 5) Brandy 6) Champagne 7) Vodka 8) Beer Disadvantages  1) Rum It has high amount of alcohol which makes it detrimental for cells and tissues. Alcohol is naturally known to permeate the cell membrane and diffuse through the blood streams into other tissues and cells. This makes it prevalent in many part of your body. It can cause liver cancer. unhealthy digestive system. heart diseases 2) Tequila tequila is bad for the brain, kidneys and liver.  Pancreatitis may appear, especially in youth Stroke  Atrophy of the brain. 3) Red Wine Red wine contains histamine. That can cause migraine attacks or other types of symptoms that occur from a histamine intolerance. It may slow your reaction time. coronary heart disease and stroke. developing breast cancer , gastrointestinal diseases,oral cancer  and colorectal cancer.  li...
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