THE SALES DIGEST

ALCOHOLISM

Alcoholic addiction can cause harm to so many areas of a person’s life
From PHYSICAL HEALTH TO JOB, CAREER,
CREDIBILITY SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY LIFE –
ALCOHOLISM is the bane of a Salesman’s Career


GREAT TRADITIONS
GREAT HERITAGE
GREAT RELIGIONS
GREAT CULTURE
BOUNTIFUL NATURE
THIS IS OUR INDIA
BE PROUD WE ARE INDIANS


A Situational Answer!

The daytime salesmen meet was over. Night set in to herald the so-called tension releasing drinking session. One and all were inebriated and were on their top wits. An idea suddenly dawned on to the brain enlivened Country Manager. Why not use the mela to test the product knowledge! He called in the nearby man and put an intelligent question. I, being the head of the Southern Sales Zone, was also ordered to stand by. In a low pitch, he put his Einstein proof question. What is the difference between Cloths based adhesive tape and cellulose based adhesive tape? Prompt came the reply in an incoherent voice. “Cloth based adhesive tape is Cloth based adhesive tape and cellulose based adhesive tape is Cellulose based adhesive tape”, any doubt? He countered. Not at all! The Boss in his high wits nodded in appreciation of the wonderful answer. To this day I do not know how I managed a flying exit from the earth sliding-away scene. ((“It happened”) K. Mathew Thomas


A SALESMAN’S CREED

As a Salesman, I consider serving my customer as the most important
part of my career activity.

I believe that my customer, my employer and I am interdependent.

I am dependent on my customer in joint interests - his interests,
my employer’s interests and my own interests. I will live
and function as a role model imbibing in me the best in personal and
professional qualities.

Integrity, I believe is the fountainhead of character.

My customer trusts me to serve his interests by providing him with quality
goods and services he needs, in time at fair cost and help him earn his
rightful reward that enables him to confidently
continue and prosper in his profession

I will inscribe in my heart that my customer and my employer
can never be a pebble in my shoe unless I fail them in upholding their
interests, rights and privileges and guiding them in the
right path to tread on and progress.

I should strive hard to achieve the best in customer relationship
without sacrificing the interests of my employer.

It will be my endeavor to do equal justice to all those whom
I have to serve and live up fully to their expectations
As a Salesman, the fulfillment of this CREED is my LIFE MISSION.
K. Mathew Thomas



Major Religions of the world ranked by adherents

Christianity: 2.1 billion
Islam: 1.3 billion
Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 1.1 billion
Hinduism: 900 million
Chinese traditional religion: 394 million
Buddhism: 376 million
Primal-indigenous: 300 million
African Traditional & Diasporic: 100 million
Sikhism: 23 million
Juche: 19 million
Spiritism: 15 million
Judaism: 14 million
Baha’i: 7 million
Jainism: 4.2 million
Shinto: 4 million
Cao Dai: 4 million
Zoroastrianism: 2.6 million
Tenrikyo: 2 million
Neo-Paganism: 1 million
Unitarian-Universalism: 800 thousand
Rastafarianism: 600 thousand
Scientology: 500 thousand


LOVE + TOLERANCE + CHARITY+
BROTHERHOOD = RELIGION – K. Mathew Thomas

Multiple tags – Race, Religion, Region …Single Identity
– INDIAN – K. Mathew Thomas

People of character builds-up a nation of character – K. Mathew Thomas

The world needs a religion based on spirituality, love and total brotherhood. Now it is in the grip of commercialism, ignorance and falsehood. As it is religion is the largest commercial enterprise in the universe with no moral binding or basic ethics, run by trained personnel with ignorant shareholders. K. Mathew Thomas

A GOOD SALESMAN IS
HOME MADE

ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS: -
FAMILY LOVE, LOYALTY, UNDERSTANDING,
MOTIVATION, JOB INVOLVEMENT &
ENCOURAGEMENT - FUJICON



I AM YOUR T V, I warn you:

Constant viewing of PORNOGRAPHIC, PERVERSIVE, VIOLENT, REVENGEFUL, CHAOTIC, scenes telecast through me can retard the healthy development of your personality, character, sound social relationship, physical and mental development and vital eye-sight. Please view me only for enrichment of knowledge and clean entertainment. Compiled by: - K. Mathew Thomas

BETTER DIETARY CONTROL
BETTER DIABETIC CONTROL – FUJICON

“It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust, sweat and blood; who strive valiantly; who err; and who come short again and again. It is he who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best knows in the end the triumphs of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither defeat nor victory” Author unknown

ORGAN DONATION CAN HELP A PERSON SAVE HIS LIFE
BE AN ORGAN DONOR – K. Mathew Thomas

AN EYE’S PRAYER

I AM YOUR EYE, crafted by our LORD who is full of love and compassion. He gifted me to you with love to lighten-up your life and your path. I am with you for life, with love. Our Loving LORD desires you to take tender care of me as he created me to be your lifelong companion. The human life perishes; but I do not. I live till I am consigned to death. Day and night I move with you; sleep with you and toil with you. Till end I guide you in your path; in smooth, rugged or hostile terrains. You see through me the wonders of our LORD’s creations; the flowing rivers, the roaring oceans, the mesmerism of mountains, the beauty and colors of fragrant flowers and plants, the bewitching waterfalls, the mystic Sun, the Moon, the Stars and your near and dear ones in life and glorify HIM for HIS gift of sight.

It is in you to decide whether I should live beyond human life. Think deep, think kind, and think humane. My life is not limited to a single life. This is the resolve of our loving God, my creator that I am passed on to those living in eternal darkness. To bury me, burn me or put me as a prey to the vultures and extinguish the life in me is against the commandment of our LORD and a sin committed against him in violation of the rule of life preservation. You pray and I pray that I do not become a prey to manifestations of ignorance, comic myths and prejudices alien to life and love. Hallowed be the one who gift me with life to one with life to live in life and sing the glory of you and our LORD. Preserving the life in me for the vision of your brethren is your noblest parting gift to your Loving God K. Mathew Thomas

MEDITATION TIPS

Regardless of the form of meditation, it is a good idea to take a shower, or wash your hands and face before you meditate. You may want to set aside a special place in your room that you only use for meditation. Or you can find a place outside that feels good to you. It is important to keep the back straight during meditation, whether you are sitting on the floor or in a chair. Energy flows up the spine, so we try to create a straight pathway for it. Also, it’s a good idea not to eat too much before you meditate, or you will feel heavy and tired. At the end of a meditation session, always bow in gratitude and offer your meditation back to the universe. This humble sign of gratitude is very important in Buddhist practice.

“Meditation is the bridge between this and all other levels of consciousness;
Practicing meditation makes you aware of your eternally enlightened nature.
By practicing meditation you will come to see that the true nature of the real you,
the body of light is everlasting bliss!”

A HOSPITALITY CONTEXT

A group of Roman Catholic Dignitaries from Vatican landed in our College campus in a white 1950, state-of-the-art limousine, The College Management was more than delighted. The Malayalam Professor with a decent working knowledge in Latin was deputed to be the principal host. The priest being very humble and pleasant, the Management was more than confident that the priest would do justice to the job. The guests were taken around the campus; the lab. the hostels, staff quarters and the local Roman Catholic Church. The Medical Centre was in their last itinerary. The Medical Centre impressed the guests very much. It was time to depart. The guests profusely thanked the host and made a moving adieu. Thank you for your HOSPITALITY, the leader said. The priest was sure that it was an acknowledgement of the facilities in the Medical Centre. In his broken English the priest responded. “We do not have as much as a HOSPITAL has, but with what little we have we do an excellent job”. The guests quickly retreated astonished. - K. Mathew Thomas

GARLIC FOR BETTER HEALTH

If you are cooking with garlic, crush the pods first for health benefits, says a study.

Garlic's health benefits and medicinal properties are well known. It has long been considered a herbal "wonder drug" with a reputation in folklore for preventing everything from the common cold and flu to the plague.

Garlic is used extensively in herbal medicine and it contains compounds shown to help prevent blood clots. But most studies have tested raw garlic and cooking can damage garlic's anti-clotting compounds, reported an online edition of health magazine WebMD.

Crushing garlic may help prevent that damage, report researchers in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

Claudio Galmarini of the agricultural sciences faculty at Argentina's Universidad Nacional de Cuyo and other researchers found that garlic cooked for three minutes in boiling water or in an oven at about 400 degrees Fahrenheit has the same amount of the anti-clotting compounds as raw garlic.

But cooking uncrushed garlic for six minutes completely suppressed the anti-clotting properties, the researchers added.

Galmarini's team tried crushing the garlic by putting it through a garlic-press before cooking. That helped preserve the compounds, although they still lost much of their anti-clotting effects after three to six minutes.

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