APPRAISAL v RESIGNATION

APPRAISAL v RESIGNATION

A newly-joined trainee engineer asks his boss " What is the meaning of appraisal? "

Boss : " Do you know the meaning of resignation ? "

Trainee : " Yes, I do. "

Boss : " So let me make you understand what an appraisal is by comparing it with resignation. "

Appraisal	Resignation
In an appraisal meeting they will speak only about your weakness, errors and failures.	In a resignation meeting they will speak only about your strengths, past achievements and success.
During an appraisal you may need to cry and beg for even a 10% pay hike.	In a resignation meeting you can easily demand ( or get more without asking ) more than 50-60% pay-hike !
During an appraisal, they will deny promotion saying that you did not meet the expectation, you don't have leadership qualities, and that you had several drawbacks in reaching objective/goal.	During resignation, they'll say you are the core member of the team; that you are the vision of the company, and so " How can you go ? "; you have to take the project on your shoulders and lead your juniors to success.
There is a 90% chance of not getting any significant incentives after appraisal.	There is a 90% chance of getting an immediate pay-hike after you put in your resignation.

Trainee : " Yes, boss, good enough. Now I know what to do.

When you are about to do my appraisal, I will resign. "

死亡 VS 活著

有一個人很害怕死亡。 他心裡想著：「死亡是在前面呢還是在後面呢」

他想到：「人總是在往前跑的時死亡，例如飛機失事、車禍喪生。

所有的動物也都是在往前逃命的時候，被捕殺的。
從來沒有動物是在後退時喪生，所以，死亡是從後面追趕的。」


他得到一個重要的結論：「要避免被死亡追上的唯一方法，就是走得更快速、更匆
忙。」

於是，他每天總是行色匆忙，不論是吃飯、工作或走路，都比從前的自己快了三倍。


有一天，他匆匆忙忙的趕路時，突然被一個白鬍子的老人叫住。
老人問他說：「你如此匆忙，是在追趕什麼呢」
他說：「我不是講追趕，我是在
逃開呀」
「逃開什麼呢」老人問。

「逃開死亡」

老人說：「你怎麼知道死亡是在後面呢」

他說：「因為所有的動物都 是在往前逃命被死亡追上的。」

老人說：「你錯了死亡不是在起點時追趕，而是在終點時等候的。
不論你跑快或跑慢，都會抵達終點。」

「你怎麼知道？」

「因為我就是死神呀」老人說。

那個人大驚失色的說：「你今晚會出現，莫非我的死期到了」

死神說：「喔你不用害怕，你的死期還沒有到，只是你一直跑得太快，我的兄
弟「活著」一直向我抱怨趕不上你，
如果你不和他會合，和死亡又有什麼兩樣呢？他特別請我通知你慢一些呀！」

「我要如何才能和「活著」會合呢？」

死神說：「首先，你要站著不動，把心靜下來，然後你要環顧四周，
用心體會、用愛感覺、用所有的力量來品味，活著就會趕上你了。」

當他把心靜下來的時候，老人說：「你回頭看看，我的兄 弟來了。」

他一回頭，老人不見了，卻看見了從來沒有看見的、美麗的街景。

幸福並不取決於財富、權力和容貌，而是取決於你和周圍人的相處。
在平凡的日子裡，珍惜週遭的人事物！~

.....from a former US military colleague...

.....from a former US military colleague...

'If you had purchased $1,000 of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49.00.

With Enron, you would have had $16.50 left of the original $1,000.

With WorldCom, you would have had less than $5.00 left.

If you had purchased $1,000 of Delta Airlines stock, you would have $49.00 left.

But; if you had purchased $1,000 worth of beer one year ago, drank all the beer and turned in the aluminium cans for the aluminium recycling refund, you would have had $214.00.

Based on the above, the best investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle