7 tips on How to create successful relationships?

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How to create Successful relationships:

  1. Be willing to support our purpose, values, rules and goals
  2. Speak with good purpose. If it doesn’t serve, don’t say it. No making people wrong, justifying, or defending.
  3. If you disagree or do not understand, ask clarifying questions. Don’t make the other person wrong.
  4. Make only agreements you are willing and intend to keep.
  5. If you can’t keep an agreement, communicate as soon as practical to the appropriate person. Clear any broken agreement at the first appropriate opportunity.
  6. When something is not working, first look to the system for correction, and then propose a system based solution to the person who can do something about it.
  7. Be responsible. No blaming, no defending, no justifying, and no shaming.


The above points are quoted from the book: “The Success principles”. I highly recommend you buy this book for managing your life better.


2 reasons Foreign aid is not effective in Nepal right now

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1) Foreign aid is not a very effective means of dealing with the failure of nations around the world today because countries need inclusive economic and political institutions to break out of the cycle of poverty. Foreign aid can typically do little in this respect, and certainly not with the way it is now organized. Recognizing the roots of world inequality and poverty is important precisely so that we do not pin our hopes on false promises. As those roots lie in institutions, foreign aid, within the framework of given institutions in recipient nations will do little to spur sustained growth. In other words giving it to the institutions that are at fault, will not help.

2) Since development of inclusive economic and political institutions is key, using the existing flows of foreign aid at least in part to help such development would be useful. Putting conditions on aid (which is what donors overwhelmingly do in Nepal) is not the answer, as it requires existing rulers to make concessions which they usually don’t agree or just bypass. Instead, we should perhaps structure foreign aid so that its use and administration brings groups and leaders otherwise excluded from power into decision-making process.

How

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• Which is the Best Way out for Nepal right now? Poll results.

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click on photo to make it biggerWhat do Nepalis want next ? Results of vote

• अब हामी नेपालीहरुको निकासको बाटो के हुनुपर्छ ? अहिले सम्मको भोटको नतिजा जसमा १७०० भन्दा बढि नेपालीले भोट गरेका थिए
• Which is the Best Way out for #Nepal now? Results so far out of more than 1750 votes so far.

https://www.facebook.com/?sk=question&id=10151129627757774

कृपया एकचोटी लिकंमा रहेको अति महत्वपूर्ण प्रश्नमा “भोट” गर्न अनुरोध गर्दछौँ र आफ्ना साथीहरुलाई पनि भोट गर्न आमन्त्रण गर्नु होला! धन्यवाद

Vote now ! and ask your friends to:
1) Vote themselves
2) Ask all friends using the “Ask friends” options in voting page by clicking on friends one by one. (then hit Submit)

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What should be Nepal’s foreign policy like: Outcome of 8th Citizens gathering on “What next for Nepal”

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This 8th meeting focused on Nepal’s Foreign Policies and the relationship with its immediate neighbors. All participants were asked to suggest or give their view on the what our Foreign Policy should be like: Here are some recommendations.

  • Formulating India friendly foreign policy initially to systematize the current economic mess.
  • Frequent self assessment of problems to seek active ways towards self dependency.
  • Making short term, mid-term, Long term foreign policy strategies.
  • Focusing on long term vision while signing long term bilateral and multilateral treaties.
  • One door foreign policy and uniform line of communication
  • Adopting SWARAJ campaign to link to support Nepali native products and skills thereby promoting the Nepali entrepreneurship.
  • Stimulating the economic growth by kicking off with the Capitalist modality of economy then moving on to socialist model as wealth comes in.
  • Exploring the causes of the current situation that is beyond India: Analysis of role/interest of other Countries and Donor driven developmental dynamics in Nepal

The direct intervention of the foreign diplomats in the political issues and demystifying conspiracy theories was the kick off point for the discussion.

Politicians of Nepal’s disregard of diplomatic norms and beggar attitude with Foreign diplomatic missions is one of the

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Thoughts on Political institutions and structures in Nepal : Summary of 7th open citizens meet-up in Kathmandu

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See you tomorrow (Saturday) at 9:45 am for the 8th open meeting at GAA Thamel, Kathmandu (till 11:15 am). Here are some of the summaries of the last episode ( 7th meetup).

•There are strong links between political culture and literacy levels; with rising levels of literacy in Nepal, there is greater hope for a better system to come into place.

• Charismatic leadership circles, an enlightened mass, and a suitable political structure are needed in order for a better political culture to develop. In Nepal’s political history as well, people like B.P. Koirala, Madan Bhandari, etc. were charismatic leaders with a great vision, but they did not have an enlightened mass to support them, nor did they make an effective political structure to streamline their own governance and give their administration an efficient and transparent direction. In this sense, all these leaders who succeeded in specific historical events but failed in longer-term political processes were not successful because of the absence of a ‘good’ political structure within which to run.

• The differences between professional politicians and professionals who then get into politics is an important one. For instance, professional who already have a means to sustain themselves before and after

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