Eight Tips for dealing with criticism...

The Happiness Project is a blog I read very often, Gretchen Rubin has very interesting things to say and deal with every day life circumstances and remain happy through those experiences.

She has a useful post on how to deal with criticism. I don't handle criticism particularly well, though consciously I've tried to improve myself in this department for last 2-3 years. There are some tips which I've applied on ocassions and it has worked, but discipline and patience is missing during most times.

Please read her post here.

Quote of the day

Rather than telling, "You look good in that suit," tell the person, "That suit looks good on you."
- Dale Carneigie

The voice tone and selection of words are very important in any conversation. It can convey right signals and create a positive impression. I don't believe you need to butter people or say good things about them for creating attachment or liking, what you need is genuine interest to listen and talk, give true and honest opinions, be helpful without any hopes.

Great people do it well, I'm trying to get better.

Best Photos from the World Press

We all take lots of pictures of ourselves, when we travel, when there's an occasion, party, marriage, birthday and with the world going digital it's been very easy to store and share these memories. Sometimes the best pictures are taken by random amateur photographers and whenever I see these random pics on Flickr or Photobucket I get encouraged to learn and better understand the art of photography rather than just clicking them from a distance without any understanding of the camera, lens or the light.

I came across the website for the World Press Photo organization (non-profit) which organizes the worlds largest and most prestigious annual press photography contest. World Press Photo of the Year 2006 goes to a picture by a US photographer of some young Lebanese driving through a South Beirut neighborhood devastated by war. Also while you're there don't forget to check out the Prizewinners Galley 2007 There are some mind-blowing pictures especially of the US marine returning back to marry (Portraits), Darfur Refugees (General News), Settler woman struggles with Israeli security officer (People in the News).
Go help yourself and see something nice! (Winners of the contest from 1955-2006)

While on the topic of pictures/photos, Techcrunch gives a nice overview of the Online Photo editing websites. This is a very hot space and there are lots of Web 2.0 companies in this area.

Anyone wants to share any of their random work ?