Mukta Mahajani's Blog
November 29, 2018
The Code - Awaken the hidden wisdom of your heart
Author Bio:
MUKTA MAHAJANI is an author and international speaker on Alternate Dispute Resolution methods with degrees in Psychology, Anthropology and Law and a career spanning over 20 years. Mukta has worked with the World Bank Group where her research has been published. She has lectured at New York City Bar Association, Mumbai University, ICADR, Hyderabad and IIT, Bombay among other institutions. She is a member of Lincoln’s Inn, London.
Write up:
It is always beneficial if we are able to find the most applicable solution to any problem we face. This means to apply the right method to resolve the problem through the heart’s wisdom and knowledge. The heart is never wrong. But we do not know how to listen to it because our problems have led us to be trapped in a certain mindset within a range of difficult yet common attributes that we experience in large doses in situations we don’t like. Attributes such as Ego, Over competitiveness, Jealously, Over expectations, Over ambition, Anger and Procrastination. This is how we feel when the world does not go our way.
We get so involved in nurturing these attributes that we are no longer able to keep them separate enough from our problem to resolve it effectively. The attributes and the problems mix and we are bound.
The Code applies mantras of philosophy, wisdom and religion and gives us quotes and stories that we can relate to in our day to day lives to help us deconstruct our mindset and resolve the problems by showing us how to see them without being bound by such seven attributes.
MUKTA MAHAJANI is an author and international speaker on Alternate Dispute Resolution methods with degrees in Psychology, Anthropology and Law and a career spanning over 20 years. Mukta has worked with the World Bank Group where her research has been published. She has lectured at New York City Bar Association, Mumbai University, ICADR, Hyderabad and IIT, Bombay among other institutions. She is a member of Lincoln’s Inn, London.
Write up:
It is always beneficial if we are able to find the most applicable solution to any problem we face. This means to apply the right method to resolve the problem through the heart’s wisdom and knowledge. The heart is never wrong. But we do not know how to listen to it because our problems have led us to be trapped in a certain mindset within a range of difficult yet common attributes that we experience in large doses in situations we don’t like. Attributes such as Ego, Over competitiveness, Jealously, Over expectations, Over ambition, Anger and Procrastination. This is how we feel when the world does not go our way.
We get so involved in nurturing these attributes that we are no longer able to keep them separate enough from our problem to resolve it effectively. The attributes and the problems mix and we are bound.
The Code applies mantras of philosophy, wisdom and religion and gives us quotes and stories that we can relate to in our day to day lives to help us deconstruct our mindset and resolve the problems by showing us how to see them without being bound by such seven attributes.
May 12, 2014
The correct use of the comma
The Huge Comma Mistake That Even Educated People Make
By Gus Lubin | Business Insider – 7 hours ago
John ate a slice of pepperoni pizza, and drank a bottle of beer.
If that sentence doesn't make you involuntarily scowl, then you do not have a proper understanding of commas. Yet sadly, in my experience as an editor as well as a reader of articles from various sources, many educated people do not understand what makes it grammatically indefensible. Keep your eye out and you'll see it all the time, too.
Let's break it down.
The rule, per Purdue OWL, is that you should not put a comma between the two verbs or verb phrases in a compound predicate.
"John" is the subject of the sentence. "Ate a slice" and "drank a bottle" are simplified versions of the two verbal phrases of the compound predicate (the part of the sentence that describes what John is doing).
John ate a slice and drank a bottle.
This basic sentence structure should not include a comma. It is not a question of style or preference. It is not a controversial grammatical rule. It is a very common mistake.
While we're on the subject, here's a similar mistake: John ate a slice of pepperoni pizza , and some potato chips. There shouldn't be a comma there, either. Per Purdue: D on't put a comma between the two nouns, noun phrases, or noun clauses in a compound subject or compound object.
Yet people may be so worried about all the times when commas should be used that they start making up their own instances.
Now there is a related structure in which commas should be used. This is when a comma separates independent clauses that are joined by a coordinating conjunction: John ate a slice of pepperoni pizza, and he drank a bottle of beer. Grammatically, this sentence is different from the original example, with two independent clauses ("John ate a slice" and "he drank a bottle of beer") separated by a coordinating conjunction ("and").
Again, this sentence doesn't take a comma: John ate a slice of pizza and drank a bottle of beer.
This sentence does: John ate a slice of pizza, and he drank a bottle of beer.
Mukta Mahajani
By Gus Lubin | Business Insider – 7 hours ago
John ate a slice of pepperoni pizza, and drank a bottle of beer.
If that sentence doesn't make you involuntarily scowl, then you do not have a proper understanding of commas. Yet sadly, in my experience as an editor as well as a reader of articles from various sources, many educated people do not understand what makes it grammatically indefensible. Keep your eye out and you'll see it all the time, too.
Let's break it down.
The rule, per Purdue OWL, is that you should not put a comma between the two verbs or verb phrases in a compound predicate.
"John" is the subject of the sentence. "Ate a slice" and "drank a bottle" are simplified versions of the two verbal phrases of the compound predicate (the part of the sentence that describes what John is doing).
John ate a slice and drank a bottle.
This basic sentence structure should not include a comma. It is not a question of style or preference. It is not a controversial grammatical rule. It is a very common mistake.
While we're on the subject, here's a similar mistake: John ate a slice of pepperoni pizza , and some potato chips. There shouldn't be a comma there, either. Per Purdue: D on't put a comma between the two nouns, noun phrases, or noun clauses in a compound subject or compound object.
Yet people may be so worried about all the times when commas should be used that they start making up their own instances.
Now there is a related structure in which commas should be used. This is when a comma separates independent clauses that are joined by a coordinating conjunction: John ate a slice of pepperoni pizza, and he drank a bottle of beer. Grammatically, this sentence is different from the original example, with two independent clauses ("John ate a slice" and "he drank a bottle of beer") separated by a coordinating conjunction ("and").
Again, this sentence doesn't take a comma: John ate a slice of pizza and drank a bottle of beer.
This sentence does: John ate a slice of pizza, and he drank a bottle of beer.
Mukta Mahajani
Negotiation tip for the week
Negotiation tip for the week: "Avoid fake deadlines as there will be nothing realistic then about your considered and chosen options."
Negotiation tip for the week
Negotiation tip for the week-- "Postpone travel to negotiate a major deal in the absence of previously studied written terms and conditions."
Book recommendation
Bringing Peace In The Room. A must read book on conflict resolution
