Can You Stick To Your Resolutions?Veronica's Vibes
Have you noticed that come end of the
year, facing a new year, people constantly vow to do things
differently, which, most of the time, only lasts a short while.
Then it's back to the same old ways and habits. Is there a way to make
sure you sit down and make some new year's resolutions so that come
December 31, 2010, you are looking back and you realize you achieved
EVERY one of your resolutions? There is.
First thing is to realize that you are constantly in a pattern of what is called oscillation. For example, say you resolve to be on a low-calorie diet this year to lose that stubborn fats around the mid-area of our body. That works for awhile. But then you are drawn to some tasty cookies "just this once" or "because I've been so good with my diet," and then after that "cheat,"....just once, cheat, and then later you’ll find yourself off the diet. You oscillate between a strict diet, and a horrible binge. That's the way it is for most resolutions.
According to biz guru R. Gelder, “We are on well worn paths that we are used to being on. We can resolve to be on a different path, but the path of least resistance, the one we're used to being on, draws us in.”
You can say, "I will exercise every day starting this year" but my old habits will rear their ugly head, and I'll sit out exercise "just this once" because today I don't have time, or because I am late for work, or a hundred other excuses.”
And the path of least resistance leads you back to sitting on your butt. That's what many people do. They oscillate between on extreme and another. Inevitably, they fall back to what they are used to, unless they do one vital thing.
What is that one thing you can do that will assure you that you stay on our newly resolved path to lose weight, exercise more, make more money, build our own business, whatever?
That missing thing you can do is to determine what you really, really want. And constantly look to that higher want when you are doing your day- to-day business. This is what values are all about. It isn't a trick. It isn't lying about "every day is getting better and better" when it isn't. This is about core truths.
COMCAST,
INDIA
TRIBUNE
CELEBRATE
AWARD
HONOREES
AND
THE EXPANSION OF THE ‘SOUTH ASIAN TIER’ THROUGHOUT
CHICAGOLAND
Comcast, the nation’s leading provider of entertainment, information and communications products and services, recognized three members of the Chicago area’s South Asian community as part of a celebration of the company’s expansion of the South Asian programming. Comcast customers in the city and suburbs alike now have access to an exciting blend of South Asian offerings including news, dramas, movies, music, concerts, kids shows and entertainment series via Comcast’s South Asian Pack.
Comcast now offers seven different South Asian Networks and more than a dozen channel combinations giving customers the ability to choose the programming that best matches their needs for as low as $24.99 per month. Comcast also offers as Bollywood Hits on Demand, which offers more than 25 Bollywood hit movies and more than 50 Bollywood music videos every month, with new content each week.
These South Asian networks are available now to customers in the city of Chicago, most northern and northwest Chicago suburbs and select western suburbs, including Aurora, Joliet and Naperville. They will be available throughout the Chicagoland area by the end of 2010.
“The South Asian Tier is part of Comcast’s ongoing commitment to offer the diversity of programming that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve,” said LeAnn Talbot, Senior Vice President for Comcast’s Greater Chicago Region. “With our recent expansion throughout the suburbs, the South Asian community throughout the Chicago area will have many favorite programs available 24 hours a day on Comcast.”
During the celebration launch, Comcast and the India Tribune honored three for their achievements at a special reception at the Meadows Club in Rolling Meadow were: Mr. Naren Patel, who is the owner, president and CEO of MedStar Laboratory Inc., is a community activist and philanthropist. MedStar provides free lab testing facilities for uninsured people. He is a supporter of cultural, social, political, religious, and humanitarian and health related organizations.
Dr. Manish Brahmbhat is one of the youngest presidents of Indian American Medical Association (IAMA) Charitable Foundation. He is a medical director in Cook County Hospitals, one of the biggest hospitals in the US. He is passionate to serve the community and help people with his medical expertise. He is also a well-known philanthropist.
Ms. Smita Shah DeJeu is the President of Spaan Technology, a project management firm, she founded in 1998 after she earned her master’s degree in civil and environmental engineering from MIT. The company is considered one of the fastest-growing private companies according to Inc. Magazine. This entrepreneurial leader also upgrades electrical systems for the Chicago Public Schools and was recently awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, sponsored by the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations, a New York non-profit that recognizes those individuals who have “changed the fabric of America.”
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) (www.comcast.com) is one of the nation’s leading providers of entertainment, information and communication products and services. With 23.8 million cable customers, 15.7 million high-speed Internet customers and 7.4 million Comcast Digital Voice customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of cable systems and in the delivery of programming content.
Comcast’s content networks and investments include E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One, 11 regional sports networks operated by Comcast Sports Group and Comcast Interactive Media, which develops and operates Comcast's Internet businesses, including Comcast.net (www.comcast.net). Comcast also has a majority ownership in Comcast-Spectacor, which owns two professional sports teams, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team and the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, and a large, multipurpose arena in Philadelphia, the Wachovia Center, and manages other facilities for sporting events, concerts and other events.
Comcast’s Greater Chicago Region, based in Schaumburg, Illinois, serves 2.1 million customers in several Illinois markets, including Chicago, Peoria, Springfield, Champaign, Rockford and Quincy, as well as South Bend, Indiana.
First thing is to realize that you are constantly in a pattern of what is called oscillation. For example, say you resolve to be on a low-calorie diet this year to lose that stubborn fats around the mid-area of our body. That works for awhile. But then you are drawn to some tasty cookies "just this once" or "because I've been so good with my diet," and then after that "cheat,"....just once, cheat, and then later you’ll find yourself off the diet. You oscillate between a strict diet, and a horrible binge. That's the way it is for most resolutions.
At the “ Bollywood Night” held at Meadows Club,
for the Comcast’s/India
Tribune’s South Asian Tier Chicagoland expansion and honoring of
outstanding Indian philanthropists. In attendance from VT/CPRTV
were
Veronica, Joe Mauricio, Flor & Don Kramer, with former Chicago
Bears Super Bowl Champ ‘85 Otis Wilson.
According to biz guru R. Gelder, “We are on well worn paths that we are used to being on. We can resolve to be on a different path, but the path of least resistance, the one we're used to being on, draws us in.”
You can say, "I will exercise every day starting this year" but my old habits will rear their ugly head, and I'll sit out exercise "just this once" because today I don't have time, or because I am late for work, or a hundred other excuses.”
And the path of least resistance leads you back to sitting on your butt. That's what many people do. They oscillate between on extreme and another. Inevitably, they fall back to what they are used to, unless they do one vital thing.
What is that one thing you can do that will assure you that you stay on our newly resolved path to lose weight, exercise more, make more money, build our own business, whatever?
That missing thing you can do is to determine what you really, really want. And constantly look to that higher want when you are doing your day- to-day business. This is what values are all about. It isn't a trick. It isn't lying about "every day is getting better and better" when it isn't. This is about core truths.
COMCAST,
INDIA
TRIBUNE
CELEBRATE
AWARD
HONOREES
AND
THE EXPANSION OF THE ‘SOUTH ASIAN TIER’ THROUGHOUT
CHICAGOLAND
Comcast, the nation’s leading provider of entertainment, information and communications products and services, recognized three members of the Chicago area’s South Asian community as part of a celebration of the company’s expansion of the South Asian programming. Comcast customers in the city and suburbs alike now have access to an exciting blend of South Asian offerings including news, dramas, movies, music, concerts, kids shows and entertainment series via Comcast’s South Asian Pack.
Comcast now offers seven different South Asian Networks and more than a dozen channel combinations giving customers the ability to choose the programming that best matches their needs for as low as $24.99 per month. Comcast also offers as Bollywood Hits on Demand, which offers more than 25 Bollywood hit movies and more than 50 Bollywood music videos every month, with new content each week.
These South Asian networks are available now to customers in the city of Chicago, most northern and northwest Chicago suburbs and select western suburbs, including Aurora, Joliet and Naperville. They will be available throughout the Chicagoland area by the end of 2010.
“The South Asian Tier is part of Comcast’s ongoing commitment to offer the diversity of programming that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve,” said LeAnn Talbot, Senior Vice President for Comcast’s Greater Chicago Region. “With our recent expansion throughout the suburbs, the South Asian community throughout the Chicago area will have many favorite programs available 24 hours a day on Comcast.”
During the celebration launch, Comcast and the India Tribune honored three for their achievements at a special reception at the Meadows Club in Rolling Meadow were: Mr. Naren Patel, who is the owner, president and CEO of MedStar Laboratory Inc., is a community activist and philanthropist. MedStar provides free lab testing facilities for uninsured people. He is a supporter of cultural, social, political, religious, and humanitarian and health related organizations.
Dr. Manish Brahmbhat is one of the youngest presidents of Indian American Medical Association (IAMA) Charitable Foundation. He is a medical director in Cook County Hospitals, one of the biggest hospitals in the US. He is passionate to serve the community and help people with his medical expertise. He is also a well-known philanthropist.
Rich Ruggiero, VP Communications for Comcast (far
left) congratulates the recipients of Comcast's Dream Big Award (l to
r) Dr. Manish Brahmbhat, Smita Shah DeJeu, and accepting on behalf of
their father, Naren Patel, are Neal and Raj Patel. The three
individuals were acknowledged for their contributions to the South
Asian community in Chicago and Chicagoland. The awards were presented
during the launch event of Comcast's newest channel offering for the
South Asian community.
Ms. Smita Shah DeJeu is the President of Spaan Technology, a project management firm, she founded in 1998 after she earned her master’s degree in civil and environmental engineering from MIT. The company is considered one of the fastest-growing private companies according to Inc. Magazine. This entrepreneurial leader also upgrades electrical systems for the Chicago Public Schools and was recently awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, sponsored by the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations, a New York non-profit that recognizes those individuals who have “changed the fabric of America.”
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) (www.comcast.com) is one of the nation’s leading providers of entertainment, information and communication products and services. With 23.8 million cable customers, 15.7 million high-speed Internet customers and 7.4 million Comcast Digital Voice customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of cable systems and in the delivery of programming content.
Comcast’s content networks and investments include E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One, 11 regional sports networks operated by Comcast Sports Group and Comcast Interactive Media, which develops and operates Comcast's Internet businesses, including Comcast.net (www.comcast.net). Comcast also has a majority ownership in Comcast-Spectacor, which owns two professional sports teams, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team and the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, and a large, multipurpose arena in Philadelphia, the Wachovia Center, and manages other facilities for sporting events, concerts and other events.
Comcast’s Greater Chicago Region, based in Schaumburg, Illinois, serves 2.1 million customers in several Illinois markets, including Chicago, Peoria, Springfield, Champaign, Rockford and Quincy, as well as South Bend, Indiana.
