COMMITMENT

WHAT IS COMMITME T
A great business leader once said:
"...the basic philosophy, spirit, and drive of an organization have far more to do with its relative achievements
than do technological or economic resources, organizational structure, innovation, and timing. All these things
weigh heavily in success. But they are, I think, transcended by how strongly the people in the organization believe
in its basic precepts and how faithfully they carry them out." (from Thomas J. Watson, Jr., A Business and its
Beliefs - The ideas that helped build IBM).
As true as this is for the success of a corporation, it is even more so for the individual. The most important single
factor in individual success is COMMITMENT. Commitment ignites action. To commit is to pledge yourself to a
certain purpose or line of conduct. It also means practicing your beliefs consistently. There are, therefore, two
fundamental conditions for commitment. The first is having a sound set of beliefs. There is an old saying that goes,
"Stand for something or you'll fall for anything." The second is faithful adherence to those beliefs with your
behavior. Possibly the best description of commitment is "persistence with a purpose".
Many successful business people are hailed as visionary leaders. On careful inspection they are found to be
individuals who hold firmly to a simple set of commitments, usually grounded in beliefs such as "the best product
money can buy", or the highest possible customer service". It is the strength of these commitments, religiously
followed, that led to their business success.

WHERE TO PRACTICE
It appears that effective leaders hold dearly to a half dozen commitments. The first, and most basic, of these is a
commitment to a set of values, principles or beliefs. These underlying principles define both the organization's
uniqueness and the fundamental direction in which it wants to head. This first commitment leads to a common
vision and purpose within the organization.
The second commitment is to oneself, to how one acts as a leader. An effective leader possesses a strong sense
of personal integrity and self confidence. This leads to a willingness to share the credit for success. Another side
to this commitment is a deliberate emphasis on continual self-improvement.
The combination of a strong, positive commitment to self and to a set of principles serve as a foundation to
effectively maintain the remaining four commitments. These commitments are to: customers, results, employees,
and the organization.
Everyone has a customer and is a customer to someone else. Customers are usually thought of as external to the
organization who needs your product or service. A question worth asking is, "How much are others willing to
pay for my work?" The price your customers are willing to pay measures its values in their eyes.
Besides serving customers, all organizations target specific results. Given the large number of demands placed on
all of us, it is important to concentrate on achieving the most important goals and objectives. Commitment to
results is largely determined by how clear priorities are, what actions get rewarded, and what risks are being
taken to improve intended results.

The next commitment is to the people. The quality of the organization's commitment to customers and results is
largely based upon the quality of its commitment to people. The simple reason for this is that it is these people
who serve the customer and achieve results. How are people treated in the organization? Commitment to people
is largely the product of treating people with respect, challenging them, and giving them effective feedback on
how they are doing.
The final leadership commitment is to the larger organization. Other departments, higher management, the
organization's overall strategy & mission are important. Communication is the key with this commitment. How
people talk to, and about, each other greatly affects the quality of cooperation. How open are the channels of
communication up, down, and across? Can management be challenged? Will people support management
decisions and changes?
Balancing all six commitments is the key to well directed leadership. When management supports its employees,
they will be able and willing to achieve intended results, When these results support customer needs and
expectations, customers will support the organization with their business. A strong and healthy organization can
then continue to show commitment to its people. The glue that holds this process together is the values and
leaders in the organization.
HOW TO PRACTICE COMMITME T
Effectively demonstrating commitment to others, to the organization's basic principles, and to oneself is never
easy. The truth is, demonstrating commitment is hard work. Wavering commitment is usually seen as no
commitment at all. The only way to achieve a reputation for commitment is through determination and
persistence. Genuine commitment stands the test of time.
Day to day, commitment is demonstrated by a combination of two actions. The first action is called supporting.
Genuine support develops a commitment in the minds and hearts of others. This is accomplished by focusing on
what is important and leading by example. It is not uncommon for people to be either confused as to what is
important, or lose sight of it over time. Supporting means concentrating on what adds value, spotlighting what's
working, and rewarding others who are focusing on what is important and leading by example. A crucial aspect
of true support is standing up to those who would undermine commitment, those whose words or actions show
disrespect.
The second action underlying commitment is called improving. Improving stretches our commitment to an even
higher level. Commitment means a willingness to look for a better way and learn from the process. It focuses on
eliminating complacency, confronting what is not working, and providing incentives for improvement. The spirit of
improving is rooted in challenging current expectation and ultimately taking the risk to make changes. These
changes are based more on an optimism in the future than dissatisfaction in the past. It is embodied in the reply of
car maker Professor Porsche, who, when asked which was his favorite model in the long line of Porsche
automobiles replied: "I haven't built it yet!"
It is the combination of both supporting and improving behaviors that makes up the practice of commitment.
Separately neither action is capable of sustaining commitment. Promoting alone can come across as a shallow
and pollyannish. Continuous improvement can be seen as "good is never good enough". Together they provide a
needed balance. Both are essential to commitment.

WHE IT IS MOST IMPORTA T

Commitment is most difficult and most readily proven during tough times. How someone weathers the storms
most clearly demonstrates their basic beliefs. In antiquity, Epicurus stated: "...a captain earns his reputation during
the storms." When your competition scores big against you, when the money dries up, or when the glamour of
success wears off, this is when it is easiest to compromise your commitments. The real test comes when you can
hold the line against the easy route of compromise.
Fortunately, paying the price that commitment commands has payoffs worth the cost - a reputation for integrity
and, even more important, the commitment of others in return. Commitment is a two-way street. You only get it if
you are willing to give it.

~LOVE & SACRIFICE MISUNDERSTOOD~

Its been so long I have not written something valuable for my blog. One day I was just surfing internet and I found a very beautiful article on 'Love' written by 'anonymous'. It gave me inspiration to take out my feelings about love which I always use to think is unique. I have lost my love in real life, in fact so far I haven't love truly someone or possible that I haven't found someone who I can love truly because of my unique definition of love.

I will post this article chapter wise. If you include all the chapters together, you can give a title to it 'LOVE & SACRIFICE MISUNDERSTOOD'.

~LOVE JUST IS~
Unless you are a therapist, a spiritualist or someone who has completely understood the way this world revolves, there is a good chance you believe that you have understood ‘love’ but lack ways to easily articulate it. I don’t mean to down play you in any way but I wrote this especially to empower you with thoughts that have been around for generations and ways to explain what love truly is.
Many of us have associated ourselves with love and ever since our teen years we have misunderstood being ‘in love’ with the actual true ‘love’. We recognize this when we tell our boy-friends or girl-friends that we’re ‘in love’ with them and when they are not around, we get upset; when they are with others, we compete for attention; or when they do something different from what we like, it troubles us. We even quantify love by saying ‘I love you more than you love me’. While this seems very cute in its own way, there is a big difference between what we express in the relationship and what love really is.

~THE REAL DIFFERENCE~
We have not understood ‘love’ the way it really is; but have experienced something called ‘in love’. ‘In Love’ is to receive love from the other person and is a dependence based relationship. In this relationship, we are attached to our own happiness but this happiness comes from their presence. It is obvious when we miss them if they are not around, but in truth we only miss them for the love that they give to us. By being dependent or attached in an adult relationship this way, we are setting ourselves up for pain. Any attempt to remove this dependence or attachment is always resisted by us and we know how hurtful it is when we don’t get what we want from them. We forget about what makes them happy and sometimes we can act possessive taking away the space they need. Barely do we realize that these problems are within ourselves first; that we are deficit in some way. While this may sound terrible, it really is not. In the real sense of the word, this is a stepping stone to eventually understand true love. Everyone walks this path.

~TRUE LOVE~
When we truly love someone, we only give love, not expect to receive any. We accept the person for who he or she is. This is the same as the unconditional love we talk about between a mother and her child. There is never a reason; we just love. When the time and person is right, we feel it deep within ourselves and nothing known physically to us can ever explain it. True love or unconditional love is unconditional acceptance of a person no matter what their actions dictate; but it does not mean unconditional acceptance of their actions; just the person. Please don’t read only into that line, there is more. We know that people change and their actions evolve over time. We have faith in them because we see in them a ‘them’ that they themselves cannot see. It’s just a matter of time before they figure themselves out through the many good and bad things they do; and trust me, they will consciously do almost every thing that today’s society or you considers bad. However, Love, in a relationship, is accepting them for who they are while expecting them to be the best they can be for themselves; not for you. Loving them is never about you; its about them. When they want you to let go, let them go, let them grow; your part is done. If you are looking for someone to love you, just remember the quote by Gandhiji, “Be the change you wish to see in the world” & like will attract like.

~WHAT LOVE ISN'T~

Love isn’t detachment or attachment but a fine balance between the two and knowing when to do either. Love never has reasons; but reasons have love. Love isn’t dependence but freedom to grow. Love isn’t denial but acceptance of self and self emotions. Even hate is love; its someone who’s upset because they didn’t get the love they needed; they are just asking to be loved. Even Jealousy is love, someone wanting the source of love and happiness that you have.
However, due to haste, desperation or just bad sources of information, we remain confused and continue creating reasons for why we should love. Magazines, surveys or compatibility ads are main sources of our wealth of toxic information. Loving someone for a reason is not true love for the other person. Reasons are conditions which when satisfied makes us happy. It just shows that we are in love with that reason and not the person. When we love the reason or that condition, we indicate that we are loving ourselves instead and are trying to make ‘ourselves’ happy; not them. This is the same as making use of them to make us happy; but the reality is that we need to fill our own voids first before we can truly love someone else for who they are. It’s even more scary when we choose to love for a reason and then over time those reasons vanish; and we’d find ourselves hating that same very person. We know this when we use words like, ‘I loved the old you better’. But this is not the end of it all; it’s just one of those jump starts we need.

~HOW DO I LEARN TO TRULY LOVE SOMEONE?~

This might be a question, that haunt somebody for his entire life. But he/she never realized in their life, which was in front of them, they should have seen the love for themselves. It’s easier said than done. Learn to love yourself first without going outside for love. When you truly love yourself you will be able to truly love others.


My great apology to those who got hurt by this article or did not like it. This is completely individual thought and it can not be generalized. And yes, If you have any doubt about any chapter, please do not hesitate to comment, I will try my maximum to clear my views.

Celebration of SS Day at AMU: Abstract

VC of AMU, Dr. Azis was speaking on the occasion of SS Day in AMU campus. Chief Guest was Dr. Abdullah, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy. He announced a separate department for 'Renewable Energy' at AMU. India is targetting 20,000MW electricity to be produced by 2020 and AMU will have an important contribution on it.

On this occasion, AMU Chancellor and retired Chief Justice of Supreme Court Justice A. M. Ahmadi conferred the prestigious Sir Syed Ahmad Khan International Award-2009 in the field of Life Sciences.

Welcoming the guests from all parts of the globe, the Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis said that the University is on resurgent track. The University has been able to get Rs. 185 Crores for various development initiatives during the XI Plan. The Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College has been declared for upgradation at a cost of Rs. 150 Crore. The Government of India has sanctioned Rs. 50 Crore for starting two special Centres of AMU in Wes Bengal and Kerala. A residential Civil Services Coaching Academy at a cost of Rs. 14 Crore is to start soon. The Schools under the AMU are on a modernization drive. The University is expecting support to the tune of Rs. 85 Crore for creating facilities including appointment of 120 teachers, badly needed at these Schools.

He announced that the Aligarh Muslim University has the 8th Rank among the Indian universities in terms of research publications. The Government of India has granted a sum of Rs. 9 Crore for the promotion of advanced research in the University.

Prof. Azis said that the AMU believes that it has a role to play in making quality education accessible to people in different parts of the country. In response to the status of backwardness brought out by the Sachar Committee, the Aligarh Muslim University has decided to establish 5 special Centres of the University: Murshidabad in West Bengal, Katihar in Bihar, Malappuram in kerala, Pune in Maharashtra and Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh. The Government of India has been graceful in approving the idea and allocated Rs. 50 Crore as a token grant to start these Centres during the current year.

The Vice Chancellor said that the Deans of various faculties of the University have been requested to initiate consultations with Faculty members for preparing e-lessons and e-learning tools. He said that the Controller of Examination is working on the possibility of making online submission of admission forms, online counseling, online admissions, online internal assessment and online University examinations.

We pray to god for the peacefully completion of all above initiative on this auspicious occasion.Ameen.

Who are the gentlemen?

How to Behave Like a Contemporary Gentleman

from wikiHow - The How to Manual That You Can Edit

Being a gentleman is sure to impress any girl you're interested in (or at least, any girl who is worth the effort!) It's also great to act gentlemanly around parents and grandparents, employers, teachers, and anybody else who might need to think you're great.

Steps

1. Pay attention to how you dress. You don't have to dress "preppy" but you should make sure your pants, shirts and shoes are of good quality and in good repair. Gentlemen don't wear things that are scuffed, stained, ripped, ill-fitting, or otherwise in bad shape. (See the "tips" section for dress ideas.)
   
2. Be courteous when you talk to a girl. Make conversation, but let her do at least half the talking. Look her in the eyes. Don't stare at other parts of her body, and don't lean in too close unless you're about to kiss her.
   
3. Practice your handshake. (Shake hands with your friends until you get this right.) You should reach out, grasp the other person's hand firmly but without crushing their fingers, give two up/down shakes, and then release. Shake hands immediately upon being introduced to someone new, and say the other person's name, along with, "Hi, it's nice to meet you." This also applies to girls, but do not squeeze their hand. Hold her fingers and gently shake up and down.
   
4. Don't use bad language. A foul mouth is not gentlemanly at all. Try to speak clearly, with your head up, and use correct grammar. Don't use big words if you don't know what they mean. If you don't know much about the subject of conversation, you can keep silent, ask what someone else thinks, or make neutral remarks.
   
5. Avoid talking about matters that people might find gross, disturbing or rude. If someone else brings such a subject up, listen politely but don't say anything. (Of course, there are exceptions depending on how well you know someone, and what they would or wouldn't find offensive and disturbing.)
   
6. Practice your posture. Gentlemen can appear at ease without slouching, you know!
   
7. Keep all your belongings (house, car, etc.) and yourself neat and clean. Don't leave trash lying around or dirty dishes in the sink. Shower daily, wear deodorant (but not too much, cologne or deodorant you can smell from a mile away is offputting) and brush/floss your teeth.
   
8. When initiating physical contact other than handshakes, take it slow. Don't touch a person until you have gotten to know them well first.
   
9. If you ask someone out on a date, offer to pay for dinner. You can let the girl talk you into splitting the bill in half if you want, but don't let her pay for the entire thing.
   
10. If you're visiting somebody's house for dinner, help clear the table. Offer to help wash the dishes.
    
11. Pull out the girl's chair and take her coat for her when she sits down.
    
12. If you're in a restaurant or out with friends and you are offered alcohol to drink, do not have more than one drink. If you're with people you know well, you can have up to two, but don't have more than that. A simple drink of a high-quality liquor is usually better than a mixed drink with cheap ingredients.
    
13. When you're riding on a bus or public transportation, stand up and offer your seat if an elderly person, pregnant mother, or (ideally) any woman gets on board.
    
14. However, do not fake this! Women can always tell if you are secretly a sleazy slimeball hiding behind the appearance of a gentlemen. If all else fails, simply remember this - being gentlemanly is about being courteous and respectful.
    

Tips

• 1. When offering a woman your seat, don't wait until she accepts to get up. This gives the impression that you are just doing it as a formality rather than really offering your seat. Instead, get up and then offer the now empty seat.
     
  2. The key to this maneuver is to know the line between going out of your way to be a gentleman (thumbs-up) and going too far to be a gentleman (thumbs down.) Ideally, you should be able to trust your gut as to what is too far. If you're a novice, it's generally appropriate to go one step beyond what your gut tells you to do. (Chivalry is uncommon, so it will probably feel weird at first.) However, there are a few rules of thumb:
     
  
  

If she would have to push her way through several people to get to the seat, don't do it.
If there is a group and they can't all have seats, don't do it.
If you are sitting with a friend in a pair of seats, either you both do it or neither do. For just one person to do it, creates a lot of weirdness.
If you offer and she declines, try once more. If she declines again, sit down. The key here is to sit down without being even a little bit condescending.

• 1. Learn to iron your own clothes, and iron them. Don't expect a girl to do it for you. A gentleman is self-sufficient.
     
  2. Keep your hair in trim, and keep your facial hair neat if you have any. (If you don't, then make sure you stay clean-shaven. Fuzzy chins are scruffy.) Don't dye or bleach your hair, it should remain its natural color.
     
  3. For shirts, you should wear button-down dress shirts, polo shirts or sweaters. Shirts with collars are better than shirts without.
     
  4. For pants, you should wear slacks that are neatly pressed and a conservative color like khaki, navy blue, gray or black. Jeans are okay in informal situations, but they must fit you (no baggy pants) and they must be in good condition.
     
  5. Always wear a belt. Don't choose a belt with an oversized buckle or a lot of studs on it, though.
     
  6. Know how to tie a tie and wear it correctly. Wear one when you're being especially formal.
     
  7. Wear loafers or dress shoes. Make sure your shoes fit you well and are shiny and in good condition. Your socks should always match, of course.
     
  8. In general, your socks should match your pants, and your belt should match your shoes. If you are wearing jeans, then your socks should match your shoes.
     
  9. If you're ordering food or drink, don't order something you don't like just because it sounds impressive (like black coffee, escargot or scotch on the rocks). Only ask for something you actually want. It does not look very cool if you ask for something and then don't touch it.
     
  
  

Warnings

• Don't get piercings or tattoos. If you have them, take them off or cover them up.
  
• Treat all women chivalrously, but don't be condescending.
  
• When you're making conversation, avoid topics the other person (or people) might find offensive. Don't talk too much about yourself.
  
• Don't get drunk under any circumstances. It's not dignified and is very off-putting. (Besides, if you're driving home later, it can be dangerous to you and your date.)
  
• Never act as though you're too interested in sex.
  

Related wikiHows

• How to Be a Gentleman in a Gentleman's Club
  
• How to Deal With Oily Skin as a Gentleman
  
• How to Be a Gentleman
  
• How to Braid a Woman's Hair on a Date
  

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Ask a history teacher 2  explain this----- if he can… !1



Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. 
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960. 

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights. 
Both wives lost their children while living in theWhite House. 

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday. 
Both Presidents were shot in the head 

Now it gets really weird. 

Lincoln 's secretary was named Kennedy. 
Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln . 

Both were assassinated by Southerners. 
Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson. 

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln , was born in 1808. 
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908. 



John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln , was born in 1839. 
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.



Both assassins were known by their three names. 
Both names are composed of fifteen letters. 

Now hang on to your seat. 

Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford.' 
Kennedy was shot in a car called ' Lincoln ' made by 'Ford.' 

Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse. 
Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater. 

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials. 

And here's the kicker.... 

A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe , Maryland 
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe. 

Useful Information on ATM Machine

If you are ever forced by a thief or someone to take money out of an ATM machine, enter your pin number reversed.

So if your number is 1254 mark 4521.

The ATM machine will give you your money, but will automatically recognize this as a plea for help and will alert the police unknown to the thief.

This option is in all ATM machines, but not many people know this.

Distribution of brainboxes among World population

Demographics:
 o World Jewish Population.  14 million
 o Distribution: 7 m in America
                           5 m in Asia
                           2 m in Europe
                          100 thousand in Africa

 o World Muslim Population: 1.5 billion
 o Distribution: 1 billion in Asia/Mid-East
                           400 M in Africa
                           44 M in Europe
                           6 M in the Americas
 o Every fifth human being is a Muslim.
 o For every single Hindu there are two Muslims
 o For every Buddhist there are two Muslims
 o For every Jew there are 107 Muslims
 o Yet the 14 million Jews are more powerful than the entire 1.5 billion Muslims
  

WHY?
  
 Here are some of the reasons.
  
 Movers of Current History
 o  Albert Einstein             Jewish
 o  Sigmund Freud            Jewish
 o  Karl Marx                      Jewish
 o  Paul Samuelson           Jewish
 o  Milton Friedman           Jewish
  
 Medical Milestones
 o  Vaccinating Needle: Benjamin Ruben     Jewish
 o  Polio Vaccine            Jonas Salk                Jewish
 o  Leukaemia Drug     Gertrude Elion          Jewish
 o  Hepatitis B              Baruch Blumberg     Jewish
 o  Syphilis Drug           Paul Ehrlich              Jewish
 o  Neuro muscular       Elie Metchnikoff       Jewish
 o  Endocrinology         Andrew Schally       Jewish
 o  Cognitive therapy.  Aaron Beck               Jewish
 o  Contraceptive Pill   Gregory Pincus         Jewish
 o  Understanding of Human Eye. G. Wald        Jewish
 o  Embryology.          Stanley Cohen          Jewish
 o  Kidney Dialysis      Willem Kloffcame      Jewish
  
 Nobel Prize Winners
 o  In the past 105 years, 14 million Jews have won 180 Nobel prizes whilst 1.5 billion Muslims have contributed only 3 Nobel winners
  
 Inventions that changed History
 o  Micro- Processing Chip. Stanley Mezor            Jewish
 o  Nuclear Chain Reactor   Leo Sziland                  Jewish
 o  Optical Fibre Cable       Peter Schultz               Jewish
 o  Traffic Lights             Charles Adler                    Jewish
 o  Stainless Steel         Benno Strauss                 Jewish
 o  Sound Movies           Isador Kisee                     Jewish
 o  Telephone Microphone Emile Berliner                Jewish
 o  Video Tape Recorder Charles Ginsburg             Jewish
  
 Influential Global Business
 o  Polo               Ralph Lauren                  Jewish
 o  Coca Cola                                                    Jewish
 o  Levi's Jeans     Levi Strauss                  Jewish
 o  Sawbuck's       Howard Schultz             Jewish
 o  Google           Sergey Brin                    Jewish
 o  Dell Computers   Michael Dell                   Jewish
 o  Oracle        Larry Ellison                   Jewish
 o  DKNY        Donna Karan                  Jewish
 o  Baskin & Robbins     Irv Robbins                  Jewish
 o  Dunkin Donuts   Bill Rosenberg                   Jewish
  
 Influential Intellectuals/ Politicians
 o  Henry Kissinger , US Sec of State                     Jewish
 o  Richard Levin, PresidentYaleUniver sity             Jewish
 o  Alan Greenspan , US Federal Reserve               Jewish
 o  Joseph Lieberman                                           Jewish
 o  Madeleine Albright , US Sec of State                 Jewish
 o   CasperWeinberger , US Sec of Defence            Jewish
 o  Maxim Litvinov , USSR Foreign Minister             Jewish
 o   DavidMarshal , Singapore Chief Minister            Jewish
 o  Isaacs Isaacs, Gov-GenAustralia                      Jewish
 o  Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman                Jewish
 o  Yevgeny Primakov, Russian PM                       Jewish
 o  Barry Goldwater , US Politician                         Jewish
 o  Jorge Sampaio, President Portugal                    Jewish
 o  Herb Gray, Canadian Deputy - PM                    Jewish
 o  Pierre Mendes, French PM                              Jewish
 o  Michael Howard, British Home Sec.                  Jewish
 o  Bruno Kriesky, Austrian Chancellor                  Jewish
 o  Robert Rubin , US Sec of Treasury                    Jewish
  
 Global Media Influential
 o  Wolf Blitzer,  CNN                                             Jewish
 o  Barbara Walters   ABC News                             Jewish
 o   EugeneMeyer , Washington Post                      Jewish
 o  Henry Grunwald, Time Magazine                        Jewish
 o  Katherine Graham , Washington Post                 Jewish
 o  Joseph Lelyeld, New York Times                       Jewish
 o  Max Frankel, New York Times                           Jewish
  
 Global Philanthropists
 o  George Soros                                                  Jewish
 o  Walter Annenberg                                            Jewish
  
  
Why are they powerful?   why are Muslims powerless?

Here's another reason. We have lost the capacity to produce knowledge.
  
 o  In the entire Muslim World (57 Muslim Countries) there are only 500 universities.
 o  In USA alone, 5,758 universities
 o  In India alone, 8,407 universities
 o  Not one university in the entire Islamic World features in the Top 500 Ranking Universities of the World
 o  Literacy in the Christian World  90%
 o  Literacy in the Muslim World     40%
 o  15 Christian majority-countries, literacy rate 100%
 o  Muslim majority - countries ,       None
 o  98% in Christian countries completed primary
 o  Only 50% in Muslim countries completed primary.
 o  40% in Christian countries attended university
 o  In Muslim countries a dismal 2% attended.
 o  Muslim majority countries have 230 scientists per one million Muslims
 o  The USA has 5000 per million
 o  The Christian world 1000 technicians per million.
 o  Entire Arab World only 50 technicians per million.
 o  Muslim World spends on research/developmen t 0.2% of GDP
 o  Christian World spends 5 % of GDP
  
 Conclusion.
 o  The Muslim World lacks the capacity to produce knowledge.
  
 Another way of testing the degree of  knowledge is the degree of diffusing knowledge.
  
 o   Pakistan 23 daily newspapers per 1000 citizens
 o   Singapore 460 per 1000 citizens.
 o  In UK book titles per million is 2000
 o  In Egypt book titles per million is only 17
  
 Conclusion.
 o  Muslim World is failing to diffuse knowledge
  
 Applying Knowledge is another such test.
 o  Exports of high tech products from   Pakistan is 0.9% of its exports.
 o  In Saudi Arabia is 0.2%
 o   Kuwait , Morocco and Algeria 0.3%
 o   Singapore alone is 68%
  
 Conclusion.
 o  Muslim World is failing to apply knowledge.
  
 What do you conclude?    no need to tell the figures are speaking themselves very loudly we are unable to listen

Advice:

Please educate yourself and your children. always promote education, don't compromise on it, don't ignore your children's slightest misguidance from education (and please, for God's Sake, don't use your personal contacts or sources to promote your children in their education; if they fail, let them and make them learn to pass; b/c if they can't do it now, they can't ever).
We are World's biggest and strongest nation, all we need is to identify and explore our ownselves. Our victory is with our knowledge, our creativity, our literacy...And nothing else.