I am sure I caught the attention of some of the techies. Unfortunately I am not referring to “Cascaded Style Sheets.” as I don’t know of any traps there 🙂 I am talking about “Continuous Spiral Syndrome” a fancy term for sideways movement in people’s career paths. Let me explain. Imagine a coil (which is… Continue reading
Date Archives → November 2005
Qutoes worth recording – Wayne Gretzky
I got this from Navin Nagiah who took over my job as the CEO of CIGNEX a few months ago. This little quote will explain the need to develop the power to watch the trends, anticipate and act accordingly. “I skate to where the puck is going to be” – Wayne Gretzky Please sign… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself – #62 Stop comparing to the ideal scenario
If you want to be happier than where you are just try this – stop comparing any scenario to ideal scenario. It will make a huge difference and you will instantly become special in some way. Most people have trouble with their jobs or relationships or colleagues or — this is the best – with… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself – #61 Package information for easy consumption
I have talked about the topic of simplicity before and the need for simplifying things in general. This is an extension to that topic. Let me start with an example. Last week I was supposed to pick up two folks from San Francisco Airport and both of these people sent me their travel details. Both… Continue reading
The care and feeding of your network
Yesterday I was speaking with Bob Allard and while I don’t believe in re-incarnation, if such a thing is there I know Bob and I were connected in some fashion. Bob and I have a strikingly similar approach to networking (actually I don’t even want to call it Networking – it is relationship building) The… Continue reading
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Quotes worth recording – Wynton Marsalis
If you are looking for inspiration, I guess you will find it everywhere. I was having coffee at Starbucks yesterday morning and found this little quote on a coffee cup. “The humble improve“ – Wynton Marsalis, Jazz musician While humility is not the only characteristic that will help someone improve, I have to say… Continue reading
Blogging Starter Checklist – Updated
[Update: Oct 21, 2006]Welcome to new readers. This post is almost an year old and is seriously OUTDATED. I am not keeping this current. But I have created a lens on Squidoo on the same topic that is current. You can read it here: Squidoo lens: Blogging Starter Checklist Many of my close friends are… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself – #60 Recognize and respect potential
This is a question for those who have already achieved something significant in their lives and become remarkable as people – “Before you reached where you are now, way before you had those accomplishments – do you remember anyone recognizing your potential?” Every time I ask this question, I get a positive answer. People always… Continue reading