Long ago, I read a book called “The Magic of Thinking Big” by David Schwartz. In one of the chapters Schwartz talks about the value of treating your work as important. He explains this in the form of a story of three brick layers. It’s short and simple. When asked “what are you doing?” the… Continue reading
Date Archives → December 2005
Quotes worth recording – Peter Drucker
Ways to distinguish yourself – #72 Be willing to step back to move forward
First time entrepreneurs (especially if they are bootstrapping) have a first hand experience in this – they willingly step back before moving forward. I have a personal experience too. I remember this clearly – When I co-founded CIGNEX five years ago (66% pay cut, lifestyle changes, smaller office and a ton of uncertainty) everyone would… Continue reading
Quotes worth recording – Oliver Wendell Holmes
Jim Rohn said that success is measurable progress in reasonable time. This quote extends it a bit and reminds us that it’s important to move in the right direction. “I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. We must sail sometimes… Continue reading
Ready for inspiration overload from Mark Cuban?
Who does not know Mark Cuban – the founder of Broadcast.com (sold to Yahoo! in 1999) and owner of Dallas MavericksNow, in his own words, Mark describes his journey, trials and tribulations, successes and failures from nothing to where he is today on his blog. Here is the link Success and Motivation – redux Read… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself – #71 Expand your capacity to receive help!
I have always believed and continue to believe that we have more help than we require at any point in our life. Whenever I say that during a talk, half the people nod in agreement and the other half give me a skeptical look. While I believe in everything I said, I also want to… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself – #70 Increase "shelf-life" of your power relationships
Shelf-life is probably a bad word but I can’t think of anything else now – so rather than breaking my head on it I decided to explain what I mean and it will all get cleared in a minute. We meet or get introduced to all kinds of people on a power scale. Some –… Continue reading