I created this example to drive home a point and use this often in my speaking engagements. Remember, this is fictional Imagine that one of your friends John asks you for a favor. John has a problem. He is supposed to receive an important packet at the local library on one of the saturdays in… Continue reading
Date Archives → January 2006
Open Source and blogging; We can change the game
I am involved in Open Source through CIGNEX and have been blogging here for the last one year. I see some similarities in the two worlds. Blogging has become like open source software. There are hundreds and thousands of blogs out there but only a small percentage of them are quality blogs. We can change… Continue reading
Personal Branding 101 for IT professionals
My latest column on CIOUpdate.com has been published today. It is a topic dear to my heart – branding for IT professionals. IT professionals can ignore branding when the going is good and still succeed. However, when the going gets tough, your brand can be your first line of defense. This is a two-part article… Continue reading
Another brainless record breaking attempt
Oh GOD! please save me from watching these brainless record breaking attempts. I was reading the morning news paper in Bangalore Deccan Herald. On page 13, there was a photo of a few children brushing their teeth. Apparently the photo shows only part of the story. I believe there were close to 11,000 children assembled… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #104 Setup and use anchors and triggers
In 1993, my first meditation teacher explained the use of anchors. My anchor was simple – when I was delving deep into meditation, I would bring my three fingers (thumb, index and middle) together in both hands. The idea was that with practice, I would be able to accelerate my getting into meditative state by… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #103 Validate your private reasons
We take certain decisions for certain reason(s). Many times there is a public reason and there is a private reason for a decision. A public reason is what we say to others to justify the decision and a private reason is why we really took that decision. While we can fool someone else with a… Continue reading
Quotes worth recording – Mother Theresa
This gem of a poem was forwarded to me by my always insightful friend Mukundan. This is not a quote but it’s a poem by Mother Theresa. I am including it here because when I read it, the poem looks like a collection of great quotes. Hope you will enjoy it. People are often unreasonable,… Continue reading
How can you distinguish yourself if you are just a roadside fast food joint?
Greetings from Bangalore, India. I have been talking about ways to distinguish yourself if you are an IT professional. After the publication of my book “Beyond Code” and after talking to so many people outside the IT world who read the book, it is clear to me that irrespective of what your field is, there… Continue reading
What is the COST of your salary?
During this trip to India I got a better understanding of the booming BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) industry in India. While I can talk at length about this topic, for now, I want to focus only on one aspect – the intensity with which the industry is attracting young talent and some of the consequences… Continue reading