I am a Citibank customer and my first job was with that organization (long) back in India. I love that company. Recently I noticed that they have an offer for people like me – Non-Resident Indians. We can open an NRI account with Zero Balance. Now, think of that offer for a second – 1…. Continue reading
Date Archives → February 2006
Personal Branding for Technology Professionals – Part II
Last month I wrote about why of Personal Branding for technology professionals and this month my column talks about the how of Personal Branding for Technology Professionals. If you are a technology professional, please spend a few minutes to go over to CIO Update to read both the columns. Here are the links: 1. CIOUpdate:… Continue reading
Who let the thoughts out?
In a short but sweet article “But We’ve always done it this way“, Denise O’Berry talks about a woman who followed an interesting practice while fixing holiday ham because her grandmother taught her that way. The practice was to lop off both ends of the ham before placing it in the pan. Upon checking with… Continue reading
Quotes worth recording – Nepolean Bonaparte
Marshall Goldsmith on Empowering Others
Having coached some of the smartest business people on this planet, Marshall Goldsmith believes that one of the problems with smart people is their need to add a “lot of value” to the other party. Sometimes that can hurt rather than help. Please take a look at this brilliant article that I first read in… Continue reading
Ubiquity Magazine interview on "Beyond Code" related topics
John Gehl from Ubiquity (An IT opinion magazine and forum published by Association of Computing Machinery) interviewed me recently on topics covered in my book Beyond Code. This was one of the most comprehensive interviews related to the topic of distinguishing yourself. Here is the link and hope you will enjoy it.Ubiquity: An Interview with… Continue reading
Thinking about thinking
I have written about thinking before. Here is one link: Ways to distinguish yourself #78 Think! When I talk about it some people get offended. It’s as if I am making an assessment that THEY are not thinking and I am the ONLY one that is thinking. Once I clarify to them that we are… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #108 Face the problem
Everytime I meet someone who is looking to change his (or her) job, I ask them why are they wanting to change jobs. While I learn about their reasons, I learn a lot more about them from what they say about their current job and what reasons they give for wanting to change jobs. Let… Continue reading
March 8, 2006 – SIPA Event – Personal Branding
I will be speaking at a SIPA event this March 8, 2006. There is no fee for SIPA members and Agilent employees. Other registration details can be found at SIPA’s website SIPA: Personal Branding – Goals, Competence and Differentiation When you have a moment, please take a look at a related article which is my… Continue reading
The culture of dissatisfaction – by Seth Godin
Brilliant article by my hero Seth Godin over at his blog. Here is the link: Seth Godin: The culture of dissatisfaction Once you finish reading it and digesting that wisdom, if you still have some time to spare, please read a related article that I wrote a few months ago: Got carried away by the… Continue reading