Life is full of problems. Oops. Did I say that? For those optimists out there, re-read the sentence as “Life is full of opportunities.” Whatever you want to call them – problems, challenges, situations or opportunities – they appear in front of us everyday in our lives. Our tendency (just like when we are posed… Continue reading
Date Archives → April 2006
4/19 ONLY: Steve's special offer to promote his new book – Radical Edge
Those of you who liked Steve Farber’s Radical Leap will like this even more. Steve has put together a compelling package to persuade you to buy his book TODAY. Here is the link to the special page Radical Edge: Special offer for purchasing the book on 04/19/2006 Disclaimer: I am supporting Steve by providing a… Continue reading
Quotes worth recording – Jnan Dash
In a recent two-hour lunch meeting with Jnan Dash, not only my stomach was full but my head was filled with a ton of knowledge. As always, it was great to meet with Jnan. One of the takeaways for me was Jnan’s take on “Stress” “Stress is directly proportional to the delta between who you… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself – #123 Find a second reason to do anything significant
When you start any significant initiative all you need is one “good reason.” Next time, change the game. Find another important reason to do whatever you are planning to do. Try to do this even if the first reason you have got is REALLY good enough to engage in this initiative. Let me try to… Continue reading
Things that make me smile #3 – Notices
Mukundan S. sends me this set of notices (fictional, of course) and each one is a gem. While they provide the much needed laughing tonic, they also show how a simple idea can be brilliantly communicated to enhance effectiveness of the message. Here they are: #1. Seen on a famous beauty parlor in Bombay: Don’t… Continue reading
"What makes an effective executive" by Peter Drucker
When I was a kid, I had four people other students with the same name – Rajesh. So most of my teachers and friends called me by my initials – CP. This is a very common name in India. Now, I have many friends with the name Navin (in variety of spellings.) I was talking… Continue reading
Things that make me smile #2 – What's the time please?
Last week I was attending an event organized by SIPA related on SOA. While the organizers were setting up things, Jnan Dash (former EVP of Oracle) was one of the speakers on that day and he shared this story (fictional, of course) with us. I am sure you all will enjoy this. John is changing… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself – #122 Overestimate people with potential minus experience
When something needs to be delegated, generally people are comfortable to delegate stuff to others who have had experience and accomplishments in those areas. That way there is some predictability is what they think. Of course, we all know that only in an ideal world can we always get people with the right experience (and… Continue reading
Things that make me smile #1 – You can't do that here
I have got so many emails that I have a very serious blog and sadly I have also been accused that I don’t have a sense of humor. It is not true (probably) and I want to prove it. I will be posting some things that make me smile every now and then. This is… Continue reading