I got this in my email box. I thought this was from an ISP but after reading all the acronyms (most of which I didn’t understand) I did not understand what this company was famous for. It also contained a link of the company’s Network Maps (??) <snip>I can also provide you any quotes that… Continue reading
Date Archives → April 2006
Where is the leverage?
Look at the following words: 1. xanthosis2. vivisepulture3. euonym4. chiaroscurist5. logorrhea6. demarche7. succedaneum8. prospicience9. pococurante10. autochthonous11. appoggiatura I am sure most of you would have guessed what these words are. These are the winning words for the National Spelling Bee Contest from 1995 to 2005. Forget about the spelling, I don’t know the meaning of… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #121 Learn to exploit innovations
Today I had lunch with four VERY smart people and one of them was Brian Sommers who was the longest running and most senior director of Accenture‘s Software Intelligence Unit. The credit for this blog post goes to Brian. We all know how important it is to innovate in these tough times. Innovation is no… Continue reading
Influence book review at GKU
I don’t fully understand the name of Guy’s blog but I call it GKU or Guy Kawasaki University. If you have not enrolled in it yet, please do so. It is only a few months old but a few years worth of courses have already been dished out 😉 I am sure there is more… Continue reading
Quotes worth recording – Will Rogers
Without a solid purpose, there is no point in rushing through life or trying to save time. Here is a great perspective on time. “Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save” – Will Rogers Please sign up for my newsletter… Continue reading
Quotes worth recording – Goethe
Ramesh Rajamani of TechMasala sends me this gem from Goethe. Leaders play a very important role in shaping the lives of people that they lead. “Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them and you help them to become what they are capable of becoming” – Goethe Please… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself – #120 Create memorable experiences
Let us do some introspection. Think about all your interactions with people in the last one month. How many of them do you vividly remember today? In fact answer the following questions: * How many of those interactions will you remember next month?* How many of those interactions will you remember next year?* How many… Continue reading
We don't have any competition
Sometimes new entrepreneurs think that they have such a brilliant idea that nobody else in the world is doing anything similar to what they are doing. In other words, they say they don’t have any competition. Think about it. One reason there is no competition is truly because you have got something so unique, nobody… Continue reading
Ways to distingish yourself – #119 Avoid the "0.9 Extra Mile Syndrome"
This can happen anywhere at work or outside of your work. Let me take a simple example of what might happen at work. You are working on a very interesting project. When you complete it, you decide to create a powerpoint presentation (although that was not part of your job) and present it to your… Continue reading
Get in their shoes campaign – Open until April 6, 2006
I’m participating in an innovative campaign called “Get in Their Shoes.” This is a description of the program: “The Get in Their Shoes Campaign is a call to action by successful business leaders, athletes, entertainers, and politicians to rally youth and aspiring leaders to lift themselves out of their limiting circumstances by proactively interviewing successful… Continue reading