The Interview That was his last interview for the day. He had done well. The job was almost guaranteed. While the pay and position were good, there was some discomfort. He didn’t think that he was reporting to a person who could lift him to the next level. He silently walked away. — Note: 1…. Continue reading
Date Archives → May 2006
Mini Saga – exercise for your brain
A mini saga is a story that is exactly 50 words (not 49 or 51.) What a cool idea! Ignorance is not bliss all the time 🙁 I first heard about mini saga from Dan Pink (author of A Whole New Mind) and fell in love with the concept. All my earlier books (published 19… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #129 Stop treading in the "blind spots" of others
I can safely assume that each one of you know about blind spots. Usually “blind spot” is talked about in the context of driving. It is an area of the road that disappears from your vision when you are looking at your rear view mirror. It is dangerous for a driver to not know about… Continue reading
New ideas for movie theatres
My friend Richard Banfield has an interesting thought for movie theatres. The comments for the post are interesting too. I won’t spoil the suspense by revealing everything. Over to his blog. Here is the link: Richard Banfield: My take on the future of movie theater Enjoy! Please sign up for my newsletter here:
Personal Branding for Technology Professionals – Now in NXTbook format
More than 10,000 people have seen the “Personal Branding for Technology Professionals” eBook in the last three weeks. Thank you for your interest and support. Now, the same eBook is available in the NXTBook format as part of the launch of their NXT Big Thing online publication. Now, who is NXTbook Media and what is… Continue reading
Life Beyond Code in Thai language
Nut Suwapiromchot of Cometrue Marketing in Thailand has a very interesting project going on. He and his team are translating blogs on variety of topics and re-publishing (of course, with permission) in thai language. Life Beyond Code is now available in Thai. Since I can’t understand Thai language, I trust Nut and his team to… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #128 Set yourself up to focus better
OK this is a tricky one. I didn’t say “Focus.” I said “Set yourself up to focus better.” Many things in life are like this. The event in itself will be a breeze if the preparation is right. A few examples: * You want do well on the day of your speaking; prepare well beforehand… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #127 Synchronize your configurations
I have wrote before about NEVER to work alone. In simple terms, when you work alone, you are operating at the lowest leverage point of your life because you can only get returns form ONLY your time investment. The simple solution, of course, would be to work with teams on all your projects – be… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #126 Don't get promoted to a job that you may not enjoy
Note: I think I am spending too much time with VERY smart people (not that I am complaining) but everyone I meet has so much to share, that, really typing stuff has become a limitation for me. The credit for the idea for this post goes to Bill Wiles again. It almost a cliche now… Continue reading
Things that make me smile #8 – Are you a leader?
I was Alan‘s guest at ACG Grow! awards last night. Dr. Curt Crawford in his keynote talked about extreme personal leadership. Dr. Crawford also shared an interesting story A prospective student was filling up his student application for getting into an university. He got stuck with a question on the paper Q. Are you a… Continue reading