Today we went to Brentwood for cherry picking. This is almost our annual ritual. Brentwood is about 60 miles from my home (Sunnyvale, California) and takes more than an hour to reach there. The three of us (Kavitha, Sumukh and myself) had a really good time. We picked cherries and strawberries. The quality of both… Continue reading
Date Archives → June 2006
How to get more traffic by Seth Godin; Few more additions
My hero Seth Godin has compiled a list of cool strategies and tactics to increase the traffic to your blogs.First read his post, before reading the following please. Its a great piece of education for FREE. However, I think the list is incomplete (IMHO, of course) Seth’s list covers a broad range of strategies, approaches… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #135 – Never discount "timing"
Be it in winning or be it in losting, timing plays an important role. One of the reasons why you should not try to duplicate somebody’s success. While you may be able to copy the actions by this successful person, you can be certain that you can’t recreate the timing of those actions. The other… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #134 – Learn to deal with (office) politics
You can wish that office politics was not there or it just disappears one day from your office. The chances of that happening are the same as you winning a lottery. Office politics won’t affect you if you are not on the wrong end of it. The key is to learn to deal with office… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #133 – Find the intersection of your passion and "current world needs"
When you do what you are extremely passionate about, you don’t feel like it is “work.” When I am getting ready for a trip, people ask me “Is this for business or pleasure?” and that totally confuses me. I can answer something and escape from the question but the fact that the question was posed… Continue reading