I had the privilage to participate as a mentor in the “Get In their Shoes” program organized by Patrick at IMNO (International Mentoring Network Organization). The winner of the contest gets a 30-minute mentoring session on the phone. I had the opportunity to talk to a bright young man called Sunil Kanderi from Wisconsin on… Continue reading
Date Archives → July 2006
Quotes worth recording – Sir Ken Robinson
There are so many definitions to what is creativity. Sir Ken Robinson has a great one. The definition has two parts and both parts are important. It will be a gentle reminder to all of us creative folks to see if we are really creative 🙂 “Creativity is the process of having original ideas that… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #151 – Enroll people to provide progressive feedback
Let’s say you are working on a new project. You want to get some feedback from some of your smartest friends. You pick a number. Let’s say that number is ten and you call all of them at the start of the project and ask for their feedback. Chances are that more than one of… Continue reading
Beyond Code featured in InBubbleWrap – 20 FREE copies to be given away on July 7, 2006
The fine folks at InBubbleWrap are featuring my book “Beyond Code” today. 20 people will win a free copy of the book. The catch – you have to sign up and answer two questions. Here is the link – InBubbleWrap: Go Distinguish Yourself In case, you are not one of the 20 to win, you… Continue reading
Who's got your remote?
Imagine this: You wake up one day and suddenly realize that you are no longer a human being and you are now a television. Depending upon your self-esteem and attitude, you are either a simple 15-inch TV or a 42-inch big screen plasma TV. But television you are. You sit in a corner and wait… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #150 – Drop conditions to engage in your core craft
This is typically a “last mile” problem that can easily be solved. This is also a problem mostly related to awareness and the power of beliefs. Let me explain. Let’s say painting is your passion. You love to paint. You have done some amazing work in the past and you continue to produce great work… Continue reading
Beyond Code July Promotion (in assocation with 800-CEO-READ)
For those of you who are long-time readers of my blog, thank you. For those of you who are new, welcome! Those of you who are interested in buying my book, my company Foresight Plus, LLC is partnering with 800-CEO-READ to bring this July promotion. If you buy the book through 800-CEO-READ, you will get… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #149 – Practice working with minimal resources
About fifteen years ago, I was attending a speed reading workshop back in Bangalore, India. As an introduction to the course, the instructor asked us to pick up a book and turn it around and read a page. It was hard to read the book upside-down. It took us a few minutes to read one… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #148 – Invest in your future clients
Last week when I picked up Sumukh (my seven year old son) from school, he had two forms in his hand. He said “Dad, can we please go to Barnes and Noble?” I love books so I was anyway ready to go there but I was curious to know why Sumukh wanted to go there… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #147 – Be in the right place
I have written earlier about the importance of timing. Location is equally important as timing. A few weeks ago I was in Boston speaking at TiECon East. I stayed at the beautiful Hyatt hotel overlooking the Charles River. It was late in the evening and I thought of fixing myself a cup of coffee. Next… Continue reading