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Date Archives → April 2008
What are you paying for making money?
Generally speaking, you work and get paid. Did you ever think that you really pay to get paid. Let me explain… There are two kinds of making money. One, where you work and during that work, you are learning and enhancing your knowledge that will get you equipped to get future work. Two, where you… Continue reading
Quotes worth recording – Lisa Kirk
If there is one thing that you can do well when you are building a relationship, think about what you can do to make the other person (in the conversation) feel “good about himself or herself” at the end of your conversation. Lisa Kirk puts this brilliantly as she categorizes people into three types “A… Continue reading
I want to do this, but…. – Message from The Zahir
I am reading Paulo Coehlo’s fantastic book “The Zahir“. There is a paragraph on Page 18 that speaks to the syndrome called “Self-esteem Insurance Syndrome” (name made up by me). This syndrome affects many Wannabe entrepreneurs and in general many people who are putting off “identifying their purpose” and taking solid steps towards realizing it…. Continue reading
EO and Peer Networking – An interview with David Hassell; May 8 event
I am big on peer networking. I have been a member of Vistage for a LONG time. Recently, my friend David Hassell talked to me about another organization called Entrepreneur’s Organization (EO). I met David recently and talked to him about EO and the EO Global Leadership Event on May 8. Here are his responses… Continue reading
Are you covered?
If yes, Congratulations!! and you can skip this article. You don’t know what you don’t know.. You can’t hear what you can’t hear.. You can’t see what you can’t see… You can’t think about what is not in your awareness.. You need mentors and teachers because you just can’t do it alone. The irony is… Continue reading
The cost of blindly copying someone…
To copy or to mimic is low cost. And, it may work in the short-term. You save on the cost of innovation. If you are a fast “second mover”, you might have some advantages too (like you may not make the mistakes that your competitor made). The big threat of blindly copying someone is the… Continue reading
How much does it cost to ignore you?
You ask for something and you get rejected. Sounds familiar? If you are in the “self help” world, you just “motivate yourself” and “persist” and go and ask some more people. If you get rejected again, you “don’t give up” and you “walk the extra mile”. Before you do all that, please think what is… Continue reading
Late again. But…
There may be many reasons for slacking. However, when you start justifying without being aware that you are justifying, you may believe in those justifications and stop fixing the core issue. Here are a few examples: 1. When you are late, you say “better late than never” [$.02 – we all know that slow late… Continue reading
The Awareness Test
Please watch this video and then read my comments below the video The video to me comes in the category of a joke. Let me explain. A joke is a narrative where the punchline is unexpected. If you can expect what comes in the punchline, then it is no longer a joke. First, the instructions… Continue reading