Background: This is part of the Quought for the Day – 2008 Series. Quought = Question that provokes thought! The question I asked thought leaders and my very smart friends is: What is ONE question that you wish someone had asked you when you were young? And, Why? I will be posting answers (which will… Continue reading
Date Archives → July 2008
2008 Quought for the Day #1 – Sally Pera
Background: This is part of the Quought for the Day – 2008 Series. Quought = Question that provokes thought! The question I asked thought leaders and my very smart friends is: What is ONE question that you wish someone had asked you when you were young? And, Why? I will be posting answers (which will… Continue reading
Announcing Quought for the Day series for 2008
Beginning of 2007, I created a project called “Quought for the day” and requested several thought leaders to contribute a quought for my blog. Quought = Question that provokes Thought. The project was VERY successful and well received mainly because of so many interesting Quoughts from several leading thinkers. My Squidoo lens on Questions has… Continue reading
Social Capital 101 – Interview with Bill Sherman
Bill Sherman has been a friend for years and has helped me with many projects. Two weeks ago, I spent a few days with Bill where I had a chance to learn about his research on “social capital” in the last few months. The topic is of great interest to me and his research findings… Continue reading
Wisdom of the flying pig – Interview with Jack Hayhow
Last week I had an opportunity to talk to Jack Hayhow, founder of Opus Training. I also had an opportunity to read his wonderful little book called “The Wisdom of the Flying Pig” and thoroughly enjoyed it. Jack was not only kind enough to answer a few of my questions for the benefit of the… Continue reading
McDonalds Iced Coffee and shifting the criteria
On Saturday, I wanted to have a cup of coffee. There was a long line at Starbucks (makes one wonder why they are closing 600 stores) and I was not in a mood to stand in the queue. Next door was McDonalds. I had read advertisements about their new flavored ice coffee and decided to… Continue reading
IndyMac Bank – A scary lesson for everyone
The failure of IndyMac bank is scary. It’s actually a scary lesson for all of us. You can read the full story at Wall Street Journal – Crisis deepens as Big Bank Fails. What caught my attention is the statement about what the bank specialized in. Here it is It specialized in Alt-A loans, a… Continue reading
Is the ball in my court?
The typical question you may ask is “Is the ball in my court?” Unfortunately, this question is flawed if you assume that there is only one ball to handle. Generally, there are many balls in the air. Here are some of them: * A ball that relates to your work * A ball that relates… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #189 – Disproportionately shift the baseline over time
Think about any reasonably successful person and you will see that his or her career path will be plastered with a series of successes and failures. While the media and the outside world may only paint a picture of what his or her successes are, the person will know clearly how the career was a… Continue reading
Just being nice is NOT enough
It hurts to see many nice people struggle through life. Just like gravity doesn’t care who you are, the world doesn’t care how much money nice people make. The marketplace rewards value and it helps if that comes from a nice person. If being nice is on one axis, having the power to make things… Continue reading