We’re running a free Webinar with NY Times Best Selling Author Marshall Goldsmith to talk about his new book #MOJOtweet. What: FREE Webinar Who: NY Times Best Selling Author Marshall Goldsmith When: April 1, 2010 11amPT/2pmET Where: Call in 218-339-4300 Participant code: 715975# Marshall Goldsmith, author of several NY Times bestselling books will be giving… Continue reading
Date Archives → March 2010
9 Reasons Why Many Smart People Go Nowhere
You would have met many smart people who live a mediocre life. There are MANY of them. You might be surprised why this is the case. They have the brains to go somewhere, be someone and do remarkable things. When you talk to them, you will realize that even they want to go somewhere, be… Continue reading
Where do you put the gates?
Recently I registered at a corporate website to download some whitepapers. The registration process was smooth and the documents that I downloaded were designed very nicely. However, the content was mediocre. In fact, the whitepapers were glorified brochures at best. The company must have spent a fortune to design those whitepapers. However, since they were… Continue reading
Why many smart people are taken for granted?
Think about it: Why MANY smart people are taken for granted? Short answer: Because they let them be. [Please also note that the question was not why SOME smart people are taken for granted] But let us first understand what taking for granted means. Taking for granted means many things to many people and it… Continue reading
Why some smart people don't help other people?
Most smart people are capable of helping other people. Some of them do and some of them don’t. People are happy with those people that help and people resent those that don’t help. I have had many people share their frustration from people who have not gotten a response to their request for someone smart…. Continue reading
Resting on Your Laurels?
When you were first learning to walk, it was a treat for all the members in your family. Your took one step, tripped, fell down but you didn’t give up. You fell down many many times but nobody ever screamed at you for falling down. One day, you stood again, took one step, wobbled and… Continue reading
States of Awareness
I learned about this from legendary copywriting teacher John Carlton. John mentioned that he heard about his from a Navy Seal friend of his. Among the Navy Seals, I believe there are four levels of awareness. 1. White: Total Zombie This is a semi sleep state. You are not fully aware of things around you…. Continue reading
The Power of Permission
Imagine if one of your friend came to you and said that he had a story and it goes something like this: Jake, a paraplegic war veteran takes up an interesting assignment in a distant planet called Pandora. The planet is inhabited by a humanoid race called Na’vi which have their own culture and language…. Continue reading
Sandalwood Trees – A Simple Story on Awareness
When I was in India last time, Kiruba Shankar shared this wonderful story with me. A king and his troops were going through a forest. The King saw an old man cutting trees. Taking pity on him, he asked the Minister to give that old man an acre of sandalwood trees. The Minister took care… Continue reading
Handling Irrelevance
Almost every month one or the other “Yellow Pages” book lands up in front of my door. All these “Yellow Pages” books look the same from outside. I don’t know how they look inside because I have never opened one in the recent past. There was only one time, my son brought one of the… Continue reading