It’s all about the meaning… Mini Saga #74 – The Final Countdown Mike’s thought experiment: Got fifteen minutes to live. Write a letter about living a blessed life. Mike struggled, but completed the letter. However, he was not happy because if the question was “why his life was a blessing for others,” he would have… Continue reading
Date Archives → May 2011
What kids want…
This story sent by Senthil Raja touched my heart. I won’t reveal anything – it’s a short one and it’s worth a read. A tired man came home late from his whole day hard work. His 5 year old son was waiting for him at the door. Son: Dad, May I ask you a question?… Continue reading
What We Wish We Could Do at School…
We all have different answers to the question above. How about hearing what a 12 year old has to say in response to the question. That’s the topic of my son’s first book. Twelve-year old Sumukh has finally written his first book and it has been published on Kindle. It is called “What We Wish… Continue reading
The long road to bringing an idea to life: MySizeFinder Case Study
There is a joy in bringing ideas to life if you do that with love. This is a case study of MySizeFinder – from the idea to going live. You will see everything that happened behind-the-scenes including most of the people involved. Hopefully this will be useful information for people on the sidelines wanting to… Continue reading
Ten “smart” cop-outs
In general, all of us mess-up more often than not. The simple thing to do when we mess-up would be to admit it and avoid further embarrassment. However, we are trained to avoid dealing with uncomfortable things so we come up with “smart” cop-outs. Here are ten of them (feel free to add more in… Continue reading
Announcing CEREBRATE #3 – Looking for Nominations
The time has come to announce the next CEREBRATE event – CEREBRATE Silicon Valley #3 Kavitha (founder of MySizeFinder and my wife) I organized two CEREBRATE events in Silicon Valley (CEREBRATE #1 in July 2010 and CEREBRATE #2 in January 2011). Both the events were memorable and rather than trying to describe it here, you can… Continue reading
Where should you draw the line on criticism?
You require a really fine balance when it comes to paying attention to criticism when you are on the receiving end. If you ignore criticism completely, you may be missing some good feedback. If you take every criticism at face value, you may be tempted to act on erroneous feedback. More often than not, people… Continue reading
The Art of Giving and Getting Help – Part 2
In the first part of the article, we covered the necessary background and ideas for effectively giving help. In this article, we will cover some ideas to effectively get help. Life would be simple (and too easy, in my opinion) if we could get to the “right” people when we need help and, they, immediately… Continue reading
The Art of Giving and Getting Help – Part 1
When I talk about this topic, most people raise their eyebrows. Some openly say “I didn’t know that there is an art and science for help. It seems like a stretch to me.” What they are trying to say is I am complicating a very simple thing in life—giving and getting help. I respectfully disagree…. Continue reading