I have been watching my friend Sunil Kanderi and his team innovate, imagine, ideate, iterate and implement the Craigslist app for months and finally, today it’s getting released. Here is a quick Q&A with Sunil on the app and more. About Mokriya: Mokriya is a design-focused mobile app strategy and solutions company based in Silicon Valley…. Continue reading
Date Archives → February 2013
Why MANY smart people defend themselves aggressively
The question: Have you seen any of your smart people defending them or their actions aggressively? The BIG question: Have YOU defended yourself or your actions aggressively? I was recently at a pitch session where one of the founders gave a sub-optimal pitch and got sub-optimal ratings for his pitch. His first reaction – the… Continue reading
Do you think a rose is beautiful?
While coming back from his swimming class, I asked Sumukh a simple question – “Do you think a rose is beautiful?” He said “Yes” immediately and looked at me as if I was asking about something super obvious. I followed up with another question – “Sumukh, do you want to think about your answer again?… Continue reading
The Ultra-short Course on Seduction
How can you seduce someone? Important Note: With the Valentine’s day around, the title can be misleading. No, I am not talking about romantic kind of seduction – I don’t claim to be an expert on that and I am happily married for the last twenty years – so I guess it does not matter… Continue reading
The Art of Graceful Disagreement
Disagreement is hard and graceful disagreement is an art that you MUST master. Have you been in a situation where: You want to disagree but you don’t know how the other person will feel so you end up agreeing to something that you don’t buy-in You want to be a good sport so you go… Continue reading
Mini Saga #127 – The Search
Mini Saga #127 – The Search “My companion should be someone who will put more life in me” – Mark was frustrated. Years had passed by and he had no luck. So, when Jim mentioned he had found someone who could put more life in Mark, it was pure delight. “Simple,” Jim said, “Look in… Continue reading
9 Things You Must Forget from Your School
Good teachers can change your life – be it in school or outside of it. I was fortunate to have some really good teachers when I was at school and I am forever indebted to them. But, we both know that school and marketplace are very different environments. There are some things that you must… Continue reading
How to Deal with a Masked Narcissist
It is not easy to detect a masked narcissist. Why? Well, for one, he or she is masked. Jokes apart, masked narcissists are all around you and some of them may not even know that they are one of them. There are subtle signals of narcissism in their talk and behavior. Here are one example:… Continue reading