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
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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
How to Sell Your Ideas
Getting new ideas is reasonably easy. Here are ten ideas to get new ideas. Selling any idea is hard. First, let us talk about how ideas die prematurely. How Ideas Die Prematurely Most ideas die in your mind. In fact, here is an over-simplified representation of the journey of ideas. 1. Random Chatter You… Continue reading
Ways to Distinguish Yourself #218 – Look for Lesson #2
Richard Branson (no introduction needed) shares a story from his early entrepreneur days in his book “Business Stripped Bare.” As most of you know, Richard started his entrepreneurial journey by starting and running the “Student” magazine. One day, Patricia Lambert from the media giant IPC reached out and made an offer to buy the “Student”… Continue reading
How to Stay Calm
Just to be more realistic, let’s slightly modify the topic to How to Stay Calm (Most of the Time) as I don’t think there is anyone in my audience who are on the path to becoming a saint 🙂 Let me set the expectations right too – there is no magic pill or magic formula… Continue reading
How to detect if you are slightly brainwashed?
Ask yourself a few questions below: 1. Are you open-minded? 2. Are you a team player? 3. Are you a good leader? 4. Are you a quick learner? 5. Are you a lifelong learner? 6. Can you communicate well? 7. Do you come up with good ideas? 8. Are you likeable? 9. Are you passionate… Continue reading
Dr.Liz Alexander on Co-Authorship
My friend Dr.Liz Alexander recently co-authored a book called Thought Leadership Tweet. I am a big fan of thought leadership and also the executive editor of THINKaha (publisher of the book) so I will be doubly-biased when I say that the new book is fantastic. Please check it out. What was also fascinating was that… Continue reading
Hate the Curves and Bored with Cruise Control
This is the grand dilemma that many people face – when the roads are curvy, they complain what it takes to navigate all these curves. It seems like they have to pay 100% attention or they might drive off the road. On the other end, they are driving in cruise control on a totally empty… Continue reading
Distinguish Yourself #217 – Harness the Power of Cues
Take something very basic – a bookmark. It provides a quick way to continue reading your favorite book from where you left off. It is very basic but provides great utility. The alternative is to dog ear the book or do memory magic and remember the page numbers of all the books that you are… Continue reading
9 Reasons Why Your New Year Resolutions Fail
First of all, why am I even qualified to talk about this topic? I am just like you – lot of my resolutions have failed and lot of my projects have failed but when I have succeeded small number of times, I have done so with flying colors. A couple of examples where I succeeded:… Continue reading