An apple a day keeps a doctor away. An onion a day will probably keep everyone away A Thank You a Day will definitely keep you relevant for a long time to come. Let me explain Being thankful every day If you are surrounded by amazing people, they will keep lifting you up and help you… Continue reading
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Mini Saga #125 – Focus
Mini Saga #125 – Focus Matt passionately spoke about his project. At the end, his focus turned towards people who were interested to join immediately. He asked them to stay behind for a detailed conversation and bid goodbye to others. In that process, he lost the mindshare of all those who “might be” interested soon…. Continue reading
7 ways you may be exposing your insecurities
Everyone is insecure on something or the other. The biggest insecurity is whether they will effectively bridge the delta between how you portray “who you are” to the world and “who you really are.” There are many ways you might clothe your insecurities. Here are a few of them: 1. You intimidate others: Intimidation will… Continue reading
Unstallation in progress…
There was no spelling mistake here. Unstallation, as you might have guessed is a made up word. It is the opposite of being in a “stalled” state. Suppose you were in a town where people didn’t know about cars. They had bikes alright but no cars. You come up with an idea of a car… Continue reading
You have to judge a cover by its book
Let’s take a book, your book. Your book is the value you bring to the marketplace. The cover of your book is your personal brand. In other words, your cover is the assessment that the marketplace makes about the value you bring too the marketplace. What is the value you bring to the marketplace? In… Continue reading
It was a good meeting
Most people say It was a good meeting when they really have to say It was a meeting where I felt good All good meetings will probably make you feel good but all meetings where you felt good may not be good meetings. This is very common in the world of sales. A good meeting… Continue reading
The First Filter
Have you ever come out of a meeting and felt really good but nothing happened after that. Your subsequent emails didn’t even get returned and you were wondering what happened. You probably just experienced a first filter failure. Everyone has filters Everyone including you and me operate through our own filters to the external world…. Continue reading
An element of mystery
Imagine you went to see a movie. It is a murder mystery. You bought the tickets and as you entered the hall, there was someone handing out an index card that had the words “IMPORTANT” written on them. Curious and you turn the card around only to find that there are two paragraphs of text… Continue reading
There is no guarantee that this will work
If you want to kill innovation, new ideas and breakthrough thinking, you have a master stroke in saying: “There is no guarantee that this will work” What will you do when you have to convince someone and they come back with a response like the one above? Your first temptation Your first temptation is to… Continue reading
This is my answer
There is a difference between saying This is my answer or This is THE answer Actually, let me correct what I said. There is a BIG difference between saying This is my answer or This is THE answer In the first case, you are sharing your opinion. In the second case, you are mostly you… Continue reading