Take a table with one leg. It is not very stable. You can push it a bit and topple it over. Now put another leg and the table becomes a bit more stable. Add two more legs and make all the four legs stronger and now you have a reasonably stable table. It’s hard to… Continue reading
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Just thirty minutes…
During my last trip to India I spoke at two events. In one of the events, someone complained that a bestselling author was not wiling to give thirty minutes of her time to discuss a particular issue. His point was that it was just thirty minutes – nothing much. We had a healthy debate about… Continue reading
CEREBRATE – A Real Mindshare Experience
How long do you think it will take for 22 people to introduce themselves? How about just over 2 days? This was (almost) what happened at the CEREBRATE2010 event late last month (detailed write-up on Cerebrate blog here) CEREBRATE is the brain child of Kiruba Shankar and it follows an Unconference format. I was so… Continue reading
Don't want to miss a meal in the airplane?
If you can’t sleep on a long plane ride, you have a problem – it can get boring. If you can sleep very well on a long plane ride, you have another problem – like missing your meals. I belong to the second category. So, when I don’t want to miss a meal or tea,… Continue reading
Mini Saga #52 – Purpose
I spent a few days last week with my friend Kiruba Shankar and his family. We talked a lot over these few days. Right next to Kiruba’s home, I saw hundreds of nursery plants and Kiruba told me a real-life story related to this nursery plants. That story touched my heart and inspired me to… Continue reading
Ways to Distinguish Yourself #209 – Increase granularity of your portable skills
Request: Please bear with me on the complex looking title for this blog post. That is the closest I could get to explain what I want to explain. Any job you take, there are two kinds of skills that you will work with 1. Core Skills – that help you with your core job. If… Continue reading
A single puzzle piece…
Photo Courtesy: AceFrenzy on Flickr You may have very little use of a single puzzle piece. I can’t argue with that. But let’s explore that a little further… Being likable alone may not be an asset but not being likable may be a liability Having long term relationships alone may not be an asset but… Continue reading
Why some people work hard but don't get appreciated enough for that work?
Note: This is part of an ongoing mini-research (less than six weeks each) on topics that catch my attention. At the end of this post, you will find links to outcomes of the other two (previous) mini-research projects. Over the years I have heard many young people complaining (in various flavors) that they work hard… Continue reading
Unseen AND Important
A few days ago I spent a day in Dubai. I was fascinated by many things there – especially the Palms – a township that was entirely constructed on reclaimed land inside the sea (almost a few kilometers from the shore) On our way back, we stopped at the Marina and again, the skyline there… Continue reading
One Hundred Percent
This was in 1986. I was one of the 400,000+ students who had just finished writing the first major board exam. We all had to wait for a few weeks before the results were announced. When the results were finally announced, I was delighted to find that I came in at the 20th position for… Continue reading