Imagine this scenario. Actually since this happens quite often, I should have said – remember this scenario. You are driving to some place and you are supposed to take an exit on a certain street. There is a signal and all the people who are going straight have stopped. You are on the last lane… Continue reading
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Ways to distinguish yourself – #99 Forgive and Forget!
There have been books written about the need to forgive. So this is not new. I just want to share my perspective and emphasize on the point. Life would be simple if everyone was nice to you, if no one took advantage of you, no one “used” you or everyone was fair to you all… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself – #98 Clarify your intentions
A few years ago, I read Deepak Chopra’s “Seven Spiritual Laws of Success” and I loved it. One of the seven laws was “The Law of Intention and Desire” which simply states that Inherent in every intention and desire is the mechanics for its fulfillment Powerful stuff there. In a way, intentions provide a starting… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #97 Use power appropriately
How much power is really required to do what you need to do? First let me start with a personal example: There is a sense of disbelief when I explain to people that the sotware I use most to write my blog posts is notepad. Most of what you read here has been first written… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #96 Let go first!
A few years ago, one of my mentors talked about this concept. The concept and the example used to explain it are both very clear in my mind even today. I am assuming all of you have been to the circus at least once and you have seen flying trapeze artists in action. The artist… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself – #95 NEVER forget any help!
You will agree with me that wherever you are today, you didn’t get there all by yourself. There are a lot of people who would have helped you at various points in your life. As you can only expect, many of those people who helped you at an earlier stage in life no longer have… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself – #94 Learn to meditate
The topic of mind-body connection has been written about endlessly. We all know that there is enough scientific evidence to establish the mind-body connection. If this is the case, it is in our best interest to keep our mind healthy. Meditation, I think is one easy way of doing just that! According to available history,… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself – #93 Be comfortable contradicting yourself, sometimes!
The other way of saying this is that if you are TOTALLY wrong, just admit it! You won’t be right every single time. I ask people that if they would be careful in the new year whether all their decisions that they make in this new year would be 100% right. Until now nobody has… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself – #92 Watch with whom you spend most of your time
I had the good fortune of meeting with Dr.Tom Hill of Eagle Institute recently. Quick background on Tom: Tom is 70 years old and was in the academic field until he was 50 years old. At age 50, Tom started a business career selling Re/Max franchises. In the next ten years built businesses that together… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself – #91 Be comfortable to say "I don't know"
There is a problem if you regularly say “I don’t know” and there is a problem if you never say “I don’t know.” Both are extremes. In the first case, it is a skills and competence issue and most of the time in the second case, it is an “ego” issue. I want to focus… Continue reading