Think Lego blocks. I am sure you at some point in life you have played with lego blocks or something similar to that. You pick up a box of lego blocks and with less than hundred lego blocks you can design dozens of interesting structures. The more innovative you are, the more interesting structures you… Continue reading
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Ways to Distinguish Yourself #214 – Harness the Magic of a Thank You Counter
Here is a super simple exercise to do at the end of the month. The Exercise Simply choose a random number between 1 and 30 (or 31, 28 or 29 depending on the month and year). Now go to your email Inbox for that day in the month. First go through the Sent Items. Quickly… Continue reading
Ways to Distinguish Yourself #213 – Beware of mis-aligned benchmarks
Modeling someone that you respect is a great way to push yourself to be better than who you are. Role models help you to set higher benchmarks that will push you to perform better. The beauty of following role models and setting higher benchmarks is that you don’t have to wait to reach those levels… Continue reading
Ways to Distinguish Yourself #212 – Use self-deprecation right
Self-deprecation is simply under-valuing one’s own talent or abilities. It is to show that you have a low opinion of yourself. Generally, it is an indication that you have a low self-esteem. At an extreme it shows that you have an inferiority complex. This all looks so negative and how could this be remotely of… Continue reading
Ways to Distinguish Yourself #211 – Beware of Drama
I have to tell you a story to make this point. Some of you have seen Indian movies and some of you have not. Those of you who have seen an Indian movie will smile at this and those of you who have not will want to see an Indian movie ( a mass-market kind… Continue reading
Ways to Distinguish Yourself #210 – Bridge the “Gap” to Connect Well
Think about last week. You met with a lot of people personally and professionally. Only a handful of them “really connected” with you. Most others ( even those that impressed you ) did not bother to “connect” and you will probably wipe them out of your memory sooner than later. [ Note: On the flip… 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
Ways to Distinguish Yourself #208- Don't forget the (indirect) responsibility
When I was at the San Francisco Airport recently, I couldn’t help notice the giant size Tiger Woods ad from Accenture. I didn’t have a problem with the message on the Ad, which read: “The road to high performance isn’t always paved.” But based on the recent events in the life of Tiger Woods, it… Continue reading
Ways to Distinguish Yourself #207 – Learn To Notice What is Left Unsaid…
What is said is important. Equally important is what is not said. If you are not noticing is “what is not said,” you might be missing a LOT more than you think you are. To illustrate the point, I am going to use a song from one of my favorite movies “Music and Lyrics.” The… Continue reading
Ways to Distinguish Yourself #206 – Thank Powerfully!
Note: Thanksgiving is coming soon but I wanted to share this way before that date. You will see why as you read the post. Everyone knows that an attitude of gratitude is important to grow. In fact, you might remember your parents telling you to be thankful to people that help you. Yes, I subscribe… Continue reading