Photo Courtesy: Satguru on Flickr I am sure you completed the sentence and read it as: Every cloud has a silver lining. That’s how I would do it. But I had an “Aha Moment” earlier this month. January 2nd was my 40th birthday. I had mixed feelings about it – mainly because Kavitha and Sumukh… Continue reading
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Elevator pitch – You need it. Now!
I wrote a while ago, that you are always in a boxing game. People want to “box” you whether you want it or not. If that is happening anyway, why not do something to help them “box” you right – for example, creating a compelling elevator pitch for yourself? Now you need it. More than… Continue reading
Metrics That Matter for 2010
Photo Credit: Darren Hester at Flickr. We are obsessed about measuring everything. We want to know the number o connections, number of followers, number of pageviews, number of minutes someone spends on our website, number of clickthroughs, number of times the shopping cart was abandoned, number of repeat visitors, number of new visitors.. and the… Continue reading
2010 – The end of the fairy tale employment
Dan Pink talked about the rise of the free agent nation a few years ago. While the trend is in full force, the majority of people opt to work for companies (small to large) and for a foreseeable future that is going to remain the same. Stages of Career Growth The stages were simple: Stage… Continue reading
Why some smart people are reluctant to share?
I am sure you have seen many smart people around you who are reluctant to share what they know. I have seen many of them up close. You might think the reasons for this may be: they don’t have time they are selfish they don’t care they don’t have an incentive to do it I… Continue reading
The Gift
Photo Courtesy: Suresh Gundappa Holiday season is filled with talk about gifts. No, I am not talking about the gift that you want to receive. I am talking about the gift that you can give. Yes, that too at almost no cost. Think about it.. If you can write online, you have the capacity to… Continue reading
A-Z of New Year Resolutions for 2010
Photo Courtesy: LightSync on Flickr Revisit your Ambition. This is a great time to do it. Revise it. Renew it. Ensure that it is inspiring. The litmus test for a good ambition: Check how you feel about yourself when you wake up every morning. That should give you a clue. Breakaway from the common and… Continue reading
Winning in the Attention Economy
Attention is at a premium and the information (and non-information) overload is making it worse. Competition is global and things are getting commodotized at a rapid rate causing stress around the clock. The rules have changed to get attention in this environment. I think the way to get attention today is to “be” someone that… Continue reading
15 Low-Cost Ways to Thank Your Favorite Author on this Thanksgiving
Times are still tough for many people out there. After reading my post on thanking powerfully, someone recently asked me how they can thank someone (in this case an Author they liked) without spending a ton of money. I came up with a few ideas and shared with them. After the person left, I came… Continue reading
Small things are important..
Last week when I was at CostCo, I saw that busy peeling off the pricing label on a book. As I was browsing, I saw that he successfully peeled off the pricing tag on the book he was holding and then immediately stuck the pricing tag back on the book. No, he was not doing… Continue reading