You ask for something and you get rejected. Sounds familiar? If you are in the “self help” world, you just “motivate yourself” and “persist” and go and ask some more people. If you get rejected again, you “don’t give up” and you “walk the extra mile”. Before you do all that, please think what is… Continue reading
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Late again. But…
There may be many reasons for slacking. However, when you start justifying without being aware that you are justifying, you may believe in those justifications and stop fixing the core issue. Here are a few examples: 1. When you are late, you say “better late than never” [$.02 – we all know that slow late… Continue reading
The Awareness Test
Please watch this video and then read my comments below the video The video to me comes in the category of a joke. Let me explain. A joke is a narrative where the punchline is unexpected. If you can expect what comes in the punchline, then it is no longer a joke. First, the instructions… Continue reading
Always On and Loving It…
No, not me. I don’t enjoy being always on. May be it’s simply that I think slow and I need time to think. So many people ask me why I am not on Twitter. Fortunately or unfortunately, I am not even on an Instant Messenger so it’s a long way to go before I get… Continue reading
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World Clock!
Mukundan from Vestal Corp sent me a link to the World Clock. It is just not a clock related to time – but covers other parameters such as Earth Temperature, Births, Deaths, HIV Infections, Oil Pumped etc. Here is the link: World Clock Disclaimer: Information about the source of information that is helping power this… Continue reading
The best angle to approach a problem…
Naveen Lakkur (blog: Start2Lead) is my friend for close to two decades now. At Compassites he has got his team to publish a monthly calendar with a message every month (almost since the inception of the company). This month, the thought he has put forward is “The best angle from which to approach any problem… Continue reading
An extra mile there and a mile short here…
When you are in the Corporate world, one of the common things that you hear is that you HAVE to “walk the extra mile”. That is a good advice and there is no harm in following that. There is only one problem though. If you don’t design this well, your “extra mile” will be treated… Continue reading
Stress is…
1. Being articulate and incapable 2. Trying to show you care when you really don’t care 3. Wanting the “prize” without paying the “price” 4. Making promises without knowing or wanting to fulfill them 5. Making up things or being worried about getting exposed for making up things 6. Not wanting to change and going… Continue reading
People and Things
Yesterday Hari (from Jiffle) mentioned about an email he received with a set of quotes. One quote really caught his attention. The quote is simple and profound “People are meant to be loved and things are meant to be used. But unfortunately, people are being used and things are being loved” Have a great weekend!… Continue reading