Most often, we want to be congratulated for our contributions. Depending on the nature, size and frequency of contributions, we may expect different things – a raise, a pat on the back, a promotion or simply some sort of recognition. What gets conveniently overlooked is that cost that we bring along with the contribution. Whether… Continue reading
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Quought for the day #39 – Tom Clifford
Thomas is an internationally recognized award-winning documentary filmmaker. Tom likes to tell people his films are like “MTV meets PBS!” Tom’s passion is branding organizations and transforming individuals through remarkable storytelling and authentic documentary filmmaking. For over 20 years, organizations like The Travelers, Deloitte, Lincoln Financial Group, Epilepsy Foundation, Honeywell and Timex have counted… Continue reading
Quought for the day #38 – Professor Srikumar S. Rao
Professor Srikumar. S. Rao is the Louis and Johanna Vorzimer Professor of Marketing at the C. W. Post campus of Long Island University and an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School. His course – Creativity and Personal Mastery – is one of the highest rated courses at Columbia Business School and has been written up… Continue reading
FREE eBook: Personal Branding for Technology Professionals – Japanese version
Izumoto Takashi and his team at Quickwins Corporation in Japan have been kind enough to translate my eBook “Personal Branding for Technology Professionals” into Japanese. I have many Japanese friends but I have never been to Japan. I look forward to going there one day. Thanks to Izumoto and his team for this initiative. Here… Continue reading
Don't like what you are doing OR you are saying you don't like what you are doing?
Actually, there is a big difference in both of these 1. You don’t like what you are doing 2. You say you don’t like what you are doing. In the first case, there is a chance that you can do something about it. Basically, you can change the situation in some way. In the second… Continue reading
The Art of Leverage: Anatomy of a calendar
In my last trip to India, I was able to spend some quality time with my friend Suresh (Investment banker, Photographer, Entrepreneur and just a genius character) and learnt about many of his projects. One that fascinated me was a calendar project that he did for a charitable organization. The project shows the power of… Continue reading
Quought for the Day #37 – Kelley Bell
Kelley Bell is a writer, graphic designer, martial artist, and seminar leader who resides happily in Ohio with her husband and two children. She is a self proclaimed Eco-Feminist and Progressive thinker. Kelley is a freelance writer, co-author of a soon to be published work on Women in the martial arts, and has written a… Continue reading
Quought for the Day #36 – David Moxam
David Moxam serves as the President & CEO Authentix, David leads a team of PhDs, engineers and industry experts that work with Fortune 500 companies and governments around the world combating the issue. The firm’s pioneering work has been the subject of numerous broadcast and print stories and in 2006, Mr. Moxam was recognized as… Continue reading
Blog Re-design – thanks to these fine folks
Soon it will be two years since I started blogging. I was interested in re-designing my blog for a long time and finally that happened with the help of these fine folks 1. Karthik Sundaram and Sunil of Purplepatch Services for the concept and design behind the new look and feel. 2. Sethu Sethuraman for… Continue reading
A story on problem solving – contributed by Sridhar Krishnan
Sridhar Krishnan shares a wonderful story about problem solving. Enjoy! Many years ago in a small Zezuru village, a farmer had the misfortune of owing a large sum of money to a village moneylender. The moneylender, who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer’s young beautiful daughter. So the moneylender proposed a bargain. He said… Continue reading