This month I was traveling a bit (an excuse, lack of discipline is the right excuse, though) and used up a bunch of cell phone minutes. I was over by a few hundred minutes (at $.40 per minute, it adds up quickly) above my 1400 minutes per month. I called the fine folks at Verizon… Continue reading
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Designing and communicating incentives – Reader participation invited!
Three months ago, I wrote about the need to understand the power of incentives. What I forgot to mention that all bets are off if you don’t know how to communicate those incentives to the right people. Here is a recent request to participate in a survey. The target audience is people who are maintaining… Continue reading
When the going gets too easy..
There is an old saying related on the topic of adversity called “When the going gets tough, the tough get going..” What is also true is that “When the going gets too easy, the easy get going..” Today, think about how easy it is to setup a lot of things. Here are a few… Continue reading
What is NOT your networking score?
I have said time and again that the best way to network is to stop networking…and start building (long-term) relationships. There are no cookie-cutter approaches to networking but there are many bad ones. In this article, I want to focus on what is NOT your networking score. #1 Number of business cards you have Everyone… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #143 – Surround yourself with thought amplifiers
Let us take a hypothetical scenario: You have $10,000 and when you visit a neighbourhood bank, they promise that they will double the money in six months. You smell a scam. But they say that they have done it before to others and they can do it again. You still can’t believe it but in… Continue reading
Quotes worth recording – Wayne Gretzky
They say that the biggest risk is to not take any risks. Typically (not always) rewards are directly proportional to the risks you take. Here is a gem that hits the nail on the head. “You miss a 100% of the shots that you never take” – Wayne Gretzky Please sign up for my newsletter… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #142 – Count your blessings everyday!
Note: This is my 500th post since I started blogging on February 14, 2005. This is special for me and I am blessed to have made a ton of new friends through this blog. A big thanks to GOD and to every one of you. In India, thousands of kids are taught to follow this… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #141 – Pass the baton smoothly
Imagine this scenario: You are in a relay race. You are the second person in the team. The race begins and when your turn comes up, you pick up the baton and run like hell. The speed is great and you cover a lot of ground in a very short time. However, when the time… Continue reading
Innovation: Build or buy or some combination?
One thing that comes with size and scale is that it definitely opens up new possibilities. Buying Innovation is one of them. Here are some ways companies approach innovation: 1. Internal Research and Development (R&D) This is the most common form of innovation within a company. A separate division within the company is dedicated to… Continue reading
Things that make me smile #11 – The Elephant
Note: “New Russians” are Russians who have acquired wealth through questionable meansTwo “New Russians” meet. One of them looks extremely happy and the other one wants to know the reason. The first one shares the secret – “I have to tell you. It’s all because of the elephant that I bought recently. It is so… Continue reading