Imagine these scenarios and may be you can relate to some of them. Scenario #1: Jill is wearing a new dress Jill: Hey Jack, how do I look in this new dress? Jack: Why, you look just great… Jill: What..you mean to say I don’t look great in other dresses? Busted. Scenario #2: Jill is… Continue reading
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Being grateful…
Being grateful is not optional. Most people behave differently though – because they are taking things for granted. Here is a thought experiment: Can you list all the things that you are grateful for in the next minute? How many items did you get on that list? What if you expanded the available time. Would… Continue reading
Announcing CEREBRATE #4 – Nominations welcome
The time has come to announce the next CEREBRATE event – CEREBRATE Silicon Valley #4 Kavitha (founder of MySizeFinder and my wife) I organized three CEREBRATE events in Silicon Valley (CEREBRATE #1 in July 2010, CEREBRATE #2 in January 2011, CEREBRATE #3 took place in July 2011). All three events were memorable and rather than trying… Continue reading
Metrics that Matter for 2012 (one page PDF)
Note: I created this checklist a couple of years ago and it has served me well. No changes on the checklist except the dates. Please feel free to download, modify, re-use or share. We are obsessed about measuring everything. We want to know the number o connections, number of followers, number of pageviews, number of… Continue reading
What We Wish We Could Do at School…
We all have different answers to the question above. How about hearing what a 12 year old has to say in response to the question. That’s the topic of my son’s first book. Twelve-year old Sumukh has finally written his first book and it has been published on Kindle. It is called “What We Wish… Continue reading
Announcing CEREBRATE #3 – Looking for Nominations
The time has come to announce the next CEREBRATE event – CEREBRATE Silicon Valley #3 Kavitha (founder of MySizeFinder and my wife) I organized two CEREBRATE events in Silicon Valley (CEREBRATE #1 in July 2010 and CEREBRATE #2 in January 2011). Both the events were memorable and rather than trying to describe it here, you can… Continue reading
Featured in “Top 150 Management and Leaderhip Blogs” – the entire list
This list is from last year. Honored to be featured here (#8) and also super happy to discover all other wonderful people featured here. This list was compiled by author and blogger Jurgen Appelo (original post) Please take a look and you might discover several new blogs for your reading list: TT Site Author Twitter… Continue reading
Today We Are Rich – A sneak preview
Tim Sanders has been an inspiration for me for a long time. I still remember my first meeting with Tim at Yahoo! cafeteria when he was serving as the Chief Solutions Officer for the company. That lunch was a turning point for me when it comes to Networking. In fact, there was no “Networking” for… Continue reading
The uncommon cure for time management issues
As the old saying goes, time cannot be managed (it’s only 24 hours for everyone) but we can manage ourselves against it. For me, when you have a time management problem, it really is a symptom of a bigger problem – lack of leverage. So, the uncommon cure to the time management problem is NOT… Continue reading