Photo Courtesy: Teddy on Flickr If you recollect your childhood memories, you loved change. In fact you were looking forward to it. When you could not turn, you worked hard on turning around. When you could not move, you worked hard to crawl. When you could not walk, you didn’t give up until you were… Continue reading
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Please watch and contribute (if you can)
Watch this short and touching video. The performance is from students of a music school that teaches music to the blind. The Southern California Conservatory of Music is the only place in the country that offers a braille music curriculum to teach musicianship of the highest caliber to blind and visually impaired students. It houses… Continue reading
Update on Upbeat
Finally, the book is going to print this week. Actually, it went to the printers today. It was out of my hands a few weeks ago but until it went to the printers there was a feeling of incompleteness. There was some sort of finality finally. It was an year-long journey to get here and… Continue reading
When you have a hammer…
Photo credit: Carlos Porto on Flickr … everything looks like a nail. When you are good at something, you tend to look at all the problems via that angle. This is important for you to know as this is how you will be looking at problems. This is also important for you to know when… Continue reading
140 characters to make you think…
I am 75 days old on Twitter. I have a long way to go there but I know that I have to start somewhere. So, here is what I am doing on Twitter in the next two three weeks (starting Feb 23, 2009 to March 13, 2009): Everyday from Monday to Friday I will have… Continue reading
Have a tip for someone facing a layoff?
Being in Silicon Valley, I see people getting laid off almost everyday. Actually, I see more people who are in the “fear of a layoff” everyday. Talking to them in the last couple of months, I think the “living in the fear of facing a layoff” is worse than being laid off. Why? Because both… Continue reading
"Beyond Code" in the library
It was a delight to see my last book “Beyond Code” (foreword by Tom Peters) in the “New Arrivals” section in the Central Library. Here are a few more related links: 1. Download the entire book for FREE here. 2. Tom’s foreword for the book is here. 3. You can read the endorsements for the… Continue reading
Upbeat Video Intro – Interviewed by Mike Stelzner
My new book “Upbeat” is still a couple of months away but a lot is happening behind the scenes in preparation for the book release. I am excited about it for many reasons the number #1 reason being the timing. My belief is that it’s all in the perspective with which we look at things:… Continue reading
Would you refer an interim CEO for $5?
More clients in this economy?
One of the questions posed in the Open Mic Night with Barry Moltz at Successful Blog (by Liz Strauss) was: How can one find more clients in this economy? At the risk of simplifying, here is my quick advice to the guy who’s looking for more clients in the economy: First, remember that more people… Continue reading