Breakthrough is defined as “a sudden, dramatic, and important discovery or development.” A lot of things have to come together for a serious breakthrough to occur. However, here are three barriers to witnessing breakthroughs 1. Lack of heterogeneous networks When your network is homogeneous, there is a good chance that the backgrounds, beliefs, values and… Continue reading
No, I am not talking about the depth of an ocean. What I am referring to is learning. Earlier this year, I wrote about Why Many Smart People Don’t Complete Reading Business Books They Buy. The key concept in the article was that as they progress through a good business book, the commitment required to… Continue reading
I still remember that day. It was early 1994 Kavitha and I were at a Mall in Petaling Jaya in Malaysia. Newly married. New to the country. New role – I was managing a tiny startup under a group that had seven other companies. Everything was new. A really unassuming (but brilliant salesperson) engaged us… Continue reading
Getting even is a funny thing. Someone handed you the short end of the stick. You paid a price. You want to get even. In other words, you want to pay a price for having paid a price. It’s like wanting to pay more taxes because you are paying taxes. Be that as it may,… Continue reading
They say, “failure is the stepping stone of success.” Nice saying. Makes sense – most of the time. Not always. If you are running a marathon and you give up after running hundred meters and say that you were a failure, you don’t get a brownie point for trying. Heck, you don’t even get sympathy… Continue reading
Do you have internal conversations? Silly question. All of us do. The real question should be: Do you have internal conversations that are helping you or hurting you? Raising Your Awareness Just raising your awareness about the power of internal conversations, to help you or hurt you already has set you on a good path… Continue reading
Let Go! This advice falls into the popular category – “easy to understand, (very) hard to implement.” The fact is: you DO want to let go of some things, but you feel totally helpless. Can you relate to that feeling? If yes, here are three things to reflect upon. 1. Second Nature If you are… Continue reading
“24 Shot Espresso for James” the lady at the Starbucks called out. I was waiting for someone and I thought I must have heard it wrong and continued reading a book. A few minutes passed by. “24 Shot Espresso for James” the lady at the Starbucks called out again. This time I was sure about… Continue reading
Even if you just read the title of Harvey Mackay’s book and apply the lesson from there, you will be far ahead of most people. The book title is: Dig Your Well Before You are Thirsty (link) The title says a lot. Think about it: You don’t plant the seeds today and expect to pluck… Continue reading
Google’s dominance today is unquestionable. The word Google has become a verb. But, that has not stopped several dominant forces to work against it. Interestingly, there is no one challenger that has emerged to fight against it, however, a collective set of forces are coming at Google all at the same time. Key Observations About… Continue reading