Mini Saga #134 – In a Fix Jenny almost knocked off Rich as she rushed out of YMCA. She was on the phone, “Hey, sorry for the delay. I was with a client.” As Rich recovered, he found Jenny rushing back inside. She was still on the phone, “Oh you are going to YMCA…let’s talk later… Continue reading
Mini Saga #133 – Boomerang Tom and Jack were arguing about a bug in the program. The argument escalated as they vehemently disagreed with the approach to solve the problem. Jack was angry and said, “It doesn’t matter what you say next Tom because you will be wrong.” Tom smiled and said, “You are right.” Watch… Continue reading
Mini Saga #132 – Banter At the end of the second over, the batsman walked aggressively towards the slip fielder. Andrew, the Umpire promptly gets him back. Batsman asked, “Why?” Andrew said, ‘Thou shall not get into a fight with the fielder!” Puzzled batsman replied, “But… I just asked him to tie my shoe laces!” Sometimes,… Continue reading
Mini Saga #131 – Important It was peer pressure that made Tom look for one of the latest smartphones. The enthusiastic salesperson went over two dozen features. “This has an app that can show the level of your happiness,” he said. Tom scratched his head and asked, “Can I also make phone calls with this?” It… Continue reading
Mini Saga #130 – Fundamentals Jerry figured out the possible cause for dip in sales. Samples. Mark was giving away samples. “Mark, stop giving away samples,” he said. When Mark looked puzzled, he continued, “We’re not the best in town. Samples may scare people away.” Mark smiled, “Giving away samples is a minor problem then.” In… Continue reading
Mini Saga #129 – Calmness They escaped a nasty accident as the drunk driver cut them off rudely. After shaking his head for a couple of seconds, Jack focused back on his driving. Susan asked, “How can you be so calm?” Jack smiled, “Golden rule – I stopped paying a price for the faults of strangers.”… Continue reading
Mini Saga #125 – Focus Matt passionately spoke about his project. At the end, his focus turned towards people who were interested to join immediately. He asked them to stay behind for a detailed conversation and bid goodbye to others. In that process, he lost the mindshare of all those who “might be” interested soon…. Continue reading
Mini Saga #122 – New Partnership It was a brilliant idea. Rob and Mark wanted to partner on this. Upon strong recommendation from their mentor, they reluctantly wrote about how they see the business evolve over five years and what they expected from it. When they read each other’s paper, they smilingly abandoned the partnership… Continue reading
This mini saga was based on a real-life incident earlier this year. You can save your face by intelligently transferring the blame on someone else but in the process you will certainly lose your self-respect. Mini Saga #119 – Self-Respect Jacqueline had not responded for days. So, I escalated the issue to her boss, John,… Continue reading
Original is rarely “too obvious.” Mini Saga #117 – Original When John presented his idea, the other members of leadership team couldn’t stop laughing. It seemed ridiculous. Frank asked John to come and see him in his office. When John walked in to CEO’s office, Frank was smiling, “John, yours was the most original idea…. Continue reading