Here’s a story I read from archives of Frank Patrick’s FocusedPerformance Blog – An old man and a young boy were traveling through their village with their donkey. The boy rode on the donkey and the old man walked. As they went along they passed some people who remarked it was a shame the old […]
Here is an interesting experience I had some time back. I went to one of my colleague’s desk to discuss an important point with a prior intimation. As I was speaking, his eyeballs kept focusing on his laptop screen and then back on me. His attention span to what I was saying was very limited. […]
“Forgiveness is the fragrance that a violet sheds on the heel that crushed it.” – Mark Twain. At workplace and in our lives, how often do we forgive each other? Now that’s an important question to ask yourself if you are stressed. Because most of the times, stress is a result of holding a grudge […]
Twitter is catching up on me. I am too excited to have people like Guy Kawasaki (his blog “How to Change the World“, his twitter feed, his new book “Reality Check“) and David Zinger (his blog on Employee Engagement, his other blog on Strength-Based Leadership) follow me on Twitter. There are other followers too who come different walks of work […]
Last week, I had a number of new followers on Twitter. I already have a steady readership on my blog. This means more number of people are sparing valuable slice of their online time in reading what I have to say. Knowing the fact that time is the most valuable resource we all have, I […]
One of the constant feedback from readers/reviewers of this blog has been that this is a serious blog. Content tends to be serious in nature. So, I introduce a new series “Have Fun” where I will post anything and everything that brings a smile to me. This is the first one in that series – […]
Questions provoke the thought process – and often right questions lead to right answers. However, one of the most common traits I have observed in a lot of people is that they keep doing what they are asked to do without asking the right questions. They end up being “task-executors” and add no value to […]
Some people have an inherent ability to constantly look at brighter side of things. Each day, there are several news items that speak about recession, layoffs and impacts. So much so, that it gets unnerving at times. At such a time, it was refreshing to read someone who says that she loves recession. Anna at […]
Difficult situations like slowdown force organizations/managers to do cost-benefit analysis. Salary you are paid is a cost and what you do in the organization for that cost generates value. Value has two components – tangible and intangible. Tangible value (easier to visualize) is explicit knowledge of subject (e.g. knowledge of .NET programming or software testing), revenue, efficiencies, […]