If you ever thought that 140 characters were not enough to convey powerful thoughts – think again! If you ever thought Twitter is a tool for mindless chatter or personal updates – think again! Rajesh Setty (@upbeatnow on Twitter) has recently published a collection of 140 insightful tweets in form of a book titled “#TH!NKtweet […]
Read this amazing quote in a Book of Literary Quotations – “If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing.” Something worth thinking? On that note, have a thoughtful Tuesday!
Read these two great quotes on Twitter and thought of sharing! Without much ado, here they go: “People are capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom redeem them.” – Walpole “Procrastination is like a credit card: it’s a lot of fun until you get […]
“Your profession is not what brings home your paycheck. Your profession is what you were put on earth to do with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling.” – Vincent Van Gogh I have been using Twitter increasingly to post great quotes – its quick and easy! But this quote was […]
Last week, I was talking to a group of 15 middle managers in our organization sharing my views on Leadership. One important thing I discussed with them was that leadership can only stem from doing something you really love doing. We can only express ourselves fully when we love what we do. With this expression […]
The branch of tree that bears fruits leans down. When leaders assume higher responsibilities, they become more humble. Recently, one of my friends, an very senior Oncologist performed more than 10 complex stem cell transplants for cancer patients and gave them a new lease of life. When I met him to congratulate, he said, “I […]
Nicholas Bate is at it again – lists I mean. He is simply too good at articulating his thoughts in lists of 10, 25 and 100 points. Lists that are provocative and call for action. I did refer to his “Professionalism 101” list earlier. This time around, its “Be Different 25” – list of 25 […]
Here are a few selected Twitter updates I posted through March 2009. March was a month of quotes and I found a lot of appealing and interesting quotes from people whom I follow on Twitter. While I love all of them, I specially like the ones marked in bold. For those new toTwitter, RT stands for Retweet which […]
You were born to lead. Build a team. Create community. Guide an enterprise. Inspire by example. Have big shoulders. Make those around you better. Matter. This was so inspiring that I did not feel like writing anything more. Hat Tip to Blog Post titled “Matter” at “The Business Brickyard” blog.