A few weeks ago, I got a call from a friend from the other part of the country. I was supposed to send her something a week ago and totally forgot about it. I realized that right when I started talking to her. She was extremely graceful in conveying about the delay and she said,… Continue reading
You have heard about the enormous work that is involved in getting to the finish line of a meaningful project. An example – if you are writing a book, getting to the finish line is to see lives transformed by reading that book (it is not when the book goes to printing). Any meaningful project… Continue reading
Just imagine you get to work on a project of your lifetime. You know that this is history in the making and if you do well, it would give immense satisfaction. You know that it would be lot of hard work. Burning the midnight oil would be default on a few days. There would be… Continue reading
Every worthwhile project comes with varying levels of resistance throughout the lifecycle of that project. If you are one of those that can overcome this resistance, not just once, but throughout the lifecycle of the project, you will see the project through completion. On the other hand, if you are one of those people that… Continue reading
You can skip the assignments but you can’t skip the consequences of skipping the assignments. Mini Saga #59 – Assignment Jack got a bit carried away during his school days. He outsourced all his assignments. Born to rich parents, there was money to get the grades he needed to get through. The problem started when he… Continue reading
The typical rule is that higher the risk, higher is the reward. It seems like people know this. And many people say that they are willing to take the higher risk to get the higher reward. However, lots of people will opt for conservative approach in terms of “risk tolerance” but still expect a higher… Continue reading