One of my favorite quotes is actually an African proverb. It goes like this: When you want to go fast, go alone. When you want to go far, go together. It’s easy to understand and equally easy to forget, unfortunately. With that in the background, let’s get to answering the question we started with: What… Continue reading
I carry a short stack of notecards in my bag just to make notes for myself. Many of these are things that I would have said in a conversation or reflected upon post a conversation. As I was browsing through my stack from the last few weeks, I found nine points to ponder. Here they… Continue reading
There is a saying – “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” It is a wise saying but some people stretch it to the opposite end to endlessly wait for that “right” opportunity before they jump in. Honestly, what’s wrong with waiting for an opportunity? if you think about it, not everything that comes… 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
Mindset, in simple terms is the attitude with which you will interpret and respond to situations. It is your “default” way of acting and of reading and responding to what happens to you. It starts with your posture of whether you think you belong to the camp of those “who give help” (WGH) or those… Continue reading
Note: A shorter version of this article was published first in my newsletter. Based on the response there, I decided to expand and repost it on the blog. So, here we go: First of all, rarely will someone hand you a “golden” opportunity simply because if that was the case for everyone, it won’t be… Continue reading
Most smart people are capable of helping other people. Some of them do and some of them don’t. People are happy with those people that help and people resent those that don’t help. I have had many people share their frustration from people who have not gotten a response to their request for someone smart…. Continue reading
During my last trip to India I spoke at two events. In one of the events, someone complained that a bestselling author was not wiling to give thirty minutes of her time to discuss a particular issue. His point was that it was just thirty minutes – nothing much. We had a healthy debate about… Continue reading
For those of you who have subscribed to my Life Beyond Code newsletter, thank you. I have been writing a series of articles on “Opportunity” in that newsletter. Here are the links to the last five newsletters so that you can see what is included. If you like it, I urge you to sign up… Continue reading
Photo courtesy: LeSpring123 at Flickr **Warning**: New Buzzword Alert Stage Capturing: Taking advantage of somebody else’s stage for your advantage (without permission from that somebody) Enjoy the story: The Opportunity Tim sent a note to a few dozen friends promoting his new book. One of the recipients, Bob quickly responded to all promoting his own… Continue reading