My academic scores are not good – what can I realistically do?

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This article is a long one, and has been broken into four parts. Part 1 described the formation of the expectations and the attitude with which I start my graduate and post graduate academic journey. This is important as it sets the tone of expectation management that is necessary later on. Part 2 described  my shock at the mismatch between expectation and […]

My academic scores are not good – I try to fix it and fail!!!

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This article is a long one, and has been broken into four parts. Part 1 describes the formation of the expectations and the attitude with which I start my graduate and post graduate academic journey. This is important as it sets the tone of expectation management that is necessary later on. Part 2 describes  my shock at the mismatch between expectation and […]

My academic scores are not good – The reality shock and the trauma

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This article is a long one, and has been broken into four parts. Part 1 describes the formation of the expectations and the attitude with which I start my graduate and post graduate academic journey. This is important as it sets the tone of expectation management that is necessary later on. Part 2 (this blog) describes  my shock at the mismatch between […]

My academic scores are not good – What were my expectations when I joined?

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This article is a long one, and has been broken into four parts. Part 1 describes the formation of the expectations and the attitude with which I start my graduate and post graduate academic journey. This is important as it sets the tone of expectation management that is necessary later on. Part 2 describes my […]

The sins of the father

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Today, I read this article – “In the name of the father” http://feedly.com/k/17lifXC. The gist of the article is that our parents want to cast us in their mold in order to perpetute their view of the world. If they were happy with their world, they wished the same to their children. It also perpetuated […]

“Lincoln’s Letter” is the essence of Management Skills

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Lincoln once write a letter to the teacher of his son. It is quite well known and found in most text books. I happened to glance at it at my daughter’s school and marvelled at how similar it is to the values we teach in management schools. He will have to learn, I know, that […]

3 reasons why we do not believe, “Prevention is better than cure…”

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Folks, I am part of the IIT Mentors group where I mentor a team of professionals during their career. We are organising a panel discussion for corporate executives who wish to do an MBA. If you have friends interested in doing an MBA, please pass this message to them. And, if you wish, please post […]

Planning a Start-up? Read the free e-book “Go It Alone”

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Josh Kaufman says: “Year after year, surveys show that “owning my own business” is a goal for over half of the working adult population. Despite that, very few people actually muster the courage to actually start a business. That’s a shame: starting and running a business can be much easier than you think. The premise […]

5 Ways to Act like a CEO, today!

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In my coaching sessions, I ask executives to behave as if they are the CEO of their lives. As a CEO you need to: 1.     Develop yourself as a product or service that people desire You are multiple products to multiple markets depending on the role you play. When you act as a subordinate, you […]

5 Reasons for the Great Indian Crab Syndrome

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The story of the Great Indian Crab Syndrome is well known. In essence, Indian Crabs do not need to be locked up as one crab will prevent others from escaping. But let us be fair. This happens everywhere. I have worked in the far East and the Far West, fairly North (but not south of […]