Why I recommend linkedin
I see a lot of my proteges / mentees having a lack-lustre linkedin profile and I am saddened by it. Let me put it this way. To paraphrase an author I read some time ago (frankly I do not remember, but this is not my idea…) in your self-branding exercise, Facebook is like a pub […]
Goals are based on my needs
Is it important to have specific and measurable goals? It they keep on changing, what is the purpose of having a goal? The answer to the first one is yes, we need to have goals, that too, written goals (one study shows that written goals are more likely to be achieved). If we do not […]
How to eat like a pig and still lose weight
Now this is a title that will attract attention. This document details everything that I have done or experienced over the last 18 months for weight loss. Disclaimer: I am not a doctor, and please do not flame me with technical data which proves that I am wrong. Most technical data seems to change over […]
The Quarter Life Crisis – A pre-cursor to the mid-life crisis
Midlife Crisis (as defined in Wikipedia) “describes a period of dramatic self-doubt” when persons reach their forties. It signifies a passing of their youth and the imminence of old age, augmented by physical incapabilities, deaths in the previous generation and other such reminders of mortality. There are self-assessing questions on career, work-life balance, relationships, expenses and […]
The contamination of life – technology and the decline of ‘mindfulness’
When we did manual labour and did not have labour-saving devices, we worked from morning to night creating the same output that we can now deliver in a fraction of that time. By manual labour, I do not mean physical labour, it could also be accounting, computing, research, even reading (dare I call it studying?)… […]
Buttering your boss – Sycophancy redefined
The use of the word buttering implies that we are falsely praising a person. A few people (with very low self esteem) may enjoy being buttered, but others do not. Consider this. We do not like criticism from anyone – except from those we respect and when we know the persons have a genuine interest […]
The hamster on the treadmill – placements going nowhere
A hamster is a cute looking rodent which needs exercise. Since it is in a cage, a mobile wheel is provided for it to keep running without going anywhere. All the processes and activities that we do are for the purpose of changing something, from a current state to a new future state. There is […]
Managing your e-books
The traditional way of managing ebooks is by creating a hierarchy of directories by topic. If there is a book that is goes across topics, you either create a shortcut or copy the file over. Managing this can become a nightmare. After some time, we may have duplicates, and we do not know where they exist, as […]
Some thoughts on Segmentation and choice of Career Specialisation
Segmentation allows us to slice and dice the general population according to their capability to buy and according to their needs and wants. Needless to say, creativity in segmentation allows us to get massive gains. It allows us to create demand where supply is less, commanding higher prices. Segmentation allows us to focus our sales and […]
If I fall down, it is the fault of the stone; if you fall down, you are clumsy…
In any conflict situation, we immediate attribute the cause of the problem to a defect in personality. If there is a fight between you and me, you will blame my personality or my disposition (“You never listen!”) not the situation causing the distraction. If a professor is strict in class, the students will label the […]