I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else
#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTSChallenge Genre – Fiction/Fantasy Book 2/52, 2021 Rating – 3.7/5 Book – The Midnight Library, Matt Haig Have you ever mourned other lives you could have lived? Pursued other subjects or picked a career path very different from the one you are on? When I was growing up, my childhood ambition was to become …
Ep 33 : Midnight Library – Do you mourn other lives you could have lived? Read More »
The rise of the No Code / Low Code market in 2021 And what does this imply to us? Low/no-code development platforms “expedite the creation of new applications with minimal coding requirements and offer tools for nonprogrammers. How? By relieving them of the need to write code line by line. This also puts some form …
“If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them.” – Orwell In a remote-first world, writing well is but an essential skill. If I were to pick skills for ‘deliberate practice’, learning to communicate well would top the list Writing clearly and …
#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – Non-Fiction, Management, Finance, BehavioralPsychology Book 1/52, 2021 Rating – 4/5 Book – The Psychology of Money The premise of the novel is the first of its kind – that in real world, we make business decisions not in a spreadsheet but at dinner tables with our own unique and flawed perspectives of …
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What skills differentiates leaders who grow into executives vs those who don’t ? Our 40-to-50-year career can be divided into segments of 12 to 15 years, or “acts” #ActI – The Set-up where one transitions from an IC to a Leader #ActII – The transition from a leader to an executive. #ActIII – Where you start your second …
Leaders to Executives – What got you here won’t get you there Read More »
Like my professor used to state – ‘Network effects is one of the biggest barriers to entry’ Context – https://www.ft.com/content/ee1b716d-4ed2-4b26-8da1-40c98db7b9b6
Which of these flight announcements may distress you more –“BA786 Frankfurt – Delayed”OR“BA786 Frankfurt – Delayed 70 minutes” The second message is a bit of a pain but you are in control of the situation. You can get on with planning your day around this Vs. the first message which is a mental torture – …
Follow the process, build the habit Let me tell you a story – a friend and I wanted to hold each other accountable to something we had been putting off for a while. We decided to block each work day at 7AM to work on our respective activities for a month. I wrote blog articles …
Switched jobs or roles? – Here are 5 steps to accelerating learning in your new role Many leaders come in with ‘the solution’ even before understanding new environment This is not efficient and can back-fire Here are 5 questions to ask your direct reports when you start with your new role This list is from …
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“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here” said Alice.“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to”, said the Cat.“I don’t much care where”, said Alice.“Then it doesn’t matter which way you go”, said the Cat. This is one of my all-time favorite quotes. It applies equally …
Find your Dawnwall 2021 Planner – Design your best year yet! Read More »