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What is the single most important thing to start your work day? No, not with emails. Take 15 mins to plan out your calendar for the day. Here are three things to make sure you account for on your calendar #1Do you have Deep Work slotted into the calendar to tackle the top 1-3 things …
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All time isn’t created equal. Dad was always the ambitious one at his career – he was probably the most sought out person at his workplace. He was a proud man – proud that he was close to indispensable. He held to his beliefs and integrity, spending close to 3 decades at the place, growing …
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I was close to burning out a few months ago with all the things I wanted to do and the finite time we have. Here is a tip that helped take a step back and evaluate. You don’t land your next role by doing more of what you are already doing. Scaling requires very different …
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“You’re trying to buy a sweater, and you go into a store and you find a sweater that fits you. It looks good. It’s the right price. You buy it, you’re happy, you’re done. Right? It meets all of your criteria. You are a Satisficer. If you are a Maximizer – you will see that …
How do you build a happy life – Satisficers and Maximixers Read More »
A kind soul summarized wisdom nuggets from 50 years of Warren Buffet’s shareholder letters Made me go back and look for the letters. Here is something he wrote this year. At 91. The Orangutan Effect “If you sit down with an orangutan and carefully explain to it one of your cherished ideas, you may leave …
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What employee ‘mindset’ can help organizations and individuals thrive? Success in the Knowledge economy vs in the Industrial era requires organizations need to be nimble and react quickly when necessary. Permanent flexibility requires a culture of constant learning. HBR terms them as ‘Gig Mindsetters’ – “a bold new breed of full-time, salaried employees who think …
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@naval – “I have this theory that 99% of work that you do is useless. You still have to do it because it’s iterating your way to the 1% that is useful. But, in an ideal world, if you are omniscient, you would just cut to the 1%.” “99% of the stuff you learned …
“Jan is managing a new team, and she notices that one of her team members, Carl, is using a new piece of software incorrectly. She offers him some advice and returns to her work. But later, she notices that he’s still misusing it. So, she decides to sit with him until he gets it right. …
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Becoming better – One thing I learnt in the last 3 months. I made a couple of personal changes – started a Decision Log and focused on Deliberate Practice. And this is what I have learnt That I am not as good as I thought I was. Across areas – from Strategy, Leadership, Communication to …
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“Face-saving” usually carries a derogatory flavor. People say, “We are doing that just to let them save face,” The tone implies ridicule. This is a grave misunderstanding of the role and importance of face-saving. Especially in working with and managing people. Face-saving reflects a person’s need to reconcile the stand he takes in a negotiation …
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