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Want To Get Promoted? Do You Know How To Navigate Without A Map?

July 29, 2010

When the performance appraisal happens and one colleague is promoted,  many of his co-workers don’t feel good. They compare themselves with him and conclude that their boss favors only who flatters her. Always, that may not be the case. For example, read the below story called Navigate Without a Map. Photo Credit: David Masters’ Flickr photostream [...]

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Software Professional, Are You Developing Yourself As An Aspiring Mediocre?

July 20, 2010

No one would like to develop himself as an aspiring mediocre. Would anyone? Yes. May be. Unknowingly. Read the story below to learn how. Background There was a group of college friends – Anders, Peter, Brandon, Rob and Laura – running a music band. Each friend had different skills. Peter was the music director. Anders was a keyboard [...]

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Bad Bad Cellphone 7

June 20, 2010

Turn it off, whenever you can. Never ‘while driving’. Distracts you often from doing whatever you’re doing. Radiations – bad for health; Vibrations – bad for ear drums; Camera – security threat. Compute ‘total cell-phone usage time’ vs. ‘doing something which takes you near to your goals’. Most likely, get balled over. Causes male infertility [...]

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Contribute Beyond Your Title With Assumed Responsibility And Take The Right Decision!

May 23, 2010

Easier are the decisions where one side is right and the other is wrong however in most situations, leaders do not have that liberty. Instead, they need to choose between the two rights. They are literal sticky situations specifically because each side is strongly embedded in one of the core, elemental paradigms. Here is a [...]

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Mini Saga – Secured UnSuccess!

May 10, 2010

Having talent and using it are two different things. I have seen many extremely talented people who could use very little of it and vice-versa. The following mini-saga is a tale of two childhood friends, Jack and Lucy. Jack was extremely talented while Lucy had average talents but had ample confidence. Lucy believed that true [...]

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