Measure productivity. Measure output, not activity. (Just being busy isn’t OK) tips for #managers
Use adversity to your advantage. Learn and grow…#life-lessons
Learn to appreciate what you have while you have it. Life is all about the journey, not the destination. #MikeRobbins Recognition – Positive feedback based on results and performance Appreciation – Value someone for who they are irrespective of what they do
If you think of your job as a renter – you wont love it. Take an owners approach to your job.
You need to know… its OK to make mistakes.
MANY OF YOUR ARE MANAGING PEOPLE – focus on a team’s efficiency, not just their work-rate. (Its not enough to know what we are getting done. Are we doing it efficiently?) – don’t begin a task if you can’t finish it or add value to it (know the end goal first) – don’t be passive […]
Once upon a time a very strong woodcutter asked for a job with a timber merchant, and he got it. The pay was really good and so were the working conditions. For that reason, the woodcutter was determined to do his best. His boss gave him an axe and showed him where he was supposed […]
If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there. Lewis Carroll Direction is very important (for most things) Unless you know your direction. Any random movement long enough will get you somewhere. Where are you going? Until you can answer that question, you can’t say that any one route is better […]
All work an no play makes Jack a dull boy Author Unknown We’ve known this adage since our early days. Yet most of us think that the formula to success is a lot, and I mean a lot of hard work. Hard work alone will make you dreary, tired and mostly unproductive. Instead, Focus on […]
We live in a world that rewards busyness and the idea of ‘getting things done’: an addictive rat race to cross off as many things from your to-do list, as fast as possible. Because of this viral hype, we bury ourselves in busyness and attempt to achieve much more than we’re capable of. Productivity isn’t about […]
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-07-01/ending-the-tyranny-of-the-open-plan-office Google approach seems interesting. Mixing the opportunity to collaborate with also being able to do deep work Have an open office when you want. Book a secure thinking room for thinking/deep work. Book a meeting room or collaboration room for team work. Cal Newports Deep work is interesting book but somewhat boring. Too much […]
When it comes to buying, Indians (mea culpa) have an attitude that needs a little (or a lot of) tweaking. Indians are always looking for a deal. As the world goes increasingly global in doing business this behavior works against more times than not When it comes to selling to any consumer not just Indians, […]
Gratitude is the best part of a great attitude.I say always be shooting for what you want and be grateful for that you have (irrespective of what the year looks like)
That’s a quote by Warren Buffet. I’d like to say this quote is often misquoted or even misunderstood by many… Heres my take. The rear view mirror is always very clear (hindsight is 20/20), while the windshield is almost always foggy. A leader has to make judgements on how to drive forward. And the leader […]
Time is an ever shrinking commodity. Each of us is born with a fixed amount and its always ONLY dwindling away. How you spend it makes all the difference. Eternal truth: Not all uses of time are equal. Spend time in people = Make better relationships. Spend time learning = Get better skills. Spend time […]
Every organization wants to be a high performance organization. But not everyone gets there. When shaping your organization, use this grid to evaluate your greatest asset – your people. Its just one of the ways to shape & fine-tune your organizations potential High performance people who exhibit a high trust quotient can be pillars to […]
Its common to think “High performing organizations are made up of high performance people” But this isn’t can’t really be true. Some very large organizations are high performance organizations. Doesn’t mean that they are full of high performance people. And not everyone who is a high performer is at the peak of their performance all […]
I started out with the thought of getting more out of my time. Ever since this pandemic has started, we are all working from home. While there are a lot of pros in working from home, it can tend to get to you sometimes. Work time has little boundaries and it tends to spread into […]
All startups are young upstarts. But not all young upstarts are startups. So think through a few points before you call your new business a startup. In all my time working with startups in various capacities including as a founder, an advisor, a consultant or a mentor to founders I start with asking the following […]
Startup ventures receive a lot of attention. It indeed is glamorous to be running a startup. Or at least it appears so from the outside. Startups are a LOT OF WORK. It takes a lot of perseverance, patience and persistence to take an idea, create a startup and then build a business out of it. […]
Remote work or working from home are commonly used terms in the vocabulary of a knowledge worker. Work-Life balance is another term that is often discussed at length. I personally do not agree with the term and how it sounds. I prefer to use ‘life balance’. Work as an activity does not conflict with life, […]
If it matters to you, do not postpone it. Most humans get caught in the conundrum of life. If I had this, I would do that… I’ve I achieve X, I will do Y… Most dreams we postpone should not be pushed forward. Have to live each day as if it’s your last. Times running […]
Applies to businesses as much as it applies to people. “Try not to be everything to everyoneFor you risk being nothing to anyoneIts best if you can be something to someone” -Yours truly, DA Those words remind us of a simple but true principle. You can’t please everyone, so why try? Be yourself, know yourself. […]
Since the time this pandemic has started, there are so many things that are not the same…There’s quite a bit of talk about what is or has or will change for ever. And there is so much that isn’t really going to change. Yet, there is little discussion about what will not be changing. The […]
Racism is not natural or innate – It is learned. So it can definitely be overcome with some effort on the individuals part. Are you aware of the terms – sympathy, apathy, antipathy? These come naturally to humans In general, we humans place ourselves first. Our innate immune response of self-protection seems to be on […]
Whenever the economy is discussed, the “consumer” invariably comes up. The consumers drive the economy. They buy goods and services. Consumption is the largest component of any economies GDP. Individual buying acts are aggregated over whtime and space. Any good business is created with the consumer in mind. As a business you sell what you […]
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