Before the start of this week, On last Sunday evening I took sometime to send message to some of my old business acquaintances, colleagues turned friends and old business connections and then sat down to list a few things, that… Read More ›
Career
EP 260 (196/365) What Do we Want?
If someone asks us ‘What do you want?…’ the question can come out as quite rude based on the situation. But it is one of the most important questions both for an individual and for the team we work in… Read More ›
EP 238 (175/365) Resume Building and Jumping Ships
When I graduated I don’t remember thinking of a resume building process that is tightly coupled with one’s career. You finish education, get on the first job that comes and then retire from that same job years later. It happens… Read More ›
EP 235 (172/365) Work-Life Balance Part-2
For me Work-life balance is not a mathematical problem that you solve in equal percentages, or any percentage for that matter. It has to do with being contented. Knowing what you want out of work and what you want out… Read More ›
EP 234 (171/365) Work-Life Balance Part-1
One of the most commonly used phrases. I heard it first a few years into starting to work and I laughed at it because for me there was no much difference between the two. Work and Life were more or less… Read More ›
EP 228 (165/365) Contribute More than you Work
Some time in early Nineties I had read that Money is the worst Motivator, yet businesses all over have been providing monetary incentives to their employees to get work done. Even today salary and perks are the main reason most… Read More ›
EP 220 (157/365) What matters most at Work
If not people.. which I mentioned in my last post.. What matters to you most at work….? if we had to choose something else… other than people what would that be… I have been thinking about it and lot of… Read More ›
EP 218 (155/365) What is Commitment in a job
How committed are we in our job? How committed should we be? How can we ensure we are committed.. What do you think employers or our team mates or manager thinks of commitment… Are our managers more committed than us… Read More ›
EP 217 (154/365) Why do you want this job?
You are going for an interview and they ask you why do you want this job? What will your answer be… I am sure we all will have our own answers…. And based on our situation our real answer can… Read More ›
133/365 Work on the stronger branch
‘You need to work on the stronger branch’… I heard this phrase a few days back… I am not sure if I read it or I heard it… Either way I loved it… The context in which I heard it… Read More ›