Attitude… a small case study!
I would like to relate two conversations that I had with two senior engineers in my team over the past 5 days… Firstly, about them: Both highly talented, hard working girls, good with communication...
Author: Sashank Purighalla
Cowardice
When you run away from a mad dog or a maniac carrying a weapon, it is prudence… and yes! prudence is the best form of valor… I might consider respecting an unreasonable thug that...
Are you doing things in vain?
Before you spend time, energy, intellect or emotion on anything…. I told you that I will write a 10 day series on Execution yesterday, but am today writing on one other important topic… I...
EXECUTION…Â
“The Preface or the Forward” Today I start a series on the one word/subject that determines the (level of) success or failure of anything that we undertake… I have been writing on disparate topics...
The most sought after skill set
Strategy is defining the map…. the starting point, the destination, each milestone/ checkpoint, the path between milestone and milestone, determining what is needed to get from one milestone to the other, defining the criteria...
Character
Ask yourself these questions… and be honest! No one’s coming to cross-verify…🙃 – Do I do what one inspects or what one expects? – Is it alright as long as no one knows??? –...
Knowledge, Understanding and Wisdom
Knowledge is not Understanding and Understanding is not Wisdom!!! And what you need to lead an effective life is at a minimum Understanding!!! Mere knowledge will not do! The funny part of life is...
Negotiation…
This is the one skill that is rarely known and sparsely understood amongst professionals… Of the hundreds of resumes that I must have seen through the years, I have not found this except in...
Giving up Vs Letting go
When you are having to put in too much effort into something and it does not come about; OR When you have been counting on this person and you are just not getting there....
Situation – Behavior – Impact
You more than likely must have heard of the SBI feedback model…. Given a situation, what is the resultant impact of your behavior? The feedback that you receive (especially in cases of negative impact)...
