The lonely journey to the top
There are four types of people: There are those few that are downright brilliant. They know more. Their ability to look at the right data points, understand it, analyze it, and take the right...
Author: Sashank Purighalla
Being forthcoming in leadership
Stuff can go wrong! No person has ever been so good that he has not messed up somewhere, sometime at some level. Words cannot make up for what has gone wrong. There is no...
Passion
All the talent and experience cannot make you effective like the interest in and excitement for what you are working on. And if what you work on is what interests and excites you, you...
Fun at work
Fun can be had in multiple ways and each person has his own set of things he might call fun. The fun that a stage artist or a sportsman has is invariably conspicuous by...
Coffee when cold and Coke when hot
Have you been a part of those incessant family debates where there is a family member that has not a second thought before swallowing a pill and there is the other that looks at...
Do what you like
Too much time is lost trying to please those that matter little. Fact is, those that can become unhappy with you or those that you have to work way too hard on to please,...
Candor
If you are honest about your mistakes, you will more than likely learn from them. On the other hand, if you constantly look for ways to cover up your deficiencies, you will never fill...
It is difficult to be good in this world
We have built a world where you assume to receive dishonesty and lack of integrity. When you buy something, your first reaction is to ask for a lower price; you assume that the seller...
Calm in anger
Everyone gets angry! It is a very normal human emotion. More importantly, anger can be a trait that can be used for a constructive purpose; it is a tool that should be used purposefully,...
Writing code does not make you an engineer
I can measure and cut wood. I can drill holes. I can hammer nails in. I can select the right bricks and all things else that go into building a house. But I cannot...
