When in doubt about what is right
As a lion, you are expected to live up to this tenet: “Whenever a doubt arises as to the right or ethics of my position or action towards others, to resolve such doubt against...
Category: Attitude
Do not justify your actions
If you have to justify your actions, it is the effect of someone not liking what you did! If it is someone else, is that person unreasonable? If so, he does not deserve it....
Take a ‘bug’ as an insult
Yes, I am addressing programmers again! Imagine a mechanical engineer delivering a bridge and stating that “the bugs found in production can be fixed in the next sprint”. Or how about a civil engineer...
It is difficult to find trust-worthy people anymore
This is one unfortunate truism of the world we have made: “It is difficult to find people that you can trust”. The biggest casualty of this is that a truly honest and loyal person...
It’s not about the code
It’s not about the code. It’s about the lives that you are impacting with the software system that you are building. For a software programmer to think of code and code alone, is like...
Birds of the same feather
Your core image of yourself ultimately dictates what you make of yourself. Your circle of friends speaks of how you think, act and work. The people you move with somehow reflects your self-image. That...
Challenge or Struggle
There is a fine line between challenge and struggle! When you take on a difficult task or put yourself in an uncomfortable situation willingly, it’s a challenge. When you are put in the same...
Internal conversation
Having a conversation that results in tangible positive change is difficult. It calls for both parties to gain a certain level of thought and emotional semblance that then converges into an agreement. That agreement...
The one choice that you must make
There is never a right decision or a wrong decision. It is about making a decision quickly and proving it out quickly. If it takes you closer to your goal, it is then about...
How not to get credit for your work
There may be many ways to get credit for what you do: Working hard, producing results every time, doing what you say, being honest…. Do all that and talk about how wonderful you are;...
