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Act on the decisions taken - Sashank

Act on the decisions taken

Getting started can be hard. A lot goes into getting the decisions taking off the ground. Execution is critical, but it needs to be triggered. A lot of time can be lost between decision making and triggering of the action that enables its execution. Act on your decisions...

Take a decision - Sashank

Take a decision

Delayed decisions are worse than bad decisions. Bad decisions are better than no decisions. And taking a decision to not decide is better than taking no decision. Any which way, take a decision. You will always be better off with a decision that is made quickly.

Theory and Practice - Sashank

Theory and Practice

Knowing the theory behind something does not mean that you know how to do it. Almost anyone that has watched a swimmer can tell you how to swim. The guy that tells you how to survive in the sea might drown for he has never been in that...

You can change it - Sashank

You can change it

You can always change it for the better. If you can change the circumstances for the better, change it. It the physical circumstances cannot be changed, change the way you experience those circumstances. Either case, the outcome and the journey can be changed for the better!

Convenience - Sashank

Convenience

People drop out of school quoting Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg. You can too, if you are studying in MIT or Stanford or the like. People talk about not working as hard using quotations of Lincoln, APJ Abdul Kalam and the like. You can too, if...

Focus on Title Vs the Outcome - Sashank

Focus on Title Vs the Outcome

When your focus becomes what you are called over what you are called to do, you are lending way to the one whose focus is the outcome, to be your “chief”. You have embalmed yourself with a lower title. Stop blaming someone else. It was your call! On...

Decision making - Sashank

Decision making

You can never make right decisions. You can only take decisions and make them right. Here’s a simple framework that might help guide your decision making process. Firstly, determine if what you are trying to decide on is one thing or many things rolled into one. Uncomplicated: Break...

The Superman in you - Sashank Purighalla

The Superman in you

It’s tempting to go after what’s appealing. Easy is appealing, familiar is appealing, for when you know it, it does not take much to excel. It feels comfortable! Clark Kent might not have too many challenges appealing enough for the guy hiding behind his glasses to come out....

The stage between learning and unlearning - Sashank Purighalla

The stage between learning and unlearning

Knowing is easy! You can know a lot. But that does not necessarily make you learned. Learning what gives you joy is usually hard. But it makes sense to learn it, for once you learn it, you will never have to unlearn it. But most people confuse pleasure...

It is possible - Sashank Purighalla

It is possible

‘Impossible’ is a state of mind, not a state of existence! A few years back, traveling from one continent to another in under an hour was impossible. A few decades back, colonizing another planet was impossible. A couple of centuries back, watching something  live from another part of...