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One Year of Articles

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT…

It’s been a year and I want to thank all of you that have been reading my articles everyday. Tonight I write my 368th Article! I wrote my first article on the 18th of August last year and have been writing an article everyday since. Now it has...

Feeling good….

Feeling good….

If a pat on your back could pay your bills, I would do that all day long! A pat on your back means that you did that job at that point in time in a manner where that one person that came and patted you on your back...

Be the observer….

Be the observer….

When you look at your life as an outside observer, how does it appear? Is it consistent with what you are going through on the inside. If there is lack of harmony between who you are on the inside versus what you appear to be on the outside,...

The two types of people you meet….

The two types of people you meet….

Nature places people in your life’s path for one of two reasons: That they may give your some learnings until when their path crosses yours That they may journey with you till the end Most of our confusion in life comes from our inability to distinguish each person’s...

When fear rules…

When fear rules…

The two things that sell the most are fear and desire…. Fear more than desire! They sell because they drive human behavior. If you trace back into your life… your upbringing, your choices, your current demographics… the opportunities that you grabbed versus the ones that you passed off...

There is a second side to every story

There is a second side to every story

As viewed from the other side, how do the same incidents appear? The most genuine person can be painted in the wrong light and the most corrupt, can be made to look like an angel! It’s the other side that completes the story… else, you are seeing it...

The least you can do for a person…

The least you can do for a person…

Man is infinitely capable. Yet, it is the smaller things, often times, that seem to become insurmountable. A majority of those small issues, are related to how people feel that they are not being heard. The manifestations of this insignificant human trait could be monstrous… feeling under valued,...

Knowledge determines life…

Knowledge determines life…

Life is about choices… Every choice is really a decision you make… A decision is the computation of the values you are able to assign to the data points that you are able to attribute to that particular situation… it’s an equation! The decision points you are able...

Comfort in clumsiness….

Comfort in clumsiness….

A few years back, we had our centralized air conditioning system in the office repaired. The plumbing required some serious rework and the person repairing it ultimately managed to stuff the hanging pipes behind the sheet that made things appear like they were back to normalcy… everything was...

Do you need an upgrade - Sashank Purighalla

Do you need an upgrade?

Not getting the results you want? This could be addressed at so many levels; for now let’s stick to the business side of things. There could be 5 reasons: Bad planning Bad execution  Incorrect strategy Working with the wrong people Working on the wrong thing As self-explanatory as...