Category: Everything else

By now, I’ve become a fan of both! I used to be a night fan till recently. Thanks to many books and full time work, I’ve had to shift to being a morning person and while I’m generally up only around 7 or 730, I still see the benefits.

Morning:
Morning, to me, is the time when ideas become actions! It is the time for execution. For eg: I wrote out 10 blog posts on my palm on monday morning, I’m writing this down on the bus as well.

Simply put, I would wake up in the morning on most days as it is more productive!

Night: Night works very well for me for many a creative task. Examples are visualizing a presentation or meeting, For example: I remember I that most of our best ideas for Sparkz(a talent show I helped organize) came in the middle of the night and I also clearly played out the night during which the whole show played out in my head.

This sort of explains why entrepreneurs work late in the early days as its vital for creativity. I find it useful for simple allotment of tasks. If there is something creative I need to do, I generally put it for the evening and anything that needs action happens 1st thing in the morning!

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Still discovering the benefits of this! :)

As you might remember, the head of a company survived
9/11 because his son started kindergarten.

Another fellow was alive because it was
His turn to bring donuts.

One woman was late because her
Alarm clock didn’t go off in time.

One was late because of being stuck on the NJ Turnpike
Because of an auto accident.

One of them
Missed his bus.

One spilled food on her clothes and had to take
Time to change.

One’s
Car wouldn’t start.

One couldn’t
Get a taxi.

The one that struck me was the man
Who put on a new pair of shoes that morning,
Took the various means to get to work
But before he got there, he developed
a blister on his foot.

He stopped at a drugstore to buy a Band-Aid.
That is why he is alive today..

Now when I am
Stuck in traffic ,
Miss an elevator,
Turn back to answer a ringing telephone …
All the little things that annoy me.
I think to myself,
This is exactly where God wants me to be at this very moment..

Next time your morning seems to be
Going wrong ,

You can’t seem to find the car keys,
You hit every traffic light,
Don’t get mad or frustrated;
It may be just that God is at work watching over you.

May God continue to bless you
With all those annoying little things
And may you remember their possible purpose.
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WOW! Thank you Mom for forwarding this! :) I loved it..

Here’s to making the right habits then! :)

Have a nice day! :)

So you had a flash of brilliance and found a solution to a pressing problem, you just thought of the ideal gift for a special one, you just had a really cool idea to improve the quality of your life..

That’s all great..

Now TAKE IT DOWN! :)

The number of times I’ve had to tell myself this..

Finally, I’ve started capturing ideas whenever they come by on my phone. It’s nice to have a capture all system so we avoid the ‘Oh damn.. I had thought of something‘ moment that tends to only annoy us!

Take your ideas down – and never worry about forgetting anything down again. :)

I found this very very insightful!

Have a great day! :)

It just tells people that you don’t care about the details. Being a visionary leader does not excuse anyone from making the small mistakes.

The devil is in the details and this often means compromising on quantity to ensure quality.

Are we doing a constant quality check?

Are we actually being leaders in our own life and evaluating what we are jumping into?

I think the stats would read something like this –

Out of 100 who actually make the attempt to call to ‘Customer Service‘-

80 of them give up mid-way (generally after 30-45 minutes)

20 of them actually try to make it through (This is w/ reference to Pareto’s ‘Law of the Vital Few’)

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Now, Starhub has taken to this to a whole new level. Among the 20 people who do call..

16 people are met with a new brand of customer service operators who have no idea about what to do except read a bunch of FAQs from a manual.

4 people actually get what they want. (Again, thank you Pareto).

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So I’m estimating 4 out of every 100 subscribers actually get the service they need after 1-2 hours of waiting time.

Presenting the power of a tri-opoly, ladies and gentlemen!
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*Starhub, Singtel and M1 tripolize the Singapore telecom market.

I was looking around on the MRT today and things seemed unusually dull. Many had sleepy frowns on their face, others looked like they’d dragged themselves out of bed. These expressions get better as the week progresses and are at their best on Friday morning. I actually am on a bus now (at the time of writing) where I have one person ranting about his company’s treatment of employees. Well, there goes the week, in my humble point of view atleast. Well begun is half done after all…

Anyway, my point is that Mondays need not be blue! Till a couple of months ago, I loved saturdays and dreaded sundays as they had a feeling of ‘impending doom’ but of late, i’ve learnt to enjoy them, enjoy the mental break and then gear up on Monday.

And on Monday morning, I’ve begun seeing myself myself as the ‘hero’ whose duty is to save the world by helping others get rid of those blues..haha – via Monday mail, a good good morning quote etc..

Suddenly, Mondays are not all that bad after all! What greatly helps me is setting a bigger goal, a bigger expectation than ‘I need to make sure I drag myself to work and stay awake‘

For example: ‘I am an Associate – that’s right at the bottom of the food chain in the consulting world but just for today, I will be the best bottom of the food chain EVER!’

Haha.. A funny one to get the week going.

Happy Monday! :)

Thank you to all those who have given it to me. I realize I like it so much that I keep looking for it actively these days by quantifying work, asking for ratings and feedback whenever and wherever and processing them! Numbers never lie..

It does matter because it helps refocus and ensure that our eyes are on the goal..

And today I also realized the value of having a mentor!