Loudcloud, Opsware and “the Struggle” “There are no shortcuts to knowledge, especially knowledge gained from personal experience.” Every startup encounters the Struggle. Your product turns out to have costly flaws. Your cash runs low, and your venture capitalist tells you fundraising seems unlikely. A loyal customer leaves you. A valuable employee walks away. There’s no…
Generation Traits and Gaps Millennials form the “most educated and technologically savvy generation ever.” Their parents sheltered them and gave their lives structure. The US workforce now includes 31 million Millennials, and that number will increase steadily in the next five years. When people of the same age experience highimpact events, they develop a similar…
The Inspiration Today’s financial services industry has little in common with the financial services industry of years past. Everything has changed, from the way financial products and services are distributed to how they are marketed and sold. Traditional selling techniques, which were oriented toward product benefits, are mostly obsolete. The only way to succeed in…
The Basic Equipment Needed to Become a CEO You might compare climbing the corporate ladder to climbing a mountain. You need certain qualities, which are like equipment, to make it to the top. You also have to be ready to pass through “tricky and scary situations,” just as you would if you were going higher…
Recent years have seen a surge of research into the biology of personality and emotion. These studies indicate that some of human intelligence and personality is determined by genetics. But this raises two questions: What can you change about yourself? And, why do some intelligent people founder in life, while less intelligent people prosper? The…
Paying attention How well you pay attention affects every aspect of your life. Effective focusing skills enhance mental processes, including understanding, learning, listening, being creative and reading other people’s signals. Most people underestimate focus or overlook its importance. You need to exercise all three categories of focus – “inner, other and outer” – to function…
Know how to rise above negativity at workplace as well as home.
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How You Can Become More Productive Productivity (or a lack thereof) is a pain point for both employees and employers alike. Low productivity is not only something that costs employers in India between Rs 45,000 and Rs 55,000 crores every year according to Gallup, but it’s also something that leads to stress, anxiety and even disengagement…
