Highlights from the book – The Almanack of Naval Ravikant Seek Long-Term Happiness: Naval emphasizes the importance of seeking long-term happiness over short-term pleasures. This involves aligning one’s values and actions with a sense of purpose and fulfillment. The Power of Knowledge: The value of acquiring knowledge and developing a diverse set of skills. He […]
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10 Rules of Ikigai Stay active; don’t retire: Those who give up the things they love doing and do well lose their purpose in life. That’s why it’s so important to keep doing things of value, making progress, bringing beauty or utility to others, helping out, and shaping the world around you, even after your
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This book by Dale Carneige, gives us good insignts on how to win friends and more importantly talks about how to be a likeable person.
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The crux of Management: It is the belief that a team of people can achieve more than a single person going at it alone. It is the realization that you don’t have to do everything yourself, be the best at everything yourself, or even know how to do everything yourself. Your job, as a manager, is to get better outcomes from a group of people working together. It’s from this simple definition that everything else flows.
THE ONE THING YOU SHOULDN’T TOLERATE ON YOUR TEAM: Stanford professor Robert I. Sutton described this phenomenon in his now-famous book The No Asshole Rule. He defines an asshole as someone who makes other people feel worse about themselves or who specifically targets people less powerful than him or her.
GIVING PEOPLE BIG PROBLEMS IS A SIGN OF TRUST – It’s an error in assuming that nobody wants to take on hard problems. In fact, the most talented employees aren’t looking for special treatment or “easy” projects. They want to be challenged. There is no greater sign of trust than handing your report an intricately tangled knot that you believe she can pull apart, even if you’re not sure how.
I stumbled upon this course from Kathrine, while I was searching for Talent management concepts in LinkedIn learning. I was curious and wanted to understand the concept of succession planning. This post summarizes my learning from this course on how should leaders go about building a Talent Management strategy within their Org.
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Writing is the most important skill any professional can have. I have also written various posts on business writing on this site, however this particular training was special to me because of the “Flair” it adds to your writing.
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There are only 3 Goals: To want nothing. That’s contentment. To do anything. That’s freedom. To have everything. That’s happiness.
Whenever you are starting a new goal or habit do not use external motivators. You must be doing it for yourself and not for others. It’s hard to compete endlessly because there’s always more to compete with someone or something and there is always someone or something better out there.
How to make every decision at twice the speed? Remove choice, What’s the counterintuitive way to having more time? Remove time, How to add an hour to the day with only one small change? Remove access.
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Studies suggest that Communication skill is one of the top skill required to be hired and promoted for any role. So effective business writing skills can make or break your career and is really a big deal. I came across this great course from Judy Steiner where she lays out some basic principles of writing. I have started to actively apply some of her tips in my day-to-day communications and I can see improvements already. You can take this training from here.
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A great leader is someone who can serve both the short and long-term requirements of an organization. They have a short-term vision for the team and a long-term vision for the team members. I remember when one of my CIO took an opportunity outside the organization, she ensured that she spoke with her direct reports and ensured that the top talent had a good runway in place to grow in their career and during the transition phase ensured that the new CIO and the new portfolio owners know how important these top talents are to our organization.
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Budget along with Scope and Schedule is one of the 3 most critical areas that needs to be managed well so that project can be completed successfully. Losing sight of the Budget can lead to diminishing the value of the project. Below is my summary of my trainings and experiences. I strongly recommend all Project / Program Managers to take this training, as Cost management is a very important skill a PM can have.
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