HOW TO LISTEN Listening is learning. Listening is love in action. How often do you find yourself trying to convince others of what you believe to be right ? How often do you succeed ? If you do succeed, are both sides happy at the end ? What if I told you there is a …
WORK CREATES LUCK Get to work. Work Hard. Work creates luck. Levi Strauss did not invent jeans. He had no idea what jeans were. He has a poor immigrant who moved to America at the age of 16 from Europe. He joined the only trade he knew that of merchants and trading with his brothers. …
WHEN A BLIND MAN CLIMBS EVEREST The word impossible is a hidden but a big part of our daily conversation. The word impossible is a hidden but a big part of our daily conversation. It’s impossible to do this is in 4 weeks? or that failed earlier, it wont work or I tried it and …
GROWTH IS MATHS 5 mathematical ways to grow your business Business Growth is pure mathematics. In the start up world it’s called user acquisition. In the FMCG world it’s called penetration. It’s proven now conclusively that brand growth comes primarily from increase in penetration or the user base. This rule applies for most brands, in …
SINGLE TASKING Just do one thing at a time. We all work incredibly hard, often to the point of exhaustion. Somehow despite all of our collective efforts, our to do lists never seem to get finished and we always have an anxious feeling about something pending at work. For some people this even affects their …
DEATH BY POWER POINT How to avoid it! You just finished slide 65 and send it out when you got 3 replies from colleagues on “critical slides that were missed”. You made version 5 and your boss now wants to change the flow as he cannot “feel” the story. You made a deck on the …
HOW MANY PITCHES BEFORE YOU GET FUNDED How many NO’s before you get a YES! If you have a start up or are thinking of creating one, you will at some point pitch to investors. If you are not prepared it can be a back breaking, soul crushing process that can make you cast doubts …
ARE YOU USING THE INFINITE WORKFORCE? The world markets are into a recession. Forget about hiring, companies are freezing salaries and bonuses and actively looking to reduce head count. In such a situation very often managers will say that we don’t have enough resources to do the work needed and to start new projects. The …
7 SIGNS THAT YOU WILL BE PROMOTED REGULARLY I recently had the good fortune of handing out promotion letters to some well deserving team mates. It is a real privilege to work with these stars who consistently perform, are often a joy to work along side and make a real difference to the lives of …
WHEN TO SEND A HARSH EMAIL OR MESSAGE There are 2 occasions when you should never write a harsh email or message. There are 2 occasions when you should never write a harsh email or message. One is today. The second is tomorrow. Harsh emails or messages are punctuated with signs like “!!!” or “???” …
