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Value friendships
Friends are not forever, but for as long as you live. And that is long enough, so choose wisely But first take the trouble to decide who is a good friend. 1. A good friend is someone who tells you what you need to hear, not only what you want to hear. …
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Complacency is death.
Invite the ‘ghost competitor’ and beat your own record. The ‘ghost competitor’ is a tool that great athletes use to improve their own standards of performance. If you are Usain Bolt, you are already the fastest man on the planet. That you are actually slightly slower than a hippo is neither here nor there, because…
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The problem with the C- Word
One of the things that I have been very fond of, is trekking, especially climbing mountains. I have done a good bit of that in the Western Ghats in Southern India, climbing on one occasion through thick forest straight up the side of the mountain, 4500 feet. I went up to Singampatti from Kanyakumari. 4500…
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Self-assessment is your commitment to yourself
The mirror can only reflect what is in front of it. It is for me to decide what to do about it Performance Appraisals are things that are done in organizations and most people don’t like them. Except the winners, that is. Winners like to ‘show off.’ I mean that in a positive sense. They…
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Structure and Focus
Balance passion and system – Passion without system burns out. System without passion creates bureaucracy. But together they can change the world All the passion in the world will get you nowhere if you don’t create a step by step strategy to achieve your goals and then focus on each step, one by one. Work…
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DIFFERENTIATE!!
There’s no such thing as too much when it comes to setting life goals. Nobody knows the best that he can do. Limits are only in the mind. Differentiate on the basis of the only thing which counts – Quality. Be the best in the world at what you do. Forget everything else – just…
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If it can’t make you cry, it can’t make you work
I know only one way to live and that is to live passionately. When you live passionately, you are alive, happy and have no stress. You can work hours that leave others exhausted. You don’t need holidays because your whole life is a holiday and you actually get paid to do what you would have…
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Life is Math
Life is an equation. You control only one side, but with that you can affect the outcome. Most of us look at the other side that we don’t control and feel helpless. We forget that it is the outcome that we should focus on and see what number we need to write on our side…
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Remember banking
Thoughtfulness is a factor of doing the unnecessary. Always do the unnecessary act of kindness This is a take on the previous one for the city boys. Life is a bank account. How much you can draw out depends on what you put in. You put it in when you don’t need it. So that…
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Focus on Giving
The world loves ‘givers’ and hates ‘takers’. Now this is not just some ‘nice to do’ thing. Think farming. What do you do if you want a great harvest? Plant lots of good seed. What happens if you eat up the seed? No harvest. Life is farming. Imagine that you walked into the hut of…