Tag: Focus

  • Being restless for lack of rewards to your efforts?

    Being restless for lack of rewards to your efforts?

    Source: http://www.flickr.com/ It is good to be restless, if you don’t get rewards for your endeavors, as compared to those who like to rest on no or little rewards! At least that would shake you, encourage you to review what is wrong and possible inspire you to bring a change in your efforts or environments with…

  • Can you live happily ever after?

    Can you live happily ever after?

    Source: http://www.flickr.com/ Prince got married to the princess and they lived happily ever after! Story ends here. If you get relegated in history at the time of your happy moments, you are supposed to have lived happily thereafter, since no one has further information about your life!! Does that happen in reel or real life? First…

  • Being in double mind is indeed a double trouble!

    Being in double mind is indeed a double trouble!

    Source: http://www.flickr.com/ “Shall I do it or better leave it”, “This would work; no, it may not” or “Shall I frankly say that; but it may annoy her” is a regular struggle, most have in their minds! One of my former colleagues in USA was a group leader. He was intelligent, technically sound and in very…

  • (de)Merits of Multi-tasking!

    (de)Merits of Multi-tasking!

    Source: http://www.flickr.com/ Most believe that multi-tasking is more efficient than doing single task at a time. General perception is that you can do it faster through multi-tasking and quality can still be achieved. Human mind is such that it is always loaded with multiple thoughts. It is rare that only one thought is crossing our mind…

  • “Being in rush” is being in reverse gear!

    “Being in rush” is being in reverse gear!

    When you are running short of time, you want to make up by rushing up. If you believe that you can really make up that way, you need to rethink! Research shows that you actually lose more time; the perception that you have saved time is only an illusion!! Factually speaking, you go in reverse…

  • Pleasant way to give unpleasant feedback!

    Pleasant way to give unpleasant feedback!

    “Giving feedback” is a great tool or means to communicate your views about other’s performance. But most in every walk of life, especially corporates, mess up with it, rather than making it pleasant and purposeful! Let us look at how feedback from a supervisor to subordinate can be conducted to make it congenial for both;…

  • Success after success is a bigger challenge than success after failure!

    All over, people go ga ga over success after failure. Nothing wrong to celebrate success; but seldom people realize that success actually wait in the wings, when failure nears its end! Success is an opportunity that failure presents; if someone fails to take it or even see it, it is because of state of despondency…

  • “How I Hire” – Mantra & Messages of many!

    Recently a social media has invited articles on “How I Hire” from eminent leaders and authors. So, a spate of articles surfaced on this platform. Lot of good ideas and counsel has been shared on how to hire best in class or best fit. Jack Welch, former chairman and CEO of GE sees the best…

  • Presence of Paradoxes – A Bane or Blessing?

    In previous Post of 28-June-2012, we have seen how glaring paradoxes in our life are. Let us look at some more to gain deeper insight. Everything that we observe, including ourselves, has been created by nature out of Nothing! Science has developed devices to receive and relate signals from billions of miles away; but has…