Tag: Inertia
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Change under crisis or constraint is compelling; but it is costly n chaotic!
“Change” is the most celebrated term in corporate life, leadership circles, professional and personal lives and even in country governance across the globe. Most people take pride in speaking for change, but fall short is imbibing and implementing it. Many talk about it but don’t know what to do with it. An aspirant gets a…
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Baggage that you carry at the back of your mind is your biggest bottleneck!
One fine morning you get up with bad feelings and start to wonder what has happened to you today! You feel tired or lazy; things look hopeless and you witness lot of things going wrong. You are unable to figure out what has really gone wrong. Your health, blood pressure and everything around you are…
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Why history repeats by itself at professional and personal levels!
A survey shows that about two third people around the world believe that history always repeats by itself; but one third not! Fact is history does repeat time and again at micro and macro levels, albeit it does not replicate exactly. Its tendencies and trends, types and turn of events are similar in nature. Famous…
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Why terrific thoughts and quotes go for a toss in implementation!
All of us know what is good or great for us; but when it comes to doing it, we lose grip on same! We love motivational thoughts, positive thinking and inspirational quotes; but when it comes to implementation, these seem to lose impact and we hardly practice the same seriously!! Many times, some of our…
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Creativity and Innovativeness come, when we kill fear and create freedom!
All of us need to be a good manager, supervisor or go getter; but that alone is not be good enough to keep us going. After a certain point, we experience a level of saturation, things appear to have come to a plateau or we face a knot. What was motivating becomes monotonous; excitement ebbs…
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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…
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Beauty and Banes of becoming or being Big!
Size and figures matter to all of us. Notion of what size or figures are appropriate or optimal varies from things to things. We would try to explore whether there could be a universal definition or norm for what is right. Companies, which are small in size, find it hard to survive in face of…
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Monumental Mistake many make by not quitting at correct time!
Humans are infested by inertia and love to do what they have been doing. One fine day, they start facing issues, crises, stagnancy and decay. Often, the cause their troubles is that they had stuck around the place way too long and ignored the signals their surroundings were giving to quit and seek change! It…
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Color of one’s Blood does not change to Blue, simply because he/she comes from Famous Family, Company or College!
Look at the people of Companies, Communities or Countries; one common thing that one would notice is lot of hype and awe for those, who come from well-known families, companies or campuses! Is that justified? Is there any rationale behind? Answer is big “No”, if we talk of 100% of cases; probably valid only in…
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Our Comfort Zones not only create Inertia; but also inhibit Efficiency & Growth!
Psychologically and biologically, we are always tempted to create comfort zones at work as well as in personal life and our natural tendency is then to live in those! Our comfort zones are actually the cause of our inertia, inefficiency and inadequate growth. When individuals, management included, in companies start creating comfort zones, the result…