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During the fall orientation at Smith College, and at the final exam time, students were astonished to see some surprising quotes on the large screen in the campus: the worst failu…

A customer/ patient Does not want to be there.  Customers/patients have not come to have a good time. They have not come to leave their troubles behind, and they ar…

Remember you had finished your schooling and thinking of engineering as a career. The Gold Standard was IITs or one of the Ivy League universities. Only the creme de la creme got …

I love playing Sudoku. As you are aware, Sudoku usually comes in 3/4 levels - easy, intermediate, and hard/ tough. I like to play the hard level only. There are no monetary reward…

An idea/ concept that appears to be simple yet is very complex and vice versa. Atoms are relatively simple. As a collection, complex behaviour emerges, such as superconductivit…

I was helping an organization to finalize an ad agency for a new product. The attitude of the CXO was of – ‘there are so many agencies I can get any one of them.  The same…

Christopher Heckscher predicted that the 2018 Atlantic Ocean hurricane season would be strong, with accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) —between 70 and 150. The source of his data - …

In a study, by the noted author Mark Murphy a few years back, out of 20000 new hires. 46% of them failed within 18 months. But even more surprising, was that when new hires failed…

Busy is probably the easiest excuse for not working, not prioritizing, not understanding, and a host of other reasons! Being busy is frantic shifting from one task to another, wit…

Everything takes time & if you wait until the last minute or expect things to happen suddenly, it's being unreasonable. Having an understanding of the importance of time and k…

When I bought the OnePlus I think the phone had a certain OS but with the numerous updates, my phone now runs on the latest Anyone with a smartphone would have downloaded numer…

Was in a meeting the other day with a client when he told me that since he did not have the time could I describe our proposition in 5 minutes. And to think we had prepared a pres…

(Note: I do not subscribe to criminal activities nor am I justifying them. Such activities are anathema to me.) I was narrated a very interesting anecdote by my friend. An acqu…

Keeping it simple is actually complex When I was in school I remember my mom telling me to clear up my table which was always cluttered. Arrange your books, toys etc. It would …