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Spoting new trends and getting ready for them is an important skill to stand out from the crowd. Three simple places from where you can spot trends: • Surveys • Industry Trend Reports • Annual reports & Presentations of companies Read here:
Robotic process automation is best suited to repetitive, rule-based jobs. Listen to my interview with Jyothi & Aravinda of Neelitech about RPA's evolution, its use cases, the pitfalls to avoid, and the future of RPA:
What appears as absolute truth may not be truth at all. Be humble. Examine other side. Accept when you err. #visualthinking
Success is being in a position to do more of the things that you LOVE doing, and none or less of the the things that you HAVE to. Are you successful?
Flywheels are difficult to pull first. Once momentum builds up, it gets you a breakthrough. In this episode, I explain Amazon's flywheel and how you can use it to build a flywheel for your personal and professional life: #podcast #flywheel
A retail giant in India plugged a loss of up to 7 crore with an RPA solution. Listen to my interview with Jyothi & Aravinda of Neelitech about the evolution of RPA, the use cases, pitfalls to avoid, and the future of RPA:
When we look at someone's CV, we think they figured out everything and went from one success to the other. Life is not linear. You shape life as much as life shapes you. #visualthinking
Can I schedule this goal on my calendar? If the answer is no (because lose 10 pounds isn’t a schedulable event) then you just need to come up with smaller enabling goals
Digitization is difficult—not just in the public sector, but anywhere—because digitization is fundamentally about people rather than data, and people are difficult.
I'm glad I get to speak with one of the prominent voices on this important topic of "mental health" What questions would you want me to ask @netshrink?
When you drive a Jaguar, you think you've impressesed others. But as @PeeKayPedia says, others are impressed by the car, not you. You might as well be a monkey sitting that car. Be careful what you chase.
If you let them, life's distractions will trip you everyday. Filter them: • meditate • limit movies to a day • block social media sites Apply what works for you. But filter what distracts you from getting to your goal. #visualthinking #mentalhealth #productivity
It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.- Oscar Wilde If given a choice between fame and fortune, I always choose fortune
Most careers turn into sales jobs when you get senior enough - Sam Altman Here are some things I learned abt sales as a CTO: • People buy from people, on trust • Sales is both science & art • Preparation builds confidence Read more: #sales #cto
Time spent with kids at Tagore theatre discussing documentary making, Sikhs in various lands, culture, integration, and a whole lot thanks to @Ojaswwee
What you leave for your kids doesn't matter as much as what you leave in them. @BishopJakes
Come & join us for discussing “Be Proactive” As @Aswiniselvaraj is reviewing this chapter.
A short thread on chapter 3 of the book "The Seven Habits" It introduces 1st habit - Be Proactive of 7 habits. Before I go on with the 3nd chapter points, you may want to revisit the thread on earlier chapters:
#buildinpublic is the latest trend. Building in public is about: • sharing your vision • your perspective of the problem • solution & • most importantly, failures Do you know Jeff Bezos practiced it via his annual letters? Read & you'll know.
I suppose @shikhilsharma will become a philosopher-king 😜 When I asked him, what is the definition of living a good life, he paused long and said: Being content I didn't expect it from an young entreprenuer
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” — Buckminster Fuller
What's In A Name? Everything Dale Carnegie said, “A person’s name is to that person, the sweetest, most important sound in any language.” By pronouncing names well, you can turn non-cooperative colleagues into your greatest supporters. Read to find:
Given the talent crunch and the joining probability is only 50% it is better for companies to hire soloprenuers rather than full-time employees. Listen to my conversation with Shresth, founder of @Begig17:
Jumping from one goal to the other doesn't help you achieve anything. Working on a goal every day, even little bit, moves it forward and further. #visualthinking #productivity
When you start to study a field, it seems like you have to memorize a zillion things. You don’t. What you need is to identify the core principles that govern the field. The million things you thought you had to memorize are combinations of the core principles. - John Reed
Few things I learned about meetings by learning the ways of Jeff Bezos, Daniel Ek, and others: • Meetings are unavoidable • Executives should coach about meetings • Writing brings clarity Read more here:
The Opposable Mind by @RogerLMartin is a superb book for executives. I go back to my notes of the book often.
Thinking problem is out there is the problem. As Steven Covey says, take responsibility. You'll have a happy life.
Faith is to believe what we do not see. The reward of faith is to see what we believe - St Augustine You've to start before you see it. You unfold life as you move forward.
There are 4 types of luck: • Blind Luck • Active Luck • Discerned Luck • Personality Luck When you know the different types of luck, you can position yourself to attract them:
Who are you? • academic • employee • executive You can change your ways by the way
The man with outward courage dares to die. The man with inward courage dares to live. - Lao Tzu
I probably found an answer for this use case with @zcalHQ I created a weekly 1-to-1 meeting for @GravitasWins book reviews: Thanks @saurabhcio for zcal and making it free @ranjithajeurkar you may want to check zcal. Seems to work.
Consistency and things going to plan are amazing. Practicing with what happens when things fall apart — that’s probably the most powerful thing we can learn.
Life is not a conveyor belt to slide through. Live and enjoy your life. #visualthinking #visuals
Happy to release, "Building a business from a tier-2 city" interview with my good friend, @munishjauhar Listen here: We talk on topics that should be interesting to build a successful biz from every city in India. Listen & let me know your feedback
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. -Soren Kierkegaard
@vyshnav_xyz you've a nice website. Is it custom made?
There should be structure in your thinking, analysis and communication for effective problem solving. That's the key takeaway from the book: "The McKinsey Way" It helped me immensely to shape my thinking, writing, and speaking.
I am with my dear friend Mohan. My wife is God's gift to me. I am able to pursue my heart's desire because she stands as a rock behind me. • She believes in my potential more than I do • She encourages me to try new ventures • When I'm down, she holds me my hand in silence
Do you have enough time to think, work, rest, and review? If you don't you are not going to be effective. Get your days in order. #visualthinking
Mistakes are the portals of discovery - James Joyce
This is true not just for accounting & investing. You don't have to be a master teacher to teach others. You don't have to be fitness geek to start exercising Just learn the basics and get going.
I am also looking for an answer for this 👇 Use case: I host a weekly book review. I want to put that on my calendar; make it publicly available, so whoever wants to join can add that to their calendar.
What can soloprenuers learn from China? In the 90s, China was a copycat country They copied every fancy product For copying, they built enormous infra With infra, they pivoted to manufacturing They file more patents than US now There is a lesson here:
Leadership is influence - John C. Maxwell
Next podcast interview - Why RPA matters to enterprise? Discussion going to be around both business and technology aspects. Feeling great that I'm going to talk about tech trends. Plus to co-founders of a startup in this space. What questions should I ask them?
A checklist for evaluating startups: I invest in startups; evaluate startups for VCs. I use this checklist to identify if they have built a scalable product. Hope this is helpful to you.
The best advice @rishabh_grg got is something I think often as a dad. Do I compare my kids with others? Comparing is the quickest way to kill their individuality. Listen to our conversation:
Excellence is the next five minutes. - Tom Peters One of my favorite quot of all time
