I use Twitter as a commonplace note: https://t.co/vPr6DeA0d4 CTO In Sales • Homeschooling dad Building @siteaudittools & @thoughttonote
If you are an introvert, become a “situational extrovert” - be a loner, reserved around strangers, but very outgoing in the right context. Helped to get my perspective right. I'm an introvert; realised don't have to be one all the time.
Networking is about nurturing mutually beneficial relationships • nurture - nurture as a plant • mutually - both sides benefit • beneficial - not one dimensional; not only about money • relation - not a transaction Invest in other's success as they invest in yours
@SejalSud @v1bhormahajan Just @v1bhormahajan said he won’t listen to the podcast if it is not on @Stitcher 😱😜
This is Kangra Fort, which dates back to Mahabharata times. Much history within these walls. Pity we couldn't find signs from the road. If you don't blow your trumpet, there is no music. #traveldiaries #himachaltourism #indiatravel
Knowing the type of decision will help you to choose the strategy to make great decisions. Now make a great decision and follow me :-) It is after all it is a reversible decision.
Unless you are Ross (of the Friend's TV series) you want your marriage to last until your death. Reversing a marriage is not possible, though you could get out of it. Still, it will affect your life.
While driving on a highway, you might take the inner-city road rather than the coastal road that you wanted to take. Still you could control the wastage of hours and reverse the decision.
Though routine decisions should be easy to make, they can become difficult. How often have you stood frozen in-front of the dressing closet unable to decide the dress to wear? An important event like a date or an interview can make even the routine decision hard to make.
There are two types of decisions we make: - routine decisions - significant decisions Deciding what dress to wear on any day is a routine decision. Should you take up a job in a different city and move to a whole new environment is a significant decision.
What about significant decisions? There are two types of significant decisions. - controllable, hence reversible - conseqential, thus non-reversible Let us talk about the consequential decisions first
What is the TRANSFORMATION your audience will experience if they take up your OFFER? Is it a delta improvement? Or will it transform their life so much they will be jumping with joy and run through the street telling everybody? What is your OFFER?
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Unless the problem is clear, don't lauch. You can evolve other things as you proceed through the journey and fine-tune it, but if you don't understand different aspects of problem, you won't be able to solve it. I wrote about it here in detail:
Finally, what is your REWARD? What is in it for you? What will you get out of offering this solution to your audience? Is it fame, fortune...
Price is an important point of the offer. Your solution might solve their problem and transform their lives, but if it is way too high or way too low, the audience won't latch on to your solution.
The SCENARIOS in which they feel the problem. Scenarios tell you the frequency and severity of the problem. Is it a daily problem? Is it an annual problem? If it is an annual problem, do they feel it so severely that they will pay for it?
Some will feel the problem and want it to be solved. Others might find ways to live with it. Some others don't care about the problem. The first set is your immediately addressable audience. Talk to them. Only then you'll understand ...
I always start with the PROBLEM I'm trying to address with the new venture. If the problem is not clear, I dig deeper, talk to others until I am clear about the problem. The problem should need a pain-killer, not a vitamin. Next is AUDIENCE, who feels the problem.
@Kjellvdv @arvidkahl Jeff Bezos is a master of building in public through his annual letters. He shares his vision, product strategy, team building and all. I wrote about it here: #buildinpublic
@jakobgreenfeld On LinkedIn, @sandromeyer said: Do interesting things Talking about how you do interesting things I think that’s a good formula. At least that’s what I am following.
@mcgillmd921 @arvidkahl @Nicolascole77 @JamesClear @morganhousel Elon Musk in an AMA said, knowledge is a semantic tree. That means we can view books as of three types. Trunk - timeless books dealing with foundational ideas of a domain Branch - one area of field Leaf - book abt current trend Wrote more here:
@maxcuratella I read. Please writing I know you'll write even if no one reads. But I thought I will drop in and mention this My fav in the recent past? 12 fav problems :-)
@ritikasingh75 Thank you @ritikasingh75 for all your support
@austinschless I don’t write to be understood. I write to understand-CS Lewis
@orangeturban good one @orangeturban
@bikashosahu Thanks @bikashosahu . Schopenhauer is deep for me. hmm... May be instead of avoid, I should read some of his writings
@xavierroy @GlimmerGuy Thanks for sharing this Xavier. I'm reading Brilliant Mistakes, which in a way aligns with similar principles / outcome
@xavierroy @GlimmerGuy Thanks for sharing @xavierroy . Looks like an interesting book. Can you please share your review or major points from it?
@lesley_pizza @valsopi @blogstatic I came here to say what Lesley says. Who is your immediately addressable market now? There could be other markets which you can attract. But now you should focus on IAM.
On the last day, they collected money and gave me a farewell lunch. They also took me to a baseball game. From hostility to hospitality. All because I pronounced a name correctly. So yes. What @RobbieCrab says is true. Use names. And pronounce them properly 8/8
He smiled. Then yelled to his team: All of you work with me for a decade. None of you call me properly. Someone from India has to come to call me properly. Things changed after that. He ensured I was successful. I got all the info needed and designed the system. 7/8
His name was Xavier. All the team members pronunced his name in English. In another assignment, I worked with a Frenchman by the same name. I knew how to pronunce his name in French. I called him with French pronunciation. 5/8
He got up, paused. Looked at me intensely. I started to wonder if I have done the right thing. My heart was beating fast. This could be it. He could throw me out of the assignment. I was there without an appointment and he thinks I've come to steal his job. 6/8
I learned as much as I can about this team leader. • He was a hotshot • He had won a national awar for technology • He is french • He commuted long distance I decided to take it directly with him. I went to his desk without an appointment. He didn't like it. 4/8
I tried every trick I knew. • I went for drinks with the team • I spent time with them near watercoolers • I reasoned with them logically Nothing worked. My bosses were turning restless I was near to giving up. That's when the magic happened. 3/8
Long back I was deputed to a Canadian firm to build a dashboard for their CIO. Since I was from an offshore firm, the team thought I had come to take away their job. And hence hostile. Their team lead gave an informal order not to share any info with me. 2/8
@rochakchauhan Happiness is a 2nd order effect. You can’t pursue happiness. It is always a byproduct of doing things you like; hanging out with people you love.
@keepkwizing @morganhousel true. Fantastic book. My notes from the book should come up on my blog () soon.
@keepkwizing Thanks KK. To do what I want, when I want, how I want. If you get there, stay there. Not lot many people can get there.
@kvlakshman @madversity @ganapathi52 My point was to @madversity. Your point is valid.
@madversity @kvlakshman @ganapathi52 This only shows you have not worked in an Indian multinational 😜
@CalmAchiever Thanks for sharing this Ali. We are all taught to pursue answers. We should rather pursue questions.
@VishnuGKumar Motion creates emotion
@William3Willis Sorry to hear about your loss my friend.
@navilan இப்படில்லாம் படம் போட்டு எங்க வாயில எச்சில் ஊற வைக்க கூடாதுங்க. நல்லதல்ல. 😱
@karanshukla27 Good to know. Thanks for sharing @karanshukla27
@karanshukla27 intrigued. tell us the answer pl
@karanshukla27 scandinavian country?
@vimoh which one you prefer clubhouse or twitter spaces?
