Rose & Robert Skillman Library in Detroit has engraving “The Fountain of Wisdom Flows Through the Books“. To drink from this fountain, I continue to read books and here are some that I have completed recently and would like to share with my subscribers and visitors. I have more detail posted here. These 3 booksContinue reading “Fountain of Wisdom”
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Change : Three Fish Story
Change is inevitable. In every person’s life, opportunities for change come and go. If person avoids change, nature creates circumstances in one way or the other, and change becomes unavoidable. As per human nature, some will embrace the change and act positively, some will accept reluctantly and some will completely deny the fact. I hopeContinue reading “Change : Three Fish Story”
Fast, Cheap AND Good
Can’t pick any two? You also need all three – fast, cheap and good? It has been very commonly used set of options in I.T. when offering an alternative or usually when dealing with issues from outsourced service. Someone will come and say – “Pick any two!” Sometime ago I was involved in a projectContinue reading “Fast, Cheap AND Good”
Practical Wisdom – three types of people
I attended “Practical Wisdom For Getting the Most Out of Life” seminar by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in Detroit on July 9th. It was good to see and listen him in person. His way of talking is like giving sutras (formula) for something. I know condensing some information and giving it in the short form is notContinue reading “Practical Wisdom – three types of people”
The 7 Habits For Managers
Stephen R Covey’s book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is classic and most of us have read and learned from it. This week, I listened to his another audio book The 7 Habits for Managers: Managing Yourself, Leading Others, Unleashing Potential. Its based on ‘classic 7 habits’ and with focus on management. I would recommend toContinue reading “The 7 Habits For Managers”
DiSC model – Management Styles
I completed DiSC (stands for Dominance, influence, Steadiness, and Conscientiousness) training last week and fount it interesting. DiSC confirms one thing, different strokes for different folks. DiSC is a system to help you find out similar and unique characteristics among people. It also shows person’s behavioural preferences and helps to identify different management styles that can leadContinue reading “DiSC model – Management Styles”
Lao-tzu on Leader
I attended Wayne Dyer’s presentation in Toronto on 28th April 2008. He spoke about his book Living the Wisdom of the Tao. I am quoting from this book. Lets see what a philosopher, Lao-tzu, said in the 17th verse of Tao Te Ching some 2500 year ago about the Leaders. With the greatest leader above then,Continue reading “Lao-tzu on Leader”
My Reading List for coming days
Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind. ~James Russell Lowell You’re the same today as you’ll be in five years except for the people you meet and the books you read. ~ Charlie “Tremendous” Jones No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time forContinue reading “My Reading List for coming days”
What Got You Here, Won’t Get You There
I read many books in 2007 and one of the best that I want to mention here is What Got You Here, Won’t Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith.This book is all about how successful people become even more successful. There are tons of books on leadership and management out there but this is something. Continue reading “What Got You Here, Won’t Get You There”
The Dip – When to Quit and When to Stick
It was my first book from Seth Godin, and he talks about strategic quitting in this book. Here is my own interpretation of What is a dip – its a temporary situation when you feel like stuck, the results are not convincing and success seems impossible. Dip can also be considered as a situation similar to a dead-end assignment with noContinue reading “The Dip – When to Quit and When to Stick”
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