Category Archives: Personal

Fountain of Wisdom

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”

Elected President of the Chapter

I am extremely pleased by the confidence that Board has expressed in me to take PMI-GLC to next level of volunteer and stakeholder engagement, trusting me with opportunity to formulate and lead operational vision, strategy and direction while working on to provide higher membership.  Last night at Skyline Club in the board meeting, I was elected president for 2012Continue reading “Elected President of the Chapter”

Building Brand Through Follow-up Actions

Everyday we make so many commitments talking near water cooler, during networking event, in a meetings or over the phone.  Some of our commitments are urgent and important and we follow-up properly.  There are other few commitments that we know are not so important for us or our job since we made those casually by saying that, ” IContinue reading “Building Brand Through Follow-up Actions”

7 Step to Effective Networking At Any Event – For Starters

Networking is must have capability of professional growth these days. Sometimes with our shyness, limited beliefs or lack of knowledge puts us into disadvantage. Here are 7 steps to begin with.

Power of Social Media and Customer Service

You might have heard that someone got very bad customer service one day and no one would resolve the complaint at this company.  This person gets upset by the treatment received and decides to write a complaint letter to the president of the company.  In few weeks he receives a note and the issue is resolved by president’s interference. Continue reading “Power of Social Media and Customer Service”

How does it go up the communication chain?

In the beginning was the plan, and then the specification. And the plan was without form, and the specification was void. And the darkness was upon the faces of the implementors; And they spoke unto their managers, saying: “It is a crock of cow manure, and it stinketh.“ And their manager went to the second levelContinue reading “How does it go up the communication chain?”

11 Principles of Leadership

 I came across 11 leadership principles of Marine Corps in Guide Book for Marines on the Internet and here is my interpretation of 11 principles.  I am interested in hearing from Marines about their leadership experience.  Take responsibility – we need to seek and take responsibilities if we need to grow; never shy away, whatever seems challenging willContinue reading “11 Principles of Leadership”

Time to Thank Entrepreneurs

July 30th is Mr. Henry Ford’s birthday.  He was born in 1863.  He was one of the great entrepreneurs America has produced.  He was leader of automobile industry and a great inventor.  His dream of gasoline engine was realized into industrial revolution and a company that is employing thousands globally and improving millions of lives for over hundredContinue reading “Time to Thank Entrepreneurs”

7 Blunders of the world

Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948) was a great leader, lived his life for others and his words of wisdom have given direction to many.  Doesn’t matter what we do or where we stand in life, these 7 mistakes, if committed will result in ruined life or career.  These 7 mistakes are called 7 blunders of theContinue reading “7 Blunders of the world”

Happy 4th July

Happy independence day to all of my friends and visitors.  On July 4th, 1776 US got independence from Britain and a democracy was born.  This is the land of opportunity and freedom.  This is the time of barbecue, picnics, and a bit relaxing. Click here for some facts on July 4th ( USA.gov) Here is aContinue reading “Happy 4th July”

Anais Nin on Change

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This isContinue reading “Anais Nin on Change”

Happy Canada Day!

Wishing all my Canadian friends a happy Canada day!  July 1st is Canada’s birth date and it was originally known as Dominion Day.  Later in 1982, it was changed to Canada day.  Its 142nd birthday of Canada.  Here is the small list of Canadian Inventions (source – www,publicboard.ca booklet) 5 Pin Bowling – 1909 –Continue reading “Happy Canada Day!”

Don’t Settle – Stay Hungry – Stay Foolish

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

Leadership Sans Ego & Insecurity

Everywhere we turn our focus to, we hear something negative and how leadership should come forward.  Leadership at every level is already faced with some difficult choices.  It is of paramount importance that when leaders make decisions to change the course, decisions should not have been plagued by personal ego and due to insecurity. AsContinue reading “Leadership Sans Ego & Insecurity”

Life is bigger than that!

2008 is nearing the completion of business work days and it was one of the eventful year.  We have seen all from US election to Canadian elections, Wall-street meltdown to Automotive bailout, Saturday Night Live comedy to economic worries.  All the stuff, never thought of.  But when it comes to our professional life, one needs toContinue reading “Life is bigger than that!”

Elected – Board Member @ PMIGLC

When  I checked my inbox this morning, I found an official email from PMIGLC election committee congratulating me that I have been elected as Vice President – Communications for the 2009-2010 term. Some of you might know that I volunteer at  Great Lakes Chapter of PMI (Project Management Institute) in Detroit. I started volunteering as ‘Director of Webservices’ almost over 2Continue reading “Elected – Board Member @ PMIGLC”

… life is how you react to it!

Today I heard first time of Charles Swindoll.  He is an author of over 70 books, educator and a preacher.  I have not read or listened to him but his quotes (found over the Internet) are very valuable.  I am believer of the fact that where ever we get life lessons, learn from them and implementContinue reading “… life is how you react to it!”

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”

Power Quotes – 2

Learning from the words of the wise and getting more out of our life should be our goal.  As someone said, knowing and not doing is as good as not knowing.  Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. – Ralph Waldo Emerson The greatest use of life is toContinue reading “Power Quotes – 2”

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”

Five Powerful Leadership Quotes

Five very powerful quotes, read and ponder.  “A leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of credit.” – Arnold Glasow “There are no bad soldiers, only bad officers.” – Napolean “The key to success is to get out into the store and listen to what theContinue reading “Five Powerful Leadership Quotes”

Know what to emphasize

PM Tips – 1 What points we emphasize make a big difference in our communications.  How do we do that? We got to know the expectation of the audience and what we want to convey.  Over emphasizing something or emphasizing meager issues may dilute the effect of conversation. We develop this skill with experience, paying attention to theContinue reading “Know what to emphasize”

Cheese Moved? Doesn’t Matter.

We, as a professional, are hired by organizations to deliver results and perform. As time passes, our daily job becomes our universe.  We spend our energies resolving problems, improving processes, saving money and many other good things.  Sometimes we are ignorant and sometimes we are so busy handling all the situations at the job, we do not realize that wholeContinue reading “Cheese Moved? Doesn’t Matter.”

Stroke Warning Signs

My mother suffered minor stroke(s) last week and she is in hospital recovering as right side is affected by it.  Reason for my this post is to make readers aware of the signs of stroke so that if someone else has these symptoms, quick help can be arranged.  In my case, I was not aware of any symptomsContinue reading “Stroke Warning Signs”

Power Quotes

In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out.  It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being.  We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the human spirit. – Albert Schweitzer Know when to speak; for many times it brings danger to give the best adviceContinue reading “Power Quotes”