Thoughts

The Best Advice I’ve Ever Been Given..

By virk on September 6, 2011 • ( 0 )

Don’t ask for what you don’t want. You carry five balls in the air; all but one is made of glass. Glass is health, family, friends, spirituality. Rubber is career. Juggle well. Be passionate but not emotional. Master hard skills… Read More ›

Fountain of Wisdom

By virk on February 18, 2011 • ( 0 )

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… Read More ›

Elected President of the Chapter

By virk on September 28, 2010 • ( 1 )

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… Read More ›

7 Step to Effective Networking At Any Event – For Starters

By virk on April 26, 2010 • ( 1 )

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.

Community Leadership – Lessons Learned

By virk on March 3, 2010 • ( 2 )

Sometime difference of opinions in any community organization or any professional group causes divide among its people. At this time, as an independent person with leadership qualities, you can not rely on the leaders who have created the issue. Playing real leadership role is important..

Quotes from Twitter

By virk on December 9, 2009 • ( 0 )

I am on Twitter (follow me) and its very useful tool. I review tweets on my Nokia E71 Smartphone during my lunch break and keep myself updated. I get to read very interesting and inspiring quotes along with information that… Read More ›

Power of Social Media and Customer Service

By virk on November 11, 2009 • ( 3 )

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… Read More ›

How does it go up the communication chain?

By virk on October 15, 2009 • ( 0 )

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… Read More ›

11 Principles of Leadership

By virk on August 20, 2009 • ( 3 )

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… Read More ›

7 Blunders of the world

By virk on July 28, 2009 • ( 1 )

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… Read More ›

Anais Nin on Change

By virk on July 2, 2009 • ( 0 )

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… Read More ›

Don’t Settle – Stay Hungry – Stay Foolish

By virk on June 15, 2009 • ( 2 )

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

By virk on March 10, 2009 • ( 0 )

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… Read More ›

Life is bigger than that!

By virk on December 19, 2008 • ( 2 )

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… Read More ›

Communication Skills for Managers – Learning From Barak Obama

By virk on November 17, 2008 • ( 0 )

I was looking into posts on Mr. Barak Obama’s communication style and how it contributed towards Obama’s victory. Did Obama address people in all 4 categories of DiSC Model? These categories are Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, and Conscientiousness. Each person in his/her category wants to hear in… Read More ›

The Laws of ….

By virk on September 12, 2008 • ( 1 )

I got this humorous email today from one of my friend with subject “Newton’s Unpublished Laws” and found it quite funny, I thought of sharing with you all to kick-off the weekend on a lighter note. I have ready many laws (including Murphy’s… Read More ›

… life is how you react to it!

By virk on September 7, 2008 • ( 0 )

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… Read More ›

Fast, Cheap AND Good

By virk on August 5, 2008 • ( 2 )

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… Read More ›

Practical Wisdom – three types of people

By virk on July 14, 2008 • ( 0 )

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)… Read More ›

DiSC model – Management Styles

By virk on June 30, 2008 • ( 3 )

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… Read More ›

Quotes for Managers

By virk on June 24, 2008 • ( 0 )

Quotes are powerful words to stir thinking process, give new perspective on things, motivate to take action. Here are some quotes on planning and strategy that I collected from book Strategic Management by Fred David. Like a product or service, the planning… Read More ›

Quote from Yogi

By virk on June 18, 2008 • ( 1 )

“We are on this planet to love each other, to serve each other and to uplift each other. We have come on this Earth to give, not to take. Don’t take pride in taking. Give and you will be given… Read More ›

Trust is very important for teamwork

By virk on June 17, 2008 • ( 0 )

When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality. – Joe Paterno. Who else can say better than JoePa? He is absolutely correct, but key thing is outgrowing individualism. When a team is motivated to… Read More ›

Know what to emphasize

By virk on May 23, 2008 • ( 2 )

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… Read More ›

Lao-tzu on Leader

By virk on April 4, 2008 • ( 0 )

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… Read More ›

Cheese Moved? Doesn’t Matter.

By virk on March 5, 2008 • ( 4 )

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… Read More ›

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