Utpal Writes - on a project called life...

July 2010

Want To Get Promoted? Do You Know How To Navigate Without A Map?

July 29, 2010

When the performance appraisal happens and one colleague is promoted,  many of his co-workers don’t feel good. They compare themselves with him and conclude that their boss favors only who flatters her. Always, that may not be the case. For example, read the below story called Navigate Without a Map. Photo Credit: David Masters’ Flickr photostream [...]

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Software Professional, Are You Developing Yourself As An Aspiring Mediocre?

July 20, 2010

No one would like to develop himself as an aspiring mediocre. Would anyone? Yes. May be. Unknowingly. Read the story below to learn how. Background There was a group of college friends – Anders, Peter, Brandon, Rob and Laura – running a music band. Each friend had different skills. Peter was the music director. Anders was a keyboard [...]

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Play The Music, Don’t Let It Play With You!

July 14, 2010

A couple of months ago, few friends and I were out to a 3.5 days outing. Idea was to pause, disconnect with so called real world for a while and explore nature at its best. We agreed not to bring anything which might distract us.  So we did not bring any digital instrument like iPhones, [...]

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7 Things I Wish I Was Enlightened Of When I Was A Kid

July 9, 2010

Unexpressed goal of any life is self-actualization and learning is the key tool which helps you reach there. Learning involves the process of learning, unlearning and relearning. This obviously invites an encounter with a specific form of result called failures and its consequences also. While learning from our own failure is one thing we should [...]

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7 Acts of Poor Managers Who Gift Cancer to Their People, Their Clients and Their Businesses

July 1, 2010

In my decade long course of learning, unlearning and relearning  business and its management, I’ve observed different kind of managers. Good and bad;  effective and ineffective; powerful and poor. Different. Today I’m going to expel about some of the common acts; one or more usually found in the managers who can be classified as ‘poor’ [...]

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