Utpal Writes - on a project called life...

power of choice

Was that confrontation essential?

January 28, 2012

That’s the question you need to ask post each confrontation. Sure, it’s a powerful tool in bringing your team members to the next level but pausing and measuring the progress is even more important. Confrontation is more of a cost v/s benefits issue so measurement is required. And, the thing about progress is that the [...]

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You Don’t Need Your Own Business to Become an Entrepreneur

December 19, 2011

You started your own business few months ago to become your own boss. Your thoughts were similar to: Your pay will NOT reach top 1% if you continue doing your job; You will NOT able to hire and fire people based on your worldview of them; Working for someone else is NOT hip; You will [...]

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Dumb Vs. Clueless

December 7, 2011

Your crucifying client or your difficult programmer… probably are not dumb, probably just clueless. There’s a distinction between two. Every person takes actions based on their climate of opinions and the information at hand. If two people have the same climate of opinions and the same information, they’ll take same action, every time, given they’re [...]

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Love the Starting Line (Regardless of the Attempts)

November 29, 2011

Maybe the worst result of a failed project is rebeginning the same. Going back to the starting line. Post failure, starting line seems like an infelicitous target. Very remote. Apparently. Think: if you’ve failed, if you’ve traveled the wrong path, does it make sense to keep chasing something down the wrong path? Isn’t the logical step [...]

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Have Serenity with Your Being and Consequences Thereof

November 26, 2011

“A successful professional life without fulfilling inner peace is fool’s gold.”

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