I finished watching the Stephen Curry : Underrated documentary on Apple TV. The documentary tells of almost a fairy tale like story of how Stephen Curry who was overlooked throughout his basketball journey (high school, college, early NBA years) to ultimately becoming a 4 time NBA champion (so far). Stephen’s journey to the NBA was…
Category: culture
Skills Degree
What if we could have a Skills degree similar to a College degree? A Skills degree would show all the skills you have accumulated over the years. Writing skills, editing skills, sales skills, Excel skills, technical skills, marketing skills and more skills. In a knowledge economy, our skills are our biggest assets. Skills are learnable…
A College Degree is great but not required.
I saw this on a job vacancy post. A college degree is great but not required. What’s more important is having the skills to do the job. Skills are the way to go. Whether its for an Account Executive, marketing, or technical role, skills are becoming important than ever. With the speed of technological developments…
The color of the grass
A tourist from New York City, US visits Pokhara, Nepal for the first time. The beautiful views of Phewa Lake and mountains from Pokhara’s Lakeside makes the tourist relaxed and joyful after a long time. The tourist lives a hectic lifestyle back home with job, daily commute, bills, and all the “luxuries” that come with…
Engaging Company Culture
Engaging company cultures have empowered, creative, and growth oriented team members leading company culture events. Through empowerment, employees are given the decision making authority and independence to decide what activities bring out the best in the team. Through creativity, employees can be resourceful and come up with activities that are out of the box and…
Starting your venture
Bill Gross said in a TEDTalk that timing was the single most important attribute to startup success. There’s no science to when’s a good time to start a venture. However, waiting for the idea to be perfect, or wanting to have all the “necessary” data points in the world to make the launch decision or…
Am I hunting Antelope or Field Mice?
A lion is fully capable of capturing, killing, and eating a field mouse. But it turns out that the energy required to do so exceeds the caloric content of the mouse itself. So a lion that spent its day hunting and eating field mice would slowly starve to death. A lion can’t live on field…
Sun. Light. Power.
Sunlight is very important for us and provides many benefits. The benefits of sunlight are: Sleep at night. Early morning sunlight in particular seems to help people get to sleep at night. Weight loss. Morning light also seems to help people keep the fat off. Boosting serotonin. Sunlight helps boost a chemical in our brain…
You made it
What’s your success criteria? What makes you feel like you’ve made it? Personally? Professionally? Overall? Is it financial success, family success, social contribution, personal well being, or making the world a better place? Is it enough to make it there or should you be thriving in where you want to be? Have you made it…
Let’s go for a walk
Walking has many benefits. A 30 minute walk can boost our creativity, energy levels, and get us refreshed among many other benefits! Mayo Clinic states regular brisk walking can help you: How’s your walking technique?
Draft to Publish
Today is Leap Day 2024. What ideas do you have saved for a future date to put them into action? What emails do you have sitting in your Drafts folder to send? Why are you sitting on the sidelines when you know you’re prepared for the game? Are you waiting for someone’s permission, approval, or…
Effective Corporate Training
In Carol S. Dweck’s ground breaking book, Mindset The New Psychology of Success How We Can Learn To Fulfill Our Potential, she shares how to make corporate training programs effective. She mentions: Look for talented managers who also embody a growth mindset. Train leaders, managers, and employees to believe in growth, in addition to training…
Talent vs Skill
What is Talent and what is Skill? Are they the same or different? Talent is a natural ability to gain a skill or set of skills. Skill is the ability to complete a set of tasks well. Skills are learned and we get better at a craft by practicing intentionally over a period of time….
Custom Work Hours
What if employee(s) chose the hours they want to work for in a week instead of a regular Monday through Friday from 9am-5pm as long as the total came to be close to 40 hours per week? Would employees’ productivity increase or decrease because of the work time flexibility, employees choosing their shift based on…
Getting to that Next Level
What’s the Next Level? There are Levels. Realizing that there’s another level to be better is a key component in getting to that level. If you strongly believe that there’s no more level beyond where you currently are, then either you’ve achieved a lot already (Happy for you!) or you are limited in your circumstances,…
Attitude and Skill
Attitude and Skill were found to be the two key differences between great competitors and good ones in swimming in a study done by Daniel F. Chambliss and shared through his paper “The Mundanity of Excellence: An Ethnographic Report on Stratification and Olympic Swimmers.” Daniel reviewed the habits, backgrounds, and performance of competitive swimmers and…
Meet to Succeed
Technology, devices, globalization and many other factors have enabled us to work from any part of the world. Being on a virtual meeting with people across multiple locations, time zones, and cultures is more common than ever before. Yet there is something very special about being able to meet your virtual colleagues or team in…
Creative is a choice
In The Practice: Shipping Creative Work, Seth Godin describes that creativity is an Action, Not a feeling. Taking action on the ideas we have (writing a blog, composing a piece, contributing something new to a conversation or in a meeting etc) is very important. We should not wait for the “right moments” when we feel…
What’s your company culture like?
To get a quick gauge of your current company culture, you can do a few activities. Have a look at what is being promoted and encouraged within the company. What pictures, videos or posts are team members posting on internal company channels? Are those pictures of team events, community activities, nature, industry reports or something…
Relationship equity
What’s your relationship equity like? Have you invested time and energy into building the personal and professional relationships in your life? If there’s not been much investment in the important relationships, should we be surprised by the current status of those relationships? Relationship equity is about putting in the time, energy, care, generosity, and empathy…