Sean Combs sits down with his mentor Ray Dalio to talk about Ray’s book Principles, how to find excellent people to join your team and much more.
Category: strategy
What’s guaranteed after college?
Nothing. Nothing is guaranteed after college. For current college students, preparing for the chapter after college is crucial and the planning should start as early as possible. The job market is dynamic and keeping abreast to the demands of various industries/job openings is important. To prepare for the job market, college students should start early…
Is the bike worth it?
Getting a bike (or any vehicle or any big purchase) has two sides. The benefits are easier mobility from point A to point B, saved time and money over a long period of time. The costs are its regular maintenance, fuel, insurance and tax. For any big purchase, the benefits comes with the costs. An…
Are you visible?
There are leaders, innovators, creators, change makers and artists all around the organization. Do you have an environment where those people get noticed or do they feel like the work is not a place to showcase their skills/talent? The initiative to create a platform can come from the organization’s side or the individual or group…
Morning routines for success
If you flip the pages of Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss, you will find many stories of successful people describing their habits, routines and what they do on a daily basis. The book is labeled as Tools of Titans The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons and World-class performers. One main takeaway for…
Money resources
Some good resources related to money: 4 Spending Habits We All Need to Break 7 Money Habits Every Millennial Should Develop The Psychology of Money – How Saving and Spending Habits are Programmed in Your Brain 7 best income generating assets to invest in today Ultimate guide to personal finance
On choosing books to read
There are couple of ways to choose your next read. Go to a bookstore and pick the latest book or the book of your liking. Read online book reviews and buy it online/at a bookstore. It’s much easier to find great books to read nowadays. Although at times I’d like to pick a book without…
A coach
A really good manager is a good coach. The coach can guide, provide perspective and tools for their team members to succeed. I believe 80% of the team’s success (productivity, efficiency, effectiveness etc) depends on the manager. The rest on the team members’. If the manager is a good coach, then not only the team…
A rich life
For him, a rich life is a suitcase full of cash That suitcase which always stays full and never runs out For her, a rich life is a suitcase full of time That time which always stays available and never runs out For him, money makes the world go around So the more the merrier…
Each day…
Each day is a day to achieve greatness. There’s no days off. The process itself is the ultimate prize. You can’t take shortcuts to greatness. Are you in it for the long run?
Desire to grow
Employees are the company’s true asset. They are what makes the company grow. As the company grows so will the employees. If the employees are not growing (personally and professionally) as the company grows, then eventually the employees will look elsewhere. The desire to grow is within all of us.
What gets employees going?
An intern joined a startup. The intern completed her paid internship. She graduated college and started working at the same company full-time. She was motivated, dedicated and hungry since day 1. Fast forward 7 years, she still has the same zeal for the work. What got the intern, then employee, then manager and then a…
Improving online users’ well being
Recently there was an article on Axios that “several of the biggest social media platforms are beginning to test changes that cut down on scorekeeping, discourage harassment and aim to improve users’ well-being.” A step in the right direction. The article also noted that for many years social media companies aggressively focused on driving and…
How interesting is your book?
Each person’s life is a book. It’s a journey. You write the chapters. When you write the different chapters of your book, how do you feel? How are you going to write the next chapters of that book? Will it be more of the same from before or are things going to be different going…
First impressions
First impressions are very powerful. We always remember those first times when we experience something. For a new employee joining an organization, their first experiences with the people they meet, tasks that are given, the tone they are communicated with, everything matters. Focus on the employees’ first impressions when they do get hired for the…
Information overload
With the advent of the internet, information is now at the tip of our fingers. There is (almost) no lack of information on any subject from any part of the world. With so much information on the web, it is becoming harder, challenging, and almost unmanageable to get to the right information from a credible…
That seagull
Jonathan Livingston Seagull was not your regular seagull. If Jonathan was a regular seagull, I probably won’t talking about him neither would you. Jonathan Livingston Seagull loved to fly, loved it so much that he went against its own flock to reach for the sky. An outcast to its own flock, he chased his dream…
Value of time
Time is an abstract concept. We can say that our watches and phones say the same time. Our interpretation of time is more important and built around our habits, culture, environment, and so forth. In the Nepali culture, we are becoming “accustomed” to a Nepali time. Nepali time is like taking a certain time as…
What is the default culture?
According to sociologists, culture consists of the values, beliefs, systems of language, communication, and practices that people share in common and that can be used to define them as a collective. There is a culture within families, places, companies, societies etc. Everything cannot be covered in a “culture” document or a manual. There will be…
More local examples
To make people grasp the content and easier to understand, it’s best to use local examples, people, and context. Yes, the world is moving fast and there are plenty of examples that can be picked up and used to explain an idea or point. However, it’s best to use local examples where possible.