Success Tips
- Are you a professional?
How you look, talk, write, act and work determines whether you are a professional or an amateur. Society does not emphasize the importance of professionalism, so people tend to believe that amateur work is normal. Many businesses accept less-than-good results.
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- Developing will power and self discipline
Most people admire and respect strong individuals, who have won great success by manifesting will power and self discipline. They admire people, who with sheer will power, self discipline and ambition, have improved their life, learned new skills, overcame difficulties and hardships, reduced their weight, rose high in their chosen field or advanced on the spiritual path.
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- Think to solve, not to dissolve
This article is inspired by the insights from Edward De Bono’s “Six Thinking Hats”.
Thinking, in general, is considered to be an activity to solve issues. However, often the core objective takes a back seat & the team involved in the thinking process ends up spending a lot of time in discussions & debates, while losing sight of the original objective. The outcome of such discussions often tends to be a new date for a follow-up discussion or at best a marginal (say, 10-20%) solution to the issues.
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- What you can learn about success from Apple’s Steve Jobs
Love Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs or hate him, he said something at the D8 Conference last week that resonated with me. It’s a lesson that can have a profound impact on how you use the other 8 hours to create a better life.
First, a bit of background. The iPhone and iPad cannot display Adobe Flash. This might not mean anything to you, but Adobe Flash is a technology used for many websites and currently a good deal of online video. If you have an iPhone or iPad there are many videos and websites you cannot view.
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- Learning Chanakya’s lessons from James Bond
As a child I was enamoured by the famous line “My name is Bond… James Bond…” and saw some of his movies. But I never believed such a character could exist in real life. But over the last few years since I started learning and teaching Chanakya’s ideas, my views of Mr. Bond have changed. Yes, he is an imaginary character, but he comes very close to an ‘ideal spy’ as envisioned by Chanakya and documented in his Kautilya Arthashastra.
So, I made it a point to watch all the 22 James Bond movies from a researcher’s perspective. Together with my wife Surekha, we watched the DVDs at home, over the course of a year and relished every bit of it. We ‘traveled’ with Bond to different parts of the world, adored his calmness in situations facing near death, enjoyed the chases and loved his mastery over human psychology. Bond not only entertains you but also educates you in global strategies. Today, with Chanakya’s thoughts, I have started to look at Bond differently.
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