Kindness goes a long way Businesses have to be profitable and grow, but a harsh regime is not the key to long-lasting success. When a subordinate makes a mistake or is slow, how his manager or leader treats him has far-reaching consequences. If the leader corrects abrasively, the junior may acquiesce and seem okay with […]
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Don’t make matters worse A manager will experience stress, often intense. How she handles it for herself will affect her happiness and abilities. But what should she do with it for her team? Pass it on fully? Multiply it? Or block it out? An amount of stress is good for our performance. It energizes us,
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This is our greatest gift. Let’s not squander it. Isn’t it astonishing that we can actually choose what to think, how to feel and what to do? We make decisions and act on them every day, every hour and minute. Large decisions stand out in our mind, but if we observe ourselves even for a
We’ll be changed forever Let’s say our search for signs of extra-terrestrial life finds something this year. What would be the effect on humanity? There are many first-contact type movies, but I am wondering about the scenario where we detect the signs of life from afar, we don’t know if it’s aware of our existence,
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Most of us lose this joy. We should find it again. While I was writing my previous story, I noticed how much I was enjoying it. In this moment of mindful detachment, I realised that the act of making a new thing or idea is inherently pleasurable. It gives us a sense of power, achievement,
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Our jobs should be more in touch with nature. Gaze upon a shepherdess standing still under a tree in the savanna, chin on her stick, hearing the buzz of insects in the grass, the mewling of the lambs and listening for the big cats, as much ‘in’ the moment as anyone can be. Watch a
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Emanations of the Philosophy of Life Instinct One day… The population will be stable. Everyone will have housing, clothing, food, water, electricity and recreational facilities. People will strive to improve their lives but not so much for material as physical, psychological and spiritual needs. All other species of life will be carefully preserved. Those that
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Pure leadership and management won’t do. The senior-most managers of an organisation must spend one week every month doing the work of the rank and file. Doing, not observing. Spend a day taking customer support calls, spend a day selling, spend a day developing a new function, spend a day testing, spend a day delivering
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Foothills of the Himalayas. Paused at a tea stall. Deep valley falling away. Distant plains. Six charpoys in the clearing, in rough rows. Deodar shade dappling a few, sunshine on the rest. A mild day. Only the owner, I, and a couple of patrons. Tranquil. Distant lilting birdcalls. Sipping the sweet, hot tea from its
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See more good, say more good. I’ve known for a while now that I am a very efficient Fault-Finding-Machine! An FFM, in short. In a flash, I find faults with colleagues, family members, friends, acquaintances, call centre reps, household staff, drivers on the road….the list is endless. It doesn’t stop with people; this superb FFM
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