Advice After A Promotion – Five points to remember
Recollecting advice that was received that helped heaps. Advice that gave a very good perspective to the work ahead.
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“How can I have a thriving career?”
A young man who has just passed out of campus asked me a simple question: "How can I have a thriving career given that there is so much change happening?". The first thing he ought to do, I suggested, was...
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Raising the bar
The expression "raising the bar" comes from sport. To raise the bar indicates the setting of a new standard. What it often results in, is a new a new set of expectations. Every-time I hear that expression, I am reminded...
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Gradually and then suddenly.
Last week, I bumped into someone who I hadn't met in a long while. It was he who walked up to me and said hello. Truth be told, I had struggled to place him. He was a pale version of...
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New rules of the game
A couple of weeks ago a Whatsapp group that am a part of, erupted in anger. This is not the typical Whatsapp group with partisan politics and repugnant nonsense. This was a group that informed each other on sports and...
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Celebrating a personal milestone with you
My dream of pursuing a different life outside the corporate world was triggered by several casual conversations. One such stellar conversation lead me to the 1000 day rule. The way a serial entrepreneur articulated the rule went something like this:...
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The Fake boyfriend app??
I read about the "fake boyfriend app" with a half smile and a full heart. To each, her own, as the saying goes! The lady who, with a click of a button has her notional hero come to her rescue,...
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Conversations with cab drivers
The other day, a banter with my cab driver lead me to a mutual friend. There we were stuck in a jam whilst I was thrilled to bits. A random conversation with a stranger in a battered cab leading me...
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Going beyond the obvious
I want to talk to you about two ends I have been struggling with over the last few months. At one end, there is the obvious. And at the other end, there is the “beyond obvious”. Repeatedly, the smokescreen of...
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Why are you happy?
Many years ago, my manager, a very wise man, asked me a question: "Why are you happy?” It seemed like a simple question. I quickly realised that the question packs a punch. Try asking yourself that question and wait for a...
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