Business-y things
Incentives & team management – Facebook style
From VentureBeat: “There’s a growing recognition by Zuckerberg that ‘all human behavior boils down to incentives.’ That’s reflected by Zuckerberg’s efforts to motivate each person according to what gets them excited:
You decide your own success; or failure..
Your success completely depends on your state of mind. If you think you can achieve something, and then subconsciously it seeps into your mind and you believe it, then you can do it! Simple as that!
Re-evaluate
Picture by kevindooley Times are tough for businesses nowadays. Businesses big or small have to re-evaluate their situation and adapt to the current conditions or…shut down! Now is the time that one has to sit back, clear their minds of all bias and really re-evaluate the situation they’re in. Tough choices need to be [...]
Dealing with Difficult people
Lets get one thing straight; you can’t always choose who you’re working with. At times you’d be forced to work with people whom you don’t necessarily like. These would be the type of people who automagically appear to put a wrench in the cogs when all seems to be going well. And the worst part [...]
Step up or Shut up
You over-commit, then you under-deliver. You promise your client the best thingamajiggy since toilet paper and then fall flat on your face. Your client = Disappointed Your business = Kaput!
being D.U.M.B.
being D.U.M.B. Over the course of my entrepreneurial journey, I’ve tried to come up with a good enough balance in what makes me a good decision maker, be it for business or in life. After a bit of thinking, I believe that being D.U.M.B., is good. Here’s how.
When all fails..Reset?
One of the toughest choices in anyone’s lives would be to admit defeat. Yet each day many companies go out of business, many people quit at things, be it the gym, that all-veg diet or their dreams. It is a part of life to acknowledge when one needs to stop, reassess, and choose whether [...]
Stick-to-it-ivity
Over the life of an entrepreneur he/she faces lots of problems. Doors slam shut in your face, lack of belief by peers / friends / family as well as the occasional extreme rejection by a potential investor / client or rejection of a service / product by the target market. All or some of [...]
The positive side of negativity – the Rock Bottom Theory
If you’re like me or the millions of others out there, you’ve picked up one of those “self-help” books at least once in your life. Not because you suck at something, or because your life is pathetic. Perhaps just because you thought that the title of XYZ book was interesting! (Keep lying [...]
Mono-thought, brain-speak & colourful thinking. Your tools to be a visionary
Recently I picked up an old favorite book of mine, “How to Lose Friends & Infuriate People” by Jonar C. Nader. Another book which you may instantly think of when this title comes up is “How to Win Friends & Influence People” by Dale Carnegie. As good as the latter may be, the former [...]
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