If you started your career in India as I did in the early nineties people had two choices Computer and Non Computer and as I moved on the years I found several people who in spite of taking non computer streams of education ended up in the computer field. Having done electrical engineering I myself found to be in the Information technology field. This was … Continue reading Education, Career and Passion
Response time make and break customer relationships. Not just customer relationships, but any relationships, be it professional or personal. But interestingly all non responses are not because of tight schedule or a because of being busy, sometimes they are intentional. Lack of knowledge on the responding side is a strong reason for non response to questions. A delay is chosen over an “I don’t know”. … Continue reading What is your Response Time?
I often joke saying “My Learning started after my formal education ended”. It is not all that wrong in my case because during formal education I felt I was mostly taught and learning happened as a result of being taught. But Life after the formal education was different, you had to take the initiative and learn, often going to the places where the knowledge to … Continue reading Learning without being Taught
It is important that you stand up every time you fall because falls are inevitable in life and for life to move on you need to be in a standing position. To avoid a fall you should always be lying down and you do that only when you are dead There is one more reason why you should stand up and that is because you … Continue reading Standing up after a Fall
When Salman Rushdie decided to pull out of the Jaipur Literary festival, seems like it shattered many hearts with people calling the action cowardly (even calling him a coward) and many telling that it is sad and it should not have happened. But is that really true? While it is true that the Government did not have the balls to tell the damn extremists to … Continue reading Rushdie, Freedom and Jaipur Lit Festival
The other day a thought occurred. If someone with a split personality (Very acute as shown in thriller movies, though I am not sure if the extend of fiction in the movies are far from reality) uses social media tools like Facebook and Twitter would he or she remember the passwords of a profile created by one personality? Or would they create a new profiles for … Continue reading Split Personalities in Social Media
After around twenty years in my work life I often keep hearing people say that they wished they had a more creative life. They are mostly referring to Artists, singers, movie actors and more who make a living working in the creative sector. I tell them creativity is not just about Arts. Yes! It is true that if you can sing, write, act or play … Continue reading Are you Creative?
You might have heard a thousand times that “you can be anything that you really put your mind into”. This is a cliché usage in motivation talks world over. If you have read the book “the secret” and pondered further to how people relate to what is written in the book to elements in quantum physics you will start believing a lot of that. As … Continue reading The 1% Factor
Correctness is not what is defined by those in power to cover up their wrong. Freedom is the absolute correctness and when it is extended to all, it is natural that the correctness of the powerful get blurred. In a free world where everyone has a right to a voice; correctness will evolve to include every single human being. To understand Social Networks and its impact … Continue reading Social Networking is a step in evolution; Kapil cash the cow NOW
When do we say we are human or being human? May be it is tough to answer that in one sentence. But if you were to ask when are we being inhuman? people will give answers citing recent examples. That is the tragedy of our world. It is ironic that we remember examples of inhumanity than humanity in a world over populated by humans. The … Continue reading Chinese girl run over and people watch; world angered!
Vinod Narayan 