Go make something #Trust30

June 9, 2011

This blog post has been inspired by @gotomeeting When I saw the list of projects that I could choose from, nothing really tickled my fancy. It was just before the summer holidays started before the final year of university, and the deadline for submitting the entry of the final year project was edging closer. It [...]

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No Fear #Trust30

June 7, 2011

Do you remember your first ever encounter with fear? Mine was when I was 12-13 years old; I was giving a speech in front of about 300 students at a cultural event at high school. I remember freezing up mid-speech, and I ended up winging the rest of my speech (some things never change). Stage [...]

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What type of work do you do? #Trust30

June 6, 2011

This is my favourite work related discussion. It is a simple question – “What type of work do you do – one that pays the bills, or the type that aims to makes a difference?” A lot of people will say that their intention is the latter, however in actuality – they are more than [...]

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Let’s make better mistakes tomorrow #Trust30

June 5, 2011

From time to time, you come across moments of absolute genius. I found one in the form of an article in the GOOD magazine. More than anything, this article made me think hard about all those things which I always plan and hope to do, but the courage to do it goes AWOL for some [...]

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The value of work #Trust30

June 4, 2011

It drives me mad that some people at work get paid for more hours than they actually work. The worse thing is, since no value of work metrics are maintained by management, these people can get away with not working, let alone working hard. An example of this is the new member who joined our [...]

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Post-it question #Trust30

June 3, 2011

I hope this does not come across as a lazy post, but I couldn’t think of anything better than to re-post Jenny Blake’s post on the Self Reliance blog. My biggest challenge at the moment is: When I currently read anything – book, articles, blog posts – I cannot help but skim past the words. [...]

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Capabilities… #Trust30

June 2, 2011

I love the word capability; it is probably the most open ended word that one can imagine. I overheard a conversation at work today where a guy was refusing to do a task because he thought it was “beyond his capabilities”. How do we know what we are capable of? Since when did we start [...]

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Keep calm, and carry on… #Trust30

June 1, 2011

Wednesday – you were very two faced today. The morning just wouldnt go for me; everything I worked on was going against me. The afternoon however was magical. So magical that I had to drag myself away from my desk and out of the door. After yesterday’s realization, the plan today was to wipe the [...]

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Complacency ( #Trust30 )

May 31, 2011

…. it’s a bad bad BAD thing. I *may* have been complacent about a few things in the past couple of weeks; as a result, I have been delivering almost mediocre results for a few days. This is very unlike me, and it got me thinking - How does complacency set in? I think it is [...]

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Recipe of (my) success…

May 24, 2011

On Monday, I received a nice surprise at work. It got my fifth promotion in four years at this company. As much as I have not expected the promotion, I have worked at a different level over the last 18 months. I have been working since Feb 2005. In the 6 years to date, I [...]

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