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- Webinar with Marshall Goldsmith on April 1, 2010
- 9 Reasons Why Many Smart People Go Nowhere
- Where do you put the gates?
- Why many smart people are taken for granted?
- Why some smart people don’t help other people?
- Resting on Your Laurels?
- States of Awareness
- The Power of Permission
- Sandalwood Trees – A Simple Story on Awareness
- Handling Irrelevance
- The One Thing that You Can’t Ignore
- Mini Saga #53 – Boss
- Pushed to an edge
- Why some smart people don’t take action?
- Just this ONE time…
- Extraordinary
- The Legs
- Just thirty minutes…
- CEREBRATE – A Real Mindshare Experience
- Don’t want to miss a meal in the airplane?
- Mini Saga #52 – Purpose
- Ways to Distinguish Yourself #209 – Increase granularity of your portable skills
- A single puzzle piece…
- Why some people work hard but don’t get appreciated enough for that work?
- Unseen AND Important
- One Hundred Percent
- Making it Memorable (in a geeky way)
- Do you want a gift with it?
- Call in the Next Ten Minutes…
- Watch the stories (pun intended)
- Thirst!
- Our deepest fear.. by Marianne Williamson
- The Present
- Who?
- Quotes worth recording – Paramahamsa Yogananda
- Hijack!
- The Distinguish Cycle – Where do you want to begin?
- The problem is never the problem…
- A killer app – “Free” + “Social Proof” + Now!
- Grace and Elegance
- A gentle push…
- Creating “no-brainers for the future”
- Treadmill or the Train…
- Ways to Distinguish Yourself #208- Don’t forget the (indirect) responsibility
- Behind the Scenes of the “Power of Scale”
- The LINCHPIN in “3 Idiots”
- Sharpening Your Models
- Ways to Distinguish Yourself #207 – Learn To Notice What is Left Unsaid…
- Faster, better and cheaper OR…
- Leap of Faith
- Why Seth Godin’s new book “LINCHPIN” is BRILLIANT and SCARY
- Because…
- When you are not working…
- Touched.
- A new foundation
- The link exchange problem and what you can learn from it.
- Top 10+1 Content Marketing Tips for 2010; Free eBook Download
- When you are on a stage…
- The race is not complete if you don’t run the last mile…
- A skeleton at your doorstep
- Why nice people will win BIG TIME in the long run?
- Deciding or looking for proof?
- The curse of the ultra-popular
- Metrics that Matter on Video
- The “Free” Dilemma – Bits vs Atoms
- As soon as you finish that project…
- Lighting the fire
- Polished crap
- Tip of the iceberg
- Just because they said so..
- Your Name 2.0
- The silent killer: Mindshare erosion
- Every cloud has a..
- The case for “Free” (again)
- Just one more step…
- Elevator pitch – You need it. Now!
- Metrics That Matter for 2010
- My 2010 Social Media Manifesto
- Mini Saga #51 – Criticism
- 2010 – The end of the fairy tale employment
- Why some smart people are reluctant to share?
- The Gift
- Mini Saga #50 – Reason
- Mini Saga #49 – Expression
- A-Z of New Year Resolutions for 2010
- What Matters Now – Free eBook
- Mini Saga #48 – Persuasion
- Winning in the Attention Economy
- Mini Saga #47 – Control
- Mini Saga #46 – Stress
- Mini Saga #45 – Validation
- Mini Saga #44 – Argument
- You may not like spam but we insist…
- Mini Saga #43 – Notice
- Mini Saga #42 – Perfection
- 15 Low-Cost Ways to Thank Your Favorite Author on this Thanksgiving
- Small things are important..
- NaNoWriMo – Making a Dream Come True
- Wherever you are, you can make a difference
- Thoughtfulness 101 – Robert Scoble
- Ways to Distinguish Yourself #206 – Thank Powerfully!
- Ways to Distinguish Yourself #205 – Dis-Engage When Your Work is Valued Less
- Event: Thought Leadership 2.0
- Apples and Oranges: The pitch for pre-paid gas option
- Mini Saga #41 – Loan
- Recharging while sweating…
- Mini Saga #40 – Dream
- Lessons from creating a social media powered eBook
- Mini Saga #39 – Decision
- Mini Saga #38 – Surprise
- Lack of dedication OR Walking the extra mile – The Power of Questions
- Mini Saga #37 – Insanity
- Events I am participating this week
- reCaptcha Acquisition – Leverage Squared!
- Mini Saga #36 – Suicide
- Ways to Distinguish Yourself #204 – Add Wings to Your Ideas
- Mini Saga #35 – Recognition
- Mini Saga #34 – Charlie in the Chocolate Factory
- Announcing defiant – a social media book project
- The 12 Elements of the Social Media Mindset
- 7 Kinds of Relationship to Social Media
- Think, Write, Retire: An interview with Dr. Mani
- Mini Saga #33 – Moving On
- Lessons from 9 Viral Videos and 3 Second Acts
- Mini Saga #32 – Fired!
- Are you creating the right kind of buzz?
- Mini Saga #31 – Job Search
- 9 Lessons for Entrepreneurs from the Entertainment World
- Ways to Distinguish Yourself #203 – Focus on the edges
- 6 Degrees of Online Influence
- On TH!NKsulting – No Support from Boss and Information Overload
- Being Strategic – Interview with Erika Andersen
- On TH!NKsulting: 7 More Questions
- Easy is NOT always EASY…
- A series on “Opportunity” in Life Beyond Code Newsletter
- #ThinkTweet No. 21
- 4 Lessons from Jeff Bezos – Must Watch Video
- Staying Upbeat – Interview on Cranky Middle Manager Show
- Announcing TH!NKSULTING or “Ask a Question”
- Announcing “The Fulcrum Effect” DVD
- How much should you spend to save a dollar?
- The Three Stages of an Idea
- The 6 Levels of Engagement in Online Conversations
- There is a book in your heart…
- Upbeat Blog Tour – First Wave
- Newsletter Topic: Please take me from P to Z or Ineffective pre-suppositions
- Upbeat Virtual Blog Tour – Will you participate?
- The Dance of Entrepreneurship
- 9 Ways People Respond to Your Online Content
- 25 Creative “Site Maintenance” Messages
- Quick Background for Life Beyond Code Newsletter
- Upbeat Launched; An Offer to Consider
- Upbeat Video Interview
- You too, can be flawless, but…
- Daily News…and the case for “Upbeat”
- The Invisible Competitive Advantage at TomPeters.com
- 10 Cheap Tricks to Get More Traffic
- Leverage is the name of the game: The Fulcrum Effect
- The “gradual change” in attitude about “change.”
- The Only Miletsone That Matters…
- Please watch and contribute (if you can)
- When you are desperate…
- 10 Ways to Interrupt Others
- 9 Ideas about “How NOT to Overwork Your Network”
- Behind the Scenes: Social Media Marketing Industry Report
- Mini Saga #30 – The Opportunity
- Guarantee please!!
- Update on Upbeat
- Word-of-mouth marketing for a Dry Cleaner
- Amazon Books – Answering a series of questions
- Sign up for the “Life Beyond Code” newsletter
- 10 Ways to Get a License for Inaction
- Skip, Scan, Stop, Save and/or Spread?
- Twitter Digest – Feb 2009
- When you have a hammer…
- 140 characters to make you think…
- Behind the Scenes of “Beyond Code”
- Who owes you a big one?
- Ideal Workplace and Ideal Work…
- Twitter Digest – Jan 2009
- Do you want fries with it?
- Michael Jordan on Success – in just 30 seconds…
- Desmond Tutu – A leader is not only a leader but…
- How to Motivate Creative People – Interview with Mark McGuinness
- Have a tip for someone facing a layoff?
- Can you fold a T-shirt in 2 seconds?
- The Business Case for Giving Away Your Best Work for FREE!
- Compassites – Message for February 2009
- Top 25 Films of 2008 (based on box office earnings)
- There is a time and a PLACE…
- Dance Like Nobody’s Watching…
- “Beyond Code” in the library
- It’s not the survival of the fittest…
- Your stress in the downturn…
- Hmm..Isn’t that interesting…
- Can you take a guess?
- Behind the scenes – Gurbaksh Chahal; An inspiring story
- Ways to distinguish yourself #202 – Avoid common mis-attributions
- Ways to distinguish yourself #201 – Tell the right story to the right people.
- A Pinball Game and Teamwork
- Venture Capital Story in Q4 2008 – Now Told Visually…
- Twitter – A 2-Minute Introduction
- 11 Insights from Steve Jobs
- You (don’t) have more power than you think
- Upbeat Video Intro – Interviewed by Mike Stelzner
- One more reason why a “Personal Brand” is all the more important now…
- In search of Oasis: Social Networking Popularity
- How do you get business from your social and professional network?
- What a “Personal Brand” is NOT – at TomPeters.com
- Would you refer an interim CEO for $5?
- Twitter Digest – Networking 101
- More clients in this economy?
- Things that make me smile #47 – The Interview
- Sneak preview of Upbeat – Radio Interview on KZSU
- Reasons people IGNORE your request
- Gary Vaynerchuk on “Secrets of Success”
- Mini Saga #30 – The Discount
- Twitter Digest – December 2008
- Your New Year Resolutions Already Broken?
- A song and a few questions
- Simple AND effective.
- Staging the sale
- Status Check for 2009: Is Your Job Safe?
- A VERRRRY late entry to Twitter
- Barnes and Noble: Carpet bombing won’t help!!
- Inspiration for 2009: Lessons from elBulli
- Reasons Facebook Ads don’t work…
- Fighting on textbooks now…
- What would you do in the new year…
- To “Let Go” List for the new year
- The #1 Social Media Metric
- What can a great teacher do?
- The New Year Resolution Dilemma
- New Year is here; where is the bar?
- Welcoming 2009
- Pursuing your passion – Dave Maskin
- How To Increase Value for Your Readers
- Things that make me smile #46 – The Zen of Sarcasm
- Beware of Awareness Tests at Lateral Action
- Wachovia Advertisement: Want your gas money back?
- Validation – A touching movie (15 minutes)
- Things that make me smile #45 – Definitions Redefined
- Seth Godin on “the power of smart copywriting”
- The Bullock Cart and the Race Car
- You need a “Reality Check”
- Pre-stealing ideas
- Advice for Tough Times – From Tom Peters Times UK
- A simple cure for the Buzzword Bingo
- A fundamental law – Give more and you will get more
- 25 Tips to Selling in a Recession
- The Loss You Would Never Know…
- Mini Saga #29 – The Sale
- Sad and shocked; My prayers are with families of those that lost their lives in Mumbai today
- Get a bargain but not at the price of mindshare
- Ways to distinguish yourself #200 – Understand the story behind the story
- Ways to distinguish yourself #199 – Exit gracefully
- Let me conform but treat me differently
- A little bit of (positive) surprise…
- Professional Services Maturity Model – Request for participation
- Gradually…Then Suddenly
- Feedback – You need it to surive and to thrive
- Thanksgiving Wishes – Please download the full version of “Beyond Code” FREE
- Mini Saga #28 – Competition
- Book recommendations for Middle Managers…
- What should a printing company do in a green world?
- Ways to distinguish yourself #198 – Don’t focus on the “derivative” at the expense of the “core”
- Mini Saga #27 – The Game
- Diwali Wishes and a Related Thought
- Things that make me smile #44 – When the reverse is true TOO…
- Love and Entrepreneurship – Right from Bollywood
- HARP – Having an Attitude that’s Recession-Proof!
- Ways to distinguish yourself #197 – Be comfortable with “Nothing”
- “Behind The Car” now behind the car (literally)
- Things that make smile #43 – UnIntended or Pun Intended 🙂
- Entrepreneur Journeys – A conversation with Sramana Mitra
- Powerful Platform + Passionate People = Endless possibilities
- The art of customer (dis)service
- Things that make me smile #42 – Sarcasm 101
- Things that make me smile #41 – Ridiculous offers
- Launching “Behind The Car” project
- Ways to distinguish yourself #196 – Be aware of your circle of awareness
- A tourist will always find…
- What “Not To Do” while you grow your blogging empire
- Things that make me smile #40 – Captcha or “Capt challenge”?
- Real-time and creative crowdsourcing at work!!
- The Fulcrum Effect – Services Industry Summit at Las Vegas – Oct 7, 2008
- Eepybird teaches us a lesson in creativity – Sticky Notes Video
- Mini Saga: The Child – Contributed by Sterling Lanier
- Ways to distinguish yourself #195 – Stop sending “MeMails”
- Blogging Starter Checklist Updated (again!)
- Things that make me smile #39 – Breaking News
- Quotes worth recording – Helen Keller
- Ways to Distinguish Yourself #194 – Copy “being” rather than copying “Doing”
- I know Bob..
- Things that make me smile #38 – Brakes are not working…
- The power is in the interpretation
- Saving The World At Work AND making a profit!
- iCharts launched; Invitation code for premium beta accounts
- The competition dilemma
- Optimists and Pessimists – The big difference is..
- Invitation to participate in BRANDTASTIC! project…
- Dis-Incentives to keep things simple…
- Making a “memorable” statement
- Risk and Reward
- Sometimes you win and sometimes you..
- DAMN if you don’t DAARE…
- Thirst!
- Prices are always relative…
- Google Chrome: Focus moving to capturing “Real Estate”
- The definition of a killer app (courtesy: Hanley Brite)
- The Journey
- The Grass Dilemma – Business Ethics Quiz?
- Mini Saga Sightings – Thank you
- 2008 Quought for the Day #17 – Mike Kanazawa
- 2008 Quought for the Day #16 – Liz Strauss
- 2008 Quought for the Day #15 – Dave Taylor
- 2008 Quought for the Day #14 – Steve Shapiro
- Ways to Distinguish Yourself #193 – Watch your Effort-Value Curve
- 2008 Quoght for the Day #13 – Jack Hayhow
- DVD Rental Battle Zone – Netflix vs Blockbuster+RedBox+Hulu+Cable Networks…
- The Power of Patience – Take Two
- A Perspective on Life and Death
- Ways to Distinguish Yourself #192 – Get In Their Shoes
- Views on a New Opportunity (Note: VCs please avoid reading this)
- Why You Can’t Ignore Blogs – Take Two
- Horror on an Airplane; Please support Mohan
- Six-Word Memoir – Retake
- Local, Targeted and Religious Marketing…
- Doing Good Via Spam Protection: The Art of Leverage
- What’s Your Medal Tally? – Behind the Scenes of myPicks
- Ways to distinguish yourself #191 – Add an extra “Thank You”
- If this was the last thing you could say to a person…
- Ways to distinguish yourself #190 – Stop punishing yourself un-necessarily
- Why is Patience Hard?
- The low cost way of building a Personal Brand…
- I just remembered you…
- Jiffle Ad and one more reason why we need good help
- Innovation Everywhere – Now it is with sarees
- Help! – My help was forgotten
- New ChangeThis Manifesto – Mini Sagas: Bite Sized Wisdom for Life and Business
- Quotes worth recording – Barbara Sher
- Things that make me smile #38 – The Reason To Buy Something
- Getting the right knowledge…
- Screencast – “Using Jiffle” – Courtesy of Andrew MacNeill
- Whatever be your business, there is an opportunity to innovate
- Talk the Walk – A quick dose of inspiration by Tim Sanders
- 2008 Quought for the Day #12 – Rock Clapper
- 2008 Quought for the Day #11 – Thomas Clifford
- Making Smarter Connections – By Bill Sherman
- How can you make your customers your menu home?
- Quought for the Day #10 – Brian Solis
- The Business Brickyard – Interview with Howard Mann
- The bar is lower to claim your expertise..
- 2008 Quought for the Day #9 – Michael Weissman
- 2008 Quought for the Day #8 – Stuart Scott
- Quotes worth recording – Dee Hock
- 2008 Quought for the Day #7 – Erika Andersen
- Mini Saga #26 – The Follower
- Yikes!
- 1 Trillion Pages – Which ones are relevant to Baby Boomers?
- Creating High-Impact Ideas That Work – Virtual Seminar by Dan Heath
- On Entrepreneurship and on creating better solutions for families – Interview with Sheila Marcelo
- 2008 Quought for the Day #6 – AnnaMaria Turano
- Big Ideas to Big Results – Interview with Mike Kanazawa
- 2008 Quought for the Day #5 – David Meerman Scott
- You should be proud of working for us…
- 2008 Quought for the Day #4 – Delaney Kirk
- 2008 Quought for the Day #3 – Stephen Hopson
- 2008 Quought for the Day #2 – Nick Morgan
- 2008 Quought for the Day #1 – Sally Pera
- Announcing Quought for the Day series for 2008
- Social Capital 101 – Interview with Bill Sherman
- Wisdom of the flying pig – Interview with Jack Hayhow
- McDonalds Iced Coffee and shifting the criteria
- IndyMac Bank – A scary lesson for everyone
- Is the ball in my court?
- Ways to distinguish yourself #189 – Disproportionately shift the baseline over time
- Just being nice is NOT enough
- Goals with and without help
- The best gift your customer can give you
- You can’t do it alone and you can’t get help easily either
- Managing Time vs Increasing Leverage
- Samsung Advertisement Experience
- How to make the most of web meetings; Interview with Wayne Turmel
- In search of certainty…
- A quick lesson about the value of mentors and teachers
- Stop worrying about your idea and start focusing on execution
- The Chasm on the Road to Distinction
- The Personal Branding Dilemma
- Google Adwords and a Blonde joke
- Globat Automatic Upgrade Scam – Company never learns
- On Inspiration by Wislawa Szymborska
- Quotes worth recording – Terry Pearce
- News and its journey upwards
- Things that make me smile #37 – Blonde Mortician
- the loyalty factor
- Incredible India?
- GMC says – keep doing what you are doing
- How to commoditize yourself fast
- Ways to distinguish yourself #188 – Avoid Graffiti
- Discipline is in the details..
- Physically close.. mentally far away…
- Being in the crowd of ONE
- Things that make me smile #36 – Toilet Paper
- The mark of an insanely-unbelievably-extraordinarily successful product
- Fulfilling the promise with ease…
- Ways to Distinguish Yourself #187 – Raise Awareness on your offers
- 50 words; so many benefits
- Quotes worth recording – Jacob Bronowski
- Startup Validation Trap – Not focusing on all parties
- Differentiating yourself in a services business
- The therapeutic value of blogging…
- Business week says – “The Wave of Retirees? Not so Big”
- Disconnecting distraction – Essay by Paul Graham
- Chrysler $2.99 Fuel Guarantee – What’s under the hood of the offer
- Startup Founder Paradox – Will you have enough time to morph?
- Typical feedback cycle…
- Quotes worth recording – Lou Holtz
- Quotes worth recording – Roger Babson
- Things that make me smile #35 – How NOT to use Powerpoint by Dan McMillan
- Barriers for Knowledge Transfer – Gabriel Szulanski research findings
- Quack quack..
- Six word memoir (courtesy: Dan Pink)
- WebGuild’s Beginner’s Guide to Twitter
- Mini Saga #25 – The Entrepreneur
- Quotes worth recording – Bobby Knight
- What you don’t see…
- Quotes worth recording – James M. Barrie
- Stopping unsolicited credit card offers
- The Help Paradox
- Things that make me smile #34 – Man and Woman
- Quotes worth recording – Jean Rostand
- What are you paying for making money?
- Quotes worth recording – Lisa Kirk
- I want to do this, but…. – Message from The Zahir
- EO and Peer Networking – An interview with David Hassell; May 8 event
- Are you covered?
- The cost of blindly copying someone…
- How much does it cost to ignore you?
- Late again. But…
- The Awareness Test
- Always On and Loving It…
- Ways to distinguish yourself #186 – Stop Pushworking
- Boosting your social networking ego (smile)
- Mini Saga #24 – Requirements Analysis
- Got goals?
- Things that make me smile #33 – New Shirt
- World Clock!
- NYTimes Story on Blogging – Blog Till You Drop; My take
- Ways to distinguish yourself #185 – Pay Attention to Your Zeroth Impression
- Mimic as a strategy for competitive advantage?
- Quotes worth recording – Buckminister Fuller
- The best angle to approach a problem…
- Mini Saga #23 – Networking
- Quotes worth recording – Buckminister Fuller
- An extra mile there and a mile short here…
- One more way to make Google rich!
- Quotes worth recording – Gertrude Stein
- “Rainmaking During Times of Recession” – April 19 event
- Jiffle: 2008 “Webware 100″ Finalist; Need your vote
- Stress is…
- People and Things
- The Paradox of Learning (example of Time Management)
- How do I become better at blogging?
- New and Improved Jiffle launched
- Pre-Entrepreneurship “Crash” Course
- Difference between a discovery engine and a search engine
- 1000: The more I learn, I discover that there is more to learn
- Fantasy Test
- Gaining competitive advantage is NOT easy
- A Gift For Your Boss – May be a copy of “Strategy and the Fat Smoker”?
- Jason Goldberg’s brilliant advice for startup entrepreneurs
- Adjacent Social Objects
- The Invitation
- Do you have results or explanations for no results?
- From Globat with Love – Automatic upgrade 🙁
- Billboards or Trucks?
- Test of your character – Goeff Boycott’s view
- Social Media for Large Enterprises – Interview with Glenn Gow
- StopWatch Marketing – Interview with AnnaMaria and John
- Mini Saga #22 – The Trend
- Mini Saga #21 – The Price
- Dating Business: Pursuit of perfection in something that can never be perfect
- Pick Me Up – 24 hour book project
- Mini Saga #20 – Happiness
- If it’s not helping, it may be hurting you…
- Expanding Your Capacity in the New Year – Excerpts
- KZSU Radio – Jan 9, 2008 at 7.30 AM; Expanding your capacity in the new year
- Boomer411 – Helping Baby Boomers find relevant content quickly
- 200 more invites for Dhingana
- Quotes worth recording – Sir. M. Visvesvarayya
- Quotes worth recording – Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
- May your capacity expand in 2008; Happy New Year
- India Healthcare Crisis and the Competition (Piramal Prize)
- Dhingana 2.0 launched; Get invites here…
- Questionable reasons to become an entrepreneur #10 – I have a lot of business connections
- Questionable reasons to become an entrepreneur #9 – I have inside information
- Questionable reasons to become an entrepreneur #8 – Everyone loves me
- Adi Godrej and the re-incarnation question
- Questionable reasons to become an entrepreneur #7 – My company makes all the money from my efforts
- Questionable reasons to become an entrepreneur #6 – My friends and I want to create something together
- Questionable reasons to become an entrepreneur #5 – I have a project from my current employer
- Questionable reasons to become an entrepreneur #4 – I have a great idea
- Questionable reasons to become an entrepreneur #3 – I can make a ton of money
- Questionable reasons to become an entrepreneur #2 – You want to get out of the box
- Questionable reasons to become an entrepreneur #1 – My friend did it, so can I
- VC dilemma: How many “No”s before a “Yes”?
- How are YOU impacting your team members and vice versa?
- Quotes worth recording – Jules Renard
- What you say and what they may hear…
- Lifestyle vs. “Earnings and Net worth”
- Quotes worth recording – Bob Buford
- Ways to distinguish yourself #184 – Invest your time to understand filters
- A typical startup…
- The risks of Mega Projects for team members
- Entrepreneur 2.0 and In Search of Inexperience – My take
- 800-CEO-READ Author Pow Wow – Update and Thank you
- Mini Saga #19 – The Missing Piece
- Recycling on the plane
- I want three blankets
- Can you assign seat numbers for standing?
- Facebook page updated – Added 14 audio programs
- Making your emails mobile-user-friendly – vol 2
- Life Beyond Code channel on YouTube
- On Facebook now – welcome to connect
- Asking the right question
- There is a always a positive side
- Chilli sauce
- Can you handle suddenly changing terrains?
- The secret – Confusing coincidence with correlation?
- Quotes worth recording – Eric Hoffer
- We are sinking.. Berlitz Ad
- When fine print ruins great customer service…
- Isha Yoga Program – Nov 28 to Dec 4 – Highly Recommended
- Things that make me smile #32 – Facebook Maths
- Quotes worth recording – Jonathan Swift
- Multitasking?
- Entrepreneur Support Program Launch event – Nov 15, 2007
- Nov 3, 2007: Speaking at SIPA Annual Event – Building and super-charging lasting relationships
- Oct 25, 2007 – Speaking at San Francisco; Topic: “The Next Level”
- The Extra-mile Exercise: Selling scented candles
- The cookie story told in pictures
- Columbus and All About Steak
- iPolipo presenting at SIIA OnDemand – Nov 2007
- Behind the Scenes: The Story of Suggestica
- One challenge to get your story noticed…
- Why bother when it’s easy to automate…
- “How to distinguish yourself in the marketplace” – NYC Oct 3 event
- Ways to distinguish yourself #183 – Increase your capacity to increase capacity of others
- Black mark
- A Blogger’s fantasies
- “Making the most of your time” article published on PSVillage
- Making your emails mobile-user-friendly – Vol 1
- What Motivates People: Beckwith 40
- Ways to distinguish yourself #182 – Structure yourself to get high-quality help requests
- Inspiration Arrival: Viktor Prochaska interviews me for his blog – Part 3 and Part 4
- Inspiration Arrival: Viktor Prochaska interviews me for his blog – Part 2
- Inspiration Arrival: Viktor Prochaska interviews me for his blog – Part 1
- I will teach you how you can get what I got without you having to pay the price I paid…
- 10 reasons to pursue an MBA…
- Quotes worth recording – John Milton
- Things that make me smile #31 – For healthy teeth, squeeze the tube from the bottom
- Small acts of thoughtfulness
- Product Pitches on Airlines – A few samples
- What does it mean to be focused – by Stuart Scott
- Update on ChangeThis Manifesto – Making the Most of your Time
- Ways to distinguish yourself #181 – Remember your friends when you don’t NEED them
- Ways to distinguish yourself #180 – Build flexibility into your future
- 10 reasons why you may not ask for help
- Ways to distinguish yourself #179 – Invent new possibilities daily
- How far should a startup plan ahead?
- Outsourcing Catch-22
- Ways to distinguish yourself #178 – Welcome new rules
- The time way before the prime-time
- Let’s keep the signal-to-noise ratio low 🙁
- Manifesto “Making The Most Of Your Time” released on ChangeThis
- Captured?
- Quotes worth recording – Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
- Quotes worth recording – Tom Peters
- Scheduling your portrait session online – Jessica Grieves on iPolipo
- Quotes worth recording – David Kelley
- Bank account of life – A simple story about happiness
- How to get the attention of anyone every time…
- Do you know your “Story Ignorance Index”?
- Quotes worth recording – Albert Einstein
- How are you living your life today?
- When you host a party…
- Quotes worth recording – Virginia Satir
- Ways to distinguish yourself #177 – Be (truly) there for someone
- Techies may have to work Saturdays also – Silicon India news item
- Communicating powerfully – A movie on Blood Pressure
- The fundamental problem with a link exchange request
- How do you execute a link exchange?
- Quotes worth recording – Jack Welch
- From darkness to light – A simple prayer
- Michael Sampson’s take on iPolipo; Two other iPolipo udpates
- People want short-term results…
- Reverse Offshoring and “The Tortoise and the Hare” story
- Just in case…
- Quotes worth recording – Frank A. Clark
- Making money via advertising while losing money on the deal…
- DHL and the art of information design
- When the other person does not fight back…
- Ways to distinguish yourself #176 – Stop believing in your own (weak) excuses
- One way to enforce guidelines…
- Ways to distinguish yourself #175 – Create the ultimate lasting impression…
- Playing chess with the marketplace?
- Do seconds matter?
- Public Seminar for Software Professionals – June 30 at Hyderabad, India.
- You can’t be everything to everyone, but…
- Do you have a chocolate fountain?
- The more I learn; the deeper I am in debt
- Are you “listening” enough – Courtesy of Paul D’Souza
- Quotes worth recording – Voltaire
- Quotes worth recording – Niccolo Machiavelli
- Have you sent a “No Progress” report lately?
- My next book – What they didn’t tell you about blogging…; Request for inputs
- My Life; My Place – Slideshow
- Can you throw a ball into a cup?
- What they didn’t tell you about blogging – #41 – #50
- What they didn’t tell you about blogging – A few more items
- Behind the scenes – Dekoh; Interview with Vijay Pullur
- Quotes worth recording – A.E. Hotchner
- The Power of Questions – updated
- Quotes worth recording – William Gibson
- Behind the scenes of Truemors and the right conclusions
- Behind the scenes – Eventbee Network Ticket Selling and Event Listing
- The First Few Steps – Article published in BizTech Magazine
- Behind the scenes of “Send” (a fascinating read)
- What is hard for your competition to copy?
- Does your company need “attention” desperately?
- Ways to distinguish yourself #174 – Surprise someone positively (at regular intervals)
- Quotes worth recording – Mahatma Gandhi
- A (simple) question and a (simple) challenge
- Rewards are ALWAYS proportional to the risks…
- Bay Area events: Seth Godin on May 23; Lisa Haneberg on May 24
- 10 additional things they didn’t tell you about blogging
- Announcing “Quought on Time” series on “Time Matters” blog
- An inspirational video with an important message by Stephen Hopson
- Recommended Reading – “Send” by David Shipley and Will Schwalbe
- Quotes worth recording – Luciano Di Crescenzco
- If you just focus on fixing someone…
- If Bangalore really wants to be Silicon Valley of India…
- More on commodotization – you can never rest
- What will be your defense against commoditization?
- A simple story about thoughtfulness…
- A review that brought tears in my eyes
- Blogging Starter Checklist – A milestone and a BIG THANK YOU
- Quotes worth recording – H.E.Luccock
- Seth Godin Live in Silicon Valley May 23, 2007 – confirmed
- Behind the Scenes – “Tips from the Trenches” project
- Why are the open source business people not ultra-rich yet?
- Two Weeks to a Breakthrough Video – Lisa Haneberg
- Software 2007, Building Relationships and more – Interview with MR Rangaswami
- Via email with love – Proposal for Strategic Alliance
- Interested in helping to bring Seth Godin to Silicon Valley – May 21 (tentative)?
- On Happiness: The Story of Two Cats
- You know that your brand is powerful when…
- I don’t need anything…
- One page review of Beyond Code
- Apprentice is really not a “reality show”
- What is the point really?
- The art of the freebie
- Non-information overload
- Quotes worth recording – Kathleen Mitchell
- The Magic Trick
- Things you won’t see in a business plan
- Mini Saga #18 – The Sales Seminar
- Quotes worth recording – Elbert Hubbard
- When Unsubscribe really does not mean “Unsubscribe”…
- The story of life – same question; different responses…
- Thank you; Quick updates
- Javier Marti’s new project Tredirama is looking for authors to write about the future
- Mini Saga #17 – The Reality Show
- Business Book Review – Free summary of Beyond Code
- Mini Saga #16 – The Startup
- The real cost of your computer – it’s not the price you paid
- Taking thoughtfulness to a new level
- I have a fantasy…
- Ways to distinguish yourself #173 Capitalize on your accidents
- Quick. Got a business card – add them to your mailing list
- Lisa Haneberg interviews me for her Fireside Chat Podcast Series
- Quotes worth recording – Edmond Rostand
- Things that make me smile #30 – Behind every successful man…
- Jade Oolong Tea – Distinguishing and commanding a premium
- Learning from “side effects”
- Get inspired by Invincibelle interviews
- Quought for the day #56 – Rob Crawford
- New project from Phil Gerbyshak and Liz Strauss – Relationship Bloggers Conference – SOBCon07
- Quought for the Day #55 – Jnan Dash
- Watching the bestseller lists…
- Quought for the day #54 – Gary Sage
- Quought for the Day #53 – Karen Kang
- Quought for the Day #52 – Greg Balanko-Dickson
- Quought for the Day #51 – Scot Herrick
- Valentine’s Day Wishes; Life Beyond Code turns TWO today; Anniversary GIFT – Lasting Relationships eBook
- Quought for the Day #50 – John Richardson
- Quought from Anonymous
- Looking for web 2.0 enthusiasts
- Did you know? – Scott McLeod – must watch!
- Quought for the Day #49 – Sterling Lanier
- Quought for the Day #48 – Dr. Kirsten Harrell
- Quought for the Day #47 – Delaney Kirk
- Quought for the Day #46 – Paul Graham
- Point to ponder: Your last few phone calls
- Brandon at BizBookTalk giving away 5 copies of “Beyond Code”
- Quought for the day #45 – Jodee Bock
- Quought for the day #44 – Drew McLellan
- Quought for the day #43 – Mike Wagner
- Accepting the data does not mean that you need to accept the claims…
- Quought for the day #42 – Timothy Johnson
- Quought for the day #41 – Atanu Dey
- Quought for the day #40 – Kimberly Wiefling
- Ways to distinguish yourself #172 – Manage costs associated with your contribution
- Quought for the day #39 – Tom Clifford
- Quought for the day #38 – Professor Srikumar S. Rao
- FREE eBook: Personal Branding for Technology Professionals – Japanese version
- Don’t like what you are doing OR you are saying you don’t like what you are doing?
- The Art of Leverage: Anatomy of a calendar
- Quought for the Day #37 – Kelley Bell
- Quought for the Day #36 – David Moxam
- Give to 1.6 Million; Lay the foundation to take from 1 Billion – Should you complain?
- Blog Re-design – thanks to these fine folks
- A story on problem solving – contributed by Sridhar Krishnan
- Grassroots Brand-building Questions: A Baker’s Dozen
- Compassites is M.A.D. – Video on employee social responsibility
- Where do you work?
- The dilemma for Bangalore software industry
- Quought for the Day #35 – Ashwin Rangan
- Quought for the Day #34 – Christine Clifford Beckwith
- Quought for the Day #33 – Ben Yoskovitz
- Quought for the Day #32 – Bruce Marcus
- Steve Jobs unveiling iPhone at MacWorld 2007 – Quick lessons from the keynote
- Quought for the Day #31 – Harry Beckwith
- Things that make me smile #29 – Qantas Gripe Sheets
- Things that make me smile #28 – A Trip to Cemetery (Sardarji story)
- Audio: Making the most of your time – Part 3
- Audio: Making the most of your time – Part 2
- Audio: Making the most of your time – Part 1
- Quotes worth recording – The Buddha
- Quought for the Day #30 – Lisa Haneberg
- Quought for the Day #29 – Gerry Riskin
- Quought for the Day #28 – Mitch Matthews
- On KZSU Stanford 90.1 FM Radio – Jan 3 at 7.30am
- Quought for the Day #27 – Naveen Lakkur
- Geek special: A Quought from Shamelle
- Quought for the Day #26 – Debbie Call
- Quought for the Day #25 – Tr
- Quought for the Day #24 – David Maister
- Blast from the past: New Year Resolutions anyone?
- Suidoo and Z-List meme – Do I want traffic or do I deserve to have traffic?
- Quought for the Day #23 – Bob Sutton
- Charging for something that is free – XDrive story
- NYR “New Year Resolutions” Generator
- Quought for the Day #22 – Keith Ferrazzi
- Quought for the Day #21 – Tony Clark
- Quought for the Day #20 – Kathy Sierra
- Quought for the Day #19 – Steve Farber
- Quought for the Day #18 – Dave Taylor
- Quought for the Day #17 – Rosa Say
- Quought for the Day #16 – Brendon Connelly
- Quought for the Day #15 – Chris Cree
- Quought for the Day #14 – Dr. Barry Posner
- Quought for the Day #13 – Mike Sansone
- Quought for the Day #12 – Rick Cockrum
- Quought for the Day #11 – Ajit Nazre
- Seth’s Squidoo ZList built on Plexo – Ton of good blogs
- Quought for the Day #10 – Liz Strauss
- Quought for the Day #09 – Peter Block
- Quought for the Day #08 – Steve Shapiro
- Convenience at a cost
- Quought for the Day #07 – Heidi Roizen
- Quought for the Day #06 – Mark Goulston
- Quought for the Day #05 – John Battelle
- Quought for the Day #04 – Phil Gerbyshak
- Quought for the day #03 – Steve Pavlina
- Quought for the day #02 – Susan Scott
- Quought for the day #01 – Seth Godin
- Announcing “Quought for The Day” series
- Gift ideas for connectors in your life
- Creating artificial exclusivity and artificial scarcity – ThousandLotsOfSand.com
- The big dilemma: Pareto Principle and Social Bookmarking
- Eating our own dog food…
- Cody McKibben interviews me on entrepreneurship, student success and more..
- Quotes worth recording – Frederick Collins
- Three questions from Business Networking Advice
- Things that make me smile #27 – The perks (Mullah Nasruddin story)
- Things that make me smile #26 – The trial
- Status Check – Three types of growth by Peter Drucker
- Quotes worth recording – Henry Longfellow
- A new take on solving the scheduling problem: Launch of iPolipo
- Quotes worth recording – Phyllis Bottome
- Quotes worth recording – David Ogilvy
- Quotes worth recording – Richard Saul Wurman
- Making the most of your time: 500 word manifesto (Inspired by Hugh MacLeod)
- “Lasting Relationships” eBook – FREE for students
- Why do I think many software engineers are on drugs?
- Quotes worth recording – Gabriel Zaid
- 10 Desperate Acts to Avoid
- Inspired by a book? Share your stories on Suggestica
- How to deal with difficult customers?
- Quotes worth recording – Andre Gide
- If there is only one way…
- Things that make me smile #25 – Merry Christmas from Chris
- First-time Entrepreneurs: The Litmus Test
- CIOUpdate Column: 10 good reasons to have a mentor
- Mini – a car brand or small: iStockPhoto solution
- Mini Saga #15 – The Leader
- Ways to distinguish yourself #171 – Be willing to enjoy the incomplete
- AT&T – Deal or No Deal?
- Things that make me smile #24 – Sorry for the delay
- An old joke and a request for help
- Professional Services Networking Event podcast is up
- Reflecting on the past year – two questions
- Ways to distinguish yourself #170 – Stop using prime time for questions of wonder
- Same philosophy; different expressions – with a bonus for the weekend 🙂
- When is the best time to start – Seth Godin’s take
- Single-line strategy for young professionals
- Quotes worth recording – Dale Carnegie
- One book that you have to read before the end of this year – “A Leader’s Legacy”
- Open Source, Innovation and Service – Story of Crossloop
- Interview published at “Make It Great” and a chance to win free copy of “Beyond Code”
- Lessons from mega mergers – excerpts from talk by Tom Kendra (Symantec)
- Beyond Code: Lead
- Beyond Code: Listen
- Beyond Code: Likeability
- Beyond Code: Leverage
- Beyond Code: Love
- Beyond Code: Leave a lasting impression
- Beyond Code: Look
- Beyond Code: Laugh
- Beyond Code: Learn
- Beyond Code: overview
- Thank you; An audio overview of “Beyond Code”
- Quotes worth recording – John Gardner
- How would you handle him?
- Too many good books to choose is still a problem; Solution: Launching MySuggestica
- Part 5 of the Interview: About the story of how the book got published.
- Looking at life differently..
- Part 4 of the Interview: The Outer Game
- Things that make me smile #23 – Quote on statistics by Vic Reeves
- Ways to distinguish yourself #169 – Know when to be absent
- Part 3 of the Interview: The Inner Game and Negative Self-talk
- Part 2 of the Interview: The need to participate and differentiate
- A Haiku and the need for us to have great teachers throughout our life…
- Liz Strauss interviews me – published in five parts at Successful Blog
- CIOUpdate Column: Giving and getting help – Part 2
- Quotes worth recording – Narayana Murthy
- Getting Priorities right story… and its extension
- Google Custom Search Engine and Rollyo – The power of the brand (and incentive)
- The power and the desire to make a difference in the world – Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Craving for attention..
- Perception is reality?? – Watch the Dove Ad and decide for yourself
- Interested in sponsoring Life Beyond Code?
- Quotes worth recording – Friedrich Nietzsche
- Quotes worth recording – Cicero
- How did Azim Premji (Wipro) choose the right books? – More validation for Suggestica 🙂
- Quotes worth recording – Mahatma Gandhi
- Things that make me smile #22 – Do you know me?
- Interview published in Little India: Top Ten Life Tips From A Tech Wiz
- Things that make me smile #21 – Fast talk (Mullah Nasruddin story)
- Ways to distinguish yourself #168 – Take responsibility for what you communicate
- Things that make me smile #20 – Cover up (pun intended)
- Things that make me smile #19 – 14 reasons why we are all funny…
- New Year Resolutions very soon…
- Bay Area folks: SIPA Annual Event – Oct 28, 2006
- All about risk!
- 10 more things they didn’t tell you about blogging
- Experience matters big time. All the time!
- Ways to distinguish yourself #167 – Be thoughtful
- Free Hugs Video – Don’t miss this one.
- Blast from the past – Entrepreneur Pack
- Quotes worth recording – Tim Sanders
- 10 things they didn’t tell you about blogging
- Warm welcome to 2 T’s
- Quotes worth recording – Emile Chartier
- Ways to distinguish yourself #166 – Get people to respond; not react!
- Ways to distinguish yourself #165 – Leave a door open at the corner
- CIOUpdate Column: Giving and getting help – Part 1
- 100!
- Ways to distinguish yourself #164 – Don’t rationalize your emotional decisions
- Ways to distinguish yourself #163 – Watch your “Fix Them” to “Fix Me” ratio
- Life Beyond Code featured as a SOB
- 10 better questions for aspiring entrepreneurs
- Lesson from a recently concluded Cricket match
- Mini Saga #14 – Lost
- Paying the right price
- How can I get more traffic to my blog?
- Christophe Herreman says..
- When winning is a bigger loss than losing
- Mini Saga #13 – The Block
- Can you update your information in my address book?
- Quotes worth recording – Russ Walden
- BlogCamp at Chennai; Presentation: Blogging for a Global Audience
- Does your current job have an impact on your future life?
- God is in the details
- Ways to distinguish yourself #162 – Provide options; but not too many
- “Beyond Code” released in India
- “Beyond Code” release event – August 31, 2006 at 5pm (New Delhi) – Chief Guests: Ajay Jadeja and Sita Raina
- Mini Saga #12 – Lost and Found
- Atanu Dey on Problems – brilliant article
- Things that make me smile #18 – Entitlement
- Over-compensated to death
- “Beyond Code” release event – Delhi – Aug 31, 2006
- Help – someone stole my idea!
- Things that make me smile #17 – Kid Talk
- What you see may not be what you get
- Converstations – Blue Ribbon List of blogs
- Ways to distinguish yourself #161 – Discover your “Niagara Factor”
- Distinguish yourself – Squidoo lens updated
- 25 Ways to Distinguish Yourself in Spanish – Translated by Carlos Padilla
- Ways to distinguish yourself #160 – Manage your automatic subscriptions
- Quotes worth recording – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Beyond Code” reviewed on Hindu Business Line
- Ways to distinguish yourself #159 – Know when you are lucky!
- Free Conference call with Steve Farber – Monday Aug 14, 2006
- Can you help me OR can you help me?
- Ways to distinguish yourself #158 – Avoid the dangerous trap: “Use and go”
- Squidoo lens on Suggestica!
- Blogging and Beyond: Meet Guy Kawasaki, Chris Pirillo and Ramit Sethi – Aug 9, 2006
- Ways to distinguish yourself #157 – Pay for ideas
- Unveiling Suggestica; Thanks to everyone who played a part!
- The Paradox of Experience
- What could a meeting do – A brief story of Suggestica
- The elusive trap: Work experience!!
- Ways to distinguish yourself #156 – Manage perceptions of you
- Latest eBook – “Lasting Relationships” on sale now
- Raising your awareness
- Question for you
- Things that make me smile #16 – Why did the chicken cross the road?
- Things that make me smile #15 – Stop lights
- Ways to distinguish yourself #155 – Watch your insurance policies
- Conversation with Kiruba Shankar (podcast)
- Ways to distinguish yourself #154 – Never invalidate contributions
- Ways to distinguish yourself #153 – Use humor right!
- Beyond Code featured on homepage of 800-CEO-READ
- Quotes worth recording – General Eisenhower
- Online personals: You fail and they succeed!
- Things that make me smile #14 – Visa
- Dissecting the goose with the golden egg
- New skills for the new world
- Slacker Manager Reviews Beyond Code
- Ways to distinguish yourself #152 – Re-visit your undocumented rules at regular intervals
- IMNO mentoring session transcript
- Quotes worth recording – Sir Ken Robinson
- Ways to distinguish yourself #151 – Enroll people to provide progressive feedback
- Beyond Code featured in InBubbleWrap – 20 FREE copies to be given away on July 7, 2006
- Who’s got your remote?
- Ways to distinguish yourself #150 – Drop conditions to engage in your core craft
- Beyond Code July Promotion (in assocation with 800-CEO-READ)
- Ways to distinguish yourself #149 – Practice working with minimal resources
- Ways to distinguish yourself #148 – Invest in your future clients
- Ways to distinguish yourself #147 – Be in the right place
- Things that make me smile #13 – Mathematics class
- Is it just convenience or is your thinking outsourced?
- Subscribe to my blog
- Ways to distinguish yourself #146 – Master the “criteria audit”
- CIOUpdate Column: 8 Questions Your SI vendor Needs to Answer
- Ways to distinguish yourself #145 – Create an environment to be (more) present
- Ways to distinguish yourself #144 – Know your escape velocity
- Things that make me smile #12 – Mobile phone
- Designing and communicating incentives – Reader participation invited!
- When the going gets too easy..
- What is NOT your networking score?
- Lack of Authenticity: one strike and you’re out!
- Ways to distinguish yourself #143 – Surround yourself with thought amplifiers
- Quotes worth recording – Wayne Gretzky
- Ways to distinguish yourself #142 – Count your blessings everyday!
- Ways to distinguish yourself #141 – Pass the baton smoothly
- Innovation: Build or buy or some combination?
- Things that make me smile #11 – The Elephant
- Ways to distinguish yourself #140 – Watch who you refer
- Join “Life Beyond Code” mailing list
- Ways to distinguish yourself #139 – Align your agendas
- Quotes worth recording – Horace Mann
- 9 Reasons for Reading Business Books
- Ways to distinguish yourself #138 – Stop trying to please everyone
- “Beyond Code” reviewed at BookIdeas.com
- Quotes worth recording – Michael Basch
- Blast from the past: My favorite posts Feb-Mar 2005
- Ways to distinguish yourself #137 – Stop to smell the roses
- Things that make me smile #10 – Becoming a better manager
- Ways to distinguish yourself #136 – Never take people for granted
- Having a bad day?
- Mini Saga #11 – The Team
- Mini Saga #10 – The Goal
- Beyond Code reviewed by Gary Sage
- Cherry picking and more: When experience is the ROI
- How to get more traffic by Seth Godin; Few more additions
- Ways to distinguish yourself #135 – Never discount “timing”
- Ways to distinguish yourself #134 – Learn to deal with (office) politics
- Ways to distinguish yourself #133 – Find the intersection of your passion and “current world needs”
- Mini Saga #9 – Giving Back
- Quotes worth recording – Legend
- Difference between ordinary and extraordinary
- The return of Simplicity
- Mini Saga #8 – The Choice
- Mini Saga #7 – The deal
- Advertisement or service or both!!
- Mini Saga #6 – Love at first sight
- Think – Execute – and Grow Rich!
- Ways to distinguish yourself #132 Be influenced
- Mini Saga #5 – Airport
- Things that make me smile #9 – Ethics
- Quotes worth recording – Lao-Tzu
- Speaking at TiECon East – June 17, 2006
- Mini Saga #4 – The Accident
- Ways to distinguish yourself #131 – Know your rules for small things
- More validation for Beyond Code
- Ways to distinguish yourself #130 Watch your daily vocabulary
- Mini Saga #3 – The Book
- Mini Saga #2 – Phone Call
- Mini Saga #1 – The Interview
- Mini Saga – exercise for your brain
- Ways to distinguish yourself #129 Stop treading in the “blind spots” of others
- New ideas for movie theatres
- Personal Branding for Technology Professionals – Now in NXTbook format
- Life Beyond Code in Thai language
- Ways to distinguish yourself #128 Set yourself up to focus better
- Ways to distinguish yourself #127 Synchronize your configurations
- Ways to distinguish yourself #126 Don’t get promoted to a job that you may not enjoy
- Things that make me smile #8 – Are you a leader?
- Beyond Code featured in MBR: Small Press Bookwatch May 2006
- Quotes worth recording – Oprah Winfrey
- Things that make me smile #7 – The real age
- Beyond Code (India Edition) available for pre-order now!
- Ways to distinguish yourself #125: Periodically re-visit your Plan B
- CIO Magazine story – De-nerding Your Geeks
- 11 ways to kill your blog
- Things that make me smile #6 – Spoof
- Quotes worth recording – Stanley Horowitz
- 10 things you might have forgotten in your busy schedule
- Things that make me smile #5 – A friend in need…
- Re-designed “Distinguish Yourself” lens on Squidoo now live!
- Thank you; “Personal Branding for Technology Professionals” – statistics so far
- Quotes worth recording – Leo Buscaglia
- The 24/7 Offshore disadvantage
- Audio interview on the “Cranky Middle Manager Show”
- FREE eBook – Personal Branding for Technology Professionals
- Things that make me smile #4 – Oxymorons
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #124 Don’t rush to a solution
- 4/19 ONLY: Steve’s special offer to promote his new book – Radical Edge
- Quotes worth recording – Jnan Dash
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #123 Find a second reason to do anything significant
- Things that make me smile #3 – Notices
- “What makes an effective executive” by Peter Drucker
- Things that make me smile #2 – What’s the time please?
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #122 Overestimate people with potential minus experience
- Things that make me smile #1 – You can’t do that here
- What is the job of a CEO?
- Taking care of the transmission?
- Where is the leverage?
- Ways to distinguish yourself #121 Learn to exploit innovations
- Influence book review at GKU
- Quotes worth recording – Will Rogers
- Quotes worth recording – Goethe
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #120 Create memorable experiences
- We don’t have any competition
- Ways to distingish yourself – #119 Avoid the “0.9 Extra Mile Syndrome”
- Get in their shoes campaign – Open until April 6, 2006
- We don’t really care – Customer service the Subway way
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #118 Make a difference, however small it is…
- Ways to distinguish yourself #117 Understand the power of incentives
- Beyond Code reviewed at “The CEO Refresher”
- Nail in the fence – Special for National Friendship Week
- CIOUpdate column – “Looking at the big picture”
- Ways to distinguish yourself #116 Aim to become a transformer
- Quotes worth recording – Thomas Edison
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #115 Get to the real question please…
- Ways to distingish yourself – #114 Improve your Net Caring Critic Score
- Quotes worth recording – Susane Berger
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #113 Fine tune your accountability structures
- Ways to distingish yourself – #112 Drop “One time use” policy
- Busy with ebook; Quick announcements
- Quotes worth recording – Holy Bible
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #111 Don’t look to get drowned in positive feedback
- Selling the right stuff vs Not selling at all
- Announcement – Delta P Delta T workshop: Moving from coding to leading
- Interesting thoughts on Social bookmarking
- Ways to distinguish yourself #110 Contribute to the growth of your entire network
- Qutoes worth recording – Oscar Wilde
- 12 Reasons why you may not be focusing on “Personal Branding”
- April 20, 2006 – SDForum: Living a Life Beyond Code
- Quotes worth recording – Swedish Proverb
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #109 Fight the right battles
- FREE eBook – “When you can’t earn an MBA…”
- When you have to sell a commodity offering…
- Personal Branding for Technology Professionals – Part II
- Who let the thoughts out?
- Quotes worth recording – Nepolean Bonaparte
- Marshall Goldsmith on Empowering Others
- Ubiquity Magazine interview on “Beyond Code” related topics
- Thinking about thinking
- Ways to distinguish yourself #108 Face the problem
- March 8, 2006 – SIPA Event – Personal Branding
- The culture of dissatisfaction – by Seth Godin
- Quotes worth recording – Albert Camus
- How to read a non-fiction book?
- You don’t have to go ALONE!
- Book recommendations and power of questions
- Quotes worth recording – Marcus Buckingham
- Ways to distinguish yourself #107 Detach the idea from the source
- Quotes worth recording – Virginia Postrel
- Help – Getting it and giving it!
- Ways to distinguish yourself #106 – Increase investments in personal growth
- Thank you; It’s been a year!!
- 10 ideas to get new ideas
- Ways to distinguish yourself #105 Be entitled for nothing
- Quotes worth recording – Henry David Thoreau
- New lens on Squidoo – Distinguish yourself
- Assets and liabilities
- Qutoes worth recording – Japanese Proverb
- One way to kill creativity..
- Where are you looking for opportunities?
- The power of leverage – an example
- Vision Monthly launched
- IT World Canada Interview: Get a life!
- Your relationship to time and money
- Open Source and blogging; We can change the game
- Personal Branding 101 for IT professionals
- Another brainless record breaking attempt
- Ways to distinguish yourself #104 Setup and use anchors and triggers
- Ways to distinguish yourself #103 Validate your private reasons
- Quotes worth recording – Mother Theresa
- How can you distinguish yourself if you are just a roadside fast food joint?
- What is the COST of your salary?
- Sorry!
- Why you can’t ignore blogs?
- Quotes worth recording – G.H. Hardy
- Quotes worth recording – Sri Sathya Sai Baba
- Beyond Code reviewed at BizBookTalk
- Quotes worth recording – Dale Carnegie
- IT World Canada Interview: Success principles for Today’s IT professional
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #102 Get off the JIMP syndrome
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #101 Master the art of handling disagreements
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #100 Get OFF the way!
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #99 Forgive and Forget!
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #98 Clarify your intentions
- Ways to distinguish yourself #97 Use power appropriately
- Ways to distinguish yourself #96 Let go first!
- Beyond Code featured in Tom Hill’s Friday Eaglezine
- Bangalore – Speaking at an invitation only event
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #95 NEVER forget any help!
- Clicking is not everything
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #94 Learn to meditate
- Serving customers vs. being technically correct
- The Power of Questions
- Branding 101
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #93 Be comfortable contradicting yourself, sometimes!
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #92 Watch with whom you spend most of your time
- Beyond Code reviewed at Genuine Curiosity
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #91 Be comfortable to say “I don’t know”
- Quotes worth recording – Ben Franklin
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #90 Question the question
- 2006 Question
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #89 Avoid the SEABE trap!
- Movie watching and story telling
- Power of the mind!
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #88 Close the loop
- Darren Rowse has great insights on blogging
- Quotes worth recording – Anonymous
- 11 Ideas to maintain your blog
- KZSU Interview Online now
- “How to get a life in 2006″ for Technology Leaders
- On KZSU 90.1FM (Stanford Radio) 7am PST on Jan 4, 2006
- Mentoring CEOs – A five point checklist
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #87 Manage your filters well
- The Weasel Poop Coffee Story
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #86 Spread your payback horizons
- Quotes worth recording – Swami Vivekananda
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #85 Bring the right puzzle pieces into the game
- Got carried away by technology?
- John Fayad says
- Caring at a whole new level
- Business Book Review publishes review of “Beyond Code”
- First time entrepreneur questions – A Baker’s dozen
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #84 Stretch payback cycles
- New lens on Squidoo – Simple things you can do
- CIOUpdate column – “Time Management for IT professionals”
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #83 Be comfortable being alone
- Browser plug-in idea: Launching a group of websites simultaneously – Updated: solution already exists
- New year resolutions, anyone?
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #82 Connect the unknown to the known
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #81 Develop cultural sensitivity
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #80 Don’t chase exclusivity without a clear plan to leverage it
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #79 Gather the right puzzle pieces
- Q&A on the book published in “The Enterprise Innovator”
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #78 Think!
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #77 Treat your competition with respect
- Simple things you can do – A Baker’s dozen
- Ways to distingish yourself – #76 Follow up
- Blogging Starter Checklist – Now on Squidoo
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #75 Provide early warning signals
- Getting off the treadmill: Interviewed by IT World Canada
- Built my first lens on Squidoo
- Got carried away by the web? – Now, take back your life!
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #74 Activate the catalyst: Intensity
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #73 Watch how you say “what you do”
- Quotes worth recording – Peter Drucker
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #72 Be willing to step back to move forward
- Quotes worth recording – Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Ready for inspiration overload from Mark Cuban?
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #71 Expand your capacity to receive help!
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #70 Increase “shelf-life” of your power relationships
- 10 Questions to ask yourself when you are small
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #69 Balance home runs with small wins
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #68 Generalize (very) slowly
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #67 Understand the 3T rule
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #66 Keep “Your story so far..” ready
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #65 Be grateful
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #64 Smile!
- Quotes worth recording – C.K.Prahlad
- Speaking at a Guerilla Marketing Association Conference call – Wed Nov 23 at 4pm PST
- Strategy simplifed – 3 questions (Courtesy: Don Schmincke)
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #63 Avoid CSS trap
- Qutoes worth recording – Wayne Gretzky
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #62 Stop comparing to the ideal scenario
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #61 Package information for easy consumption
- The care and feeding of your network
- Featured as “Blogger of the day”
- Quotes worth recording – Wynton Marsalis
- Blogging Starter Checklist – Updated
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #60 Recognize and respect potential
- Peter Drucker passes away
- Ways to distingish yourself – #59 Avoid passive resistance
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #58 Understand the law of the bucket and the glass
- Mitchell’s three rules of business success
- Working on the “signal to noise” ratio
- One more reason why you MUST focus on creating GREAT content
- October Sky – Against all odds!
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #57 Focus on the last mile
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #56 Craft a compelling elevator pitch for yourself
- Ways to distingish yourself – #55 Commoditize your work at regular intervals
- Highlights of CIOUpdate column on today’s Slashdot review
- Writing rather than typing?
- Leading smart IT professionals
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #54 Expand your “100% Trust Network”
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #53 Always be ready to win the boxing game
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #52 Continue to gain respect from people close to you
- Profiled in “The Cultural Connect”
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #51 Work on your “Mile High Factor”
- Upcoming bay area events – Meet me there
- Quotes worth recording – General George S. Patton
- Ways to distingish yourself – #50 Imagine
- Why is it hard to handle criticism?
- Ways to distingish yourself – #49 WAG
- Ways to distingish yourself – #48 Handle criticism with grace
- Marcia Wieder says…
- Ways to distingish yourself – #47 Simplify
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #46 Manage your monkeys
- Ways to distingish yourself – #45 Increase your rate of learning
- Ways to distingish yourself – #44 Connect your projects
- Ways to distingish yourself – #43 Show discipline on small things
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #42 Maintain visiblity
- To Ning or not to Ning
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #41 Selectively forget things
- Thank you to all of you; Please vote for my new proposal
- What is the cost of convenience?
- Grass is always greener on the other side
- Ways to distingish yourself – #40 Learn to estimate well
- Philosophy, Wisdom and Inspiration – Cool link
- When you ask for something..
- Learning from success or learning from failure?
- Quotes worth recording – John F. Kennedy
- 25 More ways to distinguish yourself – ChangeThis Manifesto Proposal
- Finding new opportunities – gada.be
- Web 2.1 and sneak preview of “Beyond Code”
- Quotes worth recording – Charles Kettering
- Dan Pink Says..
- Slow and steady wins the race?
- I started a blog; now what?
- Beyond Code shipping now
- When to compete and when to collaborate?
- Tim Sanders says..
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #39 Make it easy for people to help you
- Leadership in challenging times
- The IT Manager’s Dilemma
- David Maister Says..
- Deals missed; Humility at it’s best
- Guy Kawasaki says..
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #37 Learn the art of managing multiple projects
- Quotes worth recording – Socrates
- Salesforce.com and their security story
- What an honor – featured as Tom’s cool friend.
- Quotes worth recording – Garth Brooks
- Influencing What Matters; More responsible media?
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #36 Reduce the “Facade Diff”
- Bo Burlingham says..
- Ways to distingish yourself – #35 Don’t take credit when it’s not due
- Quotes worth recording – Robert Frost
- Quotes worth recording – J. Paul Getty
- Harvard MBA was wrong; defending the fisherman
- “25 Ways to Distinguish Yourself” released at ChangeThis.com
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #34 Focus on increasing ROII
- Beyond Code (finally) is available for pre-order
- Ways to distingish yourself – #33 Keep promises you make to yourself
- Quotes worth recording – William Bernbach
- Automate but monitor..
- Killer app on top of a killer app 🙂
- Quotes worth recording – Socrates
- Qutoes worth recording – Anwar Sadat
- Quotes worth recording – Thomas Manson
- Boeing demonstrating agility via Connexion
- Where is the logic? – Asks JB
- Great advice on building blog traffic – Blog Business Summit
- Every conversation matters – Nike example
- More on mandatory registration systems – BugMeNot
- Win-win solution for information access at salon.com
- MBA and the Fisherman solution
- Quotes worth recording – David Thomas
- Quotes worth recording – Kraig Kramers
- Powerful story telling challenge: Harvard MBA and the fisherman
- A brain teaser and why you need to be careful about stories
- When is a good time to write?
- Quotes worth recording – Ben Dean
- When you start looking out for a new job..
- Ways to distingish yourself – #32 Service at the core
- How to de-commodotize if you are selling a commodity product?
- Quotes worth recording – Arthur Ashe
- Investing to create a compelling future
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #31 Use your “thinking bandwidth” wisely
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #30 Watch the shelf-life of your skills
- Workaholics – Don’t miss this one
- Aspiring authors – Don’t miss this one
- Quotes worth recording – Anias Nin
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #29 Watch your standard practices
- Quotes worth recording – Terry Paulson
- Quotes worth recording – Dennis Pear
- Innovation in a small way – Microsoft media player
- Apple – an example of corporate resilience and innovation
- Amazon reports: Advance orders surpass 1.4M for new Harry Potter book
- Writing a book – advice for new authors; my experience
- Paypal – Make it easy and then make it hard
- Quotes worth recording – Walter Savage Landor
- It’s not over… Dancing with stars story
- Zero emission Buses (ZEB) from VTA; Wanted: More Innovation
- Operation Hero Miles – Hats off to AA!
- ** Knowledge Alert ** Master giving away wealth of knowledge
- Design makes a big difference
- 1st of July – Time to revisit goals
- Gmail – You have more help than you require
- Shawshank Redemption – Redefining persistence…
- Energizing the workplace – Fish Market story
- Digital Video Recorders – When is the tipping point?
- Working from airport
- Leveraging the value chain – part II
- Quotes worth recording – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
- Leveraging the value chain
- Three stories from Steve Jobs – What’s your story?
- Tom complains about Starbucks lines – A solution
- Innovation sneak previews
- Another interesting perspective on Social Networking
- SDForum Visionary Awards – What an evening!
- The power of “Us”
- Collaborating with your users to create powerful offers
- Google Adsense under fire now??
- Quotes worth recording – Mahatma Gandhi
- Big or small – It all depends!
- Quotes worth recording – Dr. Maya Angelou
- Open Innovation – Citizen Journalism on TV
- Quotes worth recording – Helen Keller
- Social Networking under fire now??
- Quotes worth recording – Dee Hock
- Microsoft opening up office – Way to go!!
- Compellling Offer #05 – Get paid to search
- Quotes worth recording – Calvin Coolidge
- Open Innovation – It’s Microsoft’s Turn
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #28 Know where you are
- Defy commoditization – Mortgage banking example
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #27 Avoid complacency at all costs
- Open Innovation – Nike joins in
- Picture is worth a thousand words
- Quotes worth recording – Bertrand Russell
- Creating a new market
- Quotes worth recording – George Bernard Shaw
- Are you an entrepeneur?
- Compelling Offer #4 – All Marketers are Liars – Want proof?
- Innovation is not a one time activity – Case in point: LifeDrive
- Setting expectations – Nordstrom experience
- Quotes worth recording – Henry Ford
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #26 Expect recognition for results and not effort
- Challenge vs Chance
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #25 Walk away from “free”
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #24 Influence the influencers
- Firefox – Crossing the chasm?
- Apprentice – Points to ponder
- When is a good time to start something?
- Standing OUT of the crowd – Anthony Ervin
- Make it easy or make it hard..
- The world is your R&D unit
- Compelling Offer #3 – Send This File
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #23 Learn systems thinking
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #22 Learn to sell
- “Free” to “Paid” – The Meetup Story so far
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #21 Balance Innovation and Continuous Improvement
- Quotes worth recording – Zig Ziglar
- Quotes worth recording – David Starr Jordan
- Compelling offer #02 – iPod Shuffle?
- Quotes worth recording – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
- What could you do with M&Ms?
- What difference could you make in haircuts?
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #20 Lead a volunteer effort
- Compelling Offer #01 – 0th Night free?
- Quotes worth recording – Mark Twain
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #19 Get back on your feet – Fast!
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #18 Be relevant
- IT Conversations – Service at the core
- Commoditization – Car rentals (courtesy: Doc Searls)
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #17 Engage with a coach
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #16 Ask the right questions
- Details matter
- Quotes worth recording – Tony Robbins
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #15 Embrace uncertainty with ease
- Ways to distinguish yourself #14 – Think long term
- Quotes worth recording – Benjamin Disreali
- Very good may not be good enough
- Turbulence – No business model is safe or everlasting
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #13 Plan by outcomes
- Thank you for overwhelming support at ChangeThis
- Commoditization at work – Zero sum game??
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #12 Be a reader
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #11 Help people help themselves
- GM cuts white collar workforce – Time to wake up!
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #10 Pursue right memberships
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #9 Know your values
- MBA or no MBA??
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #8 Set higher standards
- Do you like surprises?
- ChangeThis manifesto – 25 ways to distinguish yourself
- More on assumptions – The Sunflower Model
- Quotes worth recording – Jim Rohn
- The power of assumptions
- A Leader’s resume – his people
- Google Autolink – Innovation gone awry??
- Quick update on the book
- “Happy About” series
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #7 Celebrate small victories
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #6 Ask for help
- Quotes worth recording – Mario Andretti
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #5 Set the right expectations
- Quotes worth recording – Jim Rohn
- Publishing Innovation example – Sourcebeat
- Quotes worth recording – Teddy Roosevelt
- Knowledge Arbitrage – A way to innovate
- The power of words
- The Leadership Challenge
- Most Significant Thing (MST) for the week
- What can we learn from Google?
- To try or not to try..
- Who did you connect today?
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #4 Dream BIG!
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #3 Build strong relationships
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #2 Do your daily work with passion!
- Addicted to Newton’s Third Law
- Ways to distinguish yourself – #1 Care as if its your own!
- Hourly rate vs. Value rate
- Taking responsibility for communication
- A few thoughts on personal branding
- Do you love your job?
- Leadership is as simple as filling in the blanks
- Leaving a lasting impression
- The cure for commoditization
- Welcome to Life Beyond Code
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