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The Oxymoronic Me!
by S. Deenadayalan
I have observed people from all fields across cultures, genders and education levels. The lag does exist, only the degree varies. It can be wide or narrow but I have not been fortunate enough to meet people whose talk and walk are without a lag. |
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The Power of Unlearning
by Praveen Amancharla
We get conditioned to react to the world in a specific way based on this knowledge. This conditioning becomes a barrier in learning new things, a hindrance to look at the world with an open mind, and dealing with the ever changing world. |
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3 myths related to training and learning
by Shalu Wasu
Myths have a way of perpetuating themselves. There are quite a few related to training and learning too. Everyone seems to believe in them. So much so that they have become sacrosanct and no one even bothers to question them. |
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The world is upside down!
by PK
My own experience of life is that we are most of the time playing chess within our lives for no reason. For example when I was 10 or so, some boys wanted to steal mangoes. In the very first try we got caught. I decided then and there that there was no value in this cat-and-mouse game. The next time I wanted a mango, I just went and asked the owner and he gave me one! |
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Paradox: The Heart of Creativity!
by K R Ravi
One of the most brilliant displays of paradoxical thinking is by scientist Faraday in the 1830’s. He had observed that a current of electricity passingthrough a wire could have the effect of causing the magnetized needle of a compass to deflect, that is, move in a rotational direction when a compass was located close to the wire. This was the basis of his invention of the electric motor. |
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The bipolar vision
by PS Wasu
The paradox is at the heart of all things. The opposites necessarily coexist. The back of the hand and the front of the hand are dependent on each other for their existence. You can’t have one without the other. |
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Divided, They Bloom!
by PS Wasu
Some time ago, Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani broke up and the Reliance group was split between the two of them.
There is a tendency to criticize the two brothers for their inability to work together. The general perception is that they were not being good brothers and they did injustice to their deceased father who had built the industrial conglomerate from scratch. |
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Zen and the Art of Coming Full Circle
by PS Wasu
A says he is not afraid. B says he is not afraid and he is also not afraid of being afraid. The first statement comes from a mind that is tight and assertive—a mind that clings to fixed viewpoints. The second statement comes from a mind that is nimble and free-flowing—a mind that does not cling to fixed viewpoints. |
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The neo-oligarchs!
by K R Ravi
I was talking to my cabbie in New York who happened to be an emigrant from Hungary. I asked him how life was these days in his home country. I was taken aback when he stated rather casually that the ‘oligarchs’ were enjoying themselves while the public suffered privation. |
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God loves chaos!
by Pawan Sarda
Chaos is a name for any order that creates confusion in our minds - George Santayana.
Man has a basic resistance to chaos. He likes life predictable and systematic. Want evidence? Look around you. See how good a man is at creating systems that ar... |
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Rethinking: Fools and Mad Men
by Pawan Sarda
A fool is known by six things: anger without cause; speech without profit; change without progress; inquiry without object; putting trust in a stranger, and mistaking foes for friends. Arabian Proverb
I think a foolish person (fool) is the one who... |
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The bipolar vision
by PS Wasu
The paradox is at the heart of all things. The opposites necessarily coexist. The back of the hand and the front of the hand are dependent on each other for their existence. You can’t have one without the other. |
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Divided, They Bloom!
by PS Wasu
Some time ago, Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani broke up and the Reliance group was split between the two of them.
There is a tendency to criticize the two brothers for their inability to work together. The general perception is that they were not being good brothers and they did injustice to their deceased father who had built the industrial conglomerate from scratch. |
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listen to the rhythm of the falling rain....
by Pawan Sarda
I like walking in the rain, because nobody can see me crying. Charlie Chaplin.
I recently participated in a ‘heated’ dinner debate about which is the best season of them all. One person said “winter” for all the cosy comforts it provide... |
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A new way to handle complaints. Or is it?
by Peter A. Hunter
What a lot of money we have been wasting on dealing with customer complaints.
Instead of dealing with them and attempting to satisfy the customer we should be creating a process that makes complaining more difficult.
Then when customers complai... |
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Deciding how to decide!
by K R Ravi
Meta decision should take place before you frame the issue. ‘Plunging’ into
the various stages of decision making can lead to disastrous consequences.
Not devoting sufficient time and effort to this phase may lead to you solving
the wrong problem thereby exacerbating the actual problem. |
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I love to fail!
by Shalu Wasu
Our attitude towards failure gets formed very early in life. Usually in school…and it never just goes away. All through school, we perhaps take hundreds of tests, exams, assignments etc. And we are in BIG trouble if we fail even ONCE. So we are sca... |
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How many dosas can you eat?
by K R Ravi
I decided to test my favourite food-related hypothesis. My hypothesis is based on my own behaviour as well as my family and friends.
My hypothesis is as follows.
We tend to eat more of a food item – say dosas – when we eat at home and less ... |
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The art of Shirking
by PK
The Art of Shirking
Mostly people are brought up to be up and doing; you do, you get. In this environment where everyone is up and about it requires a specific state of mind to flow against the river. I used to be one of those who would take a reque... |
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I love to fail!
by Shalu Wasu
Our attitude towards failure gets formed very early in life. Usually in school…and it never just goes away. All through school, we perhaps take hundreds of tests, exams, assignments etc. And we are in BIG trouble if we fail even ONCE. So we are sca... |
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3 myths related to training and learning
by Shalu Wasu
Myths have a way of perpetuating themselves. There are quite a few related to training and learning too. Everyone seems to believe in them. So much so that they have become sacrosanct and no one even bothers to question them. |
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The Power of Unlearning
by Praveen Amancharla
We get conditioned to react to the world in a specific way based on this knowledge. This conditioning becomes a barrier in learning new things, a hindrance to look at the world with an open mind, and dealing with the ever changing world. |
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Right brain? Left brain?
by Shalu Wasu
You've probably heard this left/right brain dichotomy before. It goes something like this: the left hemisphere of the brain is logical, deductive, mathematical, etc., while the right hemisphere is artistic, visual and imaginative. |
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E = MC2? All Einstein Challengers....Welcome Aboard!
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For generations great thinkers have been asking us to take the road less traveled. Any and every successful biography will tell us not to be afraid to take a stand, not to walk among the masses, to stick out our heads without the fear of being hit b... |
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Myths about creativity
by Shalu Wasu
Creativity has long been looked upon as an activity behind the closet. No wonder many myths have developed around the creative process. Not to be left behind, there are many myth busters out there as well! |
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Barkha Dutt is wrong!
by K R Ravi
In an article in The Hindustan Times, television star Barkha Dutt contrasts presidential debates in the US with poll campaigns in India.
I notice that, on most occasions, when Indians (including yours truly till I moved to the US) compare I... |
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The Broken Window
by K R Ravi
The editor of a Delhi based newspaper wrote an article bemoaning the fall in standards of the Indian Foreign Service. It was but natural that this article would be followed by a barrage of letters from readers, some agreeing with him and some not amu... |
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