People don’t work for company, they work for their Boss. The environment can be good or bad depending upon his mood. You can be a success or a failure based on his decision.
Considering Boss as a constant factor you need to realize 2 things
1. He will be there whether you accept it or not
2. Your success depends on him whether you accept it or not
To me Boss is not exactly the evil that it may eventually sound. To be successful you need a horse, and your …

In a very interesting post It Doesn’t Matter If You Win or Lose Jarkko has raised a very important point If your company went down today, what would be the legacy it left behind? Just try to answer this question and believe me you would struggle to find the answer. The reason is simple- Most of us don’t have the PLAN B ready.
So what is PLAN B. Your Job, Current approach in a project, decisions, route taken etc. is you’re PLAN A. If PLAN A does not work you …

The most important step in success of any job is the composition of team. The teams can posses similar or varied qualities depending upon the nature of the Project. The success or failure gets largely driven by this aspect. It is important to invest time with leads or managers to dig the right mixture. Different individual and teams gets influenced by host of factors. These factors can be part of their inherent personality or possessed over a period of time on their Job. The challenge is not …

Steve wrote on concept of TimeBoxing about 5 years back applying the principals of software development cycle to personal life. The concept derives its importance from the fact that deadlines are important. Though this concept of TimeBoxing has much wider meaning but I will restrict it in terms of an all important aspect of Deadlines. Imagine a scenario where you have exam in 2 weeks and the date of exam is fixed. All the time you have is two weeks to make your best effort. You study hard and do …

This is classic case which happens in almost every company and within each team. It is a natural habit of people to work in compliance to their comfort factors and escalate problems without a deep thought. You often hear variety of problems and reasons for delay which practically hamper the growth.
In Job it is very important to learn and grow each day. A positive mindset with ability to crack solution goes a long way than finding problems in your current work. We get a lot of project on daily …

Have you heard of email forward engine? The simple job of this engine is to receive an email and forward it to concerned destination. It is no more than a work which gets performed by your local post office. This happens in Job too. There are many managers who I have seen work in this manner. They ride on their position and seldom earn much respect. They command respect by virtue of their position but when it comes to hands on experience they just fail.
I believe a good aspect of …

Life is very uncertain. It has its own share of good and bad surprises. The best thing any Human Being can do is to be prepared for any surprise which can really take the sheen out of the life. In Personal Finance the first and foremost principal is to create an emergency fund. This is the fund which should be safely stacked in some bank account and earns you the best interest till the time you need it badly. This fund should always be used for hard times and should …

The Power of Pen and Paper is often not recognized. We all are so much accustomed with keyboards that our typing speed is probably way ahead of our hand writing quality. As we have progressed in life our methods and assumptions have becomes more technology dependent. We have devised ways and means to keep ourselves updated and even give shape to our thoughts. This however by no means has taken the limelight off the old ways like pen and paper approach.
Pen and Paper has always been my favorite. I use …

There are many things we hate in our life. It can be some food, restaurant or any place which has given us a bad experience. This sometimes goes for the people around us too. You might not like your colleague just because he has some characteristics or some behavior which fails to impress you. Your mind goes in a zone which makes you feel uncomfortable and then slowly it recovers to react in a certain way. The reaction can be in the form of some bad words or completely ignoring …

We live in the world which is full of opportunities. There is something which crops up everyday around us. Some people have uncanny habit of realizing and squeezing on them while others believe that things would be presented to them. There is no short cut to success in job and you need a diehard attitude to put yourself in every test. If you think your job is monotonous than you need to think again. Every process has a scope of improvement and every field has its own set of opportunities.
If …

Success in your Job and Life depends upon the way you approach the problem. Human beings have different attitude towards the work which in turn drives their growth in various realms of life. A real assessment of one’s abilities and a focus on personal development has always done wonders for many people.
I have worked with many people in life and with different attitude. My team has always been acknowledged as most productive for all these years. In a big team it is always challenging not only to drive change but …

In my previous post I talked about scenario where your mind gets disturbed if you indulge in gossiping or a hatred campaign against your co-workers. You do it at your own cost and suffer all way through. However the scenario can change wherein you can find that people are talking bad about you. This can happen in your office, home, club etc. I have seen people who get disturbed by this and sometimes lose their cool too.
I share a different perspective just because each individual is different and …

How successful or popular you become in a job depends upon the positive vibes your body emanates. Body language tells amazing things about a person which you can never extract in a normal conversation. Success in a job is a mixture of host of factors and being positive about your co-workers is one of them. When in job it becomes essentially important to be committed and motivated in order to give your best. The taste of success makes you want it more and you get a habit of it. However …

Most of the people realize it very late that they have crossed the limit of debt in their credit card. Spending that starts with small and unimportant things becomes severe with urgent and regular needs. Most of the decision to use credit card are impulsive. The urge to spend is a habit which grows with time and hurts you if you try to avoid it.
In my earlier post The most important thing you should know about your Credit Card , I talked about how interest component becomes so high that …

Greater Noida Development Authority is in news again. This time it has come out with Draw of Plots in Sector-2, Greater Noida. The scheme details are below SECTOR NAME: 02, PLOT SIZE: 162 Meter, TOTAL PLOTS : 1200, REGISTRATION MONEY : 1,70,100/- *SECTOR NAME: 02, PLOT SIZE: 220 Meter, TOTAL PLOTS : 800, REGISTRATION MONEY : 2,31,000/ The Tentative rate of Allotment will be Rs 10,500/- per sqm. Location charges are extra. This is definitely disappointing news for all investors who have subscribed to its earlier schemes. Sector-2 location is …