Excitement
Uncategorized

Word for the Day: Excitement

Last week we celebrated my son’s 10th birthday. Apart from a set of gifts that we got him, his uncle and aunt decided to gift him a tablet and asked us to choose one for him. After a lot of research, discussion, debates and online search, we zeroed in on two models – a windows tab from Acer and Google Nexus. We then announced it to my son that he will get a tab of his own and that we are considering one of these two options. To say the least, he was totally elated and excited. His excitement reminded […]

salesPlaybook
Recommendation, Sales

Podcast Recommendation: The Sales PlayBook Podcast

Before I started my own podcast, there was a long gestation period when I have listened to a lot of podcasts, some great, some good and some not so good. Going forward, I shall recommend a podcast every Wednesday. The podcast would be one that i still continue listening to and also learn from. The first podcast that I would like to recommend is for sales professionals and sales leaders is The Sales PlayBook Podcast This show is hosted by Paul Castain, from YourSalesPlaybook. He is a sales coach and runs online training and coaching for sales professionals and leaders. […]

Heart Beat
Strategy

What Can Business Leaders Learn from Our Heart

Situation: My health check and my son Last week, I was at a hospital for the first of my regular (hopefully) health check. The doctor was checking my blood pressure and told me that it was slightly on the higher side and that i need to make sure that it doesnt go higher.  When my 9 year old son came to know about this, he asked me the reason for high blood pressure and this lead to a discussion about the functioning of our hearts. When I was explaining the functioning of the heart, I realized the importance of rhythms […]

Jeffrey Baumgartner
Innovation, Podcast

PBTO10: Creativity, Innovation & Anti-Conventional Thinking

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http://traffic.libsyn.com/pushingbeyondtheobvious/10_PBTO10__Creativity_Innovation__Anti-Conventional_Theory.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Email | RSSWho is Jeffrey? In this episode, we host Jeffrey Baumgartner. He is an entrepreneur, artist, teacher, author and an innovation consultant and not  your typical Innovation consultant. He is the author of the book, “The Way of the Innovation Master” & “The Insane Journey” He is also the creator of a new & effective creative thinking methodology called “Anti-Conventional Thinking” as an alternative to traditional brainstorming methods. He also runs the Report 103, which is one of the longest running eJournal or blog on creativity and innovation in business. Why is […]

Thanks
Ideas, Leadership, Strategy

Gratitude, Celebrations and Progress

This post is the 300th post on this blog. This calls for two things actually: Gratitude: One of the most important things in life is to show gratitude for everything that is good in our life. Gratitude and thanks are due to every single reader who have supported this blog by reading, subscribing and sharing the posts on the blog. So, THANK YOU! Your constant support is what makes the time and effort that i put in to write, even more worthwhile. I can only hope and request you all to continue to support the blog by not just reading/sharing […]