Marketing, Podcast

Podcast Recommendation: Six Pixels of Seperation by @MitchJoel

As announced last week, I shall share a podcast every Thursday that I think is phenomenal in all aspects.   The second podcast that I would like to recommend is for marketing professionals and CEO’s: Six Pixels of Seperation This show is hosted by Mitch Joel, from Twist Image. He was the founder of Twist Image Consultancy and is a highly sought after speaker. He is also the author of the books Six Pixels of Seperation Ctrl + Alt + Del The current format of the show is him hosting different thought leaders about the various aspects at the cutting edge of […]

Strategy

Tips for Executives to Continue to Remain Effective

One of the biggest traps that effectives fall in is to become too busy in transactional stuff and lose sight of their role. This happened to me in my first stint as a founder/CEO and it almost cost me the business, which I eventually got out of. I have since learnt that it is a good idea if you could step back a minute before doing anything and ask your self the following questions: – Is this the best thing to do, given the current circumstances? – Is this the right time to do this? – Is this the best […]

Excitement
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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 […]