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Recommendation, Sales

The Breakthroughs Before Your Breakthrough by Anthony Iannarino

One of the pleasures I derive from being connected via Internet is to find people whose work i enjoy and learn from and connect with them. One such person whose work i really respect and learn a lot from is Anthony Iannarino. He blogs at The Sales Blog, which is probably one of the best blogs for sales people to do well in their profession. Even though the blog is called “The Sales Blog”, I believe that all of us who want to lead and do well in the influence economy, can learn and benefit from it. A case in […]

Entrepreneurship, Ideas, Recommendation

Are You An Amateur or a Professional?

Today, I read a post by Shane Parrish on his Farnam Street blog and couldnt resist sharing this with you. He tries to explain why some people are ultra successful and some are not, despite having similar knowledge or experience. He goes on to share that one of the defining aspect that can explain this difference – Mindset. [bctt tweet=”How we see ourselves matters” username=”rmukeshgupta”] If we consider ourselves professionals, our chances of success goes up significantly. So, what makes one an amateur or a professional. Below is his take on the difference between amateurs and professionals. Most of us […]

Ideas

Making Procrastination Work FOR US and NOT Against US

At one point or another, I am sure that we have all procrastinated about something – deciding to go out on our own as entrepreneurs, preparing for our exams, having that difficult conversation or exercising. I know and see procrastination as a constant companion and a part of our lives, whether we like it or not.  As I am writing this, I am procrastinating on creating an online course that I have been wanted to create since the start of the year. Now, is it good that I have procrastinated about this particular project? I don’t know. Time will tell. […]

Entrepreneurship, Leadership

Leap When You’re “Almost Ready”

It was almost 9 years ago. We were at a team building outbound in an adventure camp. Among other adventure games, we also had the opportunity to try out Bungee jumping. It was not very high, maybe about 250 ft tall crane from which we were supposed to jump off of. Having participated in all the adventure games, we wanted to try bungee. Out of the 12 odd people in the team, only three people were willing to jump. I was one of the three. One of my friends who thought that this was a crazy act warned me and […]

Entrepreneurship, Ideas, Innovation

What’s Killing our Creativity?

Scene 1: I was visiting a hospital today to visit someone who is admitted there to get through a minor surgery. He was supposed to check into the hospital at noon on a given date and check out at about 4:00PM the next day. This means that he had to spend about 28 hours in the hospital. Even for these 28 hours when he was in the hospital, when he was officially on medical leave, he was still working. He was checking his email, responding to his calls and even checking his social media feeds (twitter, Facebook, linked and Instagram). […]