2007–2025
1,265 posts
2025 3
December 2025
- Don’t Waste a Master: Stop Asking Questions That Only Make You Look Smart
- Metrics that matter as you review your year for meaning.
April 2025
2019 1
October 2019
2018 12
November 2018
October 2018
- The myth of maintaining status quo
- Why you should care about the invisible power exchange with your past…
- Self-care is NOT a selfish act.
- Shifting your focus is not optional
- Trading growth for sympathy?
- When the passion is strong…
- Inconvenient in the short term, but…
- Just because you can get by being average…
- Are you playing or are you being played?
September 2018
2017 7
November 2017
October 2017
June 2017
January 2017
2016 25
December 2016
October 2016
September 2016
August 2016
- A mentor is a transformation catalyst…
- Highlights from the conversation between Joe Polish and Sean Stephenson
July 2016
June 2016
May 2016
- 7 Beliefs That are Shaping my Life – Opher Brayer Edition
- Notes and takeaways from a few of Jack Ma’s speeches
- Notes from the interview with Biz Stone at Commonwealth Club
- 7 Beliefs That are Shaping My Life – DP Sridhar Edition
- 7 Core Beliefs That are Shaping my Life – Ravi Gundlapalli Edition
- 7 Core Beliefs That are Shaping My Life
April 2016
- RIP Bill Campbell – a few lessons from the “coach”
- Balancing the quest for serendipity and the desire to focus
- The pure magic of combining the right image with the right words
- Capitalize or be capitalized – Facebook Live and more…
- Boost the impact with a powerful backstory
March 2016
- The blind spot on getting inspired from serial-rejections to super-stardom stories
- You already know how to adapt…
- Beware of the positive thinking blind spot
- A small shift in narrative, a big shift on the impact
January 2016
2015 29
October 2015
September 2015
- Jeffrey Hayzlett on his new book – Think Big, Act Bigger
- Five simple ideas to fix “gratitude gaps”
- The Graceful Slap
- The four flavors of seeking feedback
- The time-tested way to create resonance about your product
- How to Increase the Odds of Creating a Positive Bias
- The one unquestionable filter for people in your network
- The one HIDDEN assumption that might cause a lot of pain
- Relevant Difference vs Noise
- Three Barriers to Breakthroughs
- The Invisible Fear of Depth
- Learning Matters More When You are Engaged in Something That Matters a Lot
- The Second Best Way to Getting Even
- Not Every Failure Gets You a Brownie Point…
- How to Turn a One-Time Gift Into an Ongoing Gift Subscription
- How to Manage Internal Conversations
- Are you Capitalizing on Inspiration Arbitrage?
- The Power of the Right Public Promise
- Every email is an investment pitch
- How to Pick the Right Projects to Work
- Three Reasons Letting Go is Not Easy
- A Lesson From a 24-shot Espresso
August 2015
- The ONE element to focus on to deepen your relationships
- Change the World OR Change the World Around You
- When Just in Time is Not Just the Right Time…
April 2015
February 2015
January 2015
2014 11
December 2014
- Lessons from The Instigator Experience – Interview with Srinivas Rao
- One blind spot to avoid in your quest to be true to yourself
- Why is it hard to get what you are worth?
November 2014
July 2014
April 2014
March 2014
February 2014
2013 74
December 2013
- On “Body of Work” by Pamela Slim
- Bringing Out the F.I.R.E. Within You
- Metrics That Matter Most for 2014 (free PDF)
- Here is the problem
November 2013
October 2013
September 2013
- Scale Matters.
- Defining Moments and Talk at SF on September 24
- Five Reasons You Might be Ignoring Your Greatest Competitor
- The Path to Commanding Marketplace Premium
- The insanely Simple Key to Boost Your Leverage
- What you might really be saying when you say you are super busy…
- Seven Dilemmas for First-Time Entrepreneurs
August 2013
- Why is it hard to get support for your first startup?
- 7 Insights in 7 Minutes by Dave Logan
- The fastest way to reveal your true intentions
- Making it Real: Water Walk Experience at Inbound13
- Mini Saga #130 – Fundamentals
- The most MEANINGFUL competitive advantage
July 2013
- 7 Insights In 7 Minutes By Kare Anderson
- Mini Saga #129 – Calmness
- The Opposite of Boredom is…
- 9 Steps to Joyful Living
- 7 Insights in 7 Minutes by Guy Kawasaki
- Three Examples of Practical Innovation
- Getting to the Start Line
- The Yearly Delta
- 7 Core Elements of Your First Startup
- 7 Steps to Getting Your Startup Story Right
- All You Have to Do is to be You…or Not
- Romancing the Pitch…
- The Role Model Blind Spot
- 7 Steps to be a Game Changer in the Lives of People
- Richie Norton on The Power of Starting Something Stupid
June 2013
- The Instant Immersion Advantage
- Three clues to spot free riders
- How to get your network working
- The Impact Habit Survey
- How to prepare to be an entrepreneur
- How to decide what to learn next
- The Invisible Power of Competence Plus Calmness
May 2013
- Sergey Brin on Google Glass – Making a case (or not)
- Are you ready to do something special?
- Six Simple Growth Equations
- One More Thank You
April 2013
- Mini Saga #128 – Readiness
- Why some smart people become oblivious to their stupid actions
- 9 Points to Ponder
- Why many smart people can’t get buy-in from others
- How to CRAFT a conversation that moves the needle
- How to Capitalize on Your Most Underestimated Asset
March 2013
- A welcome hurdle
- Observe a little, learn a lot
- William Miller on Business Model Innovation
- On Return on Relationship by Ted Rubin and Kathryn Rose
- You made a mistake. Now what?
- The path of least growth
February 2013
- Interview with Sunil Kanderi on launching Mokriya’s Craigslist App
- Why MANY smart people defend themselves aggressively
- Do you think a rose is beautiful?
- The Ultra-short Course on Seduction
- The Art of Graceful Disagreement
- Mini Saga #127 – The Search
- 9 Things You Must Forget from Your School
- How to Deal with a Masked Narcissist
January 2013
2012 116
December 2012
- 9 Reasons Why Your New Year Resolutions Fail
- Labels You Secretly Love
- 17-Point Program to Have the Best Year of Your Life
- 11 Silent Enemies that Wreck Havoc in Life
- STIR again!
- The Startup Glory Equation
- Metrics That Matter Most for 2013 (Free One Page PDF)
- How to design a “touching” thank you card…
November 2012
October 2012
- 3-Minute Ego Test
- How to get ridiculously cool testimonials
- From an Expert to a Guru | Interview with Mitchell Levy
- Follow the Instructions!
- Mini Saga #126 – Artist
- Act 2
September 2012
- How to set the right context to add more power to your story
- The Inflection Point Around 40
- Launching BLOGTASTIC!
- Sarah Evans on [Re]Frame
- Lisa Haneberg on Never-Ending New Beginnings
- The Curious Case of Missing Option Three
- How to be Remarkable
- The First 99%
August 2012
July 2012
- Please put on your oxygen mask first…
- On problem solving – Interview with Kristin Merz
- The Best Feedback for a First-time Entrepreneur
- The Invisible Power of Bias
- Every dog has its day
- What’s wrong with waiting for an opportunity?
- When in Rome, Do as Romans Do | The Facebook Experiment
- Sarah Lacy shares what makes a good story for PandoDaily
June 2012
- You should take a quick look at this…
- How to sell more
- Pay Twice.
- I am busy right now…
- 7 Reasons Why Paying More May be a Good Strategy
- 15 Business Lessons from Irwin Federman
- How to walk away from not-so-good people in your life
- A Thank You a Day…
- Mini Saga #125 – Focus
- 7 ways you may be exposing your insecurities
- Unstallation in progress…
- You have to judge a cover by its book
- It was a good meeting
- The First Filter
- An element of mystery
- There is no guarantee that this will work
- This is my answer
- Stacking Up Your Idea
- This is a burden!
- You have 30 minutes
- The Practical Reason for Why Mimic is Not the Best Strategy
- I am worried about my mounting debt
May 2012
- Out-of-the-box thinking on out-of-the-box thinking
- I hate red lights, roadblocks and detours
- To Think Lists
- Meet with Me
- Business Cards Designed to Make You Think
- Lessons from Facebook IPO that Startups Can Use
- Boundary Conditions
- History in the Making
- 9 Ways to Ensure that You Don’t Get Good Help
- The 110% Question
- The curious case of “Show, Not Tell”
- Burden for Some or Blessing for Many?
- My job is done!
- Being Congruent?
- Building a global platform to be COO
April 2012
- What makes you happy?
- Belief vs Reality
- The Prize is Already in the Preparation; The Art of Personal Branding
- Ambassadors of Care – Interview with Paul D’Souza
- 7 Kinds of Social Media Companions You Must Avoid
- Why SOME Smart People Fall Hard From the Top?
- Change your words to change your world…
- The Stress and the Straddle
- 7 Messages You Carry With You ALL the Time
March 2012
- Some restrictions apply*
- Let the magic begin…
- ABCD Model for Building Thought Leadership
- Expanding your capacity – 4 minute video
- An act of highest contribution
- Mini Saga #124 – Ubuntu
- Because of…
- 10 Good Reasons to Get a Mentor
- The power of the right intersection
- Your readers will benefit from this!
- Positivity at Work by Chris Edmonds and Lisa Zigarmi
- Unpacking Your Toolbox
- Mini Saga #123 – Realization
- You have no other choice
- This book will transform you
February 2012
- A positive spin
- Uncomfortable Triggers
- Important, but Underrated
- Is your Boss killing your ideas?
- Free Upgrade
- Why SOME smart people give bad advice?
- The silent contributor to your results
- Beware of the overdraft protection
- Being grateful…
- Who is an Entrepreneur?
January 2012
- The Relentless Manifesto
- Seeing is Believing (Most of the Time)
- Dave Gardner on Using Social Media to Connect With Big Companies
- The 30% Factor
- How much higher education do you need?
- Three secrets to effective emails
- Looking for Proof…
- Plane, Helicopter and Street Views on Entrepreneurship
- Announcing CEREBRATE #4 – Nominations welcome
- Joe Stump on Lens.ly, a project by Mokriya
- Mini Saga #122 – New Partnership
2011 120
December 2011
- Mini Saga #121 – New Year Card
- Rejection may just be a stop sign – Jai Ho story
- The stop signs
- Radically different in 2012
- The Personal Big Bubble
- 7 Lessons for a lifetime from 100 days in Mumbai
- It starts with the (right) intent
- Dr. Liz Alexander on Thought Leadership
- Mini Saga #120 – Beauty
- When extraordinary is the default
- Pain on Sale. Anyone?
- A Refresher on 7 Laws and Theories Worth Remembering
- The invisible power of the mindset
- The Business Case for Being Authentic
- Distinguish Yourself #216 – Understand the power of stereotypes
- Pathways, Means and Travelers
- Mini Saga #119 – Self-Respect
- Help is on the way*
November 2011
- On becoming small heroes
- Blind spots that smart people should be aware of
- Metrics that Matter for 2012 (one page PDF)
- Why MANY smart people are not social?
- Why MANY smart people don’t do anything with good advice?
- The bar to be joyful
October 2011
- When the value of a diamond is zero
- The road not taken
- 7 Reasons for the Rise of Mediocrity
- Opening new worlds, one connection at a time
- Three Inspiring Videos (AND Three Additional Lessons)
September 2011
- Interview with Sramana Mitra on 1M/1M Program
- Mini Saga #118 – Confidence
- Why many smart people come across as selfish
- The Wise Woman’s Stone
- Why MANY smart people make bad decisions?
- Seven Reasons Why Most Coaching Programs May Not Work For You.
- Why many smart people hit a plateau (and stay there)
August 2011
- How to get rich quickly
- Distinguish Yourself #215 – Create the right building blocks along the way
- 7 Reasons Why Many Smart People Fail to Lead
- The Wolves Inside
- Interview with Al Pittampalli – Read This Before Our Next Meeting
July 2011
- 7 Unwritten Rules of Social Media
- Mini Saga #117 – Original
- Mini Saga #116 – Extraordinary
- Mini Saga #115 – Depth
- Mini Saga #114 – Approach
- Mini Saga #113 – Source
- Mini Saga #112 – Nothing to Lose
- What you should NOT learn about Marketing from HBR Campaigns?
- Mini Saga #111 – Worthwhile
- Mini Saga #110 – Who
- Mini Saga #109 – Practice
- Mini Saga #108 – Energy
- Mini Saga #107 – The Other Side
- Mini Saga #106 – Destiny
- Mini Saga #105 – Respect
June 2011
- Mini Saga #104 – Image
- Mini Saga #103 – Message
- Mini Saga #102 – Uncertainty
- Mini Saga #101 – Alive
- Interview with Michael Feuer about “The Benevolent Dictator”
- Mini Saga #100 – Recipe
- Mini Saga #99 – Transformation
- Mini Saga #98 – Ordinary
- Mini Saga #97 – Intuition
- Mini Saga #96 – Connection
- Mini Saga #95 – Enthusiasm
- Mini Saga #94 – Knowing
- Mini Saga #93 – Articulate
- Mini Saga #92 – Action
- Mini Saga #91 – Intention
- Mini Saga #90 – Experiments
- Mini Saga #89 – Footprints
- Mini Saga #88 – Difference
- Mini Saga #87 – Path
- Mini Saga #86 – Making it happen
- Mini Saga #85 – Trigger
- Mini Saga #84 – Imitation
- Mini Saga #83 – Impossible
- Mini Saga #82 – Fear
- Mini Saga #81 – Justification
- Mini Saga #80 – Unreasonable
- Mini Saga #79 – Preparation
- Mini Saga #78 – Summit
- Mini Saga #77 – Rediscover
- Mini Saga #76 – Belief
- Mini Saga #75 – Today
- All about Professional Speaking – Interview with Shelley Dolley
May 2011
- Mini Saga #74 – The Final Countdown
- What kids want…
- What We Wish We Could Do at School…
- The long road to bringing an idea to life: MySizeFinder Case Study
- Ten “smart” cop-outs
- Announcing CEREBRATE #3 – Looking for Nominations
- Where should you draw the line on criticism?
- The Art of Giving and Getting Help – Part 2
- The Art of Giving and Getting Help – Part 1
April 2011
- How Good Bosses Can Help Smart People Become Smarter
- Why Many Smart People Fail to Make a Good First Impression
- How to Play Tennis With Your Hands Tied: The New Workforce Dilemma
- Creating a social object – ZooZoo Characters!
- Featured in “Top 150 Management and Leaderhip Blogs” – the entire list
March 2011
- What you say and what you mean…
- Today We Are Rich – A sneak preview
- The uncommon cure for time management issues
- How to Make Your Customers Feel Good
- What can you learn about marketing from Tapioca Express?
- Flash Foresight – Your stepping stone to a better future
- Is Twitter a waste of time?
- What enchants Guy Kawasaki?
- Starbucks Auto Vending Machine and a note on Design
February 2011
- Breaking Through the Barrier – Interview with Jack Hayhow
- Do More Faster – Conversation with Brad Feld
- Telling a Better Story: Valentine’s Day Spending Trends
- Sparktastic Volume 1 is now on Slideshare
- Announcing Sparktastic!
January 2011
2010 184
December 2010
- Metrics that Matter for 2011 (One Page PDF)
- As you walk the extra mile…
- A Heart Surgeon and an Internet Marketer: Interview with Dr. Mani
- Pink and Grow Rich; Interview with Deepika Bajaj
- Mini Saga #72 – Request
- When you can’t create a social object…
- What Can You Do When You Don’t Belong to a Club?
- Mini Saga #71 – Offer
- Why MANY smart people fail to make the most of their BIGGEST strengths
- Mini Saga #70 – Perspective
- 5 Ideas to Spot an Opportunity
- 9 Offline Ideas to Enhance Your Online Visibility
- Why MANY smart people won’t solve their REAL problems?
- Ways to Distinguish Yourself #214 – Harness the Magic of a Thank You Counter
November 2010
- Mini Saga #69 – Support
- Thank You and A Challenge for the Next Year
- Mini Saga #68 – Comparison
- Why MANY smart people think they deserve a better position at work?
- Waiting for the right moment?
- Mini Saga #67- Advantage
- Positioning is Yours; Perception is Theirs
- Is Getting Stuck a Bad Thing?
- If you shout, they won’t come…
- Mini Saga #66 – Attention
- PRIVACYtweet: Interview with Lori Ruff
- Mini Saga #65 – Relationship
October 2010
- Why the careers of MANY smart people are stalled in mid-life?
- The Upside of the Downside
- Mini Saga #64 – Service
- Our price is right and we will prove it to you
- Free eBook for Creatives from Meylah: How to Sell Online Effectively
- Designing to be NOT easily broken
- Mini Saga #63 – Job
- Mini Saga #62 – Roulette
- This Car Wash is Free – The Power of the Narrative
- Mini Saga #61 – Thoughtfulness
- A sneak preview of Linchpin by Seth Godin
- The Unexpected: Cebu Pacific Airlines Video
- Why the odds are against you and your startup?
- A sneak preview of #SPORTStweet by Ronnie Lott
September 2010
- The Fourth Move
- You are not qualified to criticize
- Mini Saga #60 – Advantage
- Why MANY smart people face a mid-career dilemma and how you can avoid it.
- Why smart people have trouble making a change
- Well, it seems to make sense…
- The Secret Advantage
- How to make your email stand out?
- 11 Kinds of Popularity
- Tin Tin to the rescue!
- Good Boss, Bad Boss – Inspiring talk by Bob Sutton
- What you are (really) asking
- Making it look easy…
- A “wish” or a “burning desire” ?
- The Price of Not Thanking Enough
August 2010
- An evening with Presentation Gurus
- What IF you realized that you are a spammer…
- Ways to Distinguish Yourself #213 – Beware of mis-aligned benchmarks
- The Power of Storytelling – Neal Baer of Law and Order SVU
- The daily 2-minute progress checklist
- The 9 components of connecting well
- Mini Saga #59 – Assignment
- Ways to Distinguish Yourself #212 – Use self-deprecation right
- One stumbling block to get started (seriously) on your project
- The ONE thing to do before you make your case
- The Case for Listening
- Why MOST smart people are better at solving other people’s problems…
- Gatecrashing into someone’s heart…
July 2010
- Mini Saga Workshop and Mini Saga #58 – Karma
- Ways to Distinguish Yourself #211 – Beware of Drama
- Beating the odds
- Ways to Distinguish Yourself #210 – Bridge the “Gap” to Connect Well
- CEREBRATE Silicon Valley 2010 – Request for Nominations
- Independence Day
- The “right” tools can make a BIG difference
- ONE reason why you are not getting “buy in” for your ideas..
June 2010
- Brilliant Targeting – Reaching the “guilt-free wannabes”
- How can you cut your marketing budget?
- Lateral Thinking Mini Workshop
- Mini Saga #57 – Smart
- 7 Ways to Identify Your Strengths
- Mini Saga #56 – Quest
- Out of sync and not knowing it…
- When the going gets tough…
May 2010
- 7 Reasons Why Some Smart People Criticize Others
- Supermarket Drive-Thru
- Mini Saga #55 – Discount
- The Things That You Don't Like…
- The problem with simply following your heart…
- A mask with any other name..
- One more reason…
- One step closer…
- You can't win with an incomplete story
- Mini Saga #54 – The Sequence
- 7 reasons Why MANY smart people have trouble communicating their ideas
- About Obstacles – Souza
- Why MANY smart people take shortcuts and how you can avoid that trap
April 2010
- The Crutch
- 99Tribes – Are you discoverable on Twitter?
- #DEATHtweet – Interview with Tim Tosta
- Starbucks Masterstroke
- The Invisible Flaw: Setting Up for a Perceived Win
- Repositioning – It is no longer OPTIONAL!
- How can I find people with complementary skills to partner with?
- YouTube Search Stories: The Boss
- We have a project. Can we build a company now?
- Should I give up my values for the sake of the team?
- Horlicks – Nourish or Help You Sleep Well? You Decide.
- Webinar with Marshall Goldsmith on April 1, 2010
March 2010
- 9 Reasons Why Many Smart People Go Nowhere
- Where do you put the gates?
- Why many smart people are taken for granted?
- Why some smart people don't help other people?
- Resting on Your Laurels?
- States of Awareness
- The Power of Permission
- Sandalwood Trees – A Simple Story on Awareness
- Handling Irrelevance
- The One Thing that You Can't Ignore
- Mini Saga #53 – Boss
- Pushed to an edge
- Why some smart people don't take action?
- Just this ONE time…
- Extraordinary
- The Legs
- Just thirty minutes…
- CEREBRATE – A Real Mindshare Experience
- Don't want to miss a meal in the airplane?
- Mini Saga #52 – Purpose
February 2010
- Ways to Distinguish Yourself #209 – Increase granularity of your portable skills
- A single puzzle piece…
- Why some people work hard but don't get appreciated enough for that work?
- Unseen AND Important
- One Hundred Percent
- Making it Memorable (in a geeky way)
- Do you want a gift with it?
- Call in the Next Ten Minutes…
- Watch the stories (pun intended)
- Thirst!
- Our deepest fear.. by Marianne Williamson
- The Present
- Who
- Quotes worth recording – Paramahamsa Yogananda
- Hijack!
- The Distinguish Cycle – Where do you want to begin?
- The problem is never the problem…
- A killer app – "Free" + "Social Proof" + Now!
- Grace and Elegance
- A gentle push…
- Creating "no-brainers for the future"
- Treadmill or the Train…
- Ways to Distinguish Yourself #208- Don't forget the (indirect) responsibility
- Behind the Scenes of the "Power of Scale"
January 2010
- The LINCHPIN in "3 Idiots"
- Sharpening Your Models
- Ways to Distinguish Yourself #207 – Learn To Notice What is Left Unsaid…
- Faster, better and cheaper OR…
- Leap of Faith
- Why Seth Godin's new book "LINCHPIN" is BRILLIANT and SCARY
- Because…
- When you are not working…
- Touched.
- A new foundation
- The link exchange problem and what you can learn from it.
- Top 10+1 Content Marketing Tips for 2010; Free eBook Download
- When you are on a stage…
- The race is not complete if you don't run the last mile…
- A skeleton at your doorstep
- Why nice people will win BIG TIME in the long run?
- Deciding or looking for proof?
- The curse of the ultra-popular
- Metrics that Matter on Video
- The "Free" Dilemma – Bits vs Atoms
- As soon as you finish that project…
- Lighting the fire
- Polished crap
- Tip of the iceberg
- Just because they said so..
- Your Name 2.0
- The silent killer: Mindshare erosion
- Every cloud has a..
- The case for "Free" (again)
- Just one more step…
- Elevator pitch – You need it. Now!
2009 159
December 2009
- Metrics That Matter for 2010
- My 2010 Social Media Manifesto
- Mini Saga #51 – Criticism
- 2010 – The end of the fairy tale employment
- Why some smart people are reluctant to share?
- The Gift
- Mini Saga #50 – Reason
- Mini Saga #49 – Expression
- A-Z of New Year Resolutions for 2010
- What Matters Now – Free eBook
- Mini Saga #48 – Persuasion
- Winning in the Attention Economy
- Mini Saga #47 – Control
- Mini Saga #46 – Stress
- Mini Saga #45 – Validation
- Mini Saga #44 – Argument
- You may not like spam but we insist…
November 2009
- Mini Saga #43 – Notice
- Mini Saga #42 – Perfection
- 15 Low-Cost Ways to Thank Your Favorite Author on this Thanksgiving
- Small things are important..
- NaNoWriMo – Making a Dream Come True
- Wherever you are, you can make a difference
- Thoughtfulness 101 – Robert Scoble
- Ways to Distinguish Yourself #206 – Thank Powerfully!
- Ways to Distinguish Yourself #205 – Dis-Engage When Your Work is Valued Less
- Event: Thought Leadership 2.0
October 2009
- Apples and Oranges: The pitch for pre-paid gas option
- Mini Saga #41 – Loan
- Recharging while sweating…
- Mini Saga #40 – Dream
- Lessons from creating a social media powered eBook
- Mini Saga #39 – Decision
September 2009
- Mini Saga #38 – Surprise
- Lack of dedication OR Walking the extra mile – The Power of Questions
- Mini Saga #37 – Insanity
- Events I am participating this week
- reCaptcha Acquisition – Leverage Squared!
- Mini Saga #36 – Suicide
- Ways to Distinguish Yourself #204 – Add Wings to Your Ideas
- Mini Saga #35 – Recognition
- Mini Saga #34 – Charlie in the Chocolate Factory
August 2009
- Announcing defiant – a social media book project
- The 12 Elements of the Social Media Mindset
- 7 Kinds of Relationship to Social Media
- Think, Write, Retire: An interview with Dr. Mani
- Mini Saga #33 – Moving On
- Lessons from 9 Viral Videos and 3 Second Acts
- Mini Saga #32 – Fired!
- Are you creating the right kind of buzz?
- Mini Saga #31 – Job Search
- 9 Lessons for Entrepreneurs from the Entertainment World
- Ways to Distinguish Yourself #203 – Focus on the edges
- 6 Degrees of Online Influence
- On TH!NKsulting – No Support from Boss and Information Overload
July 2009
- Being Strategic – Interview with Erika Andersen
- On TH!NKsulting: 7 More Questions
- Easy is NOT always EASY…
- A series on "Opportunity" in Life Beyond Code Newsletter
- #ThinkTweet No. 21
- 4 Lessons from Jeff Bezos – Must Watch Video
- Staying Upbeat – Interview on Cranky Middle Manager Show
- Announcing TH!NKSULTING or "Ask a Question"
- Announcing "The Fulcrum Effect" DVD
- How much should you spend to save a dollar?
June 2009
- The Three Stages of an Idea
- The 6 Levels of Engagement in Online Conversations
- There is a book in your heart…
- Upbeat Blog Tour – First Wave
- Newsletter Topic: Please take me from P to Z or Ineffective pre-suppositions
- Upbeat Virtual Blog Tour – Will you participate?
- The Dance of Entrepreneurship
- 9 Ways People Respond to Your Online Content
May 2009
- 25 Creative "Site Maintenance" Messages
- Quick Background for Life Beyond Code Newsletter
- Upbeat Launched; An Offer to Consider
April 2009
- Upbeat Video Interview
- You too, can be flawless, but…
- Daily News…and the case for "Upbeat"
- The Invisible Competitive Advantage at TomPeters.com
- 10 Cheap Tricks to Get More Traffic
- Leverage is the name of the game: The Fulcrum Effect
- The "gradual change" in attitude about "change."
- The Only Miletsone That Matters…
March 2009
- Please watch and contribute (if you can)
- When you are desperate…
- 10 Ways to Interrupt Others
- 9 Ideas about "How NOT to Overwork Your Network"
- Behind the Scenes: Social Media Marketing Industry Report
- Newsletter for the week of March 8, 2009
- Mini Saga #30 – The Opportunity
- Upbeat in Production
- Guarantee please!!
- Update on Upbeat
- Newsletter for the week of March 1, 2009
- Word-of-mouth marketing for a Dry Cleaner
- Newsletter for week of Feb 22
- Amazon Books – Answering a series of questions
- Sign up for the "Life Beyond Code" newsletter
- 10 Ways to Get a License for Inaction
- Skip, Scan, Stop, Save and/or Spread?
- Twitter Digest – Feb 2009
February 2009
- When you have a hammer…
- 140 characters to make you think…
- Behind the Scenes of "Beyond Code"
- Who owes you a big one?
- Ideal Workplace and Ideal Work…
- Twitter Digest – Jan 2009
- Do you want fries with it?
- Michael Jordan on Success – in just 30 seconds…
- Desmond Tutu – A leader is not only a leader but…
- How to Motivate Creative People – Interview with Mark McGuinness
- Have a tip for someone facing a layoff?
- Can you fold a T-shirt in 2 seconds?
- The Business Case for Giving Away Your Best Work for FREE!
- Compassites – Message for February 2009
- Top 25 Films of 2008 (based on box office earnings)
- There is a time and a PLACE…
- Dance Like Nobody's Watching…
January 2009
- "Beyond Code" in the library
- It's not the survival of the fittest…
- Your stress in the downturn…
- Hmm..Isn't that interesting…
- Can you take a guess?
- Behind the scenes – Gurbaksh Chahal; An inspiring story
- Ways to distinguish yourself #202 – Avoid common mis-attributions
- Ways to distinguish yourself #201 – Tell the right story to the right people.
- A Pinball Game and Teamwork
- Venture Capital Story in Q4 2008 – Now Told Visually…
- Twitter – A 2-Minute Introduction
- 11 Insights from Steve Jobs
- You (don't) have more power than you think
- Upbeat Video Intro – Interviewed by Mike Stelzner
- One more reason why a "Personal Brand" is all the more important now…
- In search of Oasis: Social Networking Popularity
- How do you get business from your social and professional network?
- What a "Personal Brand" is NOT – at TomPeters.com
- Would you refer an interim CEO for $5?
- Twitter Digest – Networking 101
- Keeping a promise you make to yourself
- More clients in this economy?
- Story Telling
- Things that make me smile #47 – The Interview
- Sneak preview of Upbeat – Radio Interview on KZSU
- Reasons people IGNORE your request
- Gary Vaynerchuk on "Secrets of Success"
- Mini Saga #30 – The Discount
- Twitter Digest – December 2008
- Your New Year Resolutions Already Broken?
- A song and a few questions
- Simple AND effective.
- Staging the sale
- Status Check for 2009: Is Your Job Safe?
- A VERRRRY late entry to Twitter
- Barnes and Noble: Carpet bombing won't help!!
- Inspiration for 2009: Lessons from elBulli
- Reasons Facebook Ads don't work…
- Fighting on textbooks now…
- What would you do in the new year…
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December 2008
- To "Let Go" List for the new year
- The #1 Social Media Metric
- What can a great teacher do?
- The New Year Resolution Dilemma
- New Year is here; where is the bar?
- Welcoming 2009
- Pursuing your passion – Dave Maskin
- How To Increase Value for Your Readers
- Something to think about…
- Things that make me smile #46 – The Zen of Sarcasm
- Kevin Eikenberry reviews “Beyond Code”
- Beware of Awareness Tests at Lateral Action
- Wachovia Advertisement: Want your gas money back?
- Validation – A touching movie (15 minutes)
- Things that make me smile #45 – Definitions Redefined
- Seth Godin on "the power of smart copywriting"
- The Bullock Cart and the Race Car
- You need a "Reality Check"
- Pre-stealing ideas
- Advice for Tough Times – From Tom Peters Times UK
- A simple cure for the Buzzword Bingo
- A fundamental law – Give more and you will get more
November 2008
- 25 Tips to Selling in a Recession
- The Loss You Would Never Know…
- Mini Saga #29 – The Sale
- Sad and shocked; My prayers are with families of those that lost their lives in Mumbai today
- Get a bargain but not at the price of mindshare
- Ways to distinguish yourself #200 – Understand the story behind the story
- Ways to distinguish yourself #199 – Exit gracefully
- Let me conform but treat me differently
- A little bit of (positive) surprise…
- Professional Services Maturity Model – Request for participation
- Phil helps spread the message about “Beyond Code” giveaway
- Gradually…Then Suddenly
- Feedback – You need it to surive and to thrive
- Thanksgiving Wishes – Please download the full version of "Beyond Code" FREE
- Mini Saga #28 – Competition
- Beyond Code reviewed at Elegant Code
- Book recommendations for Middle Managers…
- What should a printing company do in a green world?
- Ways to distinguish yourself #198 – Don't focus on the "derivative" at the expense of the "core"
October 2008
- Mini Saga #27 – The Game
- Diwali Wishes and a Related Thought
- Things that make me smile #44 – When the reverse is true TOO…
- Love and Entrepreneurship – Right from Bollywood
- HARP – Having an Attitude that's Recession-Proof!
- Ways to distinguish yourself #197 – Be comfortable with "Nothing"
- "Behind The Car" now behind the car (literally)
- Things that make smile #43 – UnIntended or Pun Intended :)
- Entrepreneur Journeys – A conversation with Sramana Mitra
- Powerful Platform + Passionate People = Endless possibilities
- The art of customer (dis)service
- Things that make me smile #42 – Sarcasm 101
- Things that make me smile #41 – Ridiculous offers
- Launching "Behind The Car" project
- Ways to distinguish yourself #196 – Be aware of your circle of awareness
September 2008
- A tourist will always find…
- What "Not To Do" while you grow your blogging empire
- Things that make me smile #40 – Captcha or "Capt challenge"?
- Real-time and creative crowdsourcing at work!!
- The Fulcrum Effect – Services Industry Summit at Las Vegas – Oct 7, 2008
- Eepybird teaches us a lesson in creativity – Sticky Notes Video
- Mini Saga: The Child – Contributed by Sterling Lanier
- Ways to distinguish yourself #195 – Stop sending "MeMails"
- Blogging Starter Checklist Updated (again!)
- Things that make me smile #39 – Breaking News
- Quotes worth recording – Helen Keller
- Ways to Distinguish Yourself #194 – Copy "being" rather than copying "Doing"
- I know Bob..
- Things that make me smile #38 – Brakes are not working…
- The power is in the interpretation
- Saving The World At Work AND making a profit!
- iCharts launched; Invitation code for premium beta accounts
- The competition dilemma
- Optimists and Pessimists – The big difference is..
- Invitation to participate in BRANDTASTIC! project…
- Dis-Incentives to keep things simple…
- Making a "memorable" statement
- Risk and Reward
- Sometimes you win and sometimes you..
- DAMN if you don't DAARE…
- Thirst!
- Prices are always relative…
- Google Chrome: Focus moving to capturing "Real Estate"
- The definition of a killer app (courtesy: Hanley Brite)
August 2008
- The Journey
- The Grass Dilemma – Business Ethics Quiz?
- Mini Saga Sightings – Thank you
- 2008 Quought for the Day #17 – Mike Kanazawa
- 2008 Quought for the Day #16 – Liz Strauss
- 2008 Quought for the Day #15 – Dave Taylor
- 2008 Quought for the Day #14 – Steve Shapiro
- Ways to Distinguish Yourself #193 – Watch your Effort-Value Curve
- 2008 Quoght for the Day #13 – Jack Hayhow
- DVD Rental Battle Zone – Netflix vs Blockbuster+RedBox+Hulu+Cable Networks…
- The Power of Patience – Take Two
- A Perspective on Life and Death
- Ways to Distinguish Yourself #192 – Get In Their Shoes
- Views on a New Opportunity (Note: VCs please avoid reading this)
- Why You Can't Ignore Blogs – Take Two
- Horror on an Airplane; Please support Mohan
- Six-Word Memoir – Retake
- Local, Targeted and Religious Marketing…
- Doing Good Via Spam Protection: The Art of Leverage
- What's Your Medal Tally? – Behind the Scenes of myPicks
- Ways to distinguish yourself #191 – Add an extra "Thank You"
- If this was the last thing you could say to a person…
- Ways to distinguish yourself #190 – Stop punishing yourself un-necessarily
- Why is Patience Hard?
- The low cost way of building a Personal Brand…
- I just remembered you…
- Jiffle Ad and one more reason why we need good help
- Innovation Everywhere – Now it is with sarees
- Help! – My help was forgotten
- New ChangeThis Manifesto – Mini Sagas: Bite Sized Wisdom for Life and Business
- Quotes worth recording – Barbara Sher
- Things that make me smile #38 – The Reason To Buy Something
- Getting the right knowledge…
- Screencast – "Using Jiffle" – Courtesy of Andrew MacNeill
- Whatever be your business, there is an opportunity to innovate
- Talk the Walk – A quick dose of inspiration by Tim Sanders
- 2008 Quought for the Day #12 – Rock Clapper
- 2008 Quought for the Day #11 – Thomas Clifford
- Making Smarter Connections – By Bill Sherman
July 2008
- How can you make your customers your menu home?
- Quought for the Day #10 – Brian Solis
- The Business Brickyard – Interview with Howard Mann
- The bar is lower to claim your expertise..
- 2008 Quought for the Day #9 – Michael Weissman
- 2008 Quought for the Day #8 – Stuart Scott
- Quotes worth recording – Dee Hock
- 2008 Quought for the Day #7 – Erika Andersen
- Mini Saga #26 – The Follower
- Yikes
- 1 Trillion Pages – Which ones are relevant to Baby Boomers?
- Creating High-Impact Ideas That Work – Virtual Seminar by Dan Heath
- On Entrepreneurship and on creating better solutions for families – Interview with Sheila Marcelo
- 2008 Quought for the Day #6 – AnnaMaria Turano
- Big Ideas to Big Results – Interview with Mike Kanazawa
- 2008 Quought for the Day #5 – David Meerman Scott
- You should be proud of working for us…
- 2008 Quought for the Day #4 – Delaney Kirk
- 2008 Quought for the Day #3 – Stephen Hopson
- 2008 Quought for the Day #2 – Nick Morgan
- 2008 Quought for the Day #1 – Sally Pera
- Announcing Quought for the Day series for 2008
- Social Capital 101 – Interview with Bill Sherman
- Wisdom of the flying pig – Interview with Jack Hayhow
- McDonalds Iced Coffee and shifting the criteria
- IndyMac Bank – A scary lesson for everyone
- Is the ball in my court?
- Ways to distinguish yourself #189 – Disproportionately shift the baseline over time
- Just being nice is NOT enough
- Goals with and without help
- The best gift your customer can give you
- You can't do it alone and you can't get help easily either
- Managing Time vs Increasing Leverage
- Samsung Advertisement Experience
- How to make the most of web meetings; Interview with Wayne Turmel
- In search of certainty…
- A quick lesson about the value of mentors and teachers
- Stop worrying about your idea and start focusing on execution
- The Chasm on the Road to Distinction
- The Personal Branding Dilemma
- Google Adwords and a Blonde joke
- Globat Automatic Upgrade Scam – Company never learns
- On Inspiration by Wislawa Szymborska
June 2008
- Quotes worth recording – Terry Pearce
- News and its journey upwards
- Things that make me smile #37 – Blonde Mortician
- the loyalty factor
- Incredible India?
- GMC says – keep doing what you are doing
- How to commoditize yourself fast
- Ways to distinguish yourself #188 – Avoid Graffiti
- Discipline is in the details..
- Physically close.. mentally far away…
- Being in the crowd of ONE
- Things that make me smile #36 – Toilet Paper
- The mark of an insanely-unbelievably-extraordinarily successful product
- Fulfilling the promise with ease…
- Ways to Distinguish Yourself #187 – Raise Awareness on your offers
- 50 words; so many benefits
- Quotes worth recording – Jacob Bronowski
May 2008
- Startup Validation Trap – Not focusing on all parties
- Differentiating yourself in a services business
- The therapeutic value of blogging…
- Business week says – "The Wave of Retirees? Not so Big"
- Disconnecting distraction – Essay by Paul Graham
- Chrysler $2.99 Fuel Guarantee – What's under the hood of the offer
- Startup Founder Paradox – Will you have enough time to morph?
- Typical feedback cycle…
- Quotes worth recording – Lou Holtz
- Quotes worth recording – Roger Babson
- Things that make me smile #35 – How NOT to use Powerpoint by Dan McMillan
- Barriers for Knowledge Transfer – Gabriel Szulanski research findings
- Quack quack..
- Six word memoir (courtesy: Dan Pink)
- WebGuild's Beginner's Guide to Twitter
- Mini Saga #25 – The Entrepreneur
- Quotes worth recording – Bobby Knight
- What you don't see…
- Quotes worth recording – James M. Barrie
- Stopping unsolicited credit card offers
- The Help Paradox
- Things that make me smile #34 – Man and Woman
- Quotes worth recording – Jean Rostand
April 2008
- What are you paying for making money?
- Quotes worth recording – Lisa Kirk
- I want to do this, but…. – Message from The Zahir
- EO and Peer Networking – An interview with David Hassell; May 8 event
- Are you covered?
- The cost of blindly copying someone…
- How much does it cost to ignore you?
- Late again. But…
- The Awareness Test
- Always On and Loving It…
- Ways to distinguish yourself #186 – Stop Pushworking
- Boosting your social networking ego (smile)
- Mini Saga #24 – Requirements Analysis
- Got goals?
- Things that make me smile #33 – New Shirt
- World Clock!
- NYTimes Story on Blogging – Blog Till You Drop; My take
- Ways to distinguish yourself #185 – Pay Attention to Your Zeroth Impression
- Mimic as a strategy for competitive advantage?
- Quotes worth recording – Buckminister Fuller
- The best angle to approach a problem…
- Mini Saga #23 – Networking
- Quotes worth recording – Buckminister Fuller
- An extra mile there and a mile short here…
March 2008
- One more way to make Google rich!
- Quotes worth recording – Gertrude Stein
- "Rainmaking During Times of Recession" – April 19 event
- Jiffle: 2008 "Webware 100" Finalist; Need your vote
- Stress is…
- People and Things
- The Paradox of Learning (example of Time Management)
- How do I become better at blogging?
- New and Improved Jiffle launched
- Pre-Entrepreneurship "Crash" Course
- Difference between a discovery engine and a search engine
- 1000: The more I learn, I discover that there is more to learn
- Fantasy Test
- Gaining competitive advantage is NOT easy
- A Gift For Your Boss – May be a copy of "Strategy and the Fat Smoker"?
- Jason Goldberg's brilliant advice for startup entrepreneurs
- Adjacent Social Objects
February 2008
- The Invitation
- Do you have results or explanations for no results?
- From Globat with Love – Automatic upgrade :(
- Billboards or Trucks?
- Test of your character – Goeff Boycott's view
- Social Media for Large Enterprises – Interview with Glenn Gow
- StopWatch Marketing – Interview with AnnaMaria and John
January 2008
- Mini Saga #22 – The Trend
- Mini Saga #21 – The Price
- Dating Business: Pursuit of perfection in something that can never be perfect
- Pick Me Up – 24 hour book project
- Mini Saga #20 – Happiness
- If it's not helping, it may be hurting you…
- Expanding Your Capacity in the New Year – Excerpts
- KZSU Radio – Jan 9, 2008 at 7.30 AM; Expanding your capacity in the new year
- Boomer411 – Helping Baby Boomers find relevant content quickly
- 200 more invites for Dhingana
- Quotes worth recording – Sir. M. Visvesvarayya
- Quotes worth recording – Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
- May your capacity expand in 2008; Happy New Year
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December 2007
- India Healthcare Crisis and the Competition (Piramal Prize)
- Dhingana 2.0 launched; Get invites here…
- Questionable reasons to become an entrepreneur #10 – I have a lot of business connections
- Questionable reasons to become an entrepreneur #9 – I have inside information
- Questionable reasons to become an entrepreneur #8 – Everyone loves me
- Adi Godrej and the re-incarnation question
- Questionable reasons to become an entrepreneur #7 – My company makes all the money from my efforts
- Questionable reasons to become an entrepreneur #6 – My friends and I want to create something together
- Questionable reasons to become an entrepreneur #5 – I have a project from my current employer
- Questionable reasons to become an entrepreneur #4 – I have a great idea
- Questionable reasons to become an entrepreneur #3 – I can make a ton of money
- Questionable reasons to become an entrepreneur #2 – You want to get out of the box
- Questionable reasons to become an entrepreneur #1 – My friend did it, so can I
- VC dilemma: How many "No"s before a "Yes"?
- How are YOU impacting your team members and vice versa?
- Quotes worth recording – Jules Renard
- What you say and what they may hear…
- Lifestyle vs. "Earnings and Net worth"
- Quotes worth recording – Bob Buford
- Ways to distinguish yourself #184 – Invest your time to understand filters
- A typical startup…
- The risks of Mega Projects for team members
- Entrepreneur 2.0 and In Search of Inexperience – My take
- 800-CEO-READ Author Pow Wow – Update and Thank you
- Mini Saga #19 – The Missing Piece
- Recycling on the plane
- I want three blankets
- Can you assign seat numbers for standing?
- Facebook page updated – Added 14 audio programs
November 2007
- Making your emails mobile-user-friendly – vol 2
- Life Beyond Code channel on YouTube
- On Facebook now – welcome to connect
- Asking the right question
- There is a always a positive side
- Chilli sauce
- Can you handle suddenly changing terrains?
- The secret – Confusing coincidence with correlation?
- Quotes worth recording – Eric Hoffer
- We are sinking.. Berlitz Ad
- When fine print ruins great customer service…
- Isha Yoga Program – Nov 28 to Dec 4 – Highly Recommended
- Things that make me smile #32 – Facebook Maths
- Quotes worth recording – Jonathan Swift
- Multitasking?
October 2007
- Entrepreneur Support Program Launch event – Nov 15, 2007
- Nov 3, 2007: Speaking at SIPA Annual Event – Building and super-charging lasting relationships
- Oct 25, 2007 – Speaking at San Francisco; Topic: "The Next Level"
- The Extra-mile Exercise: Selling scented candles
- The cookie story told in pictures
- Columbus and All About Steak
- iPolipo presenting at SIIA OnDemand – Nov 2007
- Behind the Scenes: The Story of Suggestica
- One challenge to get your story noticed…
- Why bother when it's easy to automate…
September 2007
- "How to distinguish yourself in the marketplace" – NYC Oct 3 event
- Ways to distinguish yourself #183 – Increase your capacity to increase capacity of others
- Black mark
- A Blogger's fantasies
- "Making the most of your time" article published on PSVillage
- Making your emails mobile-user-friendly – Vol 1
- What Motivates People: Beckwith 40
- Ways to distinguish yourself #182 – Structure yourself to get high-quality help requests
- Inspiration Arrival: Viktor Prochaska interviews me for his blog – Part 3 and Part 4
- Inspiration Arrival: Viktor Prochaska interviews me for his blog – Part 2
- Inspiration Arrival: Viktor Prochaska interviews me for his blog – Part 1
- I will teach you how you can get what I got without you having to pay the price I paid…
- 10 reasons to pursue an MBA…
- Quotes worth recording – John Milton
- Things that make me smile #31 – For healthy teeth, squeeze the tube from the bottom
- Small acts of thoughtfulness
August 2007
- Product Pitches on Airlines – A few samples
- What does it mean to be focused – by Stuart Scott
- Update on ChangeThis Manifesto – Making the Most of your Time
- Ways to distinguish yourself #181 – Remember your friends when you don't NEED them
- Ways to distinguish yourself #180 – Build flexibility into your future
- 10 reasons why you may not ask for help
- Ways to distinguish yourself #179 – Invent new possibilities daily
- How far should a startup plan ahead?
- Outsourcing Catch-22
- Ways to distinguish yourself #178 – Welcome new rules
- The time way before the prime-time
- Let's keep the signal-to-noise ratio low :(
- Manifesto "Making The Most Of Your Time" released on ChangeThis
- Captured?
- Quotes worth recording – Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
- Quotes worth recording – Tom Peters
- Scheduling your portrait session online – Jessica Grieves on iPolipo
- Quotes worth recording – David Kelley
July 2007
- Bank account of life – A simple story about happiness
- How to get the attention of anyone every time…
- Do you know your "Story Ignorance Index"?
- Quotes worth recording – Albert Einstein
- How are you living your life today?
- When you host a party…
- Quotes worth recording – Virginia Satir
- Ways to distinguish yourself #177 – Be (truly) there for someone
- Techies may have to work Saturdays also – Silicon India news item
- Communicating powerfully – A movie on Blood Pressure
- The fundamental problem with a link exchange request
- How do you execute a link exchange?
- Quotes worth recording – Jack Welch
- From darkness to light – A simple prayer
- Michael Sampson's take on iPolipo; Two other iPolipo udpates
- People want short-term results…
- Reverse Offshoring and "The Tortoise and the Hare" story
- Just in case…
- Quotes worth recording – Frank A. Clark
- Making money via advertising while losing money on the deal…
- DHL and the art of information design
- When the other person does not fight back…
- Ways to distinguish yourself #176 – Stop believing in your own (weak) excuses
- One way to enforce guidelines…
June 2007
- Ways to distinguish yourself #175 – Create the ultimate lasting impression…
- Playing chess with the marketplace?
- Do seconds matter?
- Public Seminar for Software Professionals – June 30 at Hyderabad, India.
- You can't be everything to everyone, but…
- Do you have a chocolate fountain?
- The more I learn; the deeper I am in debt
- Are you "listening" enough – Courtesy of Paul D'Souza
- Quotes worth recording – Voltaire
- Quotes worth recording – Niccolo Machiavelli
- Have you sent a "No Progress" report lately?
- My next book – What they didn't tell you about blogging…; Request for inputs
- My Life; My Place – Slideshow
- Can you throw a ball into a cup?
- What they didn't tell you about blogging – #41 – #50
- What they didn't tell you about blogging – A few more items
- Behind the scenes – Dekoh; Interview with Vijay Pullur
- Quotes worth recording – A.E. Hotchner
- The Power of Questions – updated
- Quotes worth recording – William Gibson
- Behind the scenes of Truemors and the right conclusions
- Behind the scenes – Eventbee Network Ticket Selling and Event Listing
- The First Few Steps – Article published in BizTech Magazine
- Behind the scenes of "Send" (a fascinating read)
May 2007
- What is hard for your competition to copy?
- Does your company need "attention" desperately?
- Ways to distinguish yourself #174 – Surprise someone positively (at regular intervals)
- Quotes worth recording – Mahatma Gandhi
- A (simple) question and a (simple) challenge
- Rewards are ALWAYS proportional to the risks…
- Bay Area events: Seth Godin on May 23; Lisa Haneberg on May 24
- 10 additional things they didn't tell you about blogging
- Announcing "Quought on Time" series on "Time Matters" blog
- An inspirational video with an important message by Stephen Hopson
- Recommended Reading – "Send" by David Shipley and Will Schwalbe
- Quotes worth recording – Luciano Di Crescenzco
- If you just focus on fixing someone…
- If Bangalore really wants to be Silicon Valley of India…
April 2007
- More on commodotization – you can never rest
- What will be your defense against commoditization?
- A simple story about thoughtfulness…
- A review that brought tears in my eyes
- Blogging Starter Checklist – A milestone and a BIG THANK YOU
- Quotes worth recording – H.E.Luccock
- Seth Godin Live in Silicon Valley May 23, 2007 – confirmed
- Behind the Scenes – "Tips from the Trenches" project
- Why are the open source business people not ultra-rich yet?
- Two Weeks to a Breakthrough Video – Lisa Haneberg
- Software 2007, Building Relationships and more – Interview with MR Rangaswami
- Via email with love – Proposal for Strategic Alliance
- Interested in helping to bring Seth Godin to Silicon Valley – May 21 (tentative)?
- On Happiness: The Story of Two Cats
- You know that your brand is powerful when…
March 2007
- I don't need anything…
- One page review of Beyond Code
- Apprentice is really not a "reality show"
- What is the point really?
- The art of the freebie
- Non-information overload
- Quotes worth recording – Kathleen Mitchell
- The Magic Trick
- Things you won't see in a business plan
- Mini Saga #18 – The Sales Seminar
- Quotes worth recording – Elbert Hubbard
- When Unsubscribe really does not mean "Unsubscribe"…
- The story of life – same question; different responses…
- Thank you; Quick updates
- Javier Marti's new project Tredirama is looking for authors to write about the future
- Mini Saga #17 – The Reality Show
- Business Book Review – Free summary of Beyond Code
- Mini Saga #16 – The Startup
- The real cost of your computer – it's not the price you paid
- Taking thoughtfulness to a new level
- I have a fantasy…
- Ways to distinguish yourself #173 Capitalize on your accidents
- Quick. Got a business card – add them to your mailing list
February 2007
- Lisa Haneberg interviews me for her Fireside Chat Podcast Series
- Quotes worth recording – Edmond Rostand
- Things that make me smile #30 – Behind every successful man…
- Jade Oolong Tea – Distinguishing and commanding a premium
- Learning from "side effects"
- Get inspired by Invincibelle interviews
- Quought for the day #56 – Rob Crawford
- New project from Phil Gerbyshak and Liz Strauss – Relationship Bloggers Conference – SOBCon07
- Quought for the Day #55 – Jnan Dash
- Watching the bestseller lists…
- Quought for the day #54 – Gary Sage
- Quought for the Day #53 – Karen Kang
- Quought for the Day #52 – Greg Balanko-Dickson
- Quought for the Day #51 – Scot Herrick
- Valentine's Day Wishes; Life Beyond Code turns TWO today; Anniversary GIFT – Lasting Relationships eBook
- Quought for the Day #50 – John Richardson
- Quought from Anonymous
- Looking for web 2.0 enthusiasts
- Did you know? – Scott McLeod – must watch!
- Quought for the Day #49 – Sterling Lanier
- Quought for the Day #48 – Dr. Kirsten Harrell
- Quought for the Day #47 – Delaney Kirk
- Quought for the Day #46 – Paul Graham
- Point to ponder: Your last few phone calls
- Brandon at BizBookTalk giving away 5 copies of "Beyond Code"
- Quought for the day #45 – Jodee Bock
- Quought for the day #44 – Drew McLellan
- Quought for the day #43 – Mike Wagner
- Accepting the data does not mean that you need to accept the claims…
- Quought for the day #42 – Timothy Johnson
- Quought for the day #41 – Atanu Dey
- Quought for the day #40 – Kimberly Wiefling
- Ways to distinguish yourself #172 – Manage costs associated with your contribution
- Quought for the day #39 – Tom Clifford
- Quought for the day #38 – Professor Srikumar S. Rao
- FREE eBook: Personal Branding for Technology Professionals – Japanese version
- Don't like what you are doing OR you are saying you don't like what you are doing?
- The Art of Leverage: Anatomy of a calendar
January 2007
- Quought for the Day #37 – Kelley Bell
- Quought for the Day #36 – David Moxam
- Give to 1.6 Million; Lay the foundation to take from 1 Billion – Should you complain?
- Blog Re-design – thanks to these fine folks
- A story on problem solving – contributed by Sridhar Krishnan
- Grassroots Brand-building Questions: A Baker's Dozen
- Compassites is M.A.D. – Video on employee social responsibility
- Where do you work?
- The dilemma for Bangalore software industry
- Quought for the Day #35 – Ashwin Rangan
- Quought for the Day #34 – Christine Clifford Beckwith
- Quought for the Day #33 – Ben Yoskovitz
- Quought for the Day #32 – Bruce Marcus
- Steve Jobs unveiling iPhone at MacWorld 2007 – Quick lessons from the keynote
- Quought for the Day #31 – Harry Beckwith
- Things that make me smile #29 – Qantas Gripe Sheets
- Things that make me smile #28 – A Trip to Cemetery (Sardarji story)
- Audio: Making the most of your time – Part 3
- Audio: Making the most of your time – Part 2
- Audio: Making the most of your time – Part 1
- Quotes worth recording – The Buddha
- Quought for the Day #30 – Lisa Haneberg
- Quought for the Day #29 – Gerry Riskin
- Quought for the Day #28 – Mitch Matthews
- On KZSU Stanford 90.1 FM Radio – Jan 3 at 7.30am
- Quought for the Day #27 – Naveen Lakkur
- Geek special: A Quought from Shamelle
- Quought for the Day #26 – Debbie Call
- Quought for the Day #25 – Tr
- Quought for the Day #24 – David Maister