As individuals,groups and companies get into conflicts, increasingly reason for breakdown is this belief. " I am perfect, rest of the world is wrong".
It is not difficult to see why this belief exists. As people and companies become successful, a self fulfilling prophecy sets in. If I am successful, I must be right.
The ego feeds into this to make this belief stronger by the day. And this makes one close minded to the possibility that there could be chinks in the armor. It does not allow one to introspect to examine any faults,shortcomings or mistakes.
As in any successful conflict resolution , both parties need to give in, swallow some ego, admit some faults and correct a bit. Not all conflicts are because only one party is wrong. In fact the issue would not have become a conflict , until both parties had some contribution to the problem.
Be open to check yourself to see if there is something you need to change on your side to make the conflict go away.
You will help yourself and rest of the world become better!
Friday, July 29, 2011
Friday, July 22, 2011
Mobile is the new online
Online no longer means PC connected to the Internet.
By sheer numbers, penetration of cell phones is lot higher than computer in many emerging economies. As these countries see phenomenal growth rates in cell phone user base, drastic falls in mobile communication costs (call and Internet) and more importantly cell phones becoming more critical to day-to-day work than even a computer in some cases, cell phones as a channel are becoming more powerful than computers to communicate with customers and prospects.
Taking a simple example, a plumber can manage without a computer but a cell phone keeps him in touch with his customers and gets him prospects.
The 'featuritis' or continous addition of features and reduction of prices mean the Cell phone becomes more central to our prospects' lives than a computer or a newspaper or TV. Smarter phones are making themselves mobile PCs that we can carry,use and interact with - anywhere, any time.
Are you considering mobile phone as a marketing Chanel in your marketing programs?
Are you leveraging this increasingly powerful medium for your business?
By sheer numbers, penetration of cell phones is lot higher than computer in many emerging economies. As these countries see phenomenal growth rates in cell phone user base, drastic falls in mobile communication costs (call and Internet) and more importantly cell phones becoming more critical to day-to-day work than even a computer in some cases, cell phones as a channel are becoming more powerful than computers to communicate with customers and prospects.
Taking a simple example, a plumber can manage without a computer but a cell phone keeps him in touch with his customers and gets him prospects.
The 'featuritis' or continous addition of features and reduction of prices mean the Cell phone becomes more central to our prospects' lives than a computer or a newspaper or TV. Smarter phones are making themselves mobile PCs that we can carry,use and interact with - anywhere, any time.
Are you considering mobile phone as a marketing Chanel in your marketing programs?
Are you leveraging this increasingly powerful medium for your business?
Friday, July 15, 2011
Favorite movie quotes on Life
The Bucket List:
An Egyptian belief: you are asked two questions at heaven's gates to decide if you are allowed in or not:
1. Have you found joy in your life?
2. Has your life brought joy to others?
You measure yourself by the people who measure themselves by you.
Shawshank Redemption:
These prison walls are funny.First you hate 'em, then you get used to 'em. Enough time passes, you start to depend on them. That's institutionalized.
Get busy living, or get busy dying.
Inglorious Basterds:
I'm gonna give you a little somethin' you can't take off.
What a tremendously hostile world that a rat must endure. Yet not only does he survive, he thrives. Because our little foe has an instinct for survival and preservation second to none...
A few good men:
"I want the truth!"
"You can't handle the truth!"
You see Danny, I can deal with the bullets, and the bombs, and the blood. I don't want money, and I don't want medals. What I do want is for you to stand there in that faggoty white uniform and with your Harvard mouth extend me some fu***ng courtesy. You gotta ask me nicely.
Walk softly and carry an armored tank division, I always say.
Courage under fire:
It's not the doing shit that gets to you. It's the consequences. Imagine a life without consequences
As good as it gets:
Come on in, and try not to ruin everything by being you.
What makes it so hard is not that you had it bad, but that you're that pissed that so many others had it good.
You make me want to be a better man.
When you first entered the restaurant, I thought you were handsome... and then, of course, you spoke.
What if this is as good as it gets?
I'm drowning here, and you're describing the water!
If you stare at someone long enough, you discover their humanity.
The best thing you have going for you is your willingness to humiliate yourself.
You're a disgrace to depression.
Receptionist: How do you write women so well?
Melvin Udall: I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability.
Crimson Tide:
In my humble opinion, in the nuclear world, the true enemy is war itself.
We're here to preserve democracy, not practice it.
K19-Widow Maker
we deliver , or we drown.
An Egyptian belief: you are asked two questions at heaven's gates to decide if you are allowed in or not:
1. Have you found joy in your life?
2. Has your life brought joy to others?
You measure yourself by the people who measure themselves by you.
Shawshank Redemption:
These prison walls are funny.First you hate 'em, then you get used to 'em. Enough time passes, you start to depend on them. That's institutionalized.
Get busy living, or get busy dying.
Inglorious Basterds:
I'm gonna give you a little somethin' you can't take off.
What a tremendously hostile world that a rat must endure. Yet not only does he survive, he thrives. Because our little foe has an instinct for survival and preservation second to none...
A few good men:
"I want the truth!"
"You can't handle the truth!"
You see Danny, I can deal with the bullets, and the bombs, and the blood. I don't want money, and I don't want medals. What I do want is for you to stand there in that faggoty white uniform and with your Harvard mouth extend me some fu***ng courtesy. You gotta ask me nicely.
Walk softly and carry an armored tank division, I always say.
Courage under fire:
It's not the doing shit that gets to you. It's the consequences. Imagine a life without consequences
As good as it gets:
Come on in, and try not to ruin everything by being you.
What makes it so hard is not that you had it bad, but that you're that pissed that so many others had it good.
You make me want to be a better man.
When you first entered the restaurant, I thought you were handsome... and then, of course, you spoke.
What if this is as good as it gets?
I'm drowning here, and you're describing the water!
If you stare at someone long enough, you discover their humanity.
The best thing you have going for you is your willingness to humiliate yourself.
You're a disgrace to depression.
Receptionist: How do you write women so well?
Melvin Udall: I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability.
Crimson Tide:
In my humble opinion, in the nuclear world, the true enemy is war itself.
We're here to preserve democracy, not practice it.
K19-Widow Maker
we deliver , or we drown.
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