Divide and conquer!

Why do people in high stress occupations consider  'compartmentalization' a great skill?

Simply because more information means more complexities and more complexities mean nothing gets done!

Divide the problem into smaller chunks and win one chunk at a time! Too big a chunk and you get overwhelmed or get lost , too small a chunk - well at least you make a start!

Compartmentalize !!! you will start winning...

Get rich by spending

Travel and books are the only two things that make you richer by spending!!! 

Why? 

They take you to a world that's outside yours,  bring surprises,  help you peer into interesting people/ things and broaden your view. 

All the social media and internet mostly has unreal content - be it self promotion, unverified facts or plain time wasters! 

These two also stir your creative faculties in ways many others can't. 

Someone once said ' everything that's worth writing has already been written'. 

So get away from that bright screen and get lost in a new place or a new book!!! 

Blenders in Action !!!

How much of what you see/hear/talk is an original thought and how much of it is output of a blender?

Let me explain.

With so many hype cycles , buzzwords going around, people are putting in those keywords in a blender , churning them for a while and creating an output and throwing it at anyone who is receiving.

The output has no correlation/relevance/meaning to the real world. It just is a blend of latest keywords, aimed at overwhelming/confusing you so you feel defensive.

Stay away from Blenders and Blender owners!

Brushing teeth- Best practices

Is brushing teeth daily , a strategy or best practice or an intervention ? Its basic hygiene.

Cost management in businesses is similar. You don't look at costs just when revenues are flattening/ growth is slowing or when pricing power is reduced in the market place.

Managing to be a lean/mean cost operation is to be in everyone's DNA irrespective of topline issues.

In the same way, it should not be ignored when you have scorching growth rates and bumper profits.

Keeping costs as variable ( to the revenues) as possible, hawkish watching of cost spikes /exceptions, revenue leakages, pricing controls, Year on Year cost base reductions --- all part of the hygiene!

While doing this , keep in mind that cost control does not increase revenues.