I don’t think there is ‘a’ secret or there will ever be. People come up with catchy blog titles to get the attention and almost every second day an article comes on my screen with the word ‘leadership’ and lot of the time the word ‘secret’ attached to it. HBR has an article today. If you happen to find a secret, please share with me.

Till then, be yourself and keep doing the work and of course, ignore the noise. There you go again, I just told you a leadership secret as well, didn’t I?

I see how this is a trust issue. As I commented on Alok’s post that this lie must have been coming through quite a few years and Scott T must have found it hard if not impossible to retract back on it.

I don’t think I would have forgiven a doctor if she had lied about her degree and let her off the hook that easily. I won’t even have let go a plumber who is not certified and claims to be a certified plumber, so should the board and shareholders let go a CEO who is not what he is claiming?

What a load of crap!

1. Would he (the current CEO) fire someone in his team or at Yahoo if he found out about inaccuracies in the submitted resume, especially if they were really good at what they do?
2. Would you fire someone with a deliberate misleading resume but a highly capable person if he is trying to maintain and steer a sinking ship?

Stories immersed with emotions and passion are more powerful then reading or listening to a product review.

The person who does not use Twitter or Facebook complains about people wasting their time on the service. He complains and is concerned about privacy issues around sharing!

The least active people in the office complain and criticise the most about the people and teams doing most of the work.

The person who knows the least about a topic, normally is the one criticising the most. Just start the topic of current politics and observe all super experts talking around you!

Just because you don’t have anything useful to share, don’t criticise someone who has something to share, even though it might not be adding value to you or the world – or at least that is what you think. Get over your resentment.

Since Apple products aren’t niche anymore, they treat all customers like they are dealing with Homer Simpson.

April 18, 2012 9:55 PM via Twitter for iPhoneReplyRetweetFavorite

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Ketan Deshpande

I think Apple should take this as a compliment, I would.

Brings back the point that cherish everything that you have on this planet, your friends, relatives, relationships, parents, time, nature etc. It’s all on loan. Once it is gone, it’s gone for good. Enjoy it while you can.

Situation: The market is full of expensive and cheap crap and most of it is shit design and crap products [in Steve Jobs terms]

Required: A person/organisation who can lead the way and design usable and appealing toys both for parents and children alike

As a parent of two kids, toy shopping has never been a pleasant experience for me. Key reason, most of the stuff on the shelves is badly packaged including over packaging, toys not designed well and are not really appealing. This might be more the case when you start loving and appreciating the design and user experience philosophy.

A toy should not only be appealing to it’s main users – children but adults alike. It should be a joy thing to use just like using iPhone or iPad is for the young kids! There is a huge room for a person or an organisation to make their mark in the toy industry. Someone like with abilities of Steve Jobs! Comeon and revolutionise the world!

Generally speaking it seems that we are over consuming  media these days. As writers get smart in crafting the headlines of their web posts and video tag lines, we feel the urgency to rush and consume that piece of media. Sometimes we feel angry and frustrated by the time we reach the end of the article or the video, as the content failed to provide us the return on investment for our time.

I am no exception and I admit that I am an information addict. But every now and then I consciously ask myself these questions:

• Would watching this video or reading this article increase my knowledge base or add value in my life?  [This is before I consume the media]
• [After I consume the media] What are the chances that I will remember the name of the author and/or contents of this article in a weeks time? [If the answer is no, then it is a lesson/reminder to minimise such content consumption moving forward]

You are entitled to your opinion, but that does not mean you are right. Your opinion does not matter.

 I have a problem with people who are opinionated and are neither an expert on the subject being discussed nor do they have any leverage on the subject or situation. The most common example that comes to my mind is people discussing cricket and football and who they think should be playing in the team or how the shot should have been taken!

 This post from Seth Godin sums this up pretty well.

 So if your opinion is important and you think it should be heard, what would you do to make it heard?

In order to live a fulfilling life, we must strike a considered balance between pleasure and achievement.

So just filling your life with small and big pleasure is not going to make you happy and fulfilled neither will a life of being the richest person on the planet. One needs to strike a good balance.

It was Humble Monk’s birthday today. A cake with 32 candles was brought in. After Humble monk had lit and blown the candles, Sensei said, “Often, the number of candles on a cake represent the number of people that have supported us, to reach that age. A 2 year old child has 2 candles on her cake; one each for her mother and father; a 90 year old man has 90 candles on his cake that represent the 90 special people that made him see that day. When you blow your birthday candles, think & thank the people that made you worthy of your special day.

I have my own philosophy on why birthdays should be celebrated and this story gives another reason to not only celebrate the birthday but be grateful to all those important people in our lives. Thanks a ton Alok.