Foreword | Relationships | Work | Life | Family

WORK

1. When you want to race down the road and a bullock-cart crosses your path, its hard to be nice.
   
   
2. I've seen that most of us envy the wealth and status of successful people without realizing the hard work that has gone into it.
   
   
3. Some of us tend to discount the success of an individual crediting it to team effort. Without undermining the team, credit for success or failure goes to the leader. He is the visionary, risk-strategist and motivator.
   
   
4. I've learnt that when you take an aggressive stand at work, its important to keep your boss posted so that he bats for you.
   
   
5. I've learnt that not leading a balanced life could lead to stress during high pressure at Work.
   
   
6. I've learnt that it is important for the boss to value the time of his subordinates. He must not keep them waiting outside his room or otherwise.
   
   
7. I've learnt to be careful of people who try and put words into my mouth.
   
   
8. I've learnt that in a negotiation, it pays to speak less and let body language do the talking.
   
   
9. I've realized that management is all about people and need not necessarily mean being a technical expert in the business.
   
   
10. I've learnt that when you take a new job, the first eight weeks is when everyone is watching, assessing and forming opinions of you.
    
    
11. I've realized that the best way of effecting change is by taking the affected people into confidence earlier.
    
    
12. I've realized that you must allow your subordinates to speak while interacting with them.
    
    
13. I've learnt that not reading a paper before signing it could expose my company to greater risks than anticipated.
    
    
14. I've realized that global corporations are built through vision, people, excellent financial management, guts and satisfied consumers.
    
    
15. I've realized that a business head can assume ownership of the finance guy or else let him become a pain in the neck.
    
    
16. I've learnt that reading continuously speeds up the learning process.
    
    
17. I've learnt that when you tell your operator you do not want to take a call, you must ensure that the caller does not hear your conversation.
    
    
18. I've observed that your secretary knows you as well as your avoided.
    
    
19. I've observed that your secretary knows you as well as your spouse.
    
    
20. I've learnt that you have to get off the high horse to succeed in India.
    
    
21. I've learnt that a competent individual will need to live with other trying to demotivate him by picking holes in his personality.
    
    
22. I've learnt that cash-rich companies call the shots in business.
    
    
23. I've realized that a consultant who knows that you know more than him would tend to avoid you and work with your less knowledgeable colleagues.
    
    
24. I've realized that one of ways of disarming your opponent is to have his children dote on you.
    
    
25. I've realized that music in my room, along with a good sea view sees my productivity going up 50 %.
    
    
26. I've realized that having your predecessor working in the same company and interacting with your subordinates continuously could be a challenging proposition.
    
    
27. In a Marketing - Finance battle, a CEO has delicate job of striking the right balance between these departments.
    
    
28. I've learnt to keep away from the boss’s wife especially if she’s fond of you. It’s equivalent to playing with fire.
    
    
29. When you are taking a controversial decision, do not commit yourself to the extent that it makes it impossible to extricate yourself later or else you could become like Abhimanyu who having got into a Chakravyuv failed to get out of it.
    
    
30. I've decided to look smart, wear bright clothes on every Monday morning, thereby setting the tone for the week.
    
    
31. Before making your presentation, sit down, anticipate questions that you might be asked and prepare your replies.
    
    
32. I've learnt that you should not move out of your house until it is in order to prevent yourself from being attacked from behind. Simply put, it means do your homework, cover your flanks before moving forward to prevent your opponents from finding chinks in your armor.
    
    
33. I've learnt that your first job should be a three to five year stint with a professionally managed, well run company laying the foundation for a bright future.
    
    
34. In a competitive situation, victory could be achieved by using unexpected tactics.
    
    
35. I've realized that for an appraisal to be effective it must be two-way i.e. from boss to subordinate and vice versa.
    
    
36. I've realized that when you enter a room for a negotiation, where you sit, could determine how the meeting goes.
    
    
37. At work, some of us have the habit of cribbing continuously. I believe that although some bit of cribbing is healthy, beyond a point you should look for another job.
    
    
38. Like you cannot choose your parents, you cannot select your boss.
    
    
39. A line of degrees could get you a job but not a promotion. Similarly, a high flying designation could get you into a meeting. After hearing you everyone knows where you’ve come from.
    
    
40. You could be the boss and get work done by virtue of being one. Remember to use the words "Thanks You" after a job is done. It could make of a difference.
    
    
41. Someone once asked me; why do Indian men get intimidated by a woman in a business suit ? I said , Ask a ‘Behanji’ why she feels insecure in the company a suave guy.
    
    
42. A lot of us build up this very different, supposedly impressive image at work. Having done so, some hesitate inviting our colleagues home, apprehensive that a carefully cultivated image may change overnight.
    
    
43. It is important to trust your employees. Having said that, keep your eyes close to the ground. How do you handle a colleague you like but cannot trust completely? Take him by surprise, keep him on his toes and sparingly let him have the big picture.
    
    
44. Do not stop an evil colleague from making mistakes. Let him keep on doing so till his deeds catch up with him.
    
    
45. When you come to work, upset about something that has gone wrong or had an argument with your spouse, you are likely to lose your temper at the slightest pretext. My advice is; stay cool, get engrossed in work, avoid getting into a discussion. By lunch you should be closer to your normal self.



46. I've learnt that your office room and how you work is a reflection of what you are.



47. I've learnt never to simultaneously declare war on all my enemies, but to take them on one by one.



48. I've learnt that every professional earns the respect of all by being dispassionate, objective and fair.



49. I've learnt that if your employer pays you more than what you are worth, sooner or later it will show. Sensible is the person who having realized so, keeps his standard of living the same, so that he saves for a rainy day.



50. I've realized that people who take short-cuts to success lose it as soon as they get it.