In 5 minute, without being academic and nerdy, let’s use plain language to explain “supply and demand” and how it is applied in many real world situations. How Does Supply and Demand Work? We use a simplified economy to understand this. The economy consists of “bottled water” as the product, 4 consumers (a billionaire like …
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Remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead. – Nelson Mandela Some basic tools for project management are simple yet effective. “Milestone” is one of those must-haves in your tool box, when you manage complex projects. To effectively use “milestone” as a tool, it’s important to understand its underlying logic. #1: Milestones …
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After running half-marathons for a few years, I eventually made up my mind to invest a significant chunk of time in training and running a full marathon. During those long running sessions accompanied by 180 BPM music, lots of things went through my head and I ended up learning the following connection between marathon and …
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From a trivial personal story of mine, I did a little bit reflection and connected the following random dots: Value based pricing The curse of knowledge Know your worth The Story Recently, I did a little DYI upgrade to my road bike rear cassette from 105 component to Ultegra component CS-R8000. The pretty trivial project …
Have you ever wondered why people from the same geographic region all have the same dialect or accent? Turns out human brain is wired to be efficient at learning and copying behaviors from others around them, often times unconsciously. When the learned behavior is a particular way of pronouncing words, the collective effect of unconscious …
Have you ever found yourself feeling bad walking away from an ineffective conversation, especially a high stake one? Although carrying an effective conversation requires many skills that you need to develop and refine over years, there are some low hanging fruit yet high ROI things you can do to make some quick improvement. We will …
Be stubborn on vision but flexible on details. – Jeff Bezos (image source) Have you ever wondered how visionaries like Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos develop long term vision that leads to successful business that transform people’s life? Let’s decode one of the key skills needed to become a visionary. At least it will make …
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If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle. Sun Tzu, The Art of …
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Building A Second Brain is a methodology for saving and systematically reminding us of the ideas, inspirations, insights, and connections we’ve gained through our experience. It expands our memory and our intellect using the modern tools of technology and networks. (source) — Tiago Forte The Challenge Have you felt the following challenges? Where do I start the preparation …
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A mistake is only a mistake if you make it twice. — Robin S. Sharma The Challenge Have you experience the following moments after failing an interview? “Gosh, I wish I didn’t say that!” “Gee, I should have used the other better example when answering that question!” On your journey to nailing the interviews of …
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