Thursday, January 22, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Friday, August 03, 2007
chaitanyasagar.com, my new blog
This blog moved to www.chaitanyasagar.com. The blog you are reading is my OLD blog. But why a new blog? Specially when Google linked my name with this blog?
It is because of the name. Not many could remember the ‘cool’ name I spent so much time choosing. I realized, keeping a name simple is more important than the cool quotient because people remember simple names.
But that only explains one part - that I wanted to change the name. Why should the name be my name? It can be a theme-based name based on what I want to write. Or, I could use my name. If you look at blogs which have theme based names, though have a stated purpose, they often write on topics other than the theme. The second option gives you flexibility to write on topics that interest you without the theme restricting you. Guy Kawasaki’s blog is a case in point. His blog name is simple and easy to remember. And you have the flexibility to write what you want. The reason is simple. We blog because we want to write about topics we are passionate about. And it is hard to articulate all the stuff you want to talk about in a small tag line where bloggers generally state what their blog is about. Why tell (or promise?) something and not stick to it? Keep it flexible.
So here it is.. a new blog and a new post. I have a better understanding of the challenges in writing a blog. There’s always a nagging feeling that you have got to write a new post because you want to write a new post every week. And sometimes, you run out of topics. But I am hopeful. Let’s see if I can do it. Because I now think that writing blog does take time but it is in sync with my goals.
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Saturday, September 09, 2006
Networking in a nutshell
-Samuel Johnson
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Problems with Google
Cheers,
Chaitanya
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Sunday, July 23, 2006
What a cricket match taught me
Here's what a cricket match I played a few days back taught me:
- A leader should perform and win respect: Before you can energize a team, you should first perform and show results. The team will then follow.
- Take lead. But get out of the way where you are weak: You should know yourself and strive for excellence in areas of strenths. But in areas where you are weak, you should get out of the way and let others take the lead. Others should see that you are doing this in the cause of the team.
- Give opportunities: People perform at different points. Even if a person performs poorly in one instance, they might do better some other time. Give them opportunities where they are likely to be successful and contribute to the team.
- Value portable skills: Some skills are portable; others are not. If you happen to decide who to pick for a job, pick the person who has relevant portable skills. Even at the cost of those who are successful in other areas but do not have those portable skills.
- Leadership goes to those who take the opportunity. Leadershipmay not be explicit. But subtlely, people accept your leadership if you show them that you are striving for the common goal.
Sunday, June 11, 2006
I am India Video
I enjoyed this video. Wonderful theme. Great background music. Awesome photography. Bharat Bala productions shot it and IBEF produced it.
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Vande Mataram
Jan Gan Man
