Buddha
Competing with ourselves
Life is good when we try to be a better version of ourselves, competing with ourselves rather than trying to compete with everyone out there.
Business to Buddha
Business and Humanity
The visionary thinks beyond his company or his immediate profit. He thinks of the larger good. And, that is what makes him different. There is no place for labor exploitation and harassment of workers in such an enterprise I have been thinking about both Business and Humanity repeatedly. The above Read more…
Buddha
Resonance
We were sitting in chairman’s room of a big corporate house. He had gifted me a signed copy of a book written by his family member – the book was related to work, spirituality and family life. I wish I had met the author once, because the book is on Read more…
Buddha
Inclusive growth, How?
There is income inequality. Agree? If no check this – IMF Publication …increasing the income share of the poor and the middle class actually increases growth while a rising income share of the top 20 percent results in lower growth—that is, when the rich get richer, benefits do not trickle Read more…
Buddha
Saint in Suit
It was Feb or March of 2011. We were just completing our MBA and as would be the case with any other B-school companies were visiting campus for recruitment. A big company was scheduled to visit one day. One of my friends – Jaydutt – was among the most likely Read more…
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Jal jagruti abhiyan
Very interesting video, must watch. It is in Hindi (occasionally English), so apologies for those who cant understand Hindi. Yet a brief for you and some key points from the video – The person is talking about environment & in general about agriculture in India. People are migrating to cities Read more…
Business
Inconvenience of established practices
One of my friends was grumbling about his office. He told me that their company is bringing a new dress-code policy. According to the policy everyone has to wear formal outfit in office at least from Monday to Thursday irrespective of the role a person is in. He told me – “I Read more…
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Spirituality & Business
It was winter of 2012, Sujoy was getting married. I traveled to Pune to attend his wedding function. There I met one of my very old College mate – Anurag Tambe. Anurag is smart guy, thoughtful and practical. We discussed many things, including my favorite topic – purpose of what Read more…
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Freemium – business model
The Buddha shared his knowledge for free, you know these universities charge so much for the degrees! One argument could be – 1. That time was different. 2. The Buddha asked for bigger fee – leave all material possession, family, even ‘self’. What fee are you talking about? But yes, Read more…
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Faith
“Gamblers are the biggest believers!” Prof Mankad told this to me. He asked “who do you think are the biggest believers? They have faith, next time… if not this time one more time, next time fortune will be mine. They believe that one next time; they have faith.” When I heard Read more…