Friday, May 11, 2018

Food for thought for the Weekend (12-May-2018): Career mistakes, Buffet's tips etc.,

Food for thought for the Weekend: My series where I present assorted collection of interesting blog posts, TED talks, podcast and articles I read/listened this week, some quotes that resonated with me, excerpts from my own reading.

6 Big Career Mistakes That Can Sabotage Your Future: Sabotage may be a strong word, but "setback" surely is and I've made some of these. I regularly see and hear many people continue to make some of these. There seem to be very little understanding in general of what attributes leadership might be looking into (or more importantly what attributes they don't like) to grow their people. This article sheds some light on at least on six such things (Bonus: Do read "What Got You Here, Won't Take You There", for some more inputs on this subject.

How Amazon Beats Google in Innovation: Popular belief is that things like free food etc., increases employee engagement and engaged employees deliver more, create more or innovate more. However, there is no free food and such freebies at Amazon, their engagement scores are about half of that of Google. Yet they are far ahead of Google when it comes to Innovation. This article has an interesting take.

Warren Buffet's Success Tips: I'm a big fan of Warren Buffet - the man, his methods and the clarity he seem to bring into everything. His annual letter to shareholders and the Q&A session during the annual shareholder meetings always contain nuggets of wisdom. Some kind soul listed to over 120hours of his Q&A sessions and has come-up with the list. 

How to Get Along With a Co-Worker You Hate: Its quite common once in a while we run into a co-worker we hate. Usually there are no obvious escape routes. It helps to address the undercurrent head on. This article gives a few tips on how it could be done.

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