The game of golf has many similarities to life. One can never predict how the game will pan out. If you play competitive tournaments, you can make all the preparations and practice all your shots
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Happiness at Work
There is a general perception that if you want someone to do great work then you add incentives to get the desired results. Incentives can be in the form of commissions to sales representatives or
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Evergrande, Ponzi schemes and our Real Estate Industry. Part 2.
In Part 1 of this article, I wrote about the perilous situation of the Chinese real estate industry on account of the massive debts of big property developers like Evergrande. I also elaborated on Ponzi
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Evergrande, Ponzi schemes and our Real Estate Industry. Part 1
By now the world is well acquainted with the debacle of the Chinese real estate sector. Evergrande, the biggest property developer in China with an incomprehensible debt of USD 300 billion is teetering on the
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Persistence
People have a tendency to emulate those that they look up to. Fans of movie stars think that by copying their idol’s hair style or expression would somehow make them look like their hero. With
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The Importance of No.
I originally wrote this article as an internal memo for the benefit of the members of bti. Once it was completed, I felt that it may also be of benefit to so many others who
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Slow Down and Make the Moment Last
There must be thousands of proverbs and clichés about the value of time. Going back to ancient Rome, Marcus Aurelius considered to be one of Rome’s better leaders and also a famous Stoic philosopher famously
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Outsourcing
The late Clayton Christensen is someone I truly admire. He was a professor at Harvard Business School and has authored seven books. He has received the Mckinsey Award for Harvard Business Review’s best article five
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Musings on Writing
While going through the comments on my recent article titled Zen and the art of archery, I noticed that a few people commented that I should simplify my writing for their better understanding. My dear
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Zen in the Art of Archery
Ever since I saw the movie Enter the Dragon in the 1970s, I became infatuated with martial arts. To me Bruce Lee will always be the greatest exponent of martial arts. His iconic fight with
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