July 30th, 2007
Being a student for more than two decades, I always believed that listening to music helps me to concentrate more on my studies and research. But the habit of multitasking didn’t stop here. Multitasking also led me to believe that I can watch TV while studying. Soon I was watching TV, and doing my work […]
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tags: Ph.D., Graduate School, Education & Learning, Mental & Physical Health, Planning & Action, Getting Things Done author: Rise comments: 2 Comments
April 22nd, 2007
We are social animals. We cannot survive alone. We develop relationships to grow and prosper. In each relationship we are branded, sometimes without us knowing. Agree or not, but every day we are marketing our personal brand, ‘Me Inc.’, in personal and professional worlds. Everything we do is either enhancing or damaging our brand. The […]
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tags: Personal Development, Motivation, Planning & Action, Getting Things Done author: Rise comments: No Comments
April 16th, 2007
Promises raise others’ expectations. And you have to work hard to live up to the expectation. It becomes a threshold that you have to cross to attain a good credibility and trust, if you care.
Promise less, deliver more. That should be the mantra of life. I promised a lot in my Ph.D. proposal but I […]
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tags: Planning & Action, Getting Things Done author: Rise comments: 1 Comment
March 2nd, 2007
In my earlier post (part 1), I said that two individuals practicing for same number of hours might not progress at the same speed. This means that they might not get the same results from their endeavors. Why is that? Is one person having more natural talent than the other? Not likely. The difference is […]
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tags: Personal Development, Motivation, Planning & Action, Getting Things Done author: Rise comments: 6 Comments