http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss ALl of this and some of that Tue, 01 May 2012 04:30:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2012/01/your-job-a-relation-or-a-transaction/ http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2012/01/your-job-a-relation-or-a-transaction/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:49:24 +0000 Navin Harish http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/?p=485 A job is either a relationship where both parties are working towards something meaningful or it is a transaction where hours are traded for money. Need I say anything more? ]]> http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2012/01/your-job-a-relation-or-a-transaction/feed/ 0 http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2012/01/if-a-dog-gets-the-bone-he-never-races-again/ http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2012/01/if-a-dog-gets-the-bone-he-never-races-again/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:39:07 +0000 Navin Harish http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/?p=480 In the movie The Firm, Ed Harris and Tom Hanks are watching a dog race. To make the dogs run in the race, there is bone that is attached to a mechanical arm that moves on the track and the dogs follow it. The bone is the incentive for the dog to run, not a [...]]]> http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2012/01/if-a-dog-gets-the-bone-he-never-races-again/feed/ 0 http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2012/01/kaam-ho-jaayeg/ http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2012/01/kaam-ho-jaayeg/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:45:48 +0000 Navin Harish http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/?p=474 “Kaam ho jayega” or “Yeh kaam aap mujh par chod dijeye” We have grown up listening to these phrases, mostly in the movies but don’t hear them very often now. I guess the reason the simplicity of the past is gone. Now the work being done is not enough, there are other requirements and expectations [...]]]> http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2012/01/kaam-ho-jaayeg/feed/ 0 http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2011/10/multitasking-a-myth-or-reality/ http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2011/10/multitasking-a-myth-or-reality/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:17:10 +0000 Navin Harish http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/?p=437 Multitasking is a myth, an urban legend. Everyone has heard about it, every one has read about it – in resumes and job ads. However, no one has ever done it himself/herself. I can multitask, but only when there is one task that requires my mental attention and other activities that need manual labour. I can’t [...]]]> http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2011/10/multitasking-a-myth-or-reality/feed/ 2 http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2011/09/bliss-of-ignorance-2/ http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2011/09/bliss-of-ignorance-2/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 05:00:37 +0000 Navin Harish http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/?p=425 Usually a mail comes in the night which requires no immediate action from you but it can still nag you all night and the morning as well… till you reach office. Usually you get this mail because the sender was working late works in a different time zone Believe me, if there is a mail that requires your [...]]]> http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2011/09/bliss-of-ignorance-2/feed/ 2 http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2011/03/greatness-quotient/ http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2011/03/greatness-quotient/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 05:29:19 +0000 Navin Harish http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/?p=345 If the work you produce is great, you are great. You are able to produce that work BECAUSE of your coworkers or INSPITE of your coworkers defines how great you truly are… and how great is your workplace. ]]> http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2011/03/greatness-quotient/feed/ 0 http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/10/does-you-arse-time-in-seat-matter-at-all/ http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/10/does-you-arse-time-in-seat-matter-at-all/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 09:31:22 +0000 Navin Harish http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/?p=275 In his latest book Linchpin, Seth Godin tells us that the jobs where we get paid to just turn up are gone. Those jobs are being fast replaced by jobs where you have to be a Linchpin, in his words, you become indispensable. When I think about it, those new jobs demolish a lot more [...]]]> http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/10/does-you-arse-time-in-seat-matter-at-all/feed/ 2 http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/10/for-the-want-of-an-empty-slot/ http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/10/for-the-want-of-an-empty-slot/#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 07:12:04 +0000 Navin Harish http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/?p=272 a broadband connection was denied. I asked Airtel to give me a broadband connections and they have been ultra quick in their response. One guy was at my home half an hour after I made the call to collect the initial payment, a cabling guy dropped in next day. The guy who was supposed to connect [...]]]> http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/10/for-the-want-of-an-empty-slot/feed/ 0 http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/07/micromanagement-circle-of-influence/ http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/07/micromanagement-circle-of-influence/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:41:53 +0000 Navin Harish http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/?p=216 Micromanagement affects the decision making ability of a person. In the above image, there are decisions that fall into different categoreis starting for the very basic and personal decision about yourself and expand to the level where you are making decisions which helps your company move towards its goal and you in advancing your career. To [...]]]> http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/07/micromanagement-circle-of-influence/feed/ 5 http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/06/team-player-and-peer-pressure/ http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/06/team-player-and-peer-pressure/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:16:08 +0000 Navin Harish http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/?p=211 Found this image in a presentation on Slide Share. What do you say you are? ]]> http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/06/team-player-and-peer-pressure/feed/ 4