The document discusses the benefits of presenting solutions along with problems to managers. It notes that presenting only the problem wastes both the manager's and employee's time, as the manager then has to spend hours figuring out possible solutions. By also providing potential solutions, the employee saves the manager's time, allows them to focus on more strategic issues, and gains recognition for being proactive. The document advocates taking initiative to find solutions rather than just stating problems.
How to Prepare For Your Upcoming Job Interview?Coursetake
Learn More - http://bit.do/interview-mastery
How to Prepare for Your Upcoming Job Interview?
Ace your upcoming interview in a step by step teaching fashion
Summary
“How to Prepare for Your Upcoming Job Interview?” is a comprehensive course to help you ace your upcoming job.
Learn in a step by step manner how to ace your upcoming interview.
The approach of this course is to first teach you a chapter and then give you some homework to complete.
This course consists of slides and worksheets, that you can download and combines both theory and practice to help you succeed and get you your dream job.
Prerequisites
None. Everything will be covered in detail.
Target Student
1. Candidates preparing for an upcoming job interview.
2. Students who are interested in learning more about how to ace an interview.
What will you learn?
1. Ace your upcoming job interview.
2. Learn in a Step by Step Teaching method how to prepare for an upcoming job interview.
Starting a new job in a new career is an exciting adventure. To make sure you have the best start possible, we have added a dose of reality to some of the expectations common for those starting a new, post-uni job.
One on ones are the Heartbeat of managing because they keep everything on time. You know how things run behind? We get distracted, we forget. This happens to you and your employees and then next thing the important project is delayed and over budget. But regular one on ones keep you and your employees on time.
This is presentation is all about being a capable to a achiever. To give a direction to attach your today\'s action with your ultimate goals. To give all viewers an opportunity to achieve their goals
How to Prepare For Your Upcoming Job Interview?Coursetake
Learn More - http://bit.do/interview-mastery
How to Prepare for Your Upcoming Job Interview?
Ace your upcoming interview in a step by step teaching fashion
Summary
“How to Prepare for Your Upcoming Job Interview?” is a comprehensive course to help you ace your upcoming job.
Learn in a step by step manner how to ace your upcoming interview.
The approach of this course is to first teach you a chapter and then give you some homework to complete.
This course consists of slides and worksheets, that you can download and combines both theory and practice to help you succeed and get you your dream job.
Prerequisites
None. Everything will be covered in detail.
Target Student
1. Candidates preparing for an upcoming job interview.
2. Students who are interested in learning more about how to ace an interview.
What will you learn?
1. Ace your upcoming job interview.
2. Learn in a Step by Step Teaching method how to prepare for an upcoming job interview.
Starting a new job in a new career is an exciting adventure. To make sure you have the best start possible, we have added a dose of reality to some of the expectations common for those starting a new, post-uni job.
One on ones are the Heartbeat of managing because they keep everything on time. You know how things run behind? We get distracted, we forget. This happens to you and your employees and then next thing the important project is delayed and over budget. But regular one on ones keep you and your employees on time.
This is presentation is all about being a capable to a achiever. To give a direction to attach your today\'s action with your ultimate goals. To give all viewers an opportunity to achieve their goals
We help Aussie fitness pros get their business into better shape and performing better every week.
Check out our blog:
http://bit.ly/fitness-business-mistakes
Value of every Minutes
To realize the value of one year: Ask a student who has failed a final exam.
To realize the value of one month: Ask a mother who has given birth to a premature baby.
To realize the value of one week: Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize the value of one hour: Ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.
To realize the value of one minute: Ask the person who has missed the train, bus or plane.
To realize the value of one second: Ask a person who has survived an accident.
To realize the value of one millisecond: Ask the person who has won a silver medal in the Olympics.
Time waits for no one.
Treasure every moment you have. You will treasure it even more when you can share it with someone special.
With the cost of living quickly surpassing the wages we make, necessary to maintain an “average” lifestyle, more and moreemployees are beginning to seriously consider the option of working from home.
Inside this eBook, you will discover the topics about productivity tips for a home-based business owner, 5 productivity tips & tools to help you get more done, 5 tips to making the most out of the Evernote, 10 quick productivity hacks you don't want to miss, how to create your own mastermind group, how to get back up when you have failed, how to motivate yourself as an entrepreneur when you're in a slump, how to stop procrastinating with 3 easy steps, 11 useful tips for improving your online business and so much more!
7 tips on developing a positive relationship with a new managerCobalt Recruitment
When joining a new organisation, it is beneficial to invest into your relationship with your manager. Here are a few pointers on how to go about this from Christopher Mackenzie, MD at Cobalt Recruitment.
Problems solopreneur speakers face and how to solve them Part #1: You feel ov...SpeakerHub
Being a solopreneur speaker has a lot of perks.
You are able to move quickly and efficiently, you can earn higher profits than working for someone or having a big team, you have the freedom to choose when you work, and you get to be your own boss — all things most of the working world would envy.
But being a solopreneur speaker doesn’t come without its challenges.
Some of them can really get you down. Some can even jeopardize your livelihood.
In this series we are going to look at the top 3 problems many solopreneur speakers face, and what you can do about them.
Admit mistakes and your shortcomings. Ask forgiveness if you have to, even for small children whom you think does not bother if you wronged them or from others that you do not really care about.
If you are not charged with any guilt, you can acquire an undisturbed life.
Visit us: http://www.meditationtoday.com.au
More Time Equals More Profits - NADA Show 2018Sean Bradley
After viewing this presentation, you will walk away with a complete time management roadmap that will allow you to put first things first while learning to identify and eliminate distractions at the dealership, making more time to achieve your highest priorities and resulting in more profits.
Alan r davey aims management training gift 1 of 10Alan Davey
Alan R Davey 10 minute tune up workshop Gift 1 of 10 from Aims Training & Development Ltd www.aimstraining.com. To celebrate Aims 10th anniversarry and share knowledge with the wider community in order to help the propagation of Performance Generated Health, Wealth & Happiness. This is one of a series of 10 minute tune up workshops being distributed for free to help enhance Business Skills and Personal Development. Visit the Aims website www.aimstraining.com and sign up for the free Aims Business Club newsletter to receive advance information about further free workshops
Internships are for a shorter period of time. It has been seen that internships are school breaks like spring and summer break etc. Students have their academic work also to do so internships might be a very small time frame to acquire the skills and put forward your ideas. So here are some ways you can gain most of internship from the following pointers.
DubLi Network | 7 Effective Tips for DubLi Network Success from the StartDubLi Network
From sticking to what you’re good at to persevering and making the right plan, these seven tips will remind you how easy it really is to get started as a DubLi Network BA.
Get social media savvy - over 12 years on-line experience dominating google in a niche training industry - now sharing with you what worked in social media
We help Aussie fitness pros get their business into better shape and performing better every week.
Check out our blog:
http://bit.ly/fitness-business-mistakes
Value of every Minutes
To realize the value of one year: Ask a student who has failed a final exam.
To realize the value of one month: Ask a mother who has given birth to a premature baby.
To realize the value of one week: Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize the value of one hour: Ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.
To realize the value of one minute: Ask the person who has missed the train, bus or plane.
To realize the value of one second: Ask a person who has survived an accident.
To realize the value of one millisecond: Ask the person who has won a silver medal in the Olympics.
Time waits for no one.
Treasure every moment you have. You will treasure it even more when you can share it with someone special.
With the cost of living quickly surpassing the wages we make, necessary to maintain an “average” lifestyle, more and moreemployees are beginning to seriously consider the option of working from home.
Inside this eBook, you will discover the topics about productivity tips for a home-based business owner, 5 productivity tips & tools to help you get more done, 5 tips to making the most out of the Evernote, 10 quick productivity hacks you don't want to miss, how to create your own mastermind group, how to get back up when you have failed, how to motivate yourself as an entrepreneur when you're in a slump, how to stop procrastinating with 3 easy steps, 11 useful tips for improving your online business and so much more!
7 tips on developing a positive relationship with a new managerCobalt Recruitment
When joining a new organisation, it is beneficial to invest into your relationship with your manager. Here are a few pointers on how to go about this from Christopher Mackenzie, MD at Cobalt Recruitment.
Problems solopreneur speakers face and how to solve them Part #1: You feel ov...SpeakerHub
Being a solopreneur speaker has a lot of perks.
You are able to move quickly and efficiently, you can earn higher profits than working for someone or having a big team, you have the freedom to choose when you work, and you get to be your own boss — all things most of the working world would envy.
But being a solopreneur speaker doesn’t come without its challenges.
Some of them can really get you down. Some can even jeopardize your livelihood.
In this series we are going to look at the top 3 problems many solopreneur speakers face, and what you can do about them.
Admit mistakes and your shortcomings. Ask forgiveness if you have to, even for small children whom you think does not bother if you wronged them or from others that you do not really care about.
If you are not charged with any guilt, you can acquire an undisturbed life.
Visit us: http://www.meditationtoday.com.au
More Time Equals More Profits - NADA Show 2018Sean Bradley
After viewing this presentation, you will walk away with a complete time management roadmap that will allow you to put first things first while learning to identify and eliminate distractions at the dealership, making more time to achieve your highest priorities and resulting in more profits.
Alan r davey aims management training gift 1 of 10Alan Davey
Alan R Davey 10 minute tune up workshop Gift 1 of 10 from Aims Training & Development Ltd www.aimstraining.com. To celebrate Aims 10th anniversarry and share knowledge with the wider community in order to help the propagation of Performance Generated Health, Wealth & Happiness. This is one of a series of 10 minute tune up workshops being distributed for free to help enhance Business Skills and Personal Development. Visit the Aims website www.aimstraining.com and sign up for the free Aims Business Club newsletter to receive advance information about further free workshops
Internships are for a shorter period of time. It has been seen that internships are school breaks like spring and summer break etc. Students have their academic work also to do so internships might be a very small time frame to acquire the skills and put forward your ideas. So here are some ways you can gain most of internship from the following pointers.
DubLi Network | 7 Effective Tips for DubLi Network Success from the StartDubLi Network
From sticking to what you’re good at to persevering and making the right plan, these seven tips will remind you how easy it really is to get started as a DubLi Network BA.
Get social media savvy - over 12 years on-line experience dominating google in a niche training industry - now sharing with you what worked in social media
How To Work Less And Earn More - Adrian FlemingAdrian Fleming
How To Work Less And Earn More - Adrian Fleming
http://AdrianFleming.com
Time is never on your side, but that shouldn’t stop you from making more with less, that way you can choose how you want to spend your time rather than be in a position where you have to do something, which is not good as an entrepreneur.
Tip 1.
Do something where you are not paid for your time.
People get caught up in the concept of an hourly rate, this is a way to try and commoditise you but this is a very silly way to buy or sell. For example what I can do in an hour is very different to what other people can do, in an hour of my time on marketing or entrepreneurial strategy I can deliver serious value but in other areas I’m just not, “a good fit’ for example DIY, yes I can do it and if I have to I’m neat and tidy, but I’m not fast and so my productivity is low. By the way I don’t enjoy DIY so don’t even ask, in fact a good friend of mine who’s an electrician jokes that I try and fix everything with a hammer which is not far from the truth in some circumstances.
Do what you do well and put a value on the job, not the hours, this way you can work less and earn more.
Tip 2.
Don’t tray and do too much
People make the mistake of getting organised by using a list, which is on a basic level fine, but when the list gets long the chances are it will actually slow you down and cause you to procrastinate. I find the best possible way to manage things is to set out a “To Do List” of no more than three things at a time and base these things on what I can deliver on fast, then create a new list.
Now I get that it’s not always this straight forward but you will be surprise that if you use a simple, list of only 3 things and block out as many other distractions until they are done, like email and phone calls, then you really do much more in less time and this means you work less and earn more.
Tip 3.
Stop focusing success and start defining desired outcomes
If you set yourself a goal or specific set of criteria that define success or failure then you are likely to get frustrated and disheartened from time to time. What I like to do is set a desired outcome and look at small results as I move towards that outcome, let me give you and example relative to working less and earning more.
If you have a customer and they have an expectation based goals or a specific set of success criteria it will be hard to measure the true value of something, for example if you set out a budget for Facebook Ads and your goal is 1,000 new leads in the next 7 days then this is good in so much as you have metrics and a deadline, but it’s far from serving your customer well.
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Introducing Small Business Mastery A
Comprehensive Guide All About Small Businesses. Inside this eBook, you will discover the topics about skills required to run a small business, small business networking, small business startup - the 90/10 rule, small business mistakes, 'stop the stupid stuff in your business and buying a small business.
Time Management Tips - Time Management Formula 1.0 Free TrainingAdriane Jolly
http://timewealthyandwise.com
Time Management is one of the most challenging issues for home-based business owners.
Want to be more Time Wealthy and Wise? How many know this to be true? If you're not organized, you will self destruct. The webinar originally aired 2/24/15 this replay shares with you tips and strategies that will help you break through barriers in your business. To order the full course visit http://timewealthyandwise.com
How to know what career is right for me?Steve Jackson
More details: https://what-career-is-right-for-me.global-partnerships.com/
Learning how to know what career to choose after every other career seems to have gone wrong can be a difficult decision
One method is to simply sit down and do a self-assessment career test of your skills, interests, business style and values. Then correlate them with the type of business or career you would like to do, this may open up some new ideas and option yet discovered. This may also highlight some areas that need to be strengthened to allow you to take the career path you would like.
This is the story of every individual who is or has been a part of a
proactive workforce. It is the story of every employee, manager, and
leader who started with one motive - To learn and grow. More importantly,
it’s the personal story of every individual who’s waiting for that one
opportunity to make it big.
Managing your time can save you time. That sounds like a neat and catchy phrase, but is it really true? Yes, it is. Unfortunately, many individuals look at good time management as nothing more than a useful skill. Yes, it is, but it can be so much more. It can be transformed into a time saving and moneymaking tool. How? Learn more by download this free guide today.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
To Graph or Not to Graph Knowledge Graph Architectures and LLMs
Gngp pdf sample chapters
1. Learning 6
Rush to your seniors with a problem
Charge yourself up to first finding the possible
solutions than just sharing the problem
You know how busy all executives are, including yourself and the
managers. Each has so much to do and lacks time. And on top of that,
occasionally you get stuck with a problem and need your manager to
guide you. And your manager is as usual, too busy.
What do you think will work better for you. Should you go and just pose
the problem or should you go with the problem and the possible
solutions? Obviously the latter. Why? You save time for your manager
by presenting the possible solutions. Else, hours would have gone by,
figuring out the possible solutions. Also, you save your boss's mind
from being cluttered with too many problems as s/he now has one
problem less to handle, considering that both of you solved the
problem there and then. Finally, if so much of time of so many
managers is saved, who gains? The company, your manager and You.
As time saved on transactional matters would now be used to discuss
strategic aspects, which would deliver higher growth and profits for
your company. That would mean more growth for you, as you are the
one who helped managers gain time.
At the end, won't the boss think: yes, this person is different . S/he
knows the problem and some methods to fix them also! S/he deserves
to be applauded/rewarded etc. Applause wins you recognition and
you get rewarded with higher responsibility.
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2. Learning 37
Keep newer learnings you just acquired to
yourself
Share and spread the learnings and create
organization wide success
In your day to day execution of your tasks, you do many times come
across some better ways of doing the same task / activity OR you learn
something new which could help you immediately in enhancing your
performance. To add on, you may find some new and novel way to
crack some problem. Quick resolution means quicker and faster
results.
Say, you are in Sales and come across a client who has some peculiar
and different requirements. You brainstorm with your production
team and arrive at a good solution which makes your client happy.
If you were to keep this new learning to yourself, you would sort of
rob the other sales guy of an order assuming he too faced the same
situation but said NO to the client as s/he was not sure of the company
agreeing to so many product changes to satisfy this client. But if you
did share, the company wins another deal.
So for every new learning / discovery, you have 2 options, one is
to keep the learnings to yourself and second is to help your peers by
spreading these learnings. Normally a weak hearted person would
keep the learnings to one self as s/he is not confident of making newer
discoveries to improve performance etc. A strong and confident
employee would share the same as s/he is confident of un-earthing
newer discoveries. And the more you share , the faster and better your
team performs and obviously management would want to share
higher rewards with you
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3. Learning 42
Assume full day/week/month left at any point
of time
Achieve more by assuming day/week over at the
start itself
Speed is essence of everything. You need to move fast, work hard,
deliver fast, think fast, act fast etc.Why? As there is so much to do and
also there is so much competition. And main reason for all this: the
client just cannot wait. And competition is moving faster too.
All in all this means, time is scarce, so much so, that it leaves you
begging for more. And un-fortunately time is one thing which is never
available on loan. We all know this. Yet, many of us tend to take things
so easy till the last moment comes and then we jump out of our
slumber only to do them fast and in the process, commit some
mistakes. So, when the week starts, we take it easy, till Thursday comes
and then we start jumping to finish the weeks work. Same for the
month. You take life cool for few days till 15th comes only to realize that
you haven't got a single order! This reminds me of one of my
conferences where I asked each person when this task would be done
and they all said: end of the month. They meant 30th. I then asked what
if each month got over on 25th ?! And they all said, yes, we will get it by
25th! That meant that the company suddenly gained 5 more working
days per month, which is 2 more months in a year!
So, if you want to stand out from the crowd, if you want to win, then
you need to do something extra. You cannot afford to take it easy even
for a day. Go for a contrarian thinking: think the day is about to be over
just when it starts, think the week is about to be over when it just starts.
Same for the month. This way, you would always exhibit fire in your
belly. The fire would last for the entire week or the month unlike the
laggards who fire up only for half the time. Even lesser!
The more the fire, the more the drive and the higher chances for
success. Fire never goes un-noticed. Your fire for sure will one day get
noticed by the management.
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4. Learning 43
Never do your task right the first time as there
are others to cross-check
Show your super skills by doing it right the very
first time
Do we not see this playing out daily, i.e. we tend to execute our tasks so
fast that we land up making some mistakes. Mistakes in the solution
we propose to our client, mistakes in some calculations, mistakes in
wrong commitments given to management. Infact, for all
transactional, operational and strategic tasks, we do land up not
doing it 100% right in the fist attempt.
And why does this happen. One, culturally we are used to concentrate
more on execution than planning. Even though, we very well know that
planning helps in reducing issues but we still prefer to execute without
planning. Two, we tend to rush and complete tasks at the last moment.
Three, the cost of making a mistake is very low as we are not fired but
just warned. It's like the traffic signal. You jump it without any
hesitation as the fine is just Rs. 100.00! So, whether you do mistakes
or you don't, the loss seems to be low. Four, even if we do make a
mistake, we know there is someone beyond you to cross check (your
boss or your testing / quality check team).
All these factors naturally and logically drive each of you to continue to
make mistakes. Well, there is nothing really wrong as this is a cultural
issue and who can challenge culture. But I want to make one point. Do
you want to be part of the crowd and therefore not be visible or you
want to be seen as the one standing out and being recognized and
applauded for?
If you want to be recognized, then don't follow others. Set examples for
others to follow. Plan your work. Think of all the issues and test for all
so that no bug or defect or error is pointed out by anyone. To sum up,
do it right the first time. If you always do it correctly the first time, you
will be different from the others. You would be the most wanted.
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5. Learning 67
Always try to wrongly impress by over
committing and under delivering
Attain respect by setting expectations at correct
levels
It's natural to always give aggressive dates for deliveries when your
boss asks you as you want to impress him by showing how great your
skills are. And bang comes the date to deliver only to make the boss
realize that you have not even finished half the work! What went
wrong? Your over-zealous attitude to commit and look important did
the damage.
And what did you deliver? Sadness and gloomy facts.
On the other hand, if you were not as excited and thought through all
the tasks, you would have, for sure, committed safer and realistic
dates. That would have pleased all as the work would have got
delivered around the target date. This does not mean that you become
so conservative in planning that you commit 2 months for a fortnight's
job!
So don't get over excited and commit too aggressive dates. Don't you
get irritated when the restaurant owner makes his standard
commitment of 15 minutes to deliver but actually takes more than an
hour to turn up?
So, don't rush into commitments. Think thru and commit realistic
dates. The management would love you for that. And truth is solid
recognition.
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