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Of Mice and Mobile Men - Interesting story to learn business lessons.

  Of Mice and Mobile Men By Sydney Finkelstein Medical researchers love working with mice. The reason they love mice is because they die so quickly. This short lifespan concentrates time, enabling researchers to identify patterns over time in a way that would not be possible with, say, humans. It turns out that the world of business has its own lab full of mice, also known as mobile device companies. Think about it. The legendary downward spiral at Research in Motion (RIM) shows what could happen to a beloved - or formerly beloved – brand, in this case, BlackBerry. What's more, if you look at the global mobile device industry over the last three decades, a period in which cell phones have become such a central part of our lives, you would find a fascinating pattern of great success quickly followed by stunning breakdown and failure. What does a closer look at this business lab and its mice tell us? A little history: in the 1980's a genius company of engineers leveraged skills b
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Worried about environment? - Don't buy anything.

 Overconsumption is a real problem while most of world's population still faces uncertainty to meet daily needs. I am confused when I see a product/ company that proclaims buying this / that helps the environment. Every action including each letter typed on the internet has a carbon footprint. To be really conscious about environment and do our bit to help the planet. I am only referring to things all of us can do irrespective of where we are. Don't buy anything. Buy as less as you need. Reduce time spent online - 4 billion + people are active on internet. If 4 billion people reduce time spent online by 1 minute a day for 365 days.. that is some real impact. Reuse/ use things for longer - I know we need things to survive and live but can we buy second hand? Can we reuse things we have? Can we use things we have for longer durations? Business travel - While I personally believe business travel is critical to build relationships and establish trust, everyday there are better comm
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Super interesting people and stories to learn from!

Some interesting blogs and essays. https://sive.rs/  - for anything  https://sahillavingia.com/reflecting  - startup https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/nicolaj/  - strategy https://cs.harvard.edu/malan/  - learning how to teach/ computer science Nasim Nicholas Taleb - his books or tweets. Bethany McLean  - Journalist - to learn power of courage. Tom Watson - forgiving employee's million dollar mistake - Perspective
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Pebbles and Ghee - S.N Goenka

 I was reading a book on Vipassana meditation written by William Hart and titled as 'The Art of Living' and a store of Pebbles and Ghee stood out. The Pebbles and the Ghee (story told by S. N. Goenka) One day a young man came to the Buddha crying and crying; he could not stop. The Buddha asked him,  What is wrong, young man? Sir, yesterday my old father died. Well, what can be done? If he has died, crying will not bring him back. Yes, sir, that I understand; crying will not bring back my father. But I have come to you, sir, with a special request: please do something for my dead father! Eh? What can I do for your dead father? Sir, please do something. You are such a powerful person, certainly you can do it. Look, these priestlings, pardoners, and almsgatherers perform all sorts of rites and rituals to help the dead. And as soon as the ritual is performed here, the gateway of the kingdom of heaven is breached and the dead person receives entry there; he gets an entry visa. You,
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