Not to play a 90 min..

football game one day and another the next day... even if your mind wants to, your body is not fully rested yet and hence the reactions are slow and the strength is low

Kelvinism -

believe that you are God's chosen destined for heaven irrespective of what you do on earth.

Successful people..

act and react to requests very quickly. They donot dilly-dally, instead they react very quickly and hence, get things moving forward

Empathy vs Inspiration

Empathising with others is great to help you love them and feel a strong connection with them. However, it is not the solution to get things done better. To get things done better, people have take the troubles and fight the road-blocks...and only then is there sweet success.

An understanding ear to my problems will not make me successful. So I have no need for such empathy. Yes it may make me feel better but in such a situation I feel that I have a greater need for motivation and role models who I can learn from and follow.

Systems should be tough so people can be soft...

At the core of the company is its performance system - everything else is build around it. Need to read-up on Egon Zender etc for more insights into this area.

People perform only when the rules are clear...

One reason why people are having performance issues is because our people performance systems are not in place yet! Hmm, will start to build them asap! I imagine that it's like building the rules for any sport, the rule need to be clear, there needs to be some element of luck in winning, a lot of team spirit required for success and consequences for failure and victory. Most of all there should be a large, clean and simple Score Board in the middle of the office!
* Sending Monday emails... takes a whole Monday! Phew!! :)

In the 'Real' world, you first need to 'survive'...

Great meeting Dadong today... very helpful to learn from him that the in the 'real' world things are not easy - you have to first make sure that you can just survive the short term before you can strategize and execute for the long term. It is not easy! Good to remember this! :) He is a great guy, I will love to stay more in touch with him!!

Sowers and reapers...

Finally, when things start to work-out/ build-up the worker on top the building claims the success and get the hi fives. That's ok!! If you are the worker who was digging the foundations you are long gone and long forgotten - get used to this and work with this reality...

Little things count...

Little things count - but it take a lot of little things to finally add to the count! So be patient and keep at it! :)