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Time Management Essential – Dedicate More time for Productive Work

November 7, 2012 — 12 Comments

When it comes to time management, there’s no other person I look up to than my wife. She is a superwoman (and I can already picture her totally tickled pink with this revelation). She does everything in our home, and everything is orderly by the time I arrive. What’s her secret? She manages her time effectively and allocates maximum time for most productive work.

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So for this post, I have her as my resource person. I will take her examples to prove my point that one of the most important time management skills is to dedicate most for your time to work that will bring you most value. But knowing this is not going to help you, unless you learn to assess and rank your tasks as per the value proposition. Its a skill only you can master your own way. I can only guide.

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The Value of Gandhism, Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi

June 25, 2012 — 9 Comments

I read an article on Mahatma Gandhi last week and compelled to write this non-financial piece. Gandhi must be a known figure to you, they way you know Nelson Mandela or  Dr. martin Luther King, Jr.

For me, born and brought up in India, I felt Gandhi every day in our school, in prayers, in lessons and in pictures on the class room wall. I started learning Gandhi the moment I developed reading ability. The practice is still followed in Indian schools. He’s father of the nation.

This article is to reiterate the value of Gandhism. He was assassinated by religious extremists in 1948. Things didn’t change since then. We see religious extremism even today, perhaps with greater intensity. We miss Gandhi and his peace struggle. To stop Hindu-Muslim riot during partition of India (formation of Pakistan) he started hunger strike, and such was the power, millions stopped killing each other. Gandhi, we miss you today.

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20 Tips To Be Productive And Happy At Work

March 19, 2012 — 30 Comments

Let me start with a disclaimer, I am not pretending that I am a guru of some sort who knows how to handle work pressure in any situation.

I am writing this as I think this may help you if you are in similar situation as I once was. It was becoming difficult for me to increase productivity, I wasn’t able to concentrate and wasn’t producing results I wanted to produce. Then I made these small adjustments.

It’s not that I practice all of them day-in and day-out, but I follow most of them every day. In a way this is similar to the other projects I mentioned before, how to be a better person in 15 ways and how to feel good and increase productivity.

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How to Deal With Difficult Clients and Customers

February 1, 2012 — 15 Comments

The following is a guest post from Marissa over at Thirty Six Months. She writes about student debt, investing, and finding ways to be frugal.

I don’t really talk about it a lot, but I have a side business where I do social media  and web design for small businesses. I really enjoy doing this and it is a stretch from my day job. I normally have great clients who are clear about they want and come prepared to our meetings. There are days where I assign tasks to some of them in an effort to guide them in the right direction. These tasks are meant to teach them about things that they haven’t thought about before.

Because I learned everything on my own it gives me the knowledge to help them minimize their learning curves. I teach them about things like virtual phone numbers, how to pick the right domain, where to register their business, what free accounting software is best, how to establish their presence offline.

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