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“When we renounce our dreams and find peace, we go through a short period of tran­quil­ity. But the dead dreams begin to rot within us and to infect our entire being. We become cruel to those around us, and then we … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Posted on January 31, 2012 by Rameez

Business is Personal

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Rameez| Comments Off

Joe Fox: It wasn’t… per­sonal.
Kath­leen Kelly: What is that sup­posed to mean? I am so sick of that. All that means is that it wasn’t per­sonal to you. But it was per­sonal to me. It’s *per­sonal* to a lot of peo­ple. And what’s so wrong with being per­sonal, any­way?
Joe Fox: Uh, noth­ing.
Kath­leen Kelly: What­ever else any­thing is, it ought to begin by being personal.

— scene from You’ve Got Mail.

Some­thing at office yes­ter­day reminded me of this movie. When I saw it for the first time, I paid no atten­tion to the busi­ness and ide­ol­ogy part of the story. Now I do and I find it fascinating.

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Life vs Career

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Rameez| Comments Off

“I don’t think of my life as a career. I do stuff. I respond to stuff. That’s not a career – it’s a life!”

– Steve Jobs

via Quote Vadis

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You are not your job description

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Rameez| Comments Off

While it’s true that we hire peo­ple because they fit the job descrip­tion, it’s impor­tant to always remem­ber that we hire peo­ple, we don’t hire job descrip­tions. The peo­ple we hire have other skills, desires, and pas­sions; smart com­pa­nies uti­lize the whole per­son, not just some pre-conceived piece of them.

– Edward O’Connor in You are not your job description

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Career Choices for Mario

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Rameez| Comments Off

You know what’d have been cooler than being a plumber? These.

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