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First, what are the definitions of genius on the web?

• someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality; “Mozart was a child genius”; “he’s smart but he’s no Einstein”
• brilliance: unusual mental ability
• ace: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
• exceptional creative ability
• flair: a natural talent; “he has a flair for mathematics”; “he has a genius for interior decorating”
  wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

And what’s the formula for genius?

According to Robin Sharma, time + focus = genius.

You can see the video explaining this here.

First, some introspection!

How was the last month for you? What are your achievements? What are the things you wanted to complete, but did not?

And if you could redo yesterday, how would you work? If you could really relive yesterday, how would you start your day? What all actions would you take? What would you not do?

More than 80% of us would like to be more productive, more expressed and more satisfied if they could relive yesterday. Why did we not live yesterday like that than? It’s not that we couldn’t do it. It’s not a question of ability, it’s a question of going beyond the usual.

You may know that we have a Monthly Review Meeting in Magnet. Different teams meet once a month to review the last month, share the learnings and to create something for the month ahead. We started with these introspective questions this time.

Our habits determine our productivity

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What do you attribute Apple’s success to? Steve Jobs? Usability? Cutting edge technology? Innovation? Or their extra ordinary marketing skills?

I think much of Apple’s success is because of their marketing focus. The customer experience focus comes from marketing focus.

Steve Chazin, an Apple veteran, has written an insightful eBook - Marketing Apple. The eBook uncovers the secret of marketing that Apple uses. The principles are very smart and I believe if you use them, you would be successful too!

This is a must read for anyone interested in Apple or Marketing.

I want to make a lot of money! So I am always curious to learn more about money, earning more and managing the money! I saw this book “5 Lessons A Millionaire Taught Me” by Richard Evans, and I had to learn the lessons! I did learn a lot, and I thought they are worth sharing. So here are the notes from the book!

The Basics

• If you don’t control money, it will most definitely control you.
• Money is not the root of all evil; the love for money is.
• More often than not, the more successful people in life, those who are well-educated, are those who are poor at managing their finances.

The five lessons are:

1. Decide to Be Wealthy,
2. Take Responsibility for Your Money,
3. Keep a Portion of Everything You Earn
4. Win in the Margins
5. Give Back

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Men, make sure to lift the toilet seat before urinating; if you are concerned about the sanitary conditions, you can use your foot to gently lift the side of the toilet seat up or down.

If you think that’s funny, think again! That’s one of the bathroom etiquettes you should follow. Adam Lowe runs a podcast - Modern Manners Guy on Quick And Dirty Tips. He has covered bathroom manners in good length in one of the podcasts. It’s definitely worth a listen / read. I not only learned some, but also had a good time reading them! I have now subscribed to the transcripts as RSS!

And while we are on the topic, a couple of images on the topic!