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I am in Ahmedabad for three days, working with Ashok and the sales team here on our Q2 strategy. Found Robin Sharma’s Greatness Guide 2, and just opened a page to get the inspiration for the day!

And found something Robin calls the “Mirror Test”. Stand in front of a mirror in the morning. Ask yourself: What is it that you can do today, that will take you to the next level of greatness? Personally and professionally? Think through the action, go through it in your mind. Then go ahead and do it. Be bold.

It’s the daily small improvements you do that will get you to greatness. Discover a new level of greatness everyday, with the mirror test!

I am going to take myself to the next level of greatness by pushing through the sales game we created and inspiring the Ahmedabad team today.

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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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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Here’s the last part in the series of What Would Buddha Do At Work! Today, we have some wisdom on hiring, morale, conflict resolution and turning around. After that, there is some additional wisdom - and I think some of the best so far! Especially, look near the end of the list, you will find some gems!

Hiring according to Buddha:

• Begin inside.
• Ask behavioral questions. What happened to them in a particular situation in the past and how did they handle it?
• When hiring remember that appearances can be deceiving.
• People are hired for their technical skills and get fired for poor interpersonal skills.

Morale

• The big boss can spend time with the new employee.
• Leaders need to be around constantly to encourage others.

Conflict Resolution

• When someone is provoking divisiveness, try to get that person back in harmony with the larger group.
• Go to the person privately and counsel him. Do not humiliate him in front of coworkers.
• If that fails after three times, call the group together in a group intervention so the troublemaker can see how his actions affect everyone.
• In a crisis, take action immediately. No amount of spin doctoring and damage control can substitute for concrete action.

Turning a Floundering Business Around

Focus on your core activities. Gather water and firewood, so to speak. Go back to the basics and follow the vision. Plain hard work on core activities is all it takes.

Additional Wisdom

• Diversity is based on the fundamental idea humans are all the same.
• Buddha would have nothing against firing someone for poor performance.
• There is nothing wrong with joining the rat race. Just make sure you enjoy the race for the running, and not for the goodies along the way.
• Start small and tend to your business as you would a fire. Let it grow steadily as you feed it.
• When writing a mission statement, consider your duty to make your small part of the world a better place.
• Buddha disapproves of adversarial business language.
• Be conscious of the words you use. “Business is war” and “Crush the competition” are not very enlightened.
• The moment your organization ceases to evolve, it will die.
• Let it all go. Everything changes.
• “The Web site you seek cannot be located, but endless others exist.”
• Do not cling to the latest guru or consultant. Think for yourself.
• Do not analyze things too much. Decide on a course of action and take it.