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The Fastest Way to Succeed in a New Job: Identify the Right People

Introduction  Starting a new job is often treated as a learning exercise. You read your job description, attend training sessions, learn the software, and understand the processes. All of these things are important, but there is another factor that can dramatically influence how quickly you succeed: knowing the right people. The fastest way to struggle in a new job is not always incompetence. Sometimes, it is simply talking to the wrong people. After working across large supply chain and logistics operations, I have seen highly capable professionals take longer to adjust because they did not understand the organization's stakeholder network. Meanwhile, others became effective quickly because they identified the people who could influence their work.  Your Job Description Is Only the Beginning  Your job description tells you what you are expected to do. It does not always tell you how decisions are made, who controls approvals, where important information comes from, or wh...

4 Success habits of Billionaires

One of the most celebrated person on earth, the man who thinks about building a colony on Mars. Yes, we are talking about Elon Musk who is a founder of revolutionary companies like Tesla and SpaceX. What is that habit which made him so successful? He disclosed this habit several times but still, people don't follow this method. He uses the concept of "Time Block". So what is the meaning of Time Block? It means that breaking our day into hours, minutes and increasing productivity in those blocks. Achieving goals in small parts and measuring the day in small parts. Musk used to break his day in 5 minutes also. To track his minutes he uses Buzzers and even hourglass. What you'll say about the success of a person who breaks his day into 5-minute blocks. But what we do, we used to waste hour time on social media, nonsense chit chats, etc. Parkinson's Law states that " Work expands to fill the time allotted for it".We must understand that until we use time...

IPL: The Treasure trove of Life learning (Part 1)

Indian Premier League (IPL) has provided so many spectacular moments to the cricket fans. IPL has established itself as the biggest cricket extravaganza on earth. It's no surprise that IPL has a birthplace which is the capital of modern-day cricket i.e., India where cricket is just like a heartbeat. Indian Pre mier League (IPL) has always been in news since its inception (both good and bad) whether its match-fixing scandal or Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) deciding to donate opening ceremony money to Indian Armed Forces. In our mind, IPL is all about cheerleaders, after-match parties, sixes, etc but we can learn various life-changing things from the Indian Premier League (IPL). Let us try to explore key learnings from IPL:   1. In this world, nothing is permanent: They said that he is the brain behind IPL. In one of the interviews, he said: " I think this is the biggest thing that I have ever achieved and I have tempted about it, lived it and it becomes a rea...