Yahoo! announced today that I will be their CEO of India Research and Development. Why am I joining Yahoo!? Read on…
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My year-long buyout experiment has come to an end. In this post I describe what I was doing and why it failed. I have no regrets that we tried. That’s the essence of entrepreneurship. In the coming days, I’ll talk about what I plan to do next.
Passion, Happiness, Work, Play and Life
Published by April 5th, 2007 in book review and personal. 2 CommentsWork-life balance is about ditching the Deferred Life Plan. Not only shouldn’t family be deferred, Randy Komisar suggests that passion also shouldn’t be deferred. He describes passion as something that pulls you towards something you cannot resist while drive pushes you towards something you feel compelled or obligated to do. “If you know nothing about yourself you can’t tell the difference”. This ties in very well with Martin Seligman’s research on happiness. He suggests that true happiness doesn’t’ happen unless you know your own strengths. After all, it’s playing to your signature strengths that brings passion alive. Read on…
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India is a land of contrasts. One India is on the move creating waves around the world. Another is stuck in the past, unable to break free to realize its full potential. There are some outstanding social entrepreneurs who have left their cushy jobs to help bridge this gap… Today as 2006 comes to an end, I’ll like to salute another social entrepreneur who has stepped out of a comfy corporate life and has decided to touch and uplift the lives of many.
