links for 2009-11-05

November 5, 2009 in Links

• Nicholas Bate: The Twenty Things You Can Be Pretty Sure About The People You Admire
  # have slowly but surely changed their thresholds for hard work (it’s easier than ever before), spotting bullsh*t (they can tell it a mile off) and getting up early.
  # have stopped blaming history and can’t remember the last time they used the phrase ‘I don’t have time’.
  # have zero tolerance for cynicism. They simply ask of people: make it work or move on.
  # absolutely definitely believe that a professional does what is necessary even when he/she does not feel like it.
  (tags: Attitude Psychology)
• आज सडकों पर / दुष्यंत कुमार – Kavita Kosh
  राख कितनी राख है, चारों तरफ बिखरी हुई,
  राख में चिनगारियां ही देख अंगारे न देख।
  (tags: poetry hindi poem)
• Ten Things I Liked (and Hated) About Your Presentation – Steven DeMaio – HarvardBusiness.org
  You just gave an important talk about a new initiative. Maybe 40 employees were there, all "key players," you called us. I was the guy in the back of the room with the curly hair…If my opinion really mattered, I'd tell you what I liked about your presentation to your face. I probably wouldn't mention what I didn't like. But here, why not lay it all out for you? You can take it or leave it.
  1. I arrived early, and I appreciated that you were ready to start on time. The fact that you spent the first 12 minutes making the rest of us wait for our bosses to show up? Not so much.
  (tags: presentation presentations management tips feedback)
• हो गई है पीर पर्वत / दुष्यंत कुमार – Kavita Kosh
  हो गई है पीर पर्वत-सी पिघलनी चाहिए, इस हिमालय से कोई गंगा निकलनी चाहिए।
  आज यह दीवार, परदों की तरह हिलने लगी, शर्त थी कि ये बुनियाद हिलनी चाहिए।
  हर सड़क पर, हर गली में, हर नगर, हर गाँव में, हाथ लहराते हुए हर लाश चलनी चाहिए।
  सिर्फ हंगामा खड़ा करना मेरा मकसद नहीं, मेरी कोश‍िश है कि ये सूरत बदलनी चाहिए।
  मेरे सीने में नहीं तो तेरे सीने में सही, हो कहीं भी आग, लेकिन आग जलनी चाहिए।
  (tags: Poetry Hindi aag)