Things I learned from my son today :-D :
1. There are 3 kinds of people - Boys, Girls, and Old people
2. Boys have short hair and girls have long hair. If boys grow long hair, they become girls.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Random thoughts
A couple of random or borderline non-random thoughts crossed my mind today and I thought of dumping them here in order to follow up another day.
1. How are habits formed ?
a) Enforced through repetition: Example could be that of waking up very early in the morning. Some people pick up this habit quite young.
b) Self- Motivation: Understand the pros and cons to something to quit a habit (smoking) or to learn a new one (regular physical exercise). This requires constant reminders and will power.
c) Life changing events: This is where certain positive or negative events, shakes one up to change their outlook and lead to new habits (eg: taking additional precautions).
d) External motivation: Meeting or learning about charismatic people. This is how several sportsmen or artists got initiated into their respective fields.
Any other way ?
2. Western versus Oriental styles of management ?
What could an oriental style of management be ? I was thinking about the simple case of "project management". Long before PMI or modern books on project management came into being, people all over the world have successfully handled complex endeavors. How did they do it ? Did the Taj Mahal or Pyramids have project managers ? Did they divide their work into managing project integration, scope, time, cost, resources, communication, risks, quality, and procurement? How did they manage sequential and parallel activities, how did they estimate costs ? Need to track down some good books on these subjects.
1. How are habits formed ?
a) Enforced through repetition: Example could be that of waking up very early in the morning. Some people pick up this habit quite young.
b) Self- Motivation: Understand the pros and cons to something to quit a habit (smoking) or to learn a new one (regular physical exercise). This requires constant reminders and will power.
c) Life changing events: This is where certain positive or negative events, shakes one up to change their outlook and lead to new habits (eg: taking additional precautions).
d) External motivation: Meeting or learning about charismatic people. This is how several sportsmen or artists got initiated into their respective fields.
Any other way ?
2. Western versus Oriental styles of management ?
What could an oriental style of management be ? I was thinking about the simple case of "project management". Long before PMI or modern books on project management came into being, people all over the world have successfully handled complex endeavors. How did they do it ? Did the Taj Mahal or Pyramids have project managers ? Did they divide their work into managing project integration, scope, time, cost, resources, communication, risks, quality, and procurement? How did they manage sequential and parallel activities, how did they estimate costs ? Need to track down some good books on these subjects.
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