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Power

Missing A Moving Parade

Looking back on over a decade of working on the Internet, I realize there’s ONE critical mistake that has been costlier than any other that I’ve made.
This is a blog post about it. Hopefully, there are some lessons here which will help you avoid doing the same. (I drafted it, however, as a [...]

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Infant Mortality Rate – Just a number?

In today’s newspaper, I read an interview (”All Lives Have Equal Value“) with Melinda Gates, co-founder of The Gates Foundation. She said “Bill and I care about keeping all kids alive.”
In medical school, we study pediatrics as a subject. One surefire question that was asked in oral examinations related to “Infant Mortality Rate” [...]

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I felt Seth Godin’s LINCHPIN was “Nothing New”, but…

Seth Godin is remarkable. Always. At least, I think he is.
But when I read an excerpt of his new book, LINCHPIN – let’s just say I felt a bit let down!
In this post, I’m going to explore WHY.
First, a quick reminder about the fallacy of trying to judge or describe the whole after [...]

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Changing Inside

CAUTION: The theme of this blog post – and the video I link to – is NOT for children or squeamish, delicate people. It is raw, painful, and real. Skip it if you’re the kind who is too strongly affected by hearing of such things. You have been warned!
After four decades [...]

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When Technology Meets Spirituality

Bill Gates is on Twitter. I followed him. One of his early tweets linked to “The Gates Notes”. I read some.
And paused, deep in thought.
In my professional life, I’m a technologist and technician. Pediatric heart surgery is among the most technically advanced, evolved and challenging medical specialities.
The Norwood operation for Hypoplastic [...]

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Choosing Your Tribe – And Tools

Two young men joined the same online social network. They were very much alike, these two young men. Both had been average students, both were pleasant personalities, and both – as excited early adopters of technology are – were filled with dreams for the future.
Recently, these men reviewed their last 25 months on [...]

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Heart-break in Haiti

I shared my thoughts here about the horrific disaster that hit Haiti yesterday night.
For the past few years, I’ve been involved in helping Frank McKinney’s “Caring House Project” which builds homes for the homeless in Haiti.
As soon as I heard about the special initiative Frank’s team is taking to secure planes to fly immediately to [...]

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Smoothening The Trust Curve

Around 18 months back, I shared the story of how I went from hearing Mari Smith’s name, to promoting her Facebook course to my audience of thousands of subscribers… all within 24 hours!
That’s because Mari had “smoothened the trust curve”.
More recently, I shared a similar experience with bestselling Indian writer Chetan Bhagat – when I [...]

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Wanted: Evangelists (Celebrity Optional)

Seth Godin pre-launched his new book, LINCHPIN – in style. In the process he helped raise $100,000 for the ACUMEN fund.
I’m working on my 2010 budget for the Dr.Mani Children Heart Foundation. We are likely to spend $45,000 to sponsor more heart operations (between 80 and 110).
Viewing these two facts together brought something [...]

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How I Stole Chetan Bhagat's Book – And Became His Fan

Chetan Bhagat is a popular Indian author. He has a string of best-selling novels out. Until recently, I was only vaguely familiar with his name.
Then last week, I bought his book, “One Night @ the Callcenter”. Found it a nice, quick read. And that might have been all – except that [...]

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