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Category Archives: influence

Reading between the lines

Many times, you cannot take a statement made by a company or individual at face value. It is important to be able to read between the lines, recollect your past interactions, and discussions with the person or company and then take a decision. Usually most people do not have a hidden agenda, but the ability [...]

Experience matters

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration Many people think that a new technology or success in any field comes as a flash of inspiration, but actually it is a result of many years of experimentation, practice, hard work and testing. Some of the most famous writers have started writing stories from a very [...]

Two sides to every story

From http://bible.org/seriespage/there-are-two-sides-every-story-joshua-221-34 “Have you ever jumped to a conclusion before hearing both sides of a story? Have you ever failed to give someone the benefit of the doubt, even though they had never wronged you?” This saying from the Bible is very relevant today. Today, character and other types of assasination is a full time [...]

Search engine influence

While analysing the high traffic websites in 20+ large countries in the world, the websites with the highest traffic levels are either search engines or social networking websites. This indicates that most people use the internet mainly for search, for finding information. So a search engine is a major influence in the internet industry of [...]

Some business and media stories

Meeting on Paid news Circulation of Indian language papers Manufacturing growth

Cost control

One of the most important things that you learn as an engineer is cost control. If you are going to get a premium price , you use high quality material as  inputs and put in proportionate efforts. If you are getting the lowest price in the market, the quality of inputs is adjusted accordingly. Similarly [...]

Fighting for the truth

Some countries are prosperous and develop because more importance is given to facts, merit and hard work. In others rumours and gossip prevail, because people do not verify the facts. If you have the truth on your side, however big and well connected your opponent is, you should fight till the bitter end, ultimately the [...]

Document everything

One of better aspects of doing a job for a few years is learning the art of defending yourself from your seniors. For any commercial transaction, it is always better to document everything. Even if you were discussing a project related issue with a colleague in the same cubicle, you were always told to put [...]

Customer support

One of the hallmarks of  a  great company for me is the way they treat their customers.   Whatever the order value, however big or small  the customer , it is important to treat him or her fairly.   It is far easier (and cheaper in the long run) to have a happy customer do repeat business than spend [...]

Engineers and autographs

Working as a engineer can be very boring , especially if you are working in design, preparing engineering drawings like wiring diagrams and cable schedules .  But there is one thing you have in common with  glamorous professions – you sign a lot of autographs.  So every plant layout, assembly drawing, wiring diagram, product specification and cable [...]