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Managing Perceptions

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Reality, I have been cautiously researching this topic for a couple of years since our controversial prof Venkat threw this raw fact upon our faces in his IIO class. And I wanna share the results with you,I am surprised!! I could visibly see many advantages and merits in managing others perception about you.But you should not also overdo it which might back fire.There is a powerful marketing campaign happening about you,behind you, which you might have consciously or unconsciously started. This will help you in getting good reference, people unanimously choose you for responsible chairs, you might(I didn't say will) be attractive to opposite sex, it will act as an extra force in you fight up the life's ladder. So we might think its always good to speak whats happening,the reality, but bite your tongue, that will not take you any further. It might not be an decelerator , but you tend to lose the extra force acting on behalf of you. I also want to add that I am currently ...

Art of begging

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If you are a traveler in India, you will come across lots of beggars daily. I happen to be a routine traveler in Mumbai suburbs train. And don't think I am too callous for the post you are going to read. It just happens out of my MBA pedigree. I used to watch beggars sitting outside the station and mainly in the trains.I have started wondering why do some beggars gets alms and some don't, what runs in peoples mind before offering alms to any beggar.These are my observations. The category which is the least earner in the old people and children without any physical challenges. The best category is the blind couple. And the best timing is the evening hours when people return home relaxed and are happy. The wrong hour to beg for alms is the morning biz hours.People ignore even the blind couple, nothing to say about others. And if you get alms from few people then your chances of getting more increases this tells us that people mind is in a short term dilemma about offering alms an...