George is Not a Commodity

Over a catch-up dinner last week, a friend confided something I did not expect to come out of his mouth. An executive with a big firm he said, “I’m starting to feel like a commodity.” Are we all becoming a commodity? Are we so easily replaceable? Is this what the chaos, uncertainty, unpredictability and complexity is causing us to feel? That we’re no different from anyone else. Is this the root cause of stress and anxiety at work? I went […]

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Get Off the Fence

I had been thinking and thinking for a long time about whether or not I should pursue something new at work. I thought long and hard and weighed the pros and cons of this path for a while now. Pursuing it would mean a small change in my career. But I wasn’t sure about making that change especially given uncertainty around every corner of business today. There were a lot of questions that I wanted clarity around, such as: Will […]

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Entrepreneur: “I don’t believe in business plans” [Rule #8: Trust in Yourself]

I knew Sonam when she was a kid working at our family Dairy Queen store about 10 years ago.  Recently, I learned of her new business on Facebook through a friend and decided to stop by her bakery one rainy afternoon to pick up some treats for my kids.  It’s called Chocal8Kiss and it’s a brand new bakery/cafe located in Manalapan, NJ.  She embraced the chaos and opened in March and is busting her back and making it work…and loving every […]

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Get Out of the House to Deal With Uncertainty

You can’t thrive in a new, more global world, if you don’t get out of the house and actually see it for yourself. I met my friend Ben a few years ago. He’s a successful entrepreneur who has created and sold businesses. He lives in Manhattan and is a great example of someone who’s realized how important it is to say YES to new opportunities. Ben has never been to India and doesn’t necessarily have a specific NEED to go […]

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3 Ways to Embrace Chaos@Work

There is so much chaos at work these days. People are living with so much stress and anxiety due to uncertainty at work. Based on my own personal experience of living with chaos at work, I’ve come up with 3 ways to Embrace the Chaos at work: 1. Accept [Rule#1] that organizational change will happen more often and be more drastic. People will move, leave, come in and evolve. Products, businesses, services will launch, grow market share, spin-off, be acquired […]

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