By Rajesh Setty on Mon 05 Mar 2007, 10:57 PM - 5 Comments
Sometimes, I just wish, many of my friends (that I have never met) out there know that
* I am NOT interested in doing business with so many cool business people from Nigeria who somehow find my email address while “researching” for a reputable business person in this country.
* I know I have WON the UK/Spanish/German lottery. But I want to give other people a chance. So you can stop contacting me.
* I currently don’t need any medication from a number of pharmacies that are selling drugs online.
* I don’t need OEM software from Microsoft. I am currently using a MacBook.
* I don’t have a Paypal account so how can I update one?
* I can’t read chinese so I don’t know what the offer is 
Please send the translated version. I am getting a feeling that I might be missing something VERY important.
* I don’t have time to get into a home based business. I know I can make an extra $500 – $1000 per week. It sounds tempting but sorry – no time for now.
* I don’t buy or sell stocks. So I am sad that many of the stock tips you are sending are going waste. Can I forward these tips to my friends who do trade stocks? I was not sure and I want to be careful about forwarding this privileged information.
* I know that you are saying that I need to change passwords for many of my accounts in many banks where I don’t have accounts. When I open accounts in those banks, I will come back and change the passwords. Thanks for the alerts.
* I currently have a good watch. So I don’t need an Omega replica. I know that it is a steal. But what will I do with my current watch that is original? I pass…
* Ditto for Rolex replicas too…
* Almost forgot. Ditto for Cartier watches too…
* same for Bvlgari watches
* No time to play in online casinos. I have bookmarked all the links that you have sent. When I do have time, I will be sure to visit each one of them.
* I checked with my doctor. He said No. I understand that the sale on Human Growth Harmones ends soon. I will pass for now.
I would have replied to everyone individually but I know that you are all busy sending emails to other people and you may not have time to read my replies.
Did I say – I have a fantasy…
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By Rajesh Setty on Mon 05 Mar 2007, 10:34 PM - Leave Comment
History is filled with accounts of products that were discovered as a result of accidents. Here are a few examples
1. Alexander Fleming discovered the anti-biotic properties of Penicillin by accident
2. Heard about Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company? May be not. But you sure have heard of 3M (3M = MMM = Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company) which capitalized on an accident (invention of Scotch tape while trying to make masking tape) to become a household name.
3. Dr.Roy Plunkett (DuPont Chemist) discovered Teflon (Polytetrafluoroethylene) when he was working with gases related to Freon refrigerants.
I look at my own life in the past few years and there have been so many accidents
1. The business model for my first company was broken. The new business model was created almost by an accident
2. I never wanted to get “Beyond Code” professionally published. Self-publishing was all I was thinking. This topic came up almost accidentally during one of my lunches with Tim Sanders. That conversation changed everything. I am glad it happened the way it did.
3. I started this blog mainly to support my book. That should explain the name of the blog. Of course, that is not the only intention now. Looking back, without the book, I don’t think I would have started to blog.
4. I went to look for funding on one of my recent startups. Through a referral, I ended up joining a fantastic networking group. During the interview to join that group, made friends with a gentleman that resulted in an acquisition that is win-win for both companies.
I can go on and on. The point is many significant things in my life have happened because I was able to capitalize on my accidents. I doubt that I could have done this alone. A big part of the credit goes to my mentors and learned friends that are surrounding me – helping me look at things in ways that I would have never been able to look if I was a lone ranger
I am sure your life is filled with accidents (good ones) too. How are you planning to capitalize on them and who do you have on your team to help you capitalize on these accidents?
Note 1: Here is a Squidoo lens that links to most of the previous articles in this series:
Squidoo: Distinguish Yourself
Note 2: The first 25 entries in the series have been packaged in a ChangeThis manifesto that was published on September 07, 2005. You can download that manifesto here:
ChangeThis Manifesto: 25 Ways to Distinguish Yourself (PDF, Free)
Note 3: My latest manifesto on ChangeThis was published on August 6, 2008. This is a photographic manifesto featuring 15 of my mini sagas (stories in exactly 50 words). Here is the link:
ChangeThis Manifesto: Mini Sagas – Bite Sized Lessons for Life and Business (PDF, Free)
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