Comments on: An extra mile there and a mile short here… http://www.lifebeyondcode.com/2008/04/01/an-extra-mile-there-and-a-mile-short-here/ Personal and professional development for technology professionals. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:13:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Thought Garage » Notable Thoughts : Weekend Edition http://www.lifebeyondcode.com/2008/04/01/an-extra-mile-there-and-a-mile-short-here/comment-page-1/#comment-3537 Thought Garage » Notable Thoughts : Weekend Edition Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:04:14 +0000 http://blog.lifebeyondcode.com/2008/04/01/an-extra-mile-there-and-a-mile-short-here/#comment-3537 [...] An extra mile there and a mile short here… When you are in the Corporate world, one of the common things that you hear is that you HAVE to “walk the extra mile”. That is a good advice and there is no harm in following that. There is only one problem though. If you don’t design this well, your “extra mile” will be treated as a part of your “standard offering” and you are always forced to walk ANOTHER extra mile. Meanwhile, walking these “extra miles” on the professional front is leaving you no time to work on yourself and you are constantly “a mile short” on the personal front. [...] [...] An extra mile there and a mile short here… When you are in the Corporate world, one of the common things that you hear is that you HAVE to “walk the extra mile”. That is a good advice and there is no harm in following that. There is only one problem though. If you don’t design this well, your “extra mile” will be treated as a part of your “standard offering” and you are always forced to walk ANOTHER extra mile. Meanwhile, walking these “extra miles” on the professional front is leaving you no time to work on yourself and you are constantly “a mile short” on the personal front. [...]

]]> By: Manit http://www.lifebeyondcode.com/2008/04/01/an-extra-mile-there-and-a-mile-short-here/comment-page-1/#comment-3514 Manit Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:57:41 +0000 http://blog.lifebeyondcode.com/2008/04/01/an-extra-mile-there-and-a-mile-short-here/#comment-3514 Ohh but i am an Businessmen then ? Ohh but i am an Businessmen then ?

]]> By: Rajesh Setty http://www.lifebeyondcode.com/2008/04/01/an-extra-mile-there-and-a-mile-short-here/comment-page-1/#comment-3398 Rajesh Setty Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:36:09 +0000 http://blog.lifebeyondcode.com/2008/04/01/an-extra-mile-there-and-a-mile-short-here/#comment-3398 Thanks Subba for your comments. It was good to see you in-person at the last event. Please keep in touch. Best, Raj Thanks Subba for your comments. It was good to see you in-person at the last event. Please keep in touch.

Best,
Raj

]]> By: Subba Reddy http://www.lifebeyondcode.com/2008/04/01/an-extra-mile-there-and-a-mile-short-here/comment-page-1/#comment-3347 Subba Reddy Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:11:35 +0000 http://blog.lifebeyondcode.com/2008/04/01/an-extra-mile-there-and-a-mile-short-here/#comment-3347 Very well said Rajesh, Thank you . The words "Capacity building" "Capacity to execute" in many of your blogs gives me a name phrase in quantitative terms what I am trying achieve year over year. I believe we may do N number of things to improve effectiveness of our actions, the sum of all those actions boils down to these Capacity words. Very well said Rajesh, Thank you . The words “Capacity building” “Capacity to execute” in many of your blogs gives me a name phrase in quantitative terms what I am trying achieve year over year. I believe we may do N number of things to improve effectiveness of our actions, the sum of all those actions boils down to these Capacity words.

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