Quotes worth recording – Buckminister Fuller

By Rajesh Setty on Thu 03 Apr 2008, 2:21 PM - 2 Comments

 I had a wonderful quote from Buckminister Fuller just yesterday and I found this gem today.

Think about it in the context of your own life. What forces are you fighting today? Which of those forces can you use them for your own advantage?

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“Don’t fight forces. Use them”

- Buckminister Fuller 

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The best angle to approach a problem…

By Rajesh Setty on Thu 03 Apr 2008, 11:54 AM - Leave Comment

Naveen Lakkur (blog: Start2Lead) is my friend for close to two decades now. At Compassites he has got his team to publish a monthly calendar with a message every month (almost since the inception of the company).

This month, the thought he has put forward is

“The best angle from which to approach any problem is the try-angle”

Here is a sneak preview of the calendar.

You can download this and all the previous ones here:

Compassites: Downloads for 2008

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Mini Saga #23 – Networking

By Rajesh Setty on Thu 03 Apr 2008, 9:34 AM - 1 Comment

If something is too good to be true, it probably is…

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Networking

The conference pitch was compelling – “$400 to meet about 4000 people”. John signed up immediately and was looking forward to the networking event. The conference was great but not the networking. Ninety-five percent of attendees there wanted help badly and were only hunting for those five-percent who had help.

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Note:

1. A mini saga is a story told in exactly 50 words. Not 49 or 51 but exactly 50.

2. You can download a photographic manifesto of Mini Sagas at ChangeThis. Here is the link – Mini Sagas: Bite-sized Wisdom for Life and Business (PDF, 2.9MB).

3. For a complete list of Mini Sagas, please visit the Squidoo lens “Mini Sagas“

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Quotes worth recording – Buckminister Fuller

By Rajesh Setty on Wed 02 Apr 2008, 5:53 PM - 3 Comments

I got (or stole, really) this one from an email from Terry at PSVillage. I am a big fan of Buckminister Fuller and his work. This simple quote from him is about focusing on WIIFT (What’s in it for them). I wish everyone followed a simple rule of  keeping

WIIFT > WIIFM

Enjoy the quote

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“If you devote your time and attention to the highest advantage of others, the Universe will support you, always and only in the nick of time.”

–Buckminister Fuller, inventor and architect of the Geodesic Dome

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An extra mile there and a mile short here…

By Rajesh Setty on Tue 01 Apr 2008, 9:07 AM - 4 Comments

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.

If you want to walk the “extra mile” personally or professionally, you need “extra capacity” and you get that by working on yourself – not on tasks but just on lifting yourself up.

The more you shy away from “working on yourself”, the harder it will be to walk those “extra miles”

All the best

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