Tag: skill
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Time to graduate from begging to earning!
Recently, I was reading a news item where a person was crying profusely for his “mai-baap” (a political leader) remembering that it was his “neta” who got him the job! Apparently, this may look fine as someone needy got a job, so what’s the big deal about it. But, there is a huge problem in…
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You are not rich, not because you know less, but because you were never taught to monetize!!!!
In the real world, we see that the most intelligent, most smart and most knowledgeable people are not the richest in the world. Leave richest, they are often not even in the bracket of being called as “among the richest”. And, those who are the richest lot or the top brass are (more often than…
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The curious case of income disparity at the bottom
It is often understood that the income level at the bottom of the demography is very miniscule, considering the per capita income of India at around Rs. 2.4 lakh. That translates to about Rs. 20,000 per month. But as Hans Rosling says in his book “Factfulness”, the gross data hides the micro picture. So, let…
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Does practice really make you perfect?
The concept of “muscle memory” Image source: Agilefingers.com It is a very old adage that “Practice makes a (wo)man perfect”. On the face of it, it seems pretty obvious, isn’t it? But, in reality, it is not as easy as it seems! There is a whole gamut of neuroscience that is operating in the background.…