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Don’t be Afraid to Fail

April 12, 2014
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| Categories: Failure, fear, fear of failure, gyan, Management, opportunities, reflections, Success, Workplace Learning

Are you afraid to fail? Do you avoid taking on new assignments because you think you are not good at them? Do you think succeeding is more important than trying out new things?If you think success comes from not failing, you couldn't be more wrong. Success comes to those who fail. Success comes from trying out new things, venturing out doing things you are not comfortable with. So recognize the new opportunities that come your way in the form of new assignments, new projects, new tasks that seem challenging. Go…

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Firing is Easy

July 1, 2012
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| Categories: appraisal, constructive feedback, feedback, firing people, HR, Leadership, making people succeed, Management, negative feedback, people, people management, performance, performance management, Success, Work

We mostly hear how hard it is to give negative feedback and fire people. I have been wondering about this. Yes giving negative feedback is hard and firing people is harder. However come to think of it, actually this is a easiest thing. We are all critical of others and so giving negative feedback comes naturally. We more often than not, find it easier to find mistakes rather than appreciate what's going on well. And if a subordinate isn't working out, firing is an easy way out. The work pressures…

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Do we Learn More from Successes or Failures?

September 21, 2009
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| Categories: Failure, Learning, Management, Reflection, Success, Workplace Learning

Amit Garg asks whether we learn more from successes than failure. He mentions an article on Science Daily that suggests brain cells learn more from successes than failures. Well, at least that’s how monkeys learn based on a research by scientists at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory according to the article. Do read the interesting conversation ongoing on his blog post. Do organizations learn from successes? Do they even attempt at learning from successes? I don’t think organizations and managers do a good job at learning from successes.…

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