The Mysteries of Management...
Start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it. Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and start to climb towards the banana. As soon as he touches the stairs, spray all of the other monkeys with cold water. After a while, another monkey makes an attempt with the same result all the other monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon, when another monkey tries to climb the stairs, the other monkeys will try to prevent it. Now, put away the cold water. Remove one monkey from the cage and replace it with a new one. The new monkey sees the banana and wants to climb the stairs. To his surprise and horror, all of the other monkeys attack him. After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs, he will be assaulted. Next, remove another of the original five monkeys and replace it with a new one. The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The previous newcomer takes part in the punishment with enthusiasm! Likewise, replace a third original monkey with a new one, then a fourth, then the fifth. Every time the newest monkey takes to the stairs, he is attacked. Most of the monkeys that are beating him have no idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs or why they are participating in the beating of the newest monkey. After replacing all the original monkeys, none of the remaining monkeys have ever been sprayed with cold water. Nevertheless, no monkey ever again approaches the stairs to try for the banana. Why not? Because as far as they know that's the way it's always been done around here. And that, my friends, is how a company policy begins.
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Mona Lisa Painting made from Coffee Filled Cups - Truly Amazing
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Laszlo Polgar - Creator of Geniuses
László Polgár - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
László Polgár (born 1946) is a Hungarian chess teacher and father of the famous "Polgár sisters": Zsuzsa (Susan), Zsófia (Sofia), and Judit. He authored well-known chess books such as Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations, and Games and Reform Chess, a survey of chess variants.This man's work is credible and there needs to be more research on the methods that he has proposed. Because he has clearly succeeded in what he set out to do.
Although László is himself a mediocre player, whom Judit could beat at the age of five,[1]), he is an expert on chess theory and owns over 10,000 chess books. He is interested in the proper method of rearing children, believing that "geniuses are made, not born". Before he had any children, he wrote a book entitled Bring Up Genius!, and asked for a wife who would help him carry out the experiment. He found one in Klara, a schoolteacher, who lived in a Hungarian speaking enclave in the Ukraine. He married her in the USSR and brought her to Hungary. They have three daughters. He homeschooled his three daughters, primarily in chess, and all three went on to become strong players. An early result was Susan winning the Budapest Chess Championship for girls under 11 at the age of four.
He read biographies of famous intellectuals, and agreed with his wife, Klara, that ordinary schooling would do nothing to further his plan.
Laszlo Polgar's experiment in manufacturing genius was a controversial one; it actually provoked the opposition of the Hungarian government. Critics claimed that Laszlo Polgar used questionable methods to train his daughter, and armed government officials once arrived at the door of their home in an attempt to save them from what they saw as a potentially abusive situation.
Although Polgar's parenting philosophy raised eyebrows, his strict supervision of his children's education has resulted in a trio of geniuses. Zsuzsa is the women's champion and Zsofia is ranked seventh worldwide. Judit broke the record of Bobby Fischer by becoming the youngest grandmaster ever at the age of 15 years 4 months. At age 11 she earned an International Master title - younger than Fischer or Kasparov. At age 13 she was the World Under 14 Champion for boys and FIDE's highest rated woman.
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Startup Poem by Mahesh Murthy
BUSINESS TODAY
Startupoem
I'm often called to speak to startups losing hope. If usual prose won't cut, here in verse is the dope.
By Mahesh Murthy
600 million and growing
The net's now and future tense
Forget the crash and make a dash
First get off the fence
India's great for startups
Not just because of geeks
But marketers, managers, admins
People who work long weeks
Bangalore and Cyberabad
Aren't good for startups I believe
People there cost a lot more
And on H-1s they soon leave
Going By The Book
Blame It On Efficiency
Finding A Purpose
You don't have to envy
Startups in San Jose
They burn fifteen times as much
Every single day
So many have died or laid off
After a market crash
You can weather the storm
By spending much less cash
If you have an idea
That can be a global hero
Take it further, build it out
An idea alone's worth zero
Get a few people turned on
To come and join your team
Without people and a plan
Your idea dies a dream
Pool resources, borrow, steal
Put in all you get
The best equity, we all know
Is the type called sweat
Start stingy, rent, don't buy
Your resources do not tax
You could run a year or more
On just fifty lakhs
Outsource little, build as much
As you can in-house
Use free labour when you can
By that I mean the spouse
Relying on press for direction
Can be very risky
To them, everything's going down
Be it markets or Ms. Lewinsky
BPO, IT enabled, biotech
Wondering what's the trend
If you follow the herd you know
Your startup will come to an end.
Only two ways to build a business
The first: relieve a pain
The second: offer a pleasure
Tho' in the former is more gain
Follow your gut, blaze a trail
Make sales, then find a VC
They'll see the dream coming true
Then it'll be quite easy
Break even in a year
The mantra that I follow
Then ask for money to expand
That story funds will swallow
VCs have burnt their fingers
Some say Star did KBC
To make up for all it lost
On Indya, Egurucool, Baazee
If your plan's just for India
I almost won't care
Aim for the entire world
That is right out there
If ICQ's from Israel
Third Voice from Singapore
Alumni.net from Manila
Surely we can do more
If you need lots of cash
To get your stuff advertised
Then there's something wrong
And you'll get pulverised
Ads and hoardings just give
Your bottomline a drain
The only one they made rich
Is a Mr. Vineet Jain
Amazon Yahoo Napster Hotmail
ICQ Google eBay
Got their name and fame for free
Ad agencies they didn't pay
Building global brands today
Is different, there's no doubt
It's not about how money talks
But about word of mouth
Our industry till today
Imported what others made
Going forward our products
Have to make world grade
There's a world of customers for you
And rivals from sea to sea
It isn't easy to win but then
No reason it should be
All you should remember
As you wallow in this gloom
What comes after a crash
Is a resounding boom
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