My Mind’s Eye

Archive for August 2008

Is It ID? or ego?

Posted by: Purnima Varadrajan on: August 30, 2008

Is It ID? or ego?
I happen to be rendering a ‘demo’ at one very reputed company. The session was on and one attendee walked in a little late. It is quite normal in todays professional scenario to be late. As she walks in with her laptop I smiled. It was really amazing to see how [...]

Persistence

Posted by: Purnima Varadrajan on: August 27, 2008

I always felt there are two types of failures.

Tried and failed

Tried persistently and withdrew

I am not going to talk about people who just try and fail. I somehow have a very firm belief ‘Nothing can fail if the try’ is based on determination and persistence. Success surely comes by, it is only the question of [...]

No time to stand and stare

Posted by: Purnima Varadrajan on: August 14, 2008

Don’t know whom to blame? The question because it is easy to blame others or external situation. Every morning, what ever the time I get up, begins with a hot cup of coffee and the laptop. I don’t remember when I last stepped out of my house at 5 in the morning.
I have a lot [...]

Ethics or No Ethics

Posted by: Purnima Varadrajan on: August 14, 2008

If a question is asked ‘what is ethics’ I am sure we can get varied answers

Ethics is what is right
what my religion says
what law requires
what society accepts

Basic factor is that ethics is the right conduct; it is a concept of right and wrong. The world we stand today the right and wrong are shifting places. [...]

The New Graduates

Posted by: Purnima Varadrajan on: August 4, 2008

The invitation landed in my mail box it had a subject “Graduation Day : An invitation to a miracle of our times”. Interesting right? I knew what it was all about, I decided to go, first because of the person sending the invitation, secondly because I had missed to attend the first event, so I [...]