I have been catching up on my emails and this particular article caught my attention.
It was a quick refresher on lessons you learned and motivating.
1. Do you have the capacity to be completely honest with yourself?
2. Acceptance of people, places and things as they are, not as you would have them, opens deeper understanding of how the world works
3. Script and build better character traits based on service to others instead of self enrichment.
and 3 more..
Read the full article here
I was reading blog article on managing life transitions.
This article was more elaborate than my earlier article on Tips for Stress Management. It is good to refresh our ideas on stress management once in a while. Whenever you feel you are overwhelmed, a few minutes reminding yourself to slow down will help. You are not alone having a hard time and take it comfort in that. I know it is easier said than done.
Read through the following links at leisure and reflect on them. Take your time and don’t rush through these articles. It is one of the important things in your life to reflect and not an urgent one. Do you need to finish reading this fast so that you can go to the next one? Slow down…. NOW.
I came across this blog recently.
I was impressed by photos posted on this blog. Generally I look for quality of posts and consistency. Content is very important and not a blog for sake of blogging. I spent a good amount of time going through each and every post.
A great collection of photos from different places and occasional wisdom (good mails) makes the blog interesting to read and track
I was reading monthly articles of Vedanta Kesari magazine posted online and came across this editorial on learning. I wanted to share the article because it reflects what I aspire to do. Learn continuously from life’s experiences and implement them. I hope you will find this article As Long As I Live inspiring.
Managing up or working effectively with your boss is key to success at work. I have written one article earlier on this topic. Effectively working with your boss has covered some ideas.
I found this article called “20 questions about your boss” very useful. When I first found these, I realized that I didn’t know much about my boss. At same time, I worked with my team members and asked them write down what they know about me. And in next one-on-one discussion I clarified answers they wrote. This helped me improve my relationship with my team members
I certainly recommend reading this article and making an attempt to answer the 20 questions in collaboration with your boss. Download the PDF file attached to the link.
I have not added any more blog recommendations as I promised to. So, here we go
James Bach is quite regular in sharing his ideas on software testing, trends and how he is trying to sustain exploratory testing. I have been following his articles and books for quite a long time. I also continue to read his blog which contains good content.
Click here to go the blog and subscribe to the feed.
A specific post I would recommend is Show this video to your boss
I came across a very crisp summary of project management. I read through the book and then went to author’s website. It was quite impressive. Great photos, travel articles and more.
Do read the Project Management Primer completely and then feel free to browse rest of website
I found this short and simple presentation on this topic posted on a different forum. If you are a tester you will enjoy reading this presentation. Author of this presentation owns TestAssured.
Sarathbabu’s inspiring story is a must read. Has many ideas that are inspiring. Hard work, Focus leading to entrepreneurship can inspire many to follow the model. Inspiration this story has created can be gauged by number of reader comments on this story.
Read this whenever you feel down and face hardships.
“Most supervisors or managers don’t intend to deliver a harsh dose of negative feedback. More often, than not, they simply never learned the art of constructive criticism”
Understand importance of feedback. Without this we will not learn. But giving negative feedback is not an easy. This article contains useful tips to doing this better.
This article is also useful for people who are frustrated because criticism is not made constructive.
http://www.one80group.com/articles/ar15.htm
I found this quite useful.
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