Commitment Competence separates economies
I want to write about this life-changing paper which was brought to my attention by a colleague of mine in previous firm. Adoption of the ideas there really helped my work life. I’ll call the Integrity Factor mentioned in this paper Commitment Competence so there is no confusion with moral connotations of the word Integrity.…
And right away, an example where individuals determined the outcome
ENG (1) – ARG (2) in the second semifinal today. The England-Argentina semi today, in contrast, was about individual brilliance. But this only came into play because both teams were already great as teams. Messi on the Argentina side was critical for both goals with talented teammates to help convert the opportunities to goals. In…
A star team beats a team of stars
Spain 2 – France 0 in the World Cup Semifinal today Billed as “the final before the final,” Tuesday’s World Cup semi-final at Dallas Stadium promised a collision of two juggernauts. Instead, it delivered a lesson. France arrived with perhaps the most dazzling collection of individual attacking talent in world football — Kylian Mbappé playing…
New dads, ease up!
Research has shown that the hardest year of the career of a number of men is the year following the birth of their first child. The instinct to protect and provide has kicked in, Most agree that, in retrospect it wasn’t necessary. “For the first year or so, all that babies need are diapers, onesies…
The power of renunciation
Successful leaders in India have lived in poverty (Gandhi) or are bachelors (Modi). Others have been wealthy and given it up. Millions of people have followed these leaders in spiritual life or even in political life. No one can be well off and still be a great spiritual leader. This is in contrast to the…
Exercise is a lonely endeavor
Those of you who are young adults perhaps don’t relate to this. After all, for many who do fitness activities or sports, that is self-reported as their main social group (sports club, crossfit class etc). However, as one gets older, is more advanced in their careers, is not single, has children, exercise gets increasingly hard.…
In a democracy, it’s the wishes of the people that get carried out
That would seem like an obvious and uncontroversial statement, but all too often, when I say something like that, people act like I am a naïve child. I am told it is the agenda of the rich, the white people, the jews, the blacks, the military-industrial complex, the tech billionaires or some other behind-the-scenes “they”…
Equality – outcome or access
It is a prevalent view in some quarters that equality is good. In particular, equality of outcome. And a lot of energy is expended on reducing inequality. And the measures are generally some statistic out of a CDF of income over the population. Such as the Gini coefficient or “the top 1% of the population…
Three things learned at work
Having been in some kind of workplace for decades, I have learned that one needs to be excellent towards the people who works with one, to paraphrase Bill and Ted. Here are three: The first one is well known, and here I am merely confirming that I have found it true experientially: If you are…
Why majorities go with the right and minorities with the left..
As a general statement, of course, not individuals. Before writing, let me cite some examples. In some societies, some demographic divisions are also political fault lines. For example, in the US, race is a factor. In India, religion is (and a note for casual Western pundits – no, it’s not caste). And one finds the…
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