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“The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations” - Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)

Our thoughts characterize our lives. We become what we think. The attitudes we develop from our thoughts can have a profound positive influence on our behavior and can foster an optimistic outlook towards life.

Inspirational quotations encapsulate man’s wisdom through the ages. They are provocative and enjoyable. The habit of comprehending these words of inspiration can permeate our lives with the right attitudes.

I have been an enthusiastic collector of inspirational quotations over the years. On a supplementary website / sub-domain (inspiration.rightattitudes.com), I have presented my collection by topic and by author. I desire that you gain motivation and strength from this presentation of my collection.

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“Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different.” - Katherine Mansfield (1888 - 1923)

Attitudes are mindsets that shape our behaviour and influence our outlook to life. Attitudes are contagious; our choice of thoughts and actions has a profound effect on the various constituents of our lives. Our attitudes determine the paths we choose to lead and these choices largely determine our productivity, prosperity, success and contentment.

I aspire to use this blog to share my thoughts on the power of right attitudes and on translating such thoughts into enduring skills, disciplines and actions. I hope to initiate conversations on various topics that can have a positive influence on our performance at work, our relationships, our conduct and the communities we live in.

My articles will be broadly classified into various categories: personality development, communication, leading people, managing business functions and personalities we admire. Every week, I will post a supplementary list of inspirational quotations from my inspirational quotations website. Additionally, I will have articles on my analysis of management practices and news from some of the industries I follow, viz., civil aviation, technology, services and retailing.

I look forward to your participation by posting opinions, raising challenging questions and suggesting topics that I can write about. I appreciate your time. Do good work and enjoy life!

On All Fools’ Day, Google [GOOG] announced, as a joke, work on its Google Romance online matchmaker service. Isn’t the company serious about opportunities the ‘contextual dating‘ service presents?

What would attract users to migrate from Yahoo! Personals or Match.com or the other dating websites? The search technology used to match profiles is probably mature: profiles are searched by matching well-defined fields and by searching profile descriptions. Google could supplement this matching mechanism by incorporating tags or by allowing users to rank or provide feedback on profiles they view based on whatever criteria.

Building a large user base will be critical. Three of my colleagues consider the $25-$35 monthly fees they pay for the above services an overcharge. A free service or low fees can attract a significant user base to Google Romance. The popularity of the search engine, any unique features, and clever marketing (allowing users join by invitation only, as with Gmail) can help too.

Clearly, Google Romance presents an enhanced opportunity for Google’s AdSense program. With personal details of a user and profiles of potential partners a user is looking at, it could target more specific, more meaningful ads based on age, gender, diet preferences, likes, location, etc. Further, the service could easily be integrated with Talk, Gmail, maps, local search, etc. and keep users engaged within the Google grid of services.

It is hard to imagine Google not being serious about this potential revenue stream.

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