Author Archives: Nagesh Belludi

Two-Minute Mentor #2: When in Doubt, Do

One of the most insidious obstacles to achievement is our tendency to resign to the many pessimistic voices in our heads that advocate caution and forethought before making decisions. Instead of accepting failure as an inherent possibility in any undertaking, … Continue reading

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Inspirational Quotations #416

A man lives not only his personal life as an individual but also, consciously or unconsciously, the life of his epoch and his contemporaries.* Thomas Mann Friendship doesn’t exist to criticize but to inspire confidence.* Jean-Paul Sartre Man is not … Continue reading

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Two-Minute Mentor #1: Argue like the Wright Brothers

The Wright brothers, most notable for their invention of powered flight, liked to debate with each other. Wilbur and Orville found that a constructive way to identify solutions to many problems they encountered or resolve their interpersonal conflicts was to … Continue reading

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Inspirational Quotations #415

I was made to work. If you are equally industrious, you will be equally successful.* Johann Sebastian Bach Nobody, but nobody, is going to tell me I’m not the most. I am. I was the most when everybody else was … Continue reading

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Do Not Play the Office Cop

A co-worker takes twice as many days off as your company allows. The receptionist is frequently on the phone with her boyfriend. A team member goofs off all the time and never gets his job done. To top it all, … Continue reading

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Inspirational Quotations #414

I got well by talking. Death could not get a word in edgewise, grew discouraged, and traveled on.* Louise Erdrich Better by far you should forget and smile, than that you should remember and be sad.* Christina Rossetti When people … Continue reading

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Inspirational Quotations #413

What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.* Bob Dylan To believe a business impossible is the way to … Continue reading

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Inspirational Quotations #412

In small proportions we just beauties see,|And in short measures life may perfect be.* Ben Jonson Time is the product of changing realities, beings, existences.* Nikolai Berdyaev You find a way, somehow to get through the most horrible things, things … Continue reading

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Inspirational Quotations #411

The theory that can absorb the greatest number of facts, and persist in doing so, generation after generation through all changes of opinion and detail, is the one that must rule all observation.* John Weiss Just because a man lacks … Continue reading

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Inspirational Quotations #410

It’s surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time.* Barbara Kingsolver Be grateful for yourself… be thankful.* William Saroyan What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to … Continue reading

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