Day Eight – SBMBW February 8, 2010
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- One bad day is not one bad day in isolation. The fallout is bound to affect other days and the fallout would be out of your control.
- All round developments happened on Day Seven but a bit of lethargy and OK I will do it attitude defined the day. Negative fallout and mess of Sunday created an overall dampener which was tough to fight with.
- Stress busters are essential to counter stress accumulation and stress busters would come at a cost, at a cost to even the battle on hand. But as it goes “Some Battles Must Be Won” so I judged the merits and decided to pay the cost required for stress busters.
- As the mood was out of control, also decided to remain incommunicado to most people around and refrained from proactive conversation. The idea worked and no further disconnect of any sort happened.
- On Day Eight I am once again geared up to face the battle and make right calls.
“Because some battles must be won”
Day Seven – SBMBW February 8, 2010
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- Zero error is essential if the battle must be won.
- An error of judgment and forgetfulness of top priority almost caused a disaster yesterday.
- Everything else, yes not almost but actually everything else must become a non-issue if the battle has to be won.
- Acceptance of error and correction of path should happen very quickly. Also process control measures should be put in place to ensure that the error doesn’t occur again. There is no window for a second occurrence.
- It is important to tell yourself that in the “Battles which must be won” there is no window for the luck to play any part.
“Because some battles must be won”
Day Six – SBMBW February 7, 2010
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- The steps taken in last 5 days earned me my first smile yesterday. I was relaxed, and the route to smile was discovered.
- It is important that every stakeholder takes the battle seriously. An error on anyone can be tough to manage when the stakes are unduly high. Yesterday an error in the process flow was detected and quickly plugged.
- Hiding the facts and covering the failures has to be a zero tolerance zone. An area of concern emerged and the same was handled promptly.
- No loose ends, I have discovered a loose end left by me with “Yes I will do it thought” looks like won’t work.
Because: “Some Battles Must Be Won”
Pizza Hut – Janakpuri – A review February 7, 2010
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Pizza Hut Janakpuri outlet is located inside Satyam Cinema Complex in District Center Janakpuri. The restaurant since it opened about three years back has expanded thrice. Now it is one of the largest restaurants in the complex.
Yesterday Harmeen and yours truly decided to go for a leisurely lunch and we thought we would eat at Pizza Hut what we have never had before. So here we go:
- Ambiance: 8/10 As it has been made in parts, it needs one serious makeover to reach 10/10
- Staff: 6/10 We reached at 12:30 on Saturday afternoon, the manager was busy on his laptop for all of one hour we were there. The other staff was also in a holiday mood
- Crockery & Cutlery: 7/10 Standard Pizza Hut variety- I felt that they must change it more frequently.
- Mushroom Soup: Rs 39.00 – 8/10 – Harmeen liked it a lot
- Masala Lemonade: Rs 49.00 – 9/10 Pizza Hut’s take on – We will do anything to succeed in India. It was good and they didn’t bill me for the refill.
- Cheese Tortillas: Rs 69.00 – 9/10 Great, the sauce could have been better.
- Pasta – Fusilli in Mushroom Sauce: Rs 139.00 – 8/10 It tasted good, but we would preferred little more sause and some more mushrooms in the sauce
- Pasta – Fusilli in Spicy Tomato Sauce: Rs 99.00 – 9/10 Cheery tomatoes and red chili almost always do the trick.
- Ebony & Ivory Dessert: Slice of Chocolate Cake, with Hot Chocolate Sauce and a Scoop of Vanilla Ice-cream: Rs 79.00 – 5/10 Looks like pushing it down to this price point is a tough compromise. They write it is adequate for two, which it may not be. The scoop of ice-cream is too small for sharing
- They charge you for service – Service Charges @10% and 15% Tax on post service charged amount add to about 27% extra
Still worth it. Best Value for Money – I would rate it overall 9/10
Day Five – SBMBW February 6, 2010
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- Broad Objectives were met, the total steps and progress was not to my satisfaction yesterday.
- Today the day has started on a good note, priority and only priority approach differentiation is totally visible.
- Soft maneuvers look to be more receptive than on the face decisions.
- Would be seeking some niche professional opinion, may also start travelling for resource pool strengthening from Monday. Looks like resource replenishment and resource aggregation are integral to flawless execution.
Because “Some Battles Must Be Won”
My Dear Valentine -2010 February 6, 2010
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When we started working on MyDearValentine.com in 1999, I had no clue about the real valentine’s day. Archies in India had got going with their high decibel publicity campaigns and Valentine’s Day was gaining ground and popularity. Those who days it was still elitist in nature and I am sure there was no “Driver” spending 2 hours in the morning in getting ready to impress the “Maid”at Boss’ residence and wish her “Happee Baluntine Day” in the city of Delhi.
It has all changed and with the change MDVC as we call MyDearValentine.com has also changed. MDVC is now an year through Love and Romance site, one of the very few clean love and romance sites in the world. The site has been growing consistently and we are confident that it would become one of the largest girls/ women centric site in the world. The sites gender shift happened about two years back, 66% Women – 44% Men. We are keen that the site grows on its focus on Love & Romance and also becomes generic women centric site over a period of time.
More to come…
Day Four – SBMBW February 5, 2010
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Yesterday has defined the standard for next several months. It was tight, focused and manageable. The day didn’t go on and on at the same time the benefits are tangible. I liked how the teamwork moved a mountain yesterday. Still many more to move and go on till the battle is one.
- Everyday comprises of several fillers, these fillers are bubbles of comfort and they play their own role. I have realized that my agenda demands that these bubbles become few and smaller in size. They can’t be wished away they are needed and serve the purpose of keeping me sane.
- When I move today I know the day must deliver 1 to 1.6 on my task list. Yes now I have astructured task list and I also have a battle dossier in place.
Because “Some Battles Must Be Won”
Top Indian Websites in the US – Feb 2010 February 4, 2010
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Here we go for the Top Indian Sites in the US list for the month of Feb 2010.
Lot of changes and ups and downs have happened in the list. We would be adding some more to this list as we move on. If you find any site missing please inform me.
| Rank | Top 50 Indian websites in US | Quantcast Rank 2/3/10 |
| 1 | mapsofworld.com | 1,148 |
| 2 | rediff.com | 1,697 |
| 3 | indiatimes.com | 2,061 |
| 4 | oneindia.in | 2,800 |
| 5 | chakpak.com | 3,310 |
| 6 | guruji.com | 3,606 |
| 7 | Flipkart.com | 3,850 |
| 8 | bollywoodsargam.com | 3,946 |
| 9 | mydearvalentine.com | 4,064 |
| 10 | sulekha.com | 4,074 |
| 11 | ibibo.com | 4,163 |
| 12 | shaadi.com | 5,235 |
| 13 | hindustantimes.com | 5,366 |
| 14 | in.com | 6,462 |
| 15 | dgreetings.com | 6,736 |
| 16 | indiamart.com | 7,099 |
| 17 | sify.com | 7,281 |
| 18 | cricinfo.com | 7,764 |
| 19 | bharatstudent.com | 7,929 |
| 20 | tradeindia.com | 9,460 |
| 21 | expressindia.com | 11,630 |
| 22 | ndtv.com | 13,697 |
| 23 | clickindia.com | 14,392 |
| 24 | mapsofindia.com | 14,804 |
| 25 | hindu.com | 17,721 |
| 26 | bharatmatrimony.com | 17,738 |
| 27 | webindia123.com | 20,254 |
| 28 | tribuneindia.com | 20,495 |
| 29 | raaga.com | 20,584 |
| 30 | icicibank.com | 22,331 |
| 31 | rajshri.com | 24,016 |
| 32 | makemytrip.com | 26,305 |
| 33 | indiaglitz.com | 27,155 |
| 34 | carwale.com | 30,388 |
| 35 | indiainfo.com | 30,411 |
| 36 | samachar.com | 30,534 |
| 37 | bollywoodhungama.com | 32,491 |
| 38 | naukri.com | 32,538 |
| 39 | jeevansathi.com | 38,650 |
| 40 | zapak.com | 39,582 |
| 41 | timesjobs.com | 40,352 |
| 42 | indya.com | 41,776 |
| 43 | rediffmail.com | 44,089 |
| 44 | indiaedu.com | 51,215 |
| 45 | beautytipshub.com | 51,452 |
| 46 | 99acres.com | 54,643 |
| 47 | naukrihub.com | 55,695 |
| 48 | realbollywood.com | 58,130 |
| 49 | indiahousing.com | 61,277 |
| 50 | bseindia.com | 70,318 |
A Shot at 10 February 4, 2010
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After ages I tried to hit for 10/10 on self productivity, I didn’t reach there but was just about there. This is what I did:
- The task list
- Only priority additions to the task list after it was documented
- Cut the flab in every meeting by having reference documentation before the meeting
- Clarity of thought and necessity to convey in as early as possible in the meeting
- The teams time is as important as mine, maybe even more important
- If it can’t be attained in a 30 minute meeting, maybe it can’t be attained
- The day had a mix of work – Analysis, Training, Review and Decision Making
Day Three – SBMBW February 4, 2010
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- Team work works, lack of team work misses the target. Day three must cover for this folly of day two.
- Their would always be a fire somewhere, maybe everywhere, but are you moving ahead to the bigger task on hand or just getting consumed by the fire is purely your choice.
- Even within the execution process, timely monitoring sometimes becomes the deciding factor – the job is done or not done.
- Systems have been put in place, and the measurements are being documented. That is the first hurdle which has been crossed.
