Dr. Kaushik Sridhar

career advice

Reality plus Response equals Result

Reading Time: < 1 minute You can make major changes in your life with minor changes in your thinking and behavior. To understand how this works, consider the three Rs model: “Reality plus response equals result.” Say that one of your colleagues criticises your work (that’s reality). Your response creates a particular result. If you ask your colleague why he …

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Six ways to pivot your career in a time of uncertainty

Reading Time: 5 minutes A few months ago, I made a temporary career pivot. Others may call it a major career change, but I respectfully disagree. My reasoning lies in the definition between the two. To pivot, for example, means to turn or rotate. A change, on the other hand, means to be different, to transform. In others other …

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Is it better to get a job via “who you know” or “what you know”? PART 2

Reading Time: 3 minutes Which is more important to catch fish, the bait or the hook? May be “social capital” will help one to obtain a great opportunity, but it will be “human capital” that will determine the duration of the opportunity through continues deliverables. Human capital (what you know) and social capital (who knows) are two mutually complementary …

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