Booknotes: Made in America, Sam Walton

Reading Sam Walton‘s story about setting up Wal-mart was no less than watching a thriller. An extraordinary story of an average kid making it big by focusing on customers and sticking to the basics. Wal-mart success has lots to do with belief, persistence and customer satisfaction. I have no clue if the firm still sticks …

Right

I have no clue what is right or wrong, it is situational. You can be right at certain things in a certain environment while wrong at others. A lot of it depends on situations and timing. Nobody knows if they are always right.

Nudge

Sometimes you have to Nudge your liked ones, friends. You have to make them believe that they are important. We all like being liked and appreciated. Why is it so difficult for us to appreciate, encourage, nudge others? Is it because we are scared of being ignored or rejected?

peak

What does it mean by being at Peak? It is self-satisfaction, external appreciation or sense of achievement? I have no clue, but off late peak gets frequent mentions. Going by Freud’s individual difference definition: the meaning of peak differs for us all. Our life is a journey and as a traveler, peak can also mean …

Crib

I have been the biggest cribber in my friend circle. I had a problem with everything: job, people, relationships. Things have gotten better in a few years, I am more interested in my present. I don’t want to crib about what and how things or situations in my life should be. I have accepted the …