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Here are some gems of wisdom which can help you soar in your career:

1. The more you analyse, the higher the state of inaction attained. Use intuition more often.
2. Be unreasonable and deliver extraordinary business results.
3. Always meet the boss halfway through.
4. Call back yourself and be in for a surprise.
5. Cultivate the art of Creative Dissatisfaction.
6. Delegation without benchmarking and monitoring of targets amounts to abdication.
7. Ethics and Values are important. Be smart. Steer your business using not only a Business Compass but also a Moral Compass.
8. It always pays to have a credit balance in your interpersonal relationships.
9. The only fire in the belly to be avoided is the one generated by ulcers and cysts.
10. ‘Yes-men’ could be harmful to your career progression in the long run.
11. Keep your learning batteries always charged up.
12. Kiss frequently. The term ‘Kiss’ here stands for ‘Keep It Simple, Stupid’!
13. Encourage dissenters to speak up; be a smart leader.
14. While taking decisions, use your heart as well as your mind.
15. Every five years, retire yourself. This would ensure you never get chucked out of a job.
16. CEOs who succeed in the future would be the ones having a Western mind and an Eastern heart.
17. Packages have a short shelf-life. Keep reinventing them.
18. People are not spares of a machine, to be replaced once their utility is exhausted. Groom them for higher responsibilities, or out-place them.
19. Always praise in public but reprimand in private.
20. Keep your Propensity to Procrastinate under check.
21. Being a ‘yes-man’ is a risky proposition. The higher you are in the pecking order, the higher the responsibility you carry on your shoulders – that of registering dissent.
22. Keep your hormones under check. Love blossoming within the confines of office space can also turn into litigation and expensive lawsuits.
23. A good way to kill an otherwise brilliant idea is to first convey it over mail.
24. Pressure is an external stimulus. Stress is what we experience.
25. Stress is inversely proportional to your inner resilience, which can be built up by forgiveness, a dash of humour, and meditation.
26. Create a culture of observing, judging, and unleashing talent.
27. Cultivate your underground cable connections. Things get done better when the informal organization gets going.
28. Plan your vacations well. The absence of a good manager is never felt.
29. It pays to build up and protect your own brand value.
30. Strike the right balance between the following three: Concern for Production (read Results), Concern for People and Concern for Ethics.

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