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Five Whys
Five Whys is a common management tool used for identifying root causes to a problem. It is all about asking “Why” repeatedly till you come to the real root of the problem. Five Whys is also Yogs favorite technique to understand the world around him. This is how most of our conversations, these days, go: Yog: Why do I have to wear a sweater today? Mama: Because it is cold outside. Yog: Why is it cold? Mama: Because it is winter season. Yog: Why is it winter season? Mama: Because the earth has tilted away from the sun. Yog: Why did the earth tilt away from the Sun? Mama (thinking…
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One Afternoon
The afternoon clock said it was 2:30 p.m. The caller on the phone was desperate. My heart grew heavier as I listened in. Not again, not today. I just couldn’t manage to leave office today. I pacified the caller with an assurance that I would come home if the situation did not improve in the next ten minutes. I looked again at the clock in the corner of my laptop screen. It was not cooperating. It was just 2:31 p.m. There were 89 more excruciating minutes before Toyna would get home. I pushed my chair and got up from my seat. The document on the screen was no longer important. I…
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When Time Stops!
We all come across moments in life which are so innocent, beautiful and extraordinarily simple. These are moments when the constant rush of life seems to just halt, when there are no regrets about the past and no worries about the future. All that matters is that moment and we wish that moment would last forever. Some amazing facts about such moments – You find them in the most unexpected corners and sometimes in company where you would least suspect to find them. These moments are completely unplanned. They can never be recorded, nor they can be recreated. If you try and recreate them, the original moment also ends up…