Sunday 30 September 2012

Wordy diet!

Have you ever had that bothersome don't know-where-it's headed sort of wordy discussions with your buddies/colleagues/partners?

Did you ever goggle that sense of stupidity comfortably creeping into your meaningful super colossal colloquy?

Did you ever feel that taction of difficulty in doctoring the loose-end conversations?

Then again,

Ever wonder what our highschool education actually focusses on?

Ever analysed what's leftover in completing the education?

All the bygone matter-of-course questions can be unknotted without a hitch by a subtle idea, an inconspicuous analytical rule: The 20/80 rule!

Shedding some light on the rule, this rule elucidates the fact that any discussion in general is driven only by 20% of it, i.e., 20% of the content of the argumentation rule the roost over the rest 80%. De facto this 80% liquidates the fine line of reasoning there-by making the conversation colossal.
Our education throws on us the whole package of voluminous information required to debate sensibly on any ivory-tower topic. That is our system's style of being unbiased, by feeding us with all the intricate and innate details of the nature and existence. But when it comes to the point of concluding a discussion this fatty information gotta have some diet. There comes into picture the 20/80 rule. This rule helps in downsizing the whole data by sucking out the liquidity(the 80% part). In this degree, the bothersome mind-boggling discussions can be easily sorted out. The loose-ends can be doctored. Further, drawing conclusions is no bull-fight now!

Actualizing the idea,

# Can this rule be mastered all of a sudden?

# How do you dig up to confidently hit upon the effectual 20% part?

This slips the situation into the valley of probabiliy!

Well, just like anything else this rule can also be mastered, tackled and bossed. All it needs a little push of practise. Few tips can be like:

# Try cutting down the poppycock in the usual chatter. As Robert Kiyosaki(Author:Rich Dad, Poor Dad) says apply KISS-Keeping It Simple Stupid!

# Twitter, the microblogging service helps do the same by limiting the input by 140 characters. Doesn't that make you downsize the message you wish to deliver to something more simple and smart?

# The 30-page topic which we lauder it down to somewhere around 300-500 word essay in the examinations is our education system's way of teaching us how to KISS!

Afterall, it's the conclusion that matters. Just make it great!

Thursday 6 September 2012

Big Biz!

Interesting data from Harvard Business school working knowledge reveals that, MOST Startup companies fail. It's an unsettling fact for the bright-eyed entreprenuers. The statistics are disheartening no matter how an entrepreneur defines failure:

# If failure means liquidating all assets, with investors losing most or all the money they put into the company, then the failure rate for start-ups is 30 to 40%.

# If failure refers to failing to see the projected return on investment, then the failure rate is 70 to 80%.

# If failure is defined as declaring a projection and then falling short of meeting it, then the failure rate is a whopping 90 to 95%.
The hardball question is: Why do they fail?

Obviously no entreprenuer would startup a company with failure as his end in view. Even then, they never fail to fail. Some of them fail trivially, some moderately, some fail greatly, blowing up the castles-in-the-air they've built so far. Now,probing in to the cause of the failures, besides many intermediary factors like,

-Improper management

-Insufficient capital

-Lack of planning

-Poor advertising

-Inexact business location

there exist one more top-drawer subtle philosophy which the major part of entreprenuers often overlook or fail to understand: relationships!

Yes, the knack of understanding the relationship between client/customer/end user/consumer and the goods/services supplied is where successful entreprenuers match out from the rest. Understanding and mastering this fine-spun philosophy is what puts successful entreprenuers in The Big League. Remember Steve Jobs? He was ahead in the game not only that he worked for his passion, but he was outstanding at understanding the intricacies of human relations with the gadgets. He figured out the secret recipe. He outlied!

But where does anyone matriculate to gain expertise of the enigmatic nature of relationships? What can inspire humans to gain insights in to understanding this inexplicable relationships?

Well, I've got an Idea for this pickle. My idea is a natural model. A model which can teach the facts and disciplines of the relationships. An impeccable model which is surviving flawlessly for more than a million years: The Ecological model.

Ecology is a branch of science which deals with relation and interaction between different organisms and environment. Being a part of this very model we seldom give a shot trying to realize the nature of these relations. We might have previously studied basics of ecology as a part of our education. But have we "understood" them? There is just a flimsy difference between knowing and understanding. For instance, you may "know" that tomato is actually a fruit, only if you "understand" that fact you'll not put that in a fruit salad. Realize the difference? So, mere knowing doesn't make a difference. You gotta understand to make it great!

# There exists similarity in patterns in the ways and means in which man understands ecology.

# The similarity between Barter system of Trading and the symbiosis( relationship between individuals of different species where both individuals derive a benefit) is one of the remarkable analogy.

If you're looking forward for a new business plan, now I give you the source code for the best laid plans: The Ecological model. For it has been living and kicking since the pre-human era.