Quote for the day

Character isn’t something you were born with and can’t change, like your fingerprints. It’s something you weren’t born with and must take responsibility for forming. --Jim Rohn

Powerful speech

The other day I was listening to a speech by a very successful businessperson and it was so powerful that I started wondering why do most of the other speeches that we come across in our lives suck. Look at the voice graph of the speech. One thing to notice is a distinct pattern of pauses. The speech would have fallen flat with out the pauses. The other aspect is the sharp increase in pitch at regular intervals and for a short duration of time.

Localised Service

Via Venturewoods: We have example of GrandCentral , a startup which offered a telephone number for life , Once you have a Grand Central Number you need not to change it when you change service provider , move to a new city or whatever . They promised “One Number for One Life ” very romantic .Many people [including me , just for the heck of it ] signed up for it .

Quote for the day

Give us the fortitude to endure the things which cannot be changed, and the courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to know one from the other. -Oliver J. Hart