Durga's Random Thoughts.

Today I was contemplating on Leadership. And these are things that came to my mind in a flow. What makes one a leader? How does one become a leader? Is there any quality or qualities that set a born leader apart from the rest? So, here goes what I think! Some times, it also applies to good managers, who are also good leaders. Leaders know how to forge relationships and accomplish tasks. They are not exceptionally brilliant or overly gifted. They just know how to make maximum use of themselves and others to accomplish the given task. Let’s see what challenges a leader in today’s world has to face. Leaders have to be fast enough with the changing communication speeds and needs. The speed of communication has increased and one thing you say or do travels faster than you can imagine. Information creates more impact than ever before and hence any information that spreads like wildfire can create problem or can be good for the leader, depending on the way he deals with it. But since it is v...

I wonder how much work went into the planning phase of this building. Amazing! I do not know how wonderful I would have felt if I had been involved in it. :)

The Spring is here, valiant and bold. I conquered Winter. The ice cold minded Winter. I got the Sun up, melting his Ice away. Earth's heart warmed and bloomed. Flowers everywhere, leaves, little ones, all sprouting. Smells, nope. Fragrances. I asked the Wind to carry it around in bounty. I felt like a General, ordering his troops. To conquer Winter, the fat ugly dryad. He took a leap out of the window of the Seasons' Castle. Passed 15 days and hit the ground dead. I had conquered him. I declared - "Earth! Your Spring is here, valiant and bold. I have conquered Winter"

Dripping, the rain said hi to earth. Flowing, it merged itself to its love.  And they became one for eternity. Far far away, In the land of clouds, It was the sad tears of the sky. Lightning had struck its love. It was in mourning. And it mourned, For what seemed like eternity.

Females respond more to email marketing than males. [Epsiion, ROI research]

More choices create more confusion.

15% of the new end customers are mobile oriented. [2011 data] Are we missing the targets by spamming or are we really ignorant?