Everything About Self Development
Learnt this wisdom from a serial entrepreneur today – “We cannot be everything to everyone!” When we try to do that, It is confusing not just for others but for ourselves too. We must prioritize what and where we should focus on. Clearly defining the “Why” behind what you we are doing is absolute must to define what we are focused on.
Know your why, define what you must focus on and then execute.
The major issue with what we are facing in the moment of change is that we see it as a problem! Perhaps, we probably have dealt with these particular circumstances that appear perplexed and more we think about it more challenging it seems.
However, in the truest sense, it isn’t a headache. This is just a transformation of the way something used to be and this is definitely a thing that we can adjust to. Ultimately we will find how to address it successfully or live with it peacefully.
Once we have this attitude, now we are self-advised to perceive this experience more about adapting to new than fixing certain problems. Once we start seeing it that way; Observe! the whole situation is getting to look much simpler and brighter.
Today morning life gave me an opportunity to be a better leader. I learnt a lesson from my son that I will always apply to become a better leader. My 7 yr old son has been a very healthy eater since he started eating. Lately he turned into being a picky eater, not interested in eating kids vitamins and no more love for protein shakes ( being vegetarian, shakes are the biggest source of protein for us).
Something has definitely changed! He used to love taking protein shake for lunch with his food, take his vitamins without being asked and eat almost everything that was cooked in home. Me and my wife had many conversations with him and we used many techniques to put him back into his healthy habits. All convincing has not been working since last 1 year.
Today morning, I was shocked! My son was almost ready to eat his favorite cereal and then he gets up to grab his vitamins without being asked. Day before he asked for a protein shake/smoothie when he returned from school. Since last few days he is no more a picky eater to a good extent. I have been trying to understand what is making him change especially when neither me or my wife have convinced him in last few weeks.
My son has been watching and being influenced by the change I have brought in my life. Since last few weeks I have started exercising daily, taking my vitamins and eating healthy food. Actually I have been “Walking the walk” or “leading by example” or…… In last few weeks he has seen me drinking protein shakes. When he got up for taking his vitamins he saw me taking my vitamins with my breakfast. Finally I am practicing and not preaching and that is the change.
“An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.” – Mahatma Gandhi
This is how we really influence our teams/organizations/families/society. Knowingly or unknowingly everything we DO (and not say) is what is really replicated. One question that has not left my mind since then, do I lead my team/organization/family/… By walking the walk?
As leaders if we expect accountability we are the ones who should be accountable to our teams first. If we expect an extra effort from our team we are the ones who always have to go an extra mile. If we expect loyalty then we should be the most loyal to our teams, and the list goes on….
I hope you are a leader like that!
“Nothing so conclusively proves a man’s ability to lead others, as what he does from day to day to lead himself.” ~ Thomas J. Watson, Former Chairman of IBM
With a limited understanding of Thanksgiving, all I know it is about being Grateful and celebrating it with food (especially Turkey). Grateful to everybody who has contributed to your life in the preceding year. Being a vegetarian I am not going to eat Turkey but I can still be grateful to everyone who has helped me.
From the day I started thinking about my career until today there are so many family members, friends, colleagues, acquaintances and unknowns who helped me become a better person. Since last many years I wanted to write this post and show my gratitude to everyone who has helped me directly or indirectly. Finally here is my grateful list (besides my awesome family) with names of many who helped me this year and during many previous years:
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you all with continue helping me become a better person next year too.
Marketing Technology Conference is the first ever event for the practice of Marketing Technologies. I go to many conferences but I never write about them and especially before the conference. Few of my friends have recently inquired me on why I am attending the Marketing Technology Conference and what are the benefits I see by attending Marketing Technology Conference (MarTech Conference).
The first Marketing Technology Conference (MarTech Conference) is very special for me as it is about my passion and it is a conference that I was praying for few years now. So this is my attempt to share with you why I am attending Marketing Technology Conference (MarTech Conference) and why you may also like to attend it next time (they are already sold out). After the conference I plan to post another article on what I learnt at Marketing Technology Conference.
Almost 3-4 years ago I came to know the term that describes the role that people like me play in the business world today. This was the time when I was introduced to the role of Chief Marketing Technologist. Marketing Technology Conference (MarTech Conference) is the first ever conference that will bring all of us in this practice under one roof for a day.
Here are some of great reads on this role that have helped me understand the role better and also educate others on this role and its importance.
Here are some of the profiles of Chief Marketing Technologists who are already impacting the success of some big companies (collected from from LinkedIn Search and Scott Brinker’s blog)
Few of the above Marketing Technologists, CTOs, CMOs are also speakers at Marketing Technology Conference (MarTech Conference)
I was introduced to Scott Brinker’s blog by my previous manager. It has been almost 3-4 years that I have never missed any update from Scott Brinker. I have always tried to attend as many events where I can go and learn from him. He is the person who put this concept together and really guided the entire industry why there is a need of such role and why it is no more a choice. Scott Brinker may have spent hundreds of hours in putting together the vision, thought leadership and detailed plan on how to make this happen. There is not one other than Scott Brinker who is the ultimate expert in this field. Scott is the chair and the key speaker at Marketing Technology Conference (MarTech Conference).
I have discovered that great people are willing to share their ideas and you can learn only if others are ahead of you. There are many professionals in this space who are definitely ahead of me in this field or atleast they know what I may not know.
Here are the top few reasons why I am attending the Marketing Technology Conference (MarTech Conference) at Boston.
“A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.” – Will Rogers
“Collaboration is important not just because it’s a better way to learn. The spirit of collaboration is penetrating every institution and all of our lives. So learning to collaborate is part of equipping yourself for effectiveness, problem solving, innovation and life-long learning in an ever-changing networked economy.” -Don Tapscott
1. Scott Brinker (@chiefmartec), Conference Chair & author, chiefmartec.com
2. Mayur Gupta (@inspiremartech), Global Head of Marketing Technology & Operations, Kimberly-Clark
3. Laura McLellan (@lauramclellan), VP Marketing Strategies, Gartner Research
4. David Raab (@draab), Principal, Raab & Associates
5. Paul Roetzer (@paulroetzer), CEO, PR 20/20, author of The Marketing Agency Blueprint and The Marketing Performance Blueprint
6. Jascha Kaykas-Wolff (@kaykas), CMO, BitTorrent
7. Erica Seidel (@erica_seidel), CEO, The Connective Good
8. Jane Hiscock (@janehiscock), Founder & CEO, Farland Group
9. Wes Hunt, Chief Data Officer, Nationwide Insurance
10. Lisa Ritchie, SVP Customer Knowledge and Insights, Scotiabank
11. Travis Wright, CEO, MediaThinkLabs
12. Erik W. Holt (@erikholt), Partner Strategy Leader – Technology/ISV, IBM ExperienceOne
13. Lou Pelosi, Sr. Director LaunchPoint, Marketo
14. Suresh Vittal (@sureshvittal), VP Product Marketing and Strategy, Adobe Marketing Cloud
15. Erik Brynjolfsson (@erikbryn), Director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy
16. Sheldon Monteiro (@sheldon_tm), CTO, SapientNitro
17. Sheryl Pattek (@sherylpattek), VP & Principal Analyst, CMO and Marketing Leadership Practice at Forrester Research
18. Jason Heller (@JasonHeller), CEO, Agiliti
19. Sean Ellis (@SeanEllis), Founder & CEO, Qualaroo and GrowthHackers.com
20. Christopher Penn (@cspenn), VP of Marketing Technology, SHIFT Communications
21. Shawn Goodin (@shawngoodin), Director of Marketing Technology, The Clorox Company
22. Michael Krigsman (@mkrigsman), Co-Host of “CxO Talk”
23. Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar), Chief Marketing Officer Extreme Networks
24. Robert Tas (@TasRobert), Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President, Pegasystems
25. Steve Mann (@stevemann), Chief Marketing Officer, Research Solutions, LexisNexis
26. Dharmesh Shah (@dharmesh), Co-Founder and CTO, HubSpot
Check out Twitter list by PR2020: MarTech Speakers
See you at the Marketing Technology Conference (MarTech Conference), I look forward to connect with you and learn from you. Please feel free to reach out to me via
Today I live on the cross roads of marketing & technology. Marketing Technology is a new practice that is become more and more prevalent today in every company. I would like to share my background so that you can better understand my perspective on attending Marketing Technology Conference (MarTech Conference)
I started my career as a software engineer. Java, Struts, SQL, Hibernate, Spring, etc. were the technologies that I spent my first 7 years of my professional life. Got a great opportunity and moved into a sales and relationship management, it was fun. It was a period of great learning. Really understood what happens in the business world on a daily basis and the challenges of customer relationship management. Since last 5 years my professional journey took me into Marketing teams. I got into Marketing because of my passion to bridge the gap between tech and business.
Today my key focus is on Digital Marketing Strategy and Marketing Technologies but that is not what I have always done. I understand technology, have a passion for sales and I love marketing. On a daily basis I have to connect these dots and that needs a great amount of understanding of all these fields.
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