/Subbu Allamaraju

Contemplative Reading tl;dr: “I realized that I forget more than 99% of what I read, and only a few ideas stick in my head. That’s sad. Why spend so much time and energy acquiring and reading books to gain just a few ideas or just the memory of having read a book? That changed this year. About a year ago, I stumbled upon contemplative reading to increase the quality of my reading experience.”

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Contemplative Reading tl;dr: “I realized that I forget more than 99% of what I read, and only a few ideas stick in my head. That’s sad. Why spend so much time and energy acquiring and reading books to gain just a few ideas or just the memory of having read a book? That changed this year. About a year ago, I stumbled upon contemplative reading to increase the quality of my reading experience.”

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Monkey Business tl;dr: “The metaphor helps debug the root causes behind managers struggling with busy calendars, not investing in themselves, not having detached vacations, or, more importantly, not having time to be strategic. In this article, let me introduce that metaphor visually and point out some techniques to address the root causes.”

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Leadership For Results And Peace Of Mind tl;dr: “After years of testing various ideas and behaviors, I developed a leadership framework that has proven effective in achieving results, enjoying work, and maintaining peace of mind. While there’s no one-size-fits-all leadership recipe, I’m eager to share a few key behaviors that have helped me and could benefit you.”

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Leadership For Results And Peace Of Mind tl;dr: “After years of testing various ideas and behaviors, I developed a leadership framework that has proven effective in achieving results, enjoying work, and maintaining peace of mind. While there’s no one-size-fits-all leadership recipe, I’m eager to share a few key behaviors that have helped me and could benefit you.”

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Goal Crafting tl;dr: (1) Make your goal unarguable: An unarguable goal is one that most people agree with as it aligns with the organizational principles and direction. (2) Manufacture consent: A leader’s job involves creating willingness for others to work with the organization to support their objectives. (3) Let it make everyone uncomfortable: They should put your team out of their comfort zone, testing their assumptions and technical and human-relationship competencies.

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Managing Yourself tl;dr: "You’re the CEO of yourself — a one-person enterprise — act like one." Subbu realized that "managing yourself includes managing your internal state" i.e. how you feel about yourself and others, your emotions, time, relations, etc... yet most are not aware of their internal state. A CEO rarely runs the company based on that morning’s news, social media chatter, or the stock ticker.

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