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Toughest Job Interview Questions

12 Friday Sep 2014

Posted by Prem Rao in Careers, Trends

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Amazon, creativity, Google, interview questions, knowledge economy, Microsoft

Our country is in a paradoxical position. On the one hand, we have a huge reservoir of youth, perhaps more than anywhere else in the world. They say 65 % of India’s population is below the age of 35 and almost 50 % below 25 years. They have aspirations like never before mainly because of greater exposure thanks to TV and the media. Continue reading →

Young & Bright Minds

16 Friday Oct 2009

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creativity, IGNITE, NIF, Stanford University

It’s well known that we are at our creative best when we are young. The older we get, the less creative we become. It was nice to see that a creative idea of a 15 year old girl from India, Sarojini Mahajan, has been picked up by Stanford University.

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Motivation, Creativity & Childhood

20 Thursday Nov 2008

Posted by Prem Rao in A Step A Day

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A Step A Day, childhood, creativity, motivation

Recently, I came across Overnight Sensation -a blog written by James Feudo. In this I read his post called ” Motivation: The Power of Youth” which brought back memories of childhood-a relatively carefree period in our lives. He writes of the very different perspective children have . I guess we are so caught up in the day to day grind of making a living that we cease to enjoy – or have no time for- the very things we did when we were kids.

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Inspiring Creative Professionals

09 Wednesday Apr 2008

Posted by Prem Rao in A Step A Day

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A Step A Day, creativity, Mark McGuinness

Often we think that creativity is the exclusive domain of a few. Try this one on your friends. Ask them to name 10 creative people whom they either know or have heard or read of. Most likely the list will include Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Alva Edison, Michelangelo and so on. The chances are bright that very, very few will include their own names in their lists.

Yet if we think about it, there is scope for all of us to be creative in our jobs. To my mind, being creative does not mean being outlandish or wacky but means stretching our imagination to think of alternatives we usually don’t or won’t think about.

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