Saurav

Lifelong Learning Enthusiast, Cricket Fanatic, Proud Indian, L&D Techie!

[Chandana ����✨ @RoseOnX9]

I don't care what you do this weekend.
Just watch these 5 videos. That's it.

[Satya @solidview]

This is the second warning mother nature has given Bengaluru at Silk Board this early monsoon.

And it asks a simple question:

Why are you building flyovers and planning tunnels instead of expediting metro & suburban rail?

#PublicTransportFirst

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

“I love being at home. My life is very simple. I reada lot of books. I watch a lot of films. I listen to a lot of music. I tend the garden. I cook with my family. Yeah, I'm boring.”

— Cillian Murphy

[Saurav @sauravec]

At @Apple , Steve did his Job, Tim did Cook well, now the real question is, will John really Ternus around?

[Saurav @sauravec]

@myawfis This is your team, not bothering to solve the problem but focusing on looking good publically

[Saurav @sauravec]

@myawfis 1. My mony gt debited from bank and it moved to your wallet. That ws on 9th Feb. I have been trying to contact Sneha but she stopped responding to emails aftr 18-Feb. Tdy on call she mentions that she wsn't available nd tht she s waiting for 'higher authorities ' (1/2)

[Saurav @sauravec]

The @myawfis team has stopped responding to my emails as well.
Remember that the money moved to my wallet because of a failed transaction and I spent nervous hour without any customer support to rebook. Now stuck with refund!

[Saurav @sauravec]

@myawfis Even after writing the feedback about the bad experience in the meeting room, the lady SPOC was only interested in asking me to change the rating rather than solving the problem.

[Saurav @sauravec]

@myawfis this has been an awful experience! Don't get me started on the pathetic conditions in the meeting room at Prestige Shantiniketan and I have filled the feedback form. (3/n)

[MOHINI WEALTH (NRI) @MohiniWealth]

My most important career/life lesson : Never place a ceiling on your own potential. You're far more capable than the stories the world has told you to believe. The one truth I've learnt through my own life and the lives of all my guests on

[The Wolf Man @iTheWolfman]

This is very good idea for your child

[Saurav @sauravec]

@TeamYouTube Thank you, it's fixed automatically.

[Saurav @sauravec]

@YouTube @YouTubeIndia The search bar isn't working after the latest update.

[Indian Music @Music_Vichaar]

100 Greatest Songs from the Golden Era of Hindi Music

[Ben Mwine 🇺🇬 π @benmwine]

If you drive at all on the highways, you need to watch this.....

[Simons @Simon_Ingari]

Boss said, "My team is burned out, but they're not even working that much."
The real problem was invisible.

"They're exhausted," the boss told me. "But most leave by 6 PM."

I'd seen this before.

"Tell me about their typical day," I said.

"Normal stuff. Meetings, projects, the usual."

"How many tools do they switch between?"

He started counting on his fingers.
Stopped at ten.

"How often do priorities change?"

"We're agile," he said. "We adapt quickly."

"How quickly?"

"Daily. Sometimes hourly."

"Show me one person's calendar," I said.

He pulled up his marketing director's schedule.
Seventeen meetings in three days.
Eight different projects discussed.
Zero focused work time.

"She's drowning," I said.

"But she's only here 45 hours a week."

"Hours aren't the problem. Decisions are."

He looked puzzled.

I explained.

"Research shows that every context switch can take over 20 minutes to recover mentally.
She switches contexts more than 15 times a day.
That's 5 hours of mental recovery time, every day.
It's only an 8-hour workday."

His face changed.

"Your team isn't tired from working.
They're tired from switching.
From deciding what's actually important.
From never finishing anything."

"What do I do?"

"Three changes:

First: One main priority per week.
Not seven. One.
Written down. Shared with everyone.

Second: Batch meetings.
All meetings on Tuesday/Thursday.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday for deep work.

Third: Pick three tools. Kill the rest."

They were using Slack, Teams, email, Asana, Monday, Notion, and four others.
Now they use three. Total.

Six weeks later:

"How's the team?" I asked.

"Same hours. Completely different energy."

"What changed?"

"Maria finished a project last week.
The whole thing. Start to finish.
First time in two years."

He paused.

"She actually smiled in our one-on-one.
Said she forgot what it felt like to complete something."

The truth about burnout:

It's not always about the hours you put in.
It's about where your attention is pulled.

You can work 40 hours and feel destroyed.
Or 55 hours and feel energized.

The difference?

Whether those hours are spent starting things.
Or finishing them.

Most leaders count hours.
The smart ones protect focus.

Because burnout doesn't come from hard work.
It comes from work that never ends.

[Simons @Simon_Ingari]

"Why is nothing getting done?" the boss asked. I pointed to his calendar...

47 meetings this week.
His executive team averaged 42.

"When do they actually work?" I asked.

Long pause.

"During meetings?" he said, not understanding me.

"No. When do they DO the work they're meeting about?"

He stared at the screen.

"After hours?" he guessed.

"So you're paying them to talk about work during work hours.
Then do work during life hours."

His face changed.

We pulled up his Sales Manager's calendar.
Back-to-back blocks.
8am to 6pm solid.

"She just missed her third kid's soccer game," he said quietly.

"And her numbers?" I asked curiously.

"Down 20%."

We both paused. He stared at his desk.

"So, when does she think?"

Another pause.

"Ummm. I guess she doesn't."

I opened the file from his top performer two years ago.
The one who left for a competitor.

"Remember Sandra?"

"Our best COO ever. We miss... I miss her."

"Look at her exit interview."

One line stood out:
"I spent 90% of my time in meetings about the work I never had time to do."

The boss leaned back.

"We've been so busy looking busy..."

"That you forgot to be productive."

Monday morning.
He canceled every recurring meeting.

Sent one email:
"No meetings before noon.
Mornings are for doing.
Afternoons for deciding."

Chaos for two weeks.
People didn't know what to do with the time.

Month three?
Revenue up 30%.
New products shipping on time.
Teams working together seamlessly.
The Sales Manager' even made her daughter's championship game.

And won the quarter.

Six months later, he called me.

"We only meet when there's something to decide.
Not something to discuss."

"And?"

"Turns out, that's about 70% less often."

Look at your next meeting.

Count the faces looking back at you.
Each one has real work dying on their desk.
Each one's anxiety is climbing
because it isn't getting done.

They want to build.
Create.
Solve.
Ship.

Instead, they're performing presence... for you.
Nodding at the right moments.
Watching their to-do list grow.
Knowing there's no time.

Fix the calendar.
Or watch those faces disappear.
One by one.

Until you're holding meetings about why nothing gets done.
With no one there to answer you.

[MOHINI WEALTH (NRI) @MohiniWealth]

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