Ashish Saxena

Geek. I tweet about Lync/Skype4B UC, Leadership and Humor. Opinions are my own.

[David Dack @DavidDack]

No one tells you running is 10% cardio
and 90% negotiating with the voice begging you to quit.

[CYBR.SEC.CON. @CybrSecCon]

The OT.SEC.CON Agenda Is LIVE!

We’re thrilled to announce that the full agenda for OT.SEC.CON. is now published! Join us for 2 action-packed days of cutting-edge security insights, featuring 4 specialized tracks and 30+ industry experts sharing real-world strategies, lessons, and innovations.

📆 April 1 – 2, 2026
📍 George R. Brown Convention Center | Houston, TX
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[Jeffrey Snover @jsnover]

WELCOME TO THE ROOM: Satya Nadella's Lesson in Executive Accountability

Most people treat a senior promotion as a destination; in reality, it is an invitation to a higher level of pressure where excuses are considered a form of professional failure. In "The Room," the distance between a "theory of success" and "actual success" is measured by one thing: Intellectual Honesty.

If you are waiting for more resources, more time, or more favorable conditions to win, you aren't leading—you’re whining. True leadership is the act of "manufacturing success" within the constraints of reality. It requires the scientific rigor to align your resources to your theory, the telemetry to admit when that theory is failing, and the courage to pivot before the runway disappears.

The Bottom Line: You are either a generator of clarity or a creator of confusion. If your "dots don't connect" from your current headcount to the final result, you are just managing decline. Stop talking, get the telemetry, and operationalize the win. Anything else is just noise.

https://t.co/T3JQrXRrDu

[Marshall Goldsmith @CoachGoldsmith]

We judge ourselves by our noble intentions, yet we judge everyone else by their impact on us.

This is the fundamental disconnect in how we relate to others.

We deliver a "brutally honest" critique, we interrupt a colleague to make a point, or we make a sarcastic joke at someone else's expense.

Five minutes later, we have moved on to the next task. We are the axe. We forget.

But the person on the receiving end? They do not forget. They carry the weight of that interaction long after you have left the room.

They are the tree.

The validity of your feedback does not justify the brutality of your delivery.

High achievers often assume that because they have "gotten over" a conflict, the other person has too.

Great leadership requires the humility to understand that your words have a half-life much longer than your attention span.

The next time you are about to deliver a sharp remark, pause. Ask yourself: "Is the momentary satisfaction of swinging the axe worth the permanent scar I am about to leave?"

Life is good.
Marshall

[CYBR.SEC.CON. @CybrSecCon]

Join thousands of cybersecurity professionals, thought leaders, and innovators at HOU.SEC.CON. 2025 - a two-day experience packed with 100+ world-class speakers, hands-on workshops, specialized tracks, and powerful networking opportunities.

📅 September 30 – October 1, 2025

📍 George R. Brown Convention Center | Houston, TX

✅ Learn from experts like Dmitri Alperovitch, Robert “RSnake” Hansen, Jeremiah Grossman, and Shawnee Delaney

✅ Compete in CTFs, explore the villages, and connect with top employers

✅ Network with peers and leaders shaping the future of cybersecurity

✅ Earn continuing education credits

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#HOUSECCON #LearnandDefend #Cybersecurity #InfoSec #SecurityConference #TechConference #TechEvent

[Matt Zorich @reprise_99]

Interested in what real world Active Directory compromise looks like and how to prevent it? I wrote a deep dive on what we continually see when Active Directory gets owned.

Hint: stop letting domain admins log onto all your endpoints

Read here - https://t.co/jWPowVrqkM

[Rob Henderson @robkhenderson]

When you’re young, you spend money to be where it’s loud. When you’re older, you spend money to be where it's quiet.

[Zucker Doctor @DoctorLFC]

The best thing about time is that it changes.

Siraj 🇮🇳

[Christopher Voss @fbinegotiator]

My book, Never Split The Difference, has over 40,000 reviews on Amazon.

If you’ve read my book, retweet this.

I want to see something….

[CYBR.SEC.CON. @CybrSecCon]

HOU.SEC.CON. 2025 tickets are on sale now at https://t.co/LKqgl6RNtL!

#HOUSECCON #LearnandDefend #Cybersecurity #Conference

[Ashish Saxena @sublimeashish]

@EricJorgenson Morgan Housel, Seth Godin and Naval Ravikant

[Ashish Saxena @sublimeashish]

@DKThomp @NatBullard Loved the conversation, learned a lot about energy and how it has changed so much recently. (Weird glitch at 50:13 where the audio jumps a few seconds ahead.)

[Andrew Brown @andrewbrown]

You said you needed real-word tech skills, I'm giving it to you for free.

My next tech bootcamp starts in 10 days, and thousands of people will be active in the same cohort.

The last big one I did was 2 years ago and we have been preparing this bootcamp for 6 months.

We 40 industry real-world experts from all different domains so we can see all sides.

The bootcamp is focused on GenAI but let that not mislead you, you will be putting to practice all the fundamental technical skills to the test: Linux, Cloud, IT Networking, Programming, Containers, Solution Architecting.

My bootcamps are hard because they are real-world, we don't dilute things here. But they are so much easier when you are in the active-cohort because so many people are treading the same path, that all possible paths will be solved. This is your guaranteed way of upskilling.

My bootcamps are graded and we issue badges for different levels of grading, and there is risk of failure, if you're uncomfortable and failing than you are learning.

People who I have mentored in the past and failed to meet the goals I set out for them have gone onto become CTOs or entrepreneurs, because that's how much they learned.

The education you are going to receive is at least worth $10,000 USD but you can have it for $0 and this only works because of gracious volunteers, tech sponsors, the volume of bootcampers and because of my undying mission to make tech educational affordable.

If you need permission, than I permit you to join my bootcamp.
Not ready? You never will be, so time to jump in.

The link is in the reply.

[Ashish Saxena @sublimeashish]

@stevemagness Show up and do the work. Not fancy but it works ;)

[sreejesh p r @16Sreejesh]

As I stand on the threshold of my final chapter in international hockey, my heart swells with gratitude and reflection. This journey has been nothing short of extraordinary, and I am forever grateful for the love and support from my family, teammates, coaches, and fans.

[NBC Sports @NBCSports]

OH HE WENT BEHIND THE BACK ON 'EM. 😳

Elite badminton trickery on display from India's Lakshya Sen. #ParisOlympics

[Ashish Saxena @sublimeashish]

@jon_selvaraj We all need "Shanti Mil Gayi?!?" T-shirts now 😂

[Oliver Alexander @OAlexanderDK]

X has now enabled data sharing by default for every user, which means you consent to them using all your posts, interactions and data on here to train Grok and share this data with xAI.

Even worse it cannot be disabled in the app, you need to disable from web.

[Wasim Jaffer @WasimJaffer14]

The T20 World Cup starts tomorrow with hosts USA taking on Canada. Imagine reading this line 20 years back. The growth of the T20 format has been unbelievable and it remains the best format to take cricket to newer places and to newer audiences. #T20Worldcup #USAvCAN

[Dave Kline @dklineii]

Design a lifestyle that lets you:

- Outperform 90% of people (ability)
- Outlast 90% of people (affinity)

That combo lands you in the 1%.