BlackChai | Life defunked over a cup of tea
Role Playing: Predicting your opponent
I have often underestimated the importance of role-playing in interaction. While business leaders are role playing to predict markets and forecast growth, I realize it can be a useful tool in helping me face my opponent in a difficult siutation. I use the help of close friends and family simulating the situation and observing their [...]
What it takes….
I often catch clips of the “this i believe” series on NPR radio and as I listened today I thought about my personal “this i believe”. I call it “what it takes”. So what does it take to be a writer, an actor or an artist? It starts with talent but then something more. Here [...]
Rubber meets road
If you are a man reading this then you probably know what it means to be behind the wheel of your power machine. The feel of that stick when you downshift as you take that sharp curve at the exit or downshift when you see that hot chic next to your car. I had the [...]
Nightmare of the Indian H1 Visa Appointment
It’s Halloween and I just had a nightmare dealing with the US Visa Consulate in Chennai. While this country boasts of customer service I am amazed how every time I plan my visit to India I encounter the Visa nightmare. I paid $100 to reserve a date 3 months ahead of my travel date only [...]
My first post
While the world is talking about social networking and YouTube, I am surfacing and building my own home on the web. It is fascinating. For 8 years I have built websites for others and watched and admired others who built their own homes. For the first time I feel the rush of having something you [...]