Month: August 2025

Whatever happens good or bad the question one must ask is What Next. whether one wins big lottery or loses a job the first question in ones mind should be What Next ?.

I read that good health starts in the kitchen and not in a hospital.

How true. Most people dont understand that good health is something that is created with the right food and environment and mindset and not something that comes from medicines/ drugs. The best food is made at home with right and fresh ingredients cooked with love and care. People of earlier generations ate food made from fresh and healthy non GMO/processed Ingredients and prepared by a person who did it with love and care. food was eaten slowly and people stayed healthier.

Like pricing, estimation of time and effort can make or break any project. Here too often estimates are manipulated in order to secure orders or satisfy people. Time estimates have to be calculated based on practical considerations such as unplanned events and reduced productivity if employees work tight schedules or are not adequately prepared.cutting corners can also reduce productivity and increase timeliness. The biggest and most common mistake is thinking people can be uniformly productive and available all the time. Humans tend to have good and bad days and productivity varies. People tend to get tired , fall sick and have personal commitments . People get married too and may even simply want to take a day off or a vacation and these cannot be denied. While planning for resources, these must be taken into consideration. Employee churn is a critical and realistic factor and must be considered . One cannot wish it away and mishandling it can demotivate or demoralize employees and replacing an employee can be very expensive in terms of time too.

Pricing often makes or breaks a project or product. There is often a temptation to underrate or reduce pricing to attract more buyers but this can backfire.The pricing will be based upon the cost, user and usage, kind of market. Costs will include manufacturing, sales, consumables and distribution apart from any other costs that will occur. A common problem is the Human Resources and tendency to think about making people work more to reduce costs. This has hidden costs like reduced productivity, quality and others such as increased employee churn that people don’t consider. This is common in IT projects.