Roopen Roy (Views are personal) The way we measure success influences the behavior of those who are measured. If we measure a person’s success in life only by how much wealth he has accumulated or by how much he earns, then we are really motivating him or her to focus on earning money. We…
Month: September 2025
Measure against the best
Measure yourself against the best By Roopen Roy Mar 17 2015 If you are constantly judging your performance against your own past, there is a danger that you will reinforce your complacency. Let us say you are #5 in the stack of your competitors and you are growing at 10 per cent per annum. Because of general…
Maximizing the Prime of Time
Maximizing the Prime of Time Roopen Roy (Views are personal) A master batsman in cricket will tell you that it is not just stroke-play. It is also superb timing that creates winning shots. The batsman judges the flight, pitch and direction of the ball and perfectly times the stroke to send the ball to the…
Making shoes for the cobbler’s son
The Finance Minister (FM) presented the Budget for 2012-2013 in the shadows of shrill criticism against governance failure, corruption and waste of tax-payers money. The vast amounts of money that the central government spends each year does not trickle down fully. It trickles out through leakages. And sometimes, defying the laws of physics, it…
Making money-come rain or shine
In the games of cricket and musical chairs, timing makes the difference between winning and losing. Your timing must be impeccable if you seek to succeed. Some create wealth by anticipating the rise of a startup before others realise and invest. For others, fortunes are made by foreseeing the miseries of corporations and nations-…
Making Fool of Dragons
Roopen Roy (Views expressed are personal) There is an ancient Chinese proverb ,”In shallow waters, shrimps make fools of dragons.” Shrimps are small in size but they thrive in shallow waters. A dragon is a mythical creature believed to be strong and powerful. But their natural habitat is not shallow waters. If you…
Looking through the glass,brightly!
IT in 2020: Looking through a glass, brightly Roopen Roy (Views expressed are personal) Today, India has a significant but not dominant share of the global market in IT services. But world is morphing much faster and the topple rate of leaders is high. What will the Indian IT industry look like in 2020? …
Livability as a Competitive Advantage
Livability as a competitive advantage By Roopen Roy May 26 2015 Some CEOs and policymakers argue forcefully that distance is of no relevance in today’s world because of internet and digitisation. According to this camp of thinkers, geography is history and the location of the knowledge-worker is irrelevant as long as they are connected and can collaborate….
Lion calls the CM
সিংহরানী দিয়েছেন গোঁসাঘরে খিল । পশুরাজ মানভঞ্জনের জন্য বললেন,” রানী তোমার এতো বিষন্ন বদন , কি হয়েছে ?” “পশুরাজ , আপনি জানেন আমি সন্তানসম্ভবা , এদিকে আমাকে খেতে দেওয়া হয়েছে রাম পাখি , তাও আবার অখাদ্য ব্রয়লার , চর্বির গন্ধে আমার অন্নপ্রাশনের ভাত উঠে আসছে , মহারাজ।” পশুরাজ কেশর ঝাঁকিয়ে উঠেই বললেন ,” কোই হায়…
Lending to the Poor
Road ahead in lending to poor By Roopen Roy Nov 23 2010 Adam Smith in his book An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations provided us insights on how colonial trade was splendidly profitable. “The colonies will be obliged both to buy very dear and to sell very cheap.” The “buy cheap…