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Understanding Your Power: Mind, Brain, and Genome
There is enormous interest in power, and especially personal power, which holds the key to every kind of success and achievement. Yet there’s a problem with how we approach personal power. Despite the poet William Wordsworth’s warning that “we murder to dissect,” we analyze power by cutting it up in bits and pieces, trying to tease out the relevant factors from the immensely complex issues open to question. You can examine power as a product of the mind (some people come up with impressive new ideas that have an enormous impact), the product of the brain (some people seem to be hard-wired for great decision-making), or the product of genes (some people have won the DNA lottery, it seems).
But what if the whole is much bigger than the sum of the parts? This certainly must be true when it comes to personal power, because it’s the totality of the person who matters. We call this a “top down” approach, which considers wholeness first, rather than the reductionism of dissecting the whole into the tiniest parts, which is a “bottom up” approach.
You are the product of mind, brain, and genes acting in concert – that much is undeniable – so the big question is “How do they cooperate? What organizes them into a unity rather than as separate parts?”
An emerging field known as systems biology has begun to ask top-down questions like these, because the way we experience life is not reductionist. Instead, we experience the following:
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Career Curveballs: How I Learned to Tame the Ego
The worst setback in my career took place after I had graduated from medical school in India in the 1970s, came to America, and set my heart on doing research in endocrinology. I destroyed my dream overnight, with very long-term consequences
The most prestigious research fellowships were those in Boston medicine, and I was fortunate. I was offered one in an endocrinology program at a hospital affiliated with Tufts University that took only two or three new fellows a year. It was headed by a world-famous researcher in the field. My time would be divided between laboratory work, which would lead to publishing research papers, and seeing patients in the clinic.
I was fascinated by being in the lab, and there was no way to foresee the blowup that would end my fellowship and almost my whole career. What mattered was the subtle interplay of hormones in the body, which is what endocrine research is all about. The field had miles to go before a complete understanding would be reached. The next turn in the road would lead me to studying the hormones secreted by the brain, not just the thyroid or adrenal glands. The brain, of course, is only a step away from the mind.
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Make Love and Belief Interchangeable
It's rare that someone will question your love for your own children, but 10 years ago my friend Brandon did just that—and it changed the way I view my relationship with my daughters—now ages 15 and 16—forever.
At the time, the last of Brandon's three children was heading off to college. We were ambling along Lake Michigan on a warm, breezy day when I allowed the conversation to veer off from the subject seemingly always on my mind—business—to a subject closer to my heart: our children. As a still-new father, I gushed about my two daughters, whose infectious laughter, often off-beat ideas and kindness renewed my love for them every day.
But for Brandon, this wasn't enough. "Yes, you love them, but do you believe in them?" he asked, questioning not so much my love for my children, but the depth and strength of my feelings for them. Spoken by a man who was a veteran parent.
Of course I believed in them. I had every confidence in their future success and happiness. "It goes without saying," I told Brandon, and then paused. It goes without saying. Can anything in our increasingly noisy, distracted, attention-deficient, technology-saturated world go without saying?
So I decided it was time to not let my belief in my children "go without saying." That night, I spoke up. Instead of saying "I love you" as I tucked my daughters into bed, I looked straight into their eyes and repeated something equally powerful: "I believe in you." The words hung almost like a question mark, a deviation from routine that left the room silent, almost stunned. No more words -- just a kiss before leaving the room. And the lingering new concept: belief.
The next night, I returned to the predicted routine, saying, "I love you." And each of them gave me a hint of a confused look. I decided that I would say "I believe in you" every once in a while, not every night.
I called Brandon the next day, eager to share how moved I was when I told my children my belief in them. And he responded by giving me another gift. He told me that the day after our walk, my excitement about the concept of belief led him to his own experiment. As the CEO of a large company, he held endless meetings with his management team, hearing their strategies, challenging their tactics and providing the decisive direction for next steps. He told me that he ended a meeting that day with his senior managers in a radical way, replacing the usual "Thanks, folks" conclusion. Instead, he invoked belief, stating, "I want to tell you all something -- I believe in you." He let the words float over the room. Meeting over, impact only starting.
Why is belief so impactful? Belief in someone does not only convey trust, and love, and a common set of values. Belief is a gift that says to them that we not only trust they are doing the best they can at this very moment, but also that we lovingly anticipate the best from them in the future. While love talks about today, belief incorporates tomorrow.
And it is true that belief cannot go without saying. Not more than a week after my first experiment, my youngest daughter Casey stunned me with a simple request: "Daddy, will you tell me 'you believe in me' tonight?" I couldn't help but tear up as I told her, "Casey, not only will I tell you tonight, but I'll keep telling you as you grow up, so that you know that no matter what, your daddy believes in you for exactly who you are."
"I believe in you" has become part of our family mythology. My daughters are teenagers now, and they tease me for telling them something so "cheesy" (their word) in its sincerity. But it's the sincerity inherent in the concept of belief that makes it so powerful. Belief conveys the confidence I have in my daughters and in the choices they will make. And I trust that one choice they will make is to repeat "I believe in you" to their own children. I believe this concept of belief has the power to give future generations of our family the little extra confidence needed to push them to succeed beyond their self-defined limits.
Our world would be a better place if we used the words "love" and "belief" more interchangeably. Used in parallel, the two words convey acceptance for who you are, and trust and faith in who you will become. At any age, the human condition leaves us all wanting to be better, happier and more fulfilled. A dose of belief from those we love might be just the elixir we need.
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"I believe in you" has become part of our family mythology. My daughters are teenagers now, and they tease me for telling them something so "cheesy" (their word) in its sincerity. But it's the sincerity inherent in the concept of belief that makes it so powerful. Belief conveys the confidence I have in my daughters and in the choices they will make. And I trust that one choice they will make is to repeat "I believe in you" to their own children. I believe this concept of belief has the power to give future generations of our family the little extra confidence needed to push them to succeed beyond their self-defined limits.
Our world would be a better place if we used the words "love" and "belief" more interchangeably. Used in parallel, the two words convey acceptance for who you are, and trust and faith in who you will become. At any age, the human condition leaves us all wanting to be better, happier and more fulfilled. A dose of belief from those we love might be just the elixir we need.
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Hybrid Cloud Is The Best Option?
Types of cloud computing
- Public Cloud: In Public Cloud the computing infrastructure is hosted by the cloud vendor at the vendor’s premises. The customer has no visibility and control over where the computing infrastructure is hosted. The computing infrastructure is shared between any organizations.
- Private Cloud: The computing infrastructure is dedicated to a particular organization and not shared with other organizations. Private Clouds are more expensive and more secure when compared to Public Clouds. Private Cloud is what used to be called your company network. It may be accessed whilst inside the firewall, or outside via some form of secure VPN. But it is a resource controlled and consumed by your internal IT department.
- Hybrid Cloud: Organizations may host critical applications on Private Clouds and applications with relatively less security concerns on the Public Cloud. The usage of both Private and Public Clouds together is called Hybrid Cloud. A related term is Cloud Bursting. In Cloud Bursting organization use their own computing infrastructure for normal usage, but access the cloud using services like Salesforce cloud computing for high/peak load requirements. This ensures that a sudden increase in computing requirement is handled gracefully.
Hybrid Cloud Is The Best Option?
The Public Cloud brings Simplicity while the Private Cloud means better Privacy, but Hybrid Cloud combines the best of both worlds: Keep all important corporate data secure behind some Private Cloud-based service on stored securely using an array of on-premise servers, while access to that data remains tightly controlled and accessed through a combination of SaaS and DBaaS (Cloud database) services. This provides the best of both worlds: mobile and web-based access to corporate applications with high usability, while important data remains secure.
The Future?
Gartner Identifies Hybrid Cloud as one of the Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2014“Bringing together personal clouds and external private cloud services is an imperative. Enterprises should design private cloud services with a hybrid future in mind and make surefuture integration/interoperability is possible.”
References
http://www.interoute.com/cloud-article/what-hybrid-cloud
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/the-enterprise-cloud/four-scenarios-where-hybrid-cloud-makes-sense/
http://thecloudtutorial.com/cloudtypes.html
http://www.thinkgrid.com/business-scenarios/public-vs-private-vs-hybrid-cloud/
http://steadfast.net/blog/index.php/cloud/public-private-or-hybrid-decoding
http://www.storagecraft.com/blog/public-vs-private-vs-hybrid-cloud-pros-cons/
http://www.conres.com/cloud-computing-deployment-models
http://blog.appcore.com/blog/bid/167543/Types-of-Cloud-Computing-Private-Public-and-Hybrid-Clouds
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/12/02/hybrid-cloud-enterprise/#!AGBav
http://www.zerto.com/blog/general/true-hybrid-cloud-is-it-finally-here/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/quickerbettertech/2013/10/21/the-embarrassing-truth-about-the-hybrid-cloud/
http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2014/03/06/five-reasons-consider-hybrid-cloud-computing/
http://cloudtweaks.com/2014/03/2014-trends-hybrid-cloud/
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Making the Most of Your Money
For my 15th birthday, I secretly hoped my mom would buy me eyeliner. Instead I opened a gift bag to find a checkbook from my parents. Just what every teenager wants -- a tutorial on why I would now need to reconcile my checks in Quicken every month. I tried to hide my disappointment as my parents explained this would teach me about managing money, but I was a teenage girl and just wanted to experiment with make-up.
A few years later when I went to college, my dad (an accountant, in case you hadn't guessed), said I needed to establish my credit, so I got my first credit card. I was too scared to use it after hearing horror stories of students who went into massive credit card debt when they started college. The credit card sat quietly in my purse a few months until I finally gathered up the nerve charge a few dollars at Target.
It wasn't until I landed my first job in New York City that I started realizing the money management skills my parents had been trying to instill in me were going to be important. The excitement of the new job wore off as soon as my dad whipped up a spreadsheet outlining my budget. Taking into account the costs associated with moving to a new city with such a high cost of living, plus rent, food and bills, I realized I'd have just $31 left over each month for things like going out to eat, seeing a movie or buying clothes.
I was able to get by on a limited budget thanks to careful planning, the New York Public Library and care packages from home, but I realize not everyone is as lucky. Being financially savvy is a skill that's especially important for women, who have an average of eight jobs during their careers and are often the CFOs of their households. Even if you never learned to balance a checkbook, it's never too late to start getting your financial life in order.
If you have questions about organizing your finances, join us
TODAY in Connect: Professional Women's Network
when Linda Descano, Managing Director and Head of Content and Social at Citi,
will be answering your questions!
TODAY in Connect: Professional Women's Network
when Linda Descano, Managing Director and Head of Content and Social at Citi,
will be answering your questions!
With tax season in full swing and money on the minds of many people, we thought it was the perfect time to talk about financial spring cleaning, and Linda's just the right person to answer your questions. In addition to serving as the Managing Director and Head of Content and Social at Citi, Linda is also President and CEO of Women & Co., Citi’s digital publisher of financial lifestyle content, and was selected as one of GoBankingRates.com’s Most Popular Personal Finance Experts of 2013.
If you have questions about organizing your finances, simple ways to save for retirement, setting financial goals or talking to kids about money, I hope you'll join us on Wednesday. In the meantime, here's our Q&A with Linda:
LINKEDIN: What are the most important things to keep in mind when setting financial goals?
LINDA: The six most important things to keep in mind when setting goals of any type, including financial ones, are:
LINDA: The six most important things to keep in mind when setting goals of any type, including financial ones, are:
- Focus is essential. Set goals that relate to the top two to three priorities in your life.
- Your goals should be SMART, i.e., specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-bound.
- Each goal should have an action plan so you can plan your progress.
- Monitor your progress. Over time you will see patterns in how and where you use your money, which can help you make smarter choices going forward.
- Be flexible. Your priorities and goals will likely change as your life changes, so be prepared to course-correct.
- Remember, a positive outlook can make all the difference.
LINKEDIN: What’s the best piece of financial advice you’ve received?
LINDA: I’ve received so many great pieces of financial advice over the years from family, friends and Citi’s Women & Co. readers. Three stand out: 1) Live within your means, not your credit limit. 2) Always protect the downside, which came from Jud Linville, CEO of Citi Cards. 3) Stuff is just stuff; use your money to create experiences, which came from Caryn Effron, founder of GoGirlFinance.com.
LINDA: I’ve received so many great pieces of financial advice over the years from family, friends and Citi’s Women & Co. readers. Three stand out: 1) Live within your means, not your credit limit. 2) Always protect the downside, which came from Jud Linville, CEO of Citi Cards. 3) Stuff is just stuff; use your money to create experiences, which came from Caryn Effron, founder of GoGirlFinance.com.
BY: Jackie Carter
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'Visible and Engaged': Women on Breaking Into the Tech Industry
The good news: there is definitely a push to get girls into the tech arena. With programs and products such as Girls Who Code, GoldieBlox, Engineer Girl, For Girls in Science, etc., there is no question about it that progress is being made.
But here's the bad news: the stats still continue to show massive gender inequality in the industry. A study by The Kauffman Foundation found that only 3 percent of tech startups are founded by women.
While the statistic might look bleak, there is a new breed of young, energetic female entrepreneurs bridging the gap.
I spoke to a few of them to see what advice they have for other women who are trying to break through the wall. Here is what they had to say:
Branch out. Jamie Walker, founder of Fit Approach and SweatGuru, says it best, “for women to break into the tech industry, it's important to be a diligent and persistent networker. And while it is important to attend and support women in tech-centered events -- like Girl Geek Dinners, Women 2.0 and the like -- it is equally as important to network at conferences not centered around women. To reinforce that we aren’t different from our male counterparts, we need to be standing in the same room. We need to be visible and engaged.”
Shaherose Charania, founder and CEO of Women 2.0, adds, “Know a few good men and women: Innovation happens through people connecting, finding common goals, ideals and wild dreams. Build authentic work-friendships at varying levels of expertise to be a part of helping your success. Don't go looking for a mentor, but rather seek out what I call work-friendships. You gain from these successful people but they learn from you as you blaze your trail.”
Change your mindset. Kate Doreksen, a WNBA player turned ecommerce entrepreneur, co-founded DITTO during her second year at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. After being in Silicon Valley for some time, Doreksen explains, “There is a new kind of female technology entrepreneur who no longer feels that being a woman is a disadvantage.”
To start any kind of company, you can't go into it thinking you are at a disadvantage. That will get you nowhere. Instead, find the positives.
Doreksen points out all the advantages of being a woman in Silicon Valley, “In addition to the regulations and quotas, I feel well supported by a growing number of organizations targeted to help us get access to people and capital we need to build a huge company, not just a lifestyle business. Organizations like Springboard and Women 2.0 can provide the network. Funding sources like Aspect Ventures, Broadway Angels, GoldenSeeds and Tory Burch's new Elizabeth Project can provide the capital.”
Support each other. Whether it is true or not, women get a terrible reputation for tearing each other down. Ladies, if we want to get anywhere, this needs to change. We should be supporting our fellow female entrepreneurs because the reality is if we help each other, we can all get further.
Fit Approach’s Walker elaborates, “Women in tech should support one another and leverage their networks to have a voice. By promoting other women in tech, it will help foster a new culture -- one that gives women more visibility and say in the industry.”
Trust your gut. Yes, this definitely goes for any kind of entrepreneur, but women tend to second guess themselves. You can’t do this if you want to be successful. Sonia Kapadia, founder and CEO of Taste Savant, says, “I advise all women who are embarking on an entrepreneurial path to jump right in and start getting comfortable with discomfort."
She continues, “You'll need to make quick decisions without full information a lot of the time. While it's an advantage to make educated decisions, I encourage women especially to start setting plans on incomplete data. Trust your gut and the information you do have, and just go for it.”
BY: Rebekah Epstein
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11 Ways To Avoid Sounding Like a Sexist Jerk–Even If You’re a Woman
Sheryl Sandberg wants to ban the word bossy, but that's just the tip of the demeaning language iceberg
Whatever your opinion of the campaign by Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In foundation to ban the word bossy — which, for the record, I advised on — one thing is indisputable: the power of words is stark.
Call a little girl “bossy” and she starts to avoid leadership roles because she’s afraid of being seen as unlikeable. People are already wary of assertive women at work, but call a woman “aggressive” out loud and they will probably like her less. Call a female politician a ballbuster enough times, and people may actually be less likely to vote for her. Words tell us something about the way our culture perceives women in power, and whether we believe they’re supposed to be there.
So, in an attempt to save you — writers, speakers, humans, journalists — from falling into the gender bias trap unintentionally, we’ve put together this handy guide:
Don’t Call Girls Bossy. Or Grown Women Aggressive.
Seriously, don’t do it. And while you’re at it, don’t call them pushy, angry, brusque, ballbusters, bitchy, careerist, cold, calculating — you get the point. Also: shrill and strident, both of which imply high-pitched and screechy women a la your mother, finger pointed, scolding you to clean your room. Bossy is the subject of the new Sandberg campaign, but it’s something linguists have written about for decades. The reality is that these words are rooted in stereotype, and they are only applied to women. Think about it: girls are bossy, boys have “leadership qualities.” Women are deemed aggressive, while men are simply decisive (or just, um, bosses). From Ruth Bader Ginsburg (called “a bitch” by her law school classmates) to the “ball-busting” Hillary Clinton, historians will tell you: women in power have long been punished for exhibiting qualities of assertiveness, because it veers from the “feminine” mold. And yet, isn’t it precisely those assertive qualities that will help women get ahead? If you wouldn’t call a dude these words, don’t say ‘em of a lady.
Please Avoid the ‘Crazy Woman’ Trope. And While We’re At It: She’s Not ‘Moody,’ ‘Hysterical,’ or ‘Emotional’ Either.
Female hysteria was once the catch-all diagnosis for a woman with problems, and it didn’t disappear entirely from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorders until 1980. But the trope of the crazy, emotional, moody, hysterical, PMS-ing, crazy woman — or worse, the crazy, emotional, hysterical romantic stalker — remains in full force. Crazy is the catch-all putdown for any woman you don’t like/makes you uncomfortable/doesn’t fit the mold. (Or as Tina Fey said in her book Bossypants, “the definition of ‘crazy’ in show business is a woman who keeps talking even after no one wants to f*ck her any more.”) The problem with being a woman is that it’s impossible to avoid this label. So what even is crazy? A woman who expresses opinions? A woman who speaks too loud, or out of turn? Am I crazy if I yell? Am I crazy if I like a guy? Am I crazy if I act like a leader? Whatever it is, it usually doesn’t refer to any kind of real life mental illness. So keep the crazy label in check.
Women! Not Girls! Except in the Case of Girls. Or ladies. Wait, Damn…
Right, it’s a confusing place out there for what to call a grown female person. My girlfriends are “girls,” sometimes I mention having a conversation with a “chick,” there’s a resurgence of “lady,” sometimes I even call girls (oh wait I just did it) “babes.” But if you are a professional writer or journalist or interviewer or anybody else speaking publicly about women and not talking about the HBO series and not ruminating on the use of the word – or, you know, are addressing a woman on the air – please try to call us women. My mom would be super happy, thx.
‘Blond,’ ‘Perky,’ And Other Cutesy Descriptors.
What not to call women in power in print: Petite. Ladylike. Blond. Blue-eyed. Perky. Or perhaps having a “soft, girlie voice,” as was a recent description-of-choice by NPR’s Morning Edition, in a piece about Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s legislation to change the way the military views sexual assault. If these adjectives don’t tell us something a subject beyond identifying her as a woman, it’s safe to assume they are sexist filler. Journalists, this one’s for you: Come up with something better.
Avoid Describing the Sound of My Feminine Voice. Also, the Tone of It.
Women naturally have higher-pitched voices than men. Do we need to point it out? There’s no male equivalent of “shrill” or “screechy.” And I don’t believe there’s one for “nasal-car honk” tone either. And while we’re at it, let’s avoid descriptors like “whiny,” “nagging” or “complaining” to refer to women. Unless of course you’d use them to refer to a man too.
Leave Looks Out Of It.
That means Hillary Clinton’s cleavage, her cankles, her haircuts, pants suits, or the color of her blouse — all irrelevant to whether she’s going to make a good president! I also don’t need to know about Huma Abedin’s “rich, glowing hair,” Elena Kagan’s “drab D.C. clothes” or that Janet Yellin wore the same outfit twice (she’s the motherf–king head of the Fed). Here’s what the Washington Post’s internal stylebook says about references to personal appearance in print: that they “should generally be omitted unless clearly relevant to the story.” In case that wasn’t clear, a few specifics. TV hosts: Probably a bad idea to comment on how hot a woman is on air. Interviewers: Let’s avoid asking badass ladies in various fields abouttheir looks, diets or favorite fashion designers. (And for more on this topic, check out Lindy West’s great piece over at Jezebel on how to write about female politicians.)
A Note On Shoes.
Unless they spark a full-on feminist shoe movement, shoes are not relevant.
Two Women Running Against Each Other, Or Disagreeing, or Remotely in the Same Competitive Industry, Does Not Equal a ‘Catfight.’
Why are female politicians in a race, or women in an office, or friends, or sisters, are described as catty or bitchy, constantly on the verge of a catfight, while men are seen as worthy rivals? Perhaps Urban Dictionary explains our media obsession with “catfights” best: “the male fantasy of two women ripping each other’s clothes off.” Recent media “catfights” include Diane Sawyer and Katie Couric. Michelle Bachmann and Sarah Palin. Marissa Mayer and Sheryl Sandberg. None of which were actual catfights, but managed to inject sexual undertones and generally devalue these women’s accomplishments. Research has shown that the “catfight” stereotype actually carries over into the workplace — giving women a bad reputation and leading to long-term implications.
Please Stop Asking If Women Can ‘Have It All.’
When in doubt, read this column, from the public editor of the New York Times, published last month amid outrage over a magazine cover titled, “Can Wendy Davis Have It All?” “Despite its well-intentioned efforts,” the Times ombudsman wrote, “this piece managed to trip over a double standard with its detailed examination of Ms. Davis’s biography, including her role in raising her two daughters.” And while we’re at it, let’s stop asking how women manage to “do it all.” Tina Fey declared this “the rudest question you can ask a woman.” Because the answer is simple. She’s doing it the same way a dude would, except that he doesn’t have to answer questions about it.
Avoid Gratuitous Gender Qualifiers. (And Don’t Put Baby in a Parenthesis.)
Female comedian, female director, female journalist… journalists covering “women’s issues” (why not just “issues”)? These modifiers are the linguistic version of a parenthetical or insignificant aside — which is exactly how late night comedy host Chelsea Handler was referred to in a recent article in the New York Times. In a rebuttal,Huffington Post, Handler declared: “I don’t want to be singled-out and lauded merely because I am successful ‘for a woman … The success of any woman should never be qualified by her gender.” When we can remove the “female” part of these phrases — because it is assumed that a female can, um, be these things — then our work here will be done.
On Husbands and Marital Status or Being a Mom.
We’re talking about pointing out that a woman is “unmarried” or even that she’s a “mother of two.” As Allyson Jule, the author of “A Beginner’s Guide to Language and Gender,” puts it: “These representations of women trivialize their lives and place an extra level of personal judgment on them.”
Finally, When In Doubt, Take the Quiz!
Consider it the Bechdel Test for language.
STEP ONE: Reverse the gender of the subject of the article/paper/sentence.
STEP TWO: See if it sounds funny.
STEP THREE: If it does, see the tips above.
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