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Seth Godin writes awesome thoughts on Persistence.

Persistence isn’t using the same tactics over and over. That’s just annoying.

Persistence is having the same goal over and over.

Right to the point. And this is not applicable only for Marketers, but also for entrepreneurs, students and rest all.

Persistence is the killer app! Thanks Seth for defining it so well.

#1. If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito. -Betty Reese

#2. What I can do, you cannot. What you can do, I cannot. But together we can do something beautiful. – Mother Teresa

#3. Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. – Winston Churchill

#4. Synergy is not about compromise. It is about creating a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. – Stephen Covey

#5.  You eat what you kill….what do you mean you want a salary? – Larry Ellison

Note: For more quotes from this series, please visit, Inspiring Quotes

Targeted Audience: Entrepreneurs

Background: Whenever I stumble upon any compelling article related to Startup or Entrepreneurship topics, I link those resources in my blog.

Tony Wright, a founder of RescueTime mentions great advice about how to start a startup in the part-time while you are still employed with some other company. It’s a must read post.

One of the points, which I liked the most is –

You need a co-founder and some cheerleaders. If you can’t find two or three friends who are really excited to be beta testers for your product, ponder changing your direction. In a part-time effort, a co-founder is essential to keeping you on-track and working. At some point, you’ll hit a motivation wall… but if you have a partner who is depending on you, you will find a way past that. If you don’t have a partner, you’ll often lose interest and find something else to entertain you. 

Read the complete post here: How to Start your Company and Keep Your Day Job

Note: To read more articles from this series, please visit Startup and Entrepreneurship Resources.

My friend asked me to review her resume, and also asked if she needs to include Objective in her resume?

It’s a very commonly asked question. My answer is "Yes". If you are looking for certain specific things, then state it clearly. Why let recruiter keep guessing about what exactly you are looking for?

1 or 2 lines are enough to grab the attention of a recruiter and convey what exactly you are looking for. More importantly, it’s the first line of your resume, and gives you a chance to impress the recruiter by writing a compelling objective.

That brings us to another most commonly asked question – how to make objective of our resume the most compelling one.

Most of the times, I have seen objectives on the following lines only.

A position as a hardware design/layout/verification engineer, in an organization that fosters skill development and enhances analytical insights.

A full time position that helps me gain experience and expertise in the area of Software Development.

The one concern I have with such objectives is, they don’t convey how hiring you will benefit the company. All it tells about how it will benefit the candidate.

Here is how I would write my objective if I am seeking for a job –

Seeking a full time position as a Software Developer in the fields of Internet & Database applications to learn cutting edge technologies and develop awesome products that are aligned with the company’s business interest.

How would you write Objective for your resume? Let me know if you have different opinions or other suggestions. Your inputs will be very helpful for fellow job seekers.

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It’s been really long since I have written a post on this blog. I have never been so inconsistent about my blogging before. When I look back, it tells me a clear pattern. Whenever I blogged, that either means I thought about something, or I learned about something, and I wanted to share it with you all.

Now it’s been almost three weeks that I didn’t write a single post. So does that mean I am not thinking since last few days or not learning any new stuff?

Fortunately no. I’m learning hell lot of new stuff, thinking very deeply about many things. It’s just that I didn’t give priority to write it down and share with you all because of time crunch. I know, time crunch is a very bad excuse, and I will make sure that I don’t repeat this mistake again.

So what’s that which is keeping me so busy? Three most important things – family, day-time job and part-time startup. Guess what, something very cool and exciting, is very close to an initial launch. And that’s why for last few weeks I prioritized launch related tasks ahead of my blogging tasks. Now I will get back to my blogging routine regularly. There are many thoughts and lessons I learned are just piling up in my head. So stay tuned, lot of interesting posts are on the way.

Apart from these three important things – I’m also investing some time in learning Personal and Business Finance. And I’ll share that as well on this blog.

So this post is to just give you a heads up about that I exist, and I’ll be back with more compelling posts very soon.