Catalyst Quotes

“There are people who are highly capable and dazzle with insights, strategic thinking and knowledge, but at times they leave you exasperated by their lack of output and their inability to get things done and manage complexity. These are the people who are often labelled as high potential, but are yet to fire fully. They possess a high-quality algorithm but are poor on productivity.”
― Chandramouli Venkatesan, Catalyst: The ultimate strategies on how to win at work and in life

“To increase your productivity, focus relentlessly on whatever is in your circle of influence. Spend all your time on what you can make a difference to, even if in the beginning it looks small. Avoid the circle of concern like the plague. It is not about how much time you waste there”
― Chandramouli Venkatesan, Catalyst: The ultimate strategies on how to win at work and in life

“Finding the right mentor is important, and when you find the right one, cultivating your relationship with them over time is critical.”
― Chandramouli Venkatesan, Catalyst: The ultimate strategies on how to win at work and in life

“if we could anchor the reflection habit, then there is a much greater chance it will be practised every day.”
― Chandramouli Venkatesan, Catalyst: The ultimate strategies on how to win at work and in life

“Even if you have done well and achieved a lot of success in the project, only when you reflect on what you could have done better will it add to the algorithm. Only this will help you build the experience that will enable you to respond to situations in the future better than how you are responding today.”
― Chandramouli Venkatesan, Catalyst: The ultimate strategies on how to win at work and in life

“To summarize, having a target for the activity, measuring the actual performance and then reviewing the performance to understand why it was the way it was—that is the learning model that we need to employ in each and every activity to catalyse and convert our time and activity into experience, the algorithm. I call this the Target, Measure and Review (TMR) model—the most effective learning model at work.”
― Chandramouli Venkatesan, Catalyst: The ultimate strategies on how to win at work and in life

“You are not as good as your best success; you are not as bad as your worst failure.”
― Chandramouli Venkatesan, Catalyst: The ultimate strategies on how to win at work and in life

“Productivity is a complex subject comprising many facets including time management, prioritization, discipline, learning to differentiate the important/urgent from the less important/less urgent, the art of delegation, the skill of multitasking and so on and so forth.”
― Chandramouli Venkatesan, Catalyst: The ultimate strategies on how to win at work and in life

“To make this effective, you must build an anchored habit of reflection on the question ‘What could I have done better?”
― Chandramouli Venkatesan, Catalyst: The ultimate strategies on how to win at work and in life

“Impact of work on life is low compared to impact of life on work”
― Chandramouli Venkatesan, Catalyst: The ultimate strategies on how to win at work and in life

“values are a huge driver of career success.”
― Chandramouli Venkatesan, Catalyst: The ultimate strategies on how to win at work and in life