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Discouraged? How to Stay Motivated? – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1305 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1305 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Cesar Lopéz Preamble I am a subscriber to Scott Young. Many of his articles are thought provoking. The core issue discussed in this article is something that anyone can face during long work life. My blogpost is based on the key insights from his article. Link to the article at the end. When You Feel Discouraged: How to Rebuild Motivation and Keep Moving Forward There is a popular belief that successful people are distinguished by their ability to keep going no matter what happens. We are told to be resilient, stay positive, never give up and keep pushing until we achieve our goals. It is an inspiring message, but it is incomplete. Sometimes p...

Plans vs Patterns – Gap Between Intentions and Actions – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1251 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1251 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Airam dato-on Credit: Anna Nekrashevich Preamble This post is based on this quote from Laila Sandleen’s Book ‘The Evolution Code’. “Plans are what you hope to do. Patterns are what you actually do, and patterns always win.” Plans vs Patterns: Why What You Do Always Defeats What You Intend At first glance, this quote feels simple, almost obvious. Of course, what we do matters more than what we plan. Yet, if that were truly understood, most organizations would perform better, most individuals would achieve their goals, and most strategies would succeed. But they don’t. Because the real battle in life and leadership is not betw...

Learning More is a Smart Person’s Favorite Way to Procrastinate – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1116 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1116 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com   for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Christina Morillo Credit: Tim Guow Credit: Tranmautritam Preamble I read this line (the topic above) in a technology newsletter ‘Artofrom10web’ that I subscribe to keep updated on the technology side. Immediately, I thought about many people who were doing this and decide to write on it. Sometimes I have also done it. There’s something suspiciously soothing about opening a new tab to look up a book summary, signing up for yet another online course, or watching TED Talks until your coffee goes cold. It feels like productivity. It smells like progress. It’s got the high-gloss veneer of improvement. But make no mist...

Drugs Shortage and Supply Chain – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1029 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1029 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to aq.pharmaveterans@gmail.com for publishing our contributions here. Credit: Alexander Israb Credit: Chanaka Credit: Mikail Nilov Preamble Supply chain is the major stakeholder in the availability or otherwise of the drugs in the market. It is because supply chain integrates the elements which result in availability of products in the market. Therefore, the credit and discredit both go to them. Let us examine the elements of supply chain individually to understand their role and impact, and then see how it may be improved. Material Planning and Procurement Planning Material planning is the first step. In some organizations, planning is an elaborate affair where several people work. In many other organizations, the system is rudim...

Managing Drugs Shortage – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1028 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1028 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to aq.pharmaveterans@gmail.com for publishing our contributions here. Credit: fauxels Credit: Thirdman Credit: Tiger Lily Preamble Drugs shortages occur due to multiple reasons, some of which we shall see in some detail. And these are not always due to disruptions in supply chain. It is also a worldwide phenomenon.  I was reading an article in INSEAD Knowledge and quote a short excerpt here. [quote] An increasing problem in Europe and other parts of the world, drug shortages not only pose significant challenges for healthcare professionals, but they also put public health at risk by making timely, optimal treatment impossible. In worst-case scenarios, patient care is disrupted. In England, pharmacists have warned that drug shortages a...

Why Most Plans Never Materialize and What to Do? – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post 991 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post 991 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to aq.pharmaveterans@gmail.com for publishing your contributions here. Image Created with Microsoft Designer Image Created with Microsoft Designer Image Created with Microsoft Designer Image Created with Microsoft Designer The basic concept of this blogpost is taken from the book review of ‘Sidetracked’’ written by Harvard Professor Francesca Gino. The content is mine. Plans often go awry due to various internal and external factors that can interfere with our intentions and ability to follow through. Understanding these factors and developing strategies to cope with them can increase the likelihood of achieving our goals. This is seen most often in individual, personal plans. Corporate plans also get derailed and det...

Emotional Profiles of Bosses – The ‘Managing’ Type – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #907 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #907 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans  aims to share knowledge and wisdom from Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Lukas Credit: Sora Shimazaki Credit: Yan Krukau Today, we shall talk about the bosses who are always ‘managing’; means they do it themselves and ask others the same. I have been hearing in so many cases from so many people the same phrase, “please manage somehow”. It is an unhappy situation when a senior person asks his subordinates to just do it somehow. The implied sense is to do it by hook or crook. It means that the manager either does not have capability to give worthwhile input to his junior, or he is not doing it. In both cases, the m...

Tired Organizations – Reasons & Cures – Part 9 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #768 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #768 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Photo Credit: fauxels Photo Credit: Ivan Samkov Photo Credit: Ivan Samkov Continued from Previous…… After having looked at the appearance, symptoms of the tired organizations, and the reasons why these are so, we now come to the cures. Turning around a tired organization will take serious, concerted, and consistent effort, but it is quite possible and viable. In many ways, it is still better than establishing a new enterprise. The enterprise is already there, revenue stream is there, the enterprise in earning some profit, functions are clarified, staff...

Entrepreneurship within the Pharma Industry – Last Part – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #705 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #705 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Photo Credit: Andrea Piacquadio Photo Credit: Andrea Piacquadio Photo Credit: Yasin Gündogdu Suggestions for Making and Running a Successful Enterprise  We have seen various types of entrepreneurs and we have seen a host of reasons that contribute to failure of enterprises.  Let us say again that over 90% entrepreneurial ventures fail, some even after five years. Two inferences must be drawn here. An enterprise is established after great endeavors against odds, and an enterprise is not safe unless it attains a certain size. Anything can ...