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The Rules from 'Rules of the Game'

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Once in a while, I come across articles in magazines that are a total revelation. But I will be cautious before I say that about the article I am going to talk about. And it is because the article talked about rules so simple that they are almost self-evident. And perhaps which is why it reminded me of what Sherlock Holmes said, "It is so overt, it is covert." And Gandhi who said, "It is the simple things that catch your breath." By the way, the article was titled Rules of the Career Game and was based on the debut book by Sumit D Chowdhury Rules of the Game . Something I have always believed in is valuing what we do. The article cited Naina Lal Kidwai, a hotshot Padma Shri awardee, who says that there are two groups of people: one who have an immense awareness of what they want to do with their lives, where they are headed and so forth. And a second and more inferior class of people who believe that adding consequence to what they do will be someone else'