“The left-brainer and the economist in me says watch what people do, no...” — Daniel H. Pink Quote

The left-brainer and the economist in me says watch what people do, not what they say.

Management did not emanate from nature. Management is not a tree: it's a television set. Somebody invented it. It doesn't mean it's going to work forever. Management is great. Traditional notions of management are great if you want compliance. But if you want engagement, self-direction works better.

My generation's parents told their children, 'Become an accountant, a lawyer, or an engineer; that will give you a solid foothold in the middle class.' But these jobs are now being sent overseas. So in order to make it today, you have to do work that's hard to outsource, hard to automate.

It's concerning to me when people look at the course of education as just a means for getting a job four years later. If you're just doing this because it is going to lead to a 'good job,' you're better off doing something you're genuinely interested in.

I am a former economist. I never went to photography school to learn photography.

I am a woman, I am a housewife, I am a government official, I've been twice a government secretary, I've been leader of a parliamentary group, I am an economist.

I am an economist, not an astrologer.

Manmohan Singh is the best politician India has seen. I can't say the same about him as an economist.

I am a trained economist.