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The Fog After a Layoff: Rules for the First 30 Days

September 30, 2026
Pinal Dave
AI
Career Advice, Life Lessons, Professional Development, Self Help

The fog after a layoff shows up before the grief does. You can’t read, you can’t decide, and you can’t find the words to tell the people you love. It isn’t weakness, and it lifts. These are small rules for the first 30 days, and the signs that it’s time to talk to someone.

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selling the invisible

Detailed Summary of “Selling the Invisible: A Field Guide to Modern Marketing” by Harry Beckwith

August 5, 2024
Pinal Dave
Personal
Career Advice, Life Lessons, Professional Development

Let me tell you about a book that seriously changed the way I think about marketing services. It’s called “Selling the Invisible” by Harry Beckwith.

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12 Years, 50 Courses: A Tale of Enthusiasm, Determination, and Resilience

July 26, 2023
Pinal Dave
SQLAuthority News
Life Lessons, Pluralsight, SQL Milestone

12 Years, 50 Courses looks back on how one SQL Server video course grew into more than fifty, the setbacks along the way, and the people who made it possible.

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Understanding Your Customer: Listen Before You Fix

July 30, 2016
Pinal Dave
Personal
Career Advice, Consulting, DBA, Life Lessons

Understanding your customer is the first step of consulting and DBA work. This post uses one plumber metaphor to show why a fix needs an explanation, why hearing is not listening, how a scoping call helps and why the plain tool beats the fancy one.

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Life Lessons – Are There Rules for Interacting With Customers?

July 15, 2016
Pinal Dave
Personal
Life Lessons

I personally don’t claim to know everything and most of my soft skills, learning/techniques has got seasoned over the years. Interacting With Customers

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SQL Server Questions and Answers: The Movie My Grandma Asked For

February 2, 2012
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
Life Lessons, Pluralsight, SQL Book, SQL Training

SQL Server Questions and Answers began as a book I carried to my grandma for blessings. One question from Grandma, “when will this book become a movie?”, turned into a video course eighty days later.

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Shaivi Dave

Balance, Bounce & Believe: Inside Shaivi’s Guide for Young Gymnasts

October 28, 2010
Pinal Dave
Personal
Balance Bounce Believe, Life Lessons, Self Help

Balance, Bounce & Believe is Shaivi Dave’s guide for young gymnasts, parents and coaches: 30 chapters on training, fear, food and trust.

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