Powerful women in business

Women are at the apex of companies like Kraft foods, Pepsi, McDonalds, Walmart, Corn Products Intl., GE and Lockheed Martin (" the company’s three female EVPs control about 70% of its revenue"). They are also heading or are in the top leadership positions of 'good' companies like Google, IBM, Facebook, HP and Sony.

50 most powerful women in business.

At the time of writing this, Oprah Winfrey was the most admired among them according to a  (obviously unscientific) reader poll on the website.

This is a topic worth looking more into. How many women are there at the top? What are the qualitative differences in pay and performance as compared to men at the top?. This article provides some initial answers, although it is 2 years old.

Sweaty Guy at the gym

I woke up today hating, out of nowhere, the Sweaty Guy at the fitness center.

He is a skeleton, with skin stretched over the bony framework. He exercises in just one manner - the forward bending bicycle. Every single time. For a long long time. Till he starts sweating. Copiously. His clothes are drenched, the bicycle is drenched, the floor underneath the bicycle is drenched. He does not carry a towel and he wears thin gym clothes. The fitness center is small and the bicycle is located right in the center. You cannot avoid looking at that repulsive sight. True to Murphy's law, he is there whenever I go to the center, be it 6 pm or 10.

I do admire the focus, stamina and single mindedness of the person.

But that does not help in getting rid of the nauseating disgust. Some people look heroic, inspirational even attractive (especially girls and women) when they sweat. Not this guy. He makes me not want to go to the gym.

I am just thankful he wipes the bicycle after he is done. I have never used that bicycle.

I must find a different time to exercise.