Shashank Krishnan

“Ninety percent of people who lose smell through head injury never get the sense back; a smaller proportion, about 70 percent, who lose smell through infections suffer permanent loss.”
― Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants

“Smell is certainly an intensely personal experience. “I think the single most extraordinary aspect of olfaction is that we all smell the world differently,” Beauchamp says. “Although we all have 350 to 400 types of odor receptor, only about half of them are common to all people. That means that we don’t smell the same things.” He reached into his desk and pulled out a vial, which he uncapped and passed to me to sniff. I could smell nothing at all. “It’s a hormone called androsterone,” Beauchamp explained. “About a third of people, like you, can’t smell it. One-third smell something like urine, and one-third smell sandalwood.” His smile broadened. “If you have three people who cannot even agree on whether something is pleasant, revolting, or simply odorless, you begin to see how complicated the science of smell is.”
― Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants

“In the first few weeks, you need to identify opportunities to build personal credibility. In the first 90 days, you need to identify ways to create value and improve business results that will help you get to the break-even point more rapidly.”
― Michael D. Watkins, The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter