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Month: January 2020

Discovering Personal Fulfillment

My wife said something profound to me once, when I was considering a Job change just because the salary that was being paid was very good. “You will be happy about your salary for just a couple of days. Once Read more…


Appreciation Is Trainable

In order to appreciate someone or something , I have to make a conscious effort at identifying what is good in the person or the situation and highlighting it. It’s an interesting premise. Appreciation requires affirmative action and with enough Read more…


Develop A Mindset Of Accountability

The Revenue Budget for the year was $50 Mio. All the forecasts were pointing towards an achievement of $40 Mio of revenue only. The pressure on me was intensifying by the day. As the Head of the business , I Read more…


The Power Of Journaling

There is a very powerful quote attributed to Aristotle- “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit” When my own Personal development became an agenda for me,  I realized that I needed to  Read more…


Meditation- A Powerful Life Skill

I practice meditation daily and it is possibly the only addiction I have, because I enjoy it. What is there to enjoy when all one does is sit quietly ? I’ll try and explain my perspective. Meditation is an active Read more…


Dealing With Toxic Work Culture

I am in India attending a family event and this morning I was in conversation with a niece of mine about dealing with toxic people and toxic cultures, in an organisational setting. My niece was sharing her personal ordeal of Read more…


What’s Your Story

 I had spent 23 years in one organisation. Everything I was, I owed it to this organisation. It was the crucible that made me the person I was. I was now faced with a life changing choice to make. I Read more…


Good Or Bad-Its All In The Pain

Can one produce great music without going through the ordeal of producing bad music Can one write anything great without ever writing bad prose Can one code elegant computer programs without ever coding clunky and ugly programs Can we make Read more…


Inefficiency By Thousand Cuts

“Did you cancel the subscription?” This was possibly the nth reminder from my wife. A couple of years back, I was very interested in following some Technology related trends and I registered with an online content platform. My interests since have Read more…


Preparing For The Dip

When I was a student my schedule was something like this. Wake up- freshen up- have breakfast- go to school/college. At the college, attend the classes, extra curricular activities, spend time with friends. After college, play some sport for an Read more…