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Month: January 2020

Everyone Is A Sales Person

One of the most important life skills I would encourage everyone to develop and practise is selling. Selling is the process by which there is an exchange of value between two parties- A Seller and a Buyer In a typical Read more…


Building Awareness

We often go through the motions of the day without really paying attention to our own emotions and behavior. We are constantly in a “reaction mode” instead of being in a “respond mode”. Viktor Frankl famously said, between an external Read more…


Get Out Of Your Comfort To Be Safe

I thought I was in a great place. 3 consecutive years of consistent growth and delivering on my business objectives. My supervisor was very happy with the way I was managing my business. I was looking forward to my elevation Read more…


Writing My Obituary

Does the work you do define you fully or is there anything else? This question confronted me a few years back when I was doing an interesting mental exercise- “writing my obituary” where I had to imagine what my family Read more…


Impact Conversations

As a parent, I used to have trouble managing my conversations with my sons, particularly after they graduated into their teens. ” You don’t understand my situation” “I know where you are going with this.  You feel I should have Read more…


How Many People Trust You For The Work You Do ?

I was in Bangalore to spend time with family during the new year . Unfortunately, I had to battle a flu that kept me down for a couple of days. I went across to meet my brother who is a Read more…


Setting My Priorities For The New Year

On the eve of every New Year, there is always this urge to set the personal priorities for the new year. The process is adhoc, depending upon what ever is top of the mind as the year ends. At the Read more…


Comfort Challenges

How does one build Physical strength. Go to the Gym. Work out, stress the body muscles causing “micro tears” in the muscle fibre. The body then repairs and adapts the torn muscles to better handle the stress that caused the Read more…


Dealing With The Storyteller In Our Head

It’s been over 2 hours since I sent my younger ex-colleague the WhatsApp message seeking his help on some matter. I know he has seen the message because the 2 blue strike notification is visible. I and this ex-colleague had Read more…


Focusing On The Good

In the past, I had a bad habit of sleeping with my mobile next to me. The morning ritual was to wake up and look at the emails, if any that I got, through the night. It was not as Read more…