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Month: February 2020

What Is Your Identity?

There was time when I was trying to figure myself out. Who was I , what were my beliefs and values. What kind of a person was I ? In trying get understand myself, I read a few books on Read more…


Beat Scarcity Mindset With Actions Of Abundance

We have all heard the term “The Rich get richer and the Poor get poorer” Replace Rich with “Abundance mindset” and Poor with “Scarcity mindset” and we get – “People with an abundance mindset experience more abundance while people with Read more…


How Will You Be Remembered?

Life is strange. It was a great day at work for me and I was feeling good. Then I got the news that my friend Mabel Lau passed away this afternoon after battling death for over 2 weeks. Excitement one Read more…


Be A Problem Solver

Life is all about problem solving. You could be a student, an early career executive, an entrepreneur, a seasoned executive, artist or a home maker. Whatever it is one is doing, everyone has a broad job or roleĀ  description and Read more…


Learn By Doing

I did not know how to swim till I was in my mid-30s . I was a late starter and I only pushed myself to learn because I wanted to join my kids in the swimming pool. When I started, Read more…


Invoke Gratitude

All of us would have either seen this or experienced this first hand. “A baby is crying uncontrollably due to some distress. What does the parent do? Distract the infant from the source of distress and magically, it calms down.” Read more…


Be The Master

There is a Buddhist saying that our mind makes an excellent servant but a terrible master. To relate to this saying, we need to acknowledge a simple fact. I and my mind are not the same. My mind is just Read more…


Of Chefs, Cooks and Dishwashers

If the world were a Restaurant and if one had the opportunity to pick any of the 3 jobs on offer which would it be – Chef, Cook or Dishwasher. The Dishwasher- The lowest end of the value chain. Its Read more…


What’s The Weekend “Fun” Planned ?

As we head into the weekend, here’s an interesting nugget of an idea that I picked up from a book by Laura Vanderkam- “Off the clock” There are 2 types of fun we all like to have- Effortful fun and Read more…


The Professional

“He is a thorough professional” I have come across this refrain multiple times, when describing someone with some distinguishing qualities. I never really thought deeply about what being a professional meant. What makes someone professional or unprofessional ? I understood Read more…