Helping folks with practical tips to manage themselves better
September 21, 2022
If you are a leader, it is essential to acknowledge that everyone around is watching you for how you are behaving and operating at all times. What you do and how you behave directly impact those around you, and often Read more…
September 20, 2022
Recently, I was with a young colleague and our conversation veered towards the idea of thinking big. My young colleague had a pertinent question. Someone is looking to acquire wealth, so, to that person thinking big makes sense. They have Read more…
September 19, 2022
Once, a farmer placed an eagle’s egg in the nest of a prairie chicken. After a few days, the egg hatched, and the little bird inside came out thinking it was a prairie chicken. So the baby eagle did what Read more…
September 18, 2022
Something most people strive to do through their work or in the way they engage with the people around them is to gain the attention of others. Many often make the mistake of thinking that the more they speak, the Read more…
September 17, 2022
In most workplaces, there are always some fires burning. One of the most common challenges many people encounter daily in the workplace is that they seem to have infinite things to do, yet weeks go by, and they don’t feel Read more…
September 15, 2022
Wisdom comes only through suffering. Aeschylus Patience is the companion of wisdom. St. Augustine Everyone whose deeds are more than his wisdom, his wisdom endures; and everyone whose wisdom is more than his deeds, his wisdom does not endure. The Read more…
A mentee recently reached out to me with a business plan that he was pursuing. He was looking for some validation from me. “Can you please look at my business plan and let me know what you think?” he said, opening his Read more…
September 14, 2022
There is a saying –The more you tell, the less you sell. Whether with my kids or my superiors or colleagues and teammates, whenever I get into an unconscious tendency to tell, talk or preach more, the less persuasive and Read more…
September 13, 2022
I recently came across a rivetting TED Talk by James Surowiecki titled “the power and the danger of online crowds.” The core thesis of this talk is that as people, when we act en masse, there is a collective intelligence Read more…
September 11, 2022
There was once a monk in a monastery who was very fond of tending to his Japanese garden for hours on end. The monk would keep picking up the dry twigs from the immaculately maintained flowering bushes. One day, while Read more…
