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Month: February 2023

Ready To Help Yourself ?

No one can help you if you are not ready to help yourself. Are you ready to help yourself? This is the question I asked a young colleague a few years back. This person wanted my support to help him Read more…


Never Waste A Good Crisis

never waste a crisis

Things get tough. You have made plans, but nothing is going as per plan. You feel murphy’s law has taken over. Everything that can go wrong is going wrong. You are in a state of crisis, and all kinds of Read more…


Responsibility/Initiative

initiative

Sharing this brilliant nugget via Adam Grant’s Twitter Handle. Cynicism: We have a problem, but they don’t want to solve it. Pessimism: We have a problem, and we can solve it. Responsibility: We have a problem.Can I help solve it? Read more…


Two Ways We Add Value At Our Workplaces

Two Ways

1) Performing tasks correctly and finding better ways to do them This involves developing deep functional knowledge and understanding the nuts and bolts of the functional domain and applying it to your work. The intention should not be to only Read more…


Follow Your Heart

Follow your heart

Afraid of following your heart? Unsure of taking up something that you are passionate about? Putting off pursuing that dream you have always had? Anytime anyone comes to me with a career or life dilemma, not because they don’t know Read more…


Weekend Story-Funeral Service

Funeral Service

One day, when employees went to their workplace at a big corporate, they found a notice plastered on the glass entrance.  The printed notice was a quirky message that read thus-  “Yesterday, the person responsible for hindering your growth in Read more…


My Ten Tim Ferris Quotes

Tim Ferris

Are You Willing To Do What It Takes?

Sharing this priceless nugget of wisdom via James Clear’s Blog-(https://jamesclear.com/) “It doesn’t make sense to continue wanting something if you’re not willing to do what it takes to get it. If you don’t want to live the lifestyle, then release Read more…


Which Dog Do You Feed?

two dogs

I am reminded of an old Red Indian parable today. We all have two dogs inside our heads. One is the dog of optimism, while the other is the dog of pessimism. The dog we feed more will appear more Read more…


Accepting Relieves Stress

accepting

To err is human. We all have limitations, and sometimes mistakes happen. Under normal circumstances, when mistakes happen, we look to correct our errors, learn from them and move on. We look to overcome our weaknesses and limitations to whatever Read more…