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Month: December 2023

Stay True To Yourself

Stay true to yourself

A couple of years back around the same time in December, I wrote about a beautifu poem “Guy In The Mirror” written by Dale Wimbrow (in 1934), conveying the timeless message of being true to yourself. As the year is Read more…


Pursuit Of Excellence

Excellence

Pablo Casals (1876–1973) was a Spanish Catalan cellist and conductor renowned for his exceptional contributions to classical music. He was a virtuoso cellist, celebrated for his profound interpretations of Bach’s works, and a key figure in revitalizing interest in the Read more…


Three Factors Of Achievement

achievement

People often ask me how to speed up their careers and achieve success. I tell them about three crucial factors anyone needs for any significant achievement. First, it’s all about burning desire. Ask yourself: How hungry am I to achieve my Read more…


Weekend Story-The Gardener’s Tip

garderner's tip

The gardener was on a break was traveling back home from the city. Sitting in the compartment next to the gardener was a lady who struck up a conversation with him. Once she learned he was a gardener, the lady Read more…


Resilient People Focus Foward

Focus Forward

All of us will encounter several situations during our lifetime where people will let us down, whether it’s something as innocent and unintentional as forgetting a lunch date or as significant and hurtful as a spouse seeking to separate. We Read more…


Your Leadership Is In The Value You Create

leadership value

As a leader, you shine when you provide value to your organization (by getting the expected results) and to the people you interact with to achieve those results (through the relationships you have with them).  Now, here’s the thing- the Read more…


Average Vs Peak Performers

peak performers

Average performers tend to blame external factors for their errors. The task was too challenging, the market was not ready, the other people were not supportive, the competitor was better, the target was unattainable, etc. In contrast, peak performers take Read more…


The Impediment To Action Advances Action

Action

Our actions may be impeded… but there can be no impeding our intentions or dispositions. Because we can accommodate and adapt. The mind adapts and converts to its own purposes the obstacle to our acting. The impediment to action advances Read more…


The Small Choices

small choices

Do you ever wonder how you ended up where you are today? The position you find yourself in is the result of countless small choices you have made over the years. If you are in a good place today, it’s Read more…


Aim High

Aim High

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. Michelangelo