’Believe in yourself’
13th September, 2023 Faith, hope & belief in yourself is a theme that resonates in what is described as the greatest cricket match ever played: the one-day international match between South Africa & Australia in Johannesburg in Mar 2006. At the time, the record for the highest score in a 50-over game was held by […]
Yes, We Can!
24th August, 2023 Team ISRO achieved an amazing feat when the Chandrayan -3 made a soft landing on the Moon South Pole. Built at a cost (Rs 625 Cr) lower than the cost of a Hollywood movie, Oppenheimer (Rs 800 Cr) and at only double the cost of some recent Bollywood movies, it was indeed […]
Hope
26th July,2023 Once a king announced a death sentence to two convicts. One of them knew that the king is very fond of his horse. He went up to the king and told him that if you spare my life, I will teach the horse how to fly in the next one year. On hearing […]
The curse of Overconfidence
26th May, 2023 The youth are always high on confidence, like the motorist who has just learned to drive and starts speed racing the car only to increase the chance of an accident, be vary of ‘The curse of Overconfidence.’ I remember an old saying from my college days, “Confidence is I can kiss my […]
‘Listen to your Heart’
23rd May, 2023 One of the most motivating speech I have ever heard is, Steve Jobs’s 2005 commencement address at Stanford University. Toward the end of the speech, Jobs said: “And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.” We all have a voice inside our heads. The little voice tells us […]
The Power of One
05th May, 2023 The Power of One’ is the theory that one person can change the future, that one person’s actions can actually change the lives of many. ‘The Power of One’ is a 1992 drama film directed and edited by John G. Avildsen, loosely based on Bryce Courtenay’s 1989 novel of the same title. […]
’Omotenashi’
26th April, 2023 I am a big fan of Japanese concepts like Ikigai, Kaizen, Wabi-Sabi, Kintsugi and try to adopt them in my daily working and life. Though ‘Customer is King’ is the slogan in every business, While making SOPs for our organisation and finalising service standards for our clients, we wanted something more and […]
’Stop Racing’
16th April, 2023 Two close boyhood friends grow up and go their separate ways. One becomes a humble monk, the other a rich and powerful minister to the king. Years later they meet up again. As they catch up, the minister in his fine robes, takes pity on the thin, shabby monk. Seeking to help, […]