‘Doing the right thing’

10th Oct, 2023 Lessons learnt from school and our experiences as a child shape our values & behaviour. Doing the right thing generally means making decisions that are not based on your own personal needs, that don’t expand your popularity, or enforce your personal beliefs. It means doing what is best for the greater or […]
‘Stop Stopping Yourself’

9th Oct, 2023 Many events, people and situations will challenge you and impede your progress. However, the only limitations that can stop you completely are the limitations you place on yourself. See that the doubts and limiting beliefs are of no use to you. Choose to simply and effortlessly let them go, just like that. […]
‘Lollipop Moment’

8th Oct, 2023 I was introduced to this wonderful concept of a ‘Lollipop Moment’ by an amazing speaker at a conference I attended recently. A lollipop moment simply put is when you do or say something nice for someone even a stranger or when you acknowledge something nice done for you or said about you. […]
‘The 212° principle -That little extra’

6th Oct, 2023 Everybody knows that at 99°C, water is hot, very hot, and we also know that at 100°C, water begins to boil and becomes steam. Sam Parker and Mac Anderson expanded on this simple metaphor in their short book, ‘212°: the Extra Degree.’ They wrote, ‘Raising the temperature of water by one extra […]
‘Change?’

5th Oct, 2023 Most people feel that success in business is dependent on how you respond to change, whereas many success stories show that successful businesses build business models based on satisfying needs that will not change over the next ten / fifteen / twenty years. Many years ago, Amazon’s founder and CEO Jeff Bezos […]
‘The Shinkansen Effect’

29th September, 2023 In the midst of the post-war economic miracle, the Japanese government issued direct orders to JR (Japan Railways) to find a quicker way to connect Tokyo with Osaka. A few months later, the JR engineers presented a proposal for a train that would travel at an average speed of 100 km/h. This […]
The Trade-off?

25th September, 2023 Continuing with the theme of Work – Life balance, For his book, ‘30 Lessons for Living: Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans,’ Professor Karl Pillemer interviewed thousands of people over the age of 65 to figure out what lessons they had for the younger people. The most glaring detail from […]
’Lessons from F Words!’

23rd September, 2023 Take this simple test. Read the sentence below, and see how many Fs you can find: FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS. So how many did you count? Three? Four? Or five? If you counted six, congratulations. You are a genius. In […]
‘Don’t quit’

12th September, 2023 It’s amazing how far you will get by just staying with something long enough. Most people give up too early. Their fears are bigger than their faith. Don’t complicate things. Getting to your best in life is simple. Not easy but simple. It just takes focus and effort. Small daily gains lead […]
Yes Weekend!

9th September, 2023 You can make the world a better place by making yourself a better person. The answers you seek, never come when the mind is busy, they come when the mind is still, when silence speaks loudest. Socrates once said, “Beware the barrenness of a busy life.” So, just do what you love […]