- 20 Dec 2021
As the year 2021 ends, we have seen the trough and crest of covid waves, giving us strong challenges and chances to bring the best out of ourselves.
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Have you come under the pressure of performance?
- 10 May 2023
Recently Kelvin Kiptum won the TCS London Marathon 2023 in the second fastest time in world history. At the young age of 23 years, he has proven his capability in the last year by becoming the fastest-ever marathon debut at the Valencia marathon in 2022. On the other hand, Eluid Kipchoge, who is considered the all-time best long-distance runner of the world finished 6th in the Boston Marathon, his slowest till now. He is now 38 years old. Both are Kenyans.
Have you conveyed what you wanted to?
- 26 Apr 2023
Our reaction comes in stages. First we feel something, then we make a decision about it, afterwards we convey it in words, and finally react upon it. But often it happens that although we have felt something and thought about it, but have never conveyed to the other person. What happens when you have deliberated upon a decision in your mind but never spoken about it to the person who is meant to know it? In a few days, you develop a feeling that the other person knows about it. Because its in your...
Diplomacy: 25 Years from now
- 12 Apr 2023
What is your vulnerability?
- 29 Mar 2023
Judgement
- 21 Mar 2023
You might have come across the story of Kisa Gautami whose only son fell ill and died suddenly. She requested Lord Buddha, weeping and moaning, to give her son’s life back. Lord Buddha asked her to bring a fist full of grains from a family who...
- 07 Dec 2021
In personal and professional life, we come across a number of pressure points. The cause and degree of such pressure may vary from person to person. In professional life, one may be under a constraint to deliver targets while in personal life...
There are two buzzwords in the market today: mindfulness and multitasking. People might be equally divided in opinion when you ask them about productivity - whether multitasking is important for best productivity or mindfulness.
During the week, we are celebrating Diwali festivities. These five days, or even longer, the festival is significant in Indian culture, especially for Gujaratis because the next day is New Year. On the festival of Diwali, we take the new pledge...
Success is a relative measure. It may connote different meanings in the lives of different people. Some are successful with a house and a car, others are victorious if they earn a million while a few others may not be successful even if they...
Every individual has a unique social skill based on which s/he gets along in the society. Some people have a pretty smile, while others maintain a straight face. A few are sweet spoken while others do not weigh their words. Someone likes to...
Is money important in your life? Of course, yes. It gives us the ability to make life smooth. It gives them the power to purchase whatever they want - provided money can buy it.
Twenty years after they left college, Sunita and Priya met at a common friend's daughter's wedding in Mumbai. Priya, an ever-ambitious one, had joined a course in a university in the USA and then settled there for a promising corporate career....
How long can you sustain momentum for any task? It is not easy for anyone to keep making an effort without result. Sometimes the outcome of our efforts seems to be out of reach. People who keep trying in one direction expect a certain result,...
