Archive for the month July 2010

Is there a better way?

All of us want to become successful in whatever we do. Becoming successful in your chosen field is easy and asking right questions is a part of it. If you ask yourself regularly – “is there a better way?”, you…

Is success a baggage for you?

“Humility makes great men twice honorable.” ~ Benjamin Franklin This thought emerged in my mind couple of days back while sitting with a group of people over lunch, one of whom was ex-chairman of a large public sector corporation. I…

Starting early as an entrepreneur

The idea for this article emerged during an entrepreneurship workshop at a leading business school, earlier during the day. Entrepreneurs have existed on our planet for a long time. But it in recent times, entrepreneurship has gained popular acceptance as…

Personal Review

Companies do reviews to assess and improve. Why can’t individuals do the same and improve? This case has been made earlier also. The idea now is to bring some structure to it. For some people a structured life is boring.…

Confused? Try this.

There are times when people get confused. In today’s world of information overload, plenty of options, lack of resources (time or money or both); lack of understanding of the topic on hand and rush for doing more in less time…

Will you recommend yourself?

Of course, most will reply. This is a human thing. People love themselves the most. Later comes life partner, kids anybody else. Let us be more specific. Think of a business situation — will you hire and work with a…

Parallel Path

Today I spoke to an enthusiastic group of people at one of world’s leading insurance majors. The idea of this article emerged there — discussing the possibility of doing what you love. People started talking about their dreams and some…

Stop living in the past

How many times have you read this? I guess many a times. Before you make any judgments about what is written below, let me ask you a question — You love your past but does your past love you? Strange…

Just do it!

Are you those thinking types? No offense meant but many people in this world think a lot and act little. Such people need to get to into their action shoes sometime soon. You deserve a life of your dreams and…

Staying alone?

Many of you may be living alone away from home as a student or on work. I have also lived away from my roots for couple of years. As I look back there are certain things I feel like sharing…

Influence works

Do you believe this? I do. It works for a teacher, salesperson, friend, father, counselor, actor, film director, employee or an entrepreneur. How it works for a teacher? Students will be keener to listen to a teacher who wields some…

Simple ways to stay sane

The world today, driven by competition, race to go one up, gives us all ample opportunities to get tensed. The reason behind such situation may be you or somebody else. How it can be you? You get stressed when you…

How to provide genuine value?

Many of us want to give as it brings natural joy to our lives but a lot less actually are able to give. Is there a way to bridge the gap between intention and action? Yes there is. Let’s explore…

From 24×7 to 4×4

4×4 is a premise that world can use and have fun. Since advent of internet we slowly started moving towards a 24×7 lifestyle. I sometime feel if human beings could somehow manage without sleep they would not even care to…