22 Sep Speaking jewels from #HowdyModi
While I was glued on to the TV to watch #HowdyModi, my focus was on what we can learn from his oratory skills. These are a few aspects I picked...
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21 Jul Speaking – a new path.
Takeaways from APSC. "You talk too much." My ears had to tolerate these words throughout my childhood. I grew with this made-belief. The informal chatterbox moved on to the stage during...
10 Mar TEDx is a different ballgame
Most trainers and speakers aspire to speak on platforms like TEDx / TED. So did I. It took me more than a year to get an opportunity. I have been speaking on...
03 Mar What The Army Taught Me About Time
52 years ago, I joined the National Defence Academy (NDA) when I was just 15 years young. Being from a Sainik School, I was well aware of the type of physical and mental life that awaited me. Yet, the reality surpassed my imagination. Life was much tougher, and we...
02 Dec A day full of women
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26 Nov Women leaders, will you like to pick up 5 Olive Green lessons from the Army?
“How is it that when you give a command, it is obeyed and implemented unconditionally” asked the manager of a bank when I saluted her as I entered her office....
11 Nov R.O.T.I. – the ultimate food for thought
Nothing nourishes time-conscious thinking like this one superb tool Who says money is not important? Of course it is! But is it the only important thing? Whenever we think of benefit we have...
04 Nov Free-time or me-time? – ‘7 steps to creating quality me time’
It was in my early forties when I woke up with a question in my mind. “Am I the most unimportant person in my life.? As I wore my sports...
28 Oct Why your to-do lists never work…. And seven secrets of making them work
We have 84000 seconds in a day. No more, no less. And we have lots and lots to do. Something I need to do, as per my plans. And some surprises...
21 Oct Can you create time?
Leadership has become a challenging game, and puzzling too! Having evolved from the ‘manger’ in the industrial age to a ‘leader’ in the information age, it has taken a complex shape...