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 up. Please add your learnings in the comments and we will have many perspectives on...
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 school and continued through NDA, IMA and the Army Career. It got further intense when...
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 the stage, both in English and Hindi, since I was in Class 7. Throughout my Army...
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 had very little rest or sleep. As I was woken up by my orderly one day,...
“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. Incidentally we are used to saluting lady wives {again a typical army term – lady...
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 shoes, getting ready to go for a walk, the question kept bouncing in my mind....
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 in the imagination age that we have entered. The new normal world is described as...
Believe me, you are ! Without knowing it !! Deep studies, experiments and research says that 95% of our behaviours, thoughts, and decisions happen in the subconscious world of ours. We have been speaking of our Belief system. The system is created from the beliefs created by...
When was it that you last time uttered these words, “No matter what!” I have to do “this” “no matter what!, or “come what may!” Have you ever felt the power of these three little words? To Live Life That Matters, (#LLTM) we very often feel the need...
Your appetite for risk and your readiness to start again will decide how far you go in your life and career However, the good news is, we all have the capability of coping with this fear or handling it well. That is exactly what high-achievers in...