04 May Five Pillars of ROTI
Return On Time Invested (ROTI) can be multiplied through awareness of the elements in your ecosystem that decide how much you gain out of any effort in your life...
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08 Mar A tribute to Women
When will men and women be equal? When will they be at par with men?When will we have gender parity? The harsh reality is – never. Not in our lifetime. The Global Gender Gap Report 2020 reveals that it may take 99.5 years to attain...
30 Jan WHAT IS THE WORTH OF YOUR ONE HOUR?
How much is your hour worth? Have you ever calculated this? These questions had never popped in my mind till Brian Tracy, world’s best goal setting author, asked us these questions in his seminar in Chennai in 2013. It took some time for it to...
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 up. Please add your learnings in the comments and we will have many perspectives on...
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 school and continued through NDA, IMA and the Army Career. It got further intense when...
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 the stage, both in English and Hindi, since I was in Class 7. Throughout my Army...
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 had very little rest or sleep. As I was woken up by my orderly one day,...
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. Incidentally we are used to saluting lady wives {again a typical army term – lady...
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 shoes, getting ready to go for a walk, the question kept bouncing in my mind....
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 in the imagination age that we have entered. The new normal world is described as...