Are you taking care of your glass bowl?
Are you taking care of your glass bowl? What if I told you that each one of you is holding a beautiful glass bowl in which a delicate plant is…
Are you taking care of your glass bowl? What if I told you that each one of you is holding a beautiful glass bowl in which a delicate plant is…
Focus on your own mountain! Last week, I delivered a talk at a gathering of the Sri Aurobindo Society in Bangalore. The topic was ‘Leveraging the power of people –…
Downtime is upskill time! Scuba diver One of my acquaintances lost his engineering job in the late ’90s. After trying hard for a job in vain, he headed to the…
Are you scared of taking on big goals? Of course, as a term, ‘big’ is relative. For me, ‘big’ is when I get stretched, challenged and have to operate outside…
You see a wall, I see a door. Let’s talk! Several years ago, Rajeev (name changed) met me one day, a little puzzled. I was working in one of the…
Are you hopeful or delusional? Coaching an entrepreneur I was coaching a for-profit start-up founder who had just embarked on his journey. He had a solution that would have benefitted…
No negative thoughts, please! I have been coaching a professional who seems to be processing a lot of negative thoughts. As a result, this is leading to self-doubt, low self-esteem,…
Letting go is key to your growth. I will use pole vaulting as an analogy to illustrate this point. Pole vault As you’d know, pole vaulting is a track and…
Quitting corporate life was an event that happened exactly on today’s date, 5 years ago. Out of the 30 years of corporate life, I had spent 25 years in large…
Many a time, an external perspective helps. I was coaching a middle-aged senior executive. He was extremely upset with how things were going on at work. Obviously, he was going…
It's all about perspectives!