Insights
How quitting corporate life changed my world
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…
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Seeds
An external perspective helps
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…
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InsightsCelebrating Life
Basha ji, the gardener, who hails from Bagalkot, Karnataka, visits our home every Sunday. Basha ji replaces Gopal about whom I had written rather glowingly in an earlier post. However,…
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InsightsWhat every parent needs to know about relationship
Recently, I met a friend after several years. Ours has been a time-tested relationship. As we got talking, I realized that he was quite frustrated with his 25-year old son.…
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InsightsTaking risks is in your nature and I know it
For a long time in my life, I had never thought of myself as someone who has a habit of taking risks. We seem to have a larger-than-life notion on the…
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InsightsWhy Pain is necessary
While our children are growing up, as concerned parents, we tend to offer them advice. Children do not like to listen to our advice and most don’t heed our advice.…
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Seeds
The Monk and his trappings
When we were young, our grandmother used to tell us stories. I recall a particular story very well and can imagine its relevance even today. A monk used to beg…
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InsightsTrue Story – Sheer Grit
In the series, ‘True Story’, under Insights, I bring out human stories that will help us pause and reflect, stories that are certain to give us insights. In this edition,…
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InsightsWhy you are wrong if you say structure kills creativity
I recall a coaching conversation with a CEO at a non-profit. The CEO is a passionate individual who is consumed by the Cause and has dedicated her life to it.…
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InsightsWhy are we faking it?
Why are we faking it? I was at one of the outlets of an international coffee chain in Bangalore this week to meet a friend and discuss a new and…
