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Success or Happiness…Choose!

Happiness is a responsibility you owe to yourself. You can neither delegate nor hold anyone or anything responsible for it. It is not the same thing as Success. Success is a measure while happiness is the reason, we have a life to lead. Successes are milestones you have left behind, never to come alive again. … Continue reading

Do you feel the Poverty?

Poverty of Time! Poverty of Relationships! Poverty of Peace, Harmony, Happiness! I am erratic by nature; routines bug me pretty fast. I go for my walk whenever I feel like and hence meet a diversity of acquaintances from our large community of Apartment residents. When I chanced upon my old friend Ramesh today, after a … Continue reading

Leadership, too is a Practice!

Have you been running the practice of managing your Self for some time? Did you enjoy the practice? Did you like your self? What did you not like? Has this Self, say, Ms. Or Mr. X, changed a bit over the last years? What made your Self change? You or the Contexts you had to … Continue reading

Are you a Professional Manager?

Are you a Professional Manager? We often hear the term, ‘Professional Manager’ used in the industry. Those using it are surely honest in their intentions but like many things in our lives, maybe taking for granted that the other guy takes home the meaning the same way as the user intends. If the intended communication … Continue reading

Psychological Armoury (Personality)

In my earlier article, ‘Tenacity & Leadership’, I started with asking a question, “Is tenacity an integral part of a leader or manager’s psychological armoury (personality)?” I received a good amount of positive feedback on the article, but interestingly, nobody commented on my using the word armoury when referring to our psychological personality. Does that … Continue reading

Fraudsters or Leaders!

“All of us are frauds in some way or the other. Some cheat the banks, many cheat the taxman, some cheat their spouses, etc. There is a psychological kick in cheating and not getting caught. Fraud is inherent in the human psyche. All of us are prone to get trapped in this psyche. Most of … Continue reading

The Fallacy of Independence!

We all ‘celebrate’ our Independence Day unfailingly and identically for decades and for each year that passes by. We should and we do honour the sacrifice of tens of thousands of Individuals, who contributed towards making India an Independent Nation. We unfurl our national flag, sing the national anthem, teach our kids the Vande Mataram … Continue reading

Leading a Purposeful Life!

  The sight of a meaty newspaper left discarded on the street is pathetic enough. But, when a strong gust of wind lifts it up and tears it apart into lonely pieces, one wonders if the mindless misery could have been avoided. If only, the reader had left it where it belonged – on a … Continue reading

23rd May 2019: India turns the corner…

The 23rd of May 2019 was indeed a surprise for most Indians. History may well remember this date as the turning point for India as a nation state and a society. While over 600 million had walked the last metre in the sweltering summer to vote in the 17th Lok Sabha (the Lower House of … Continue reading

Dogmatism vs. Liberalism

There is no fun debating with a blue-blooded liberalist or a dogmatist. These guys are too clear about their positions. They can berate any opposition irrespective of which camp they belong to. Most of us do find them too singular, too linear in their manifestations. In fact, they come out as quite dour and boring … Continue reading