I have been following Adam Grant for some time. I had most of his books from Give and Take, Originals, and Option B to Think Again. I have not read those books completely. But I have heard him enough on podcasts that I decided to read “Hidden Potential”. Adam Grant is an organisational psychologist and... Continue Reading →
How do we move from Being to Having? Activate, Energize and Stoke y(O)ur Po10shall aka A.E.S.O.P tales demonstrate how to actuate your po10shall through day-to-day routines, systems, and experiences. They say when you are " in the zone", you are happy or excited because you are doing something very 'skillfully and easily'. When we are... Continue Reading →
As a nation when our PM inspired to switch off our lights and switch on lights at 9 PM for 9 minutes on April 5th, I didn't know that it was falling on the day I am completing my 25 years of professional career experience. The previous night I wrote down the list of... Continue Reading →
In the tragedy Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare, and supposedly also in real life, Caesar was warned by a soothsayer to 'beware the Ides of March. ' Caesar was killed on March 15th, and in Roman culture, the 'Ides' typically meant a day falling between the 13th and 15th of the month. The Ides of March is so unlucky that it is often spoken... Continue Reading →
TILT is a crucible for aspiring leaders. On 15th September when David Faria came up on stage to talk to around 50 odd TILTians, I was sitting behind wondering "what is David going to speak?" David started giving some statistics at the beginning of his speech. His question of how old was the world was a... Continue Reading →
I was getting out of the office and I was stuck in the traffic jam just outside our office at 9.30PM. While I was coming down through the lift I saw in the small screen that PM has just landed in Bangalore. I could relate that this holding up is for his convoys to pass... Continue Reading →
When was the last time you saw a mother hooting, whistling and shouting at the top of her voice, words of encouragement when her son was on stage? When is the last time you saw mother imitating her son with flexed muscles as she turned the audience for a moment into a mirror? I call... Continue Reading →
"How many of you make your bed?" I asked this question to a group of TILTians (Kaizens), Most of them raised their hands. Many of them mentioned a video (which talked about the importance of making your bed first thing in the morning) which went viral some time back. This question was a perfect segue to get... Continue Reading →
"Make an excuse just quit and give up," his inner voice clamored to take short cuts. "Take the bike lift and get dropped ahead so that you can close the race, tell people that after all, you are a Kargil veteran. People will understand why you did what you did." Fighters DISCOVER their POTENTIAL, Losers seek... Continue Reading →
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