Have you ever tried changing your brain? I mean, improving the motor function of your brain? I guess not. Most of us never try changing our brains’ motor function and live with our same brain life-long. And no wonder most of us find it hard to change our lives beyond a point. A few years back, I read a book by Norman Doidge, which was based on the research in the last century or so on Brain Science. This book is about how neuroplastic transformation helps people overcome serious illness and help them develop new skills. Last year I wrote …
In June of 1991, I had just joined Dyanora TV. I was new to the company. It was my first job as a Branch Manager controlling half Madhya Pradesh (including Chhattishgarh) and was putting all my energy and efforts to impress the management, but things were not going well. Mr. Suresh Ebnezer, than All India Service Manager, was visiting Raipur to guide me to setup After Sales Service operations at my branch. During his visit, he gave me lifetime learning, which I never forget. He said, and I quote: “SAIL WITH THE SHIP, AND THEN SWIM.” He said above …
Will you call a CEO successful or an Entrepreneur – this was the topic of debate yesterday when I met an old friend; a working professional turned in to an entrepreneur last six years. His previous job was as CEO of a large company. Our topic of discussion was “professional progression (a secure and growing job, like was his earlier) or entrepreneur – whom you will call successful?” In the end, we both agreed that being an entrepreneur or professional career progression as CEO can be called successful, as both deliver the position of power and money. However, we had …
For almost 17 years, I had a sticker on my mirror – “You are not dressed for the day until you wear a smile.” So every day in the morning while brushing, shaving, and dressing, I will read this sticker multiple times. Gradually this message got in my head, and I became a person who doesn’t get shaken and face life boldly as it comes to me – good, bad or ugly – everything gets the same embrace from me. Here are a few small habits that I guess had made a high impact on my professional career. 1. I …
In a professional career on ones, advises mostly come as casual comments or warnings by our superiors or co-workers. Everyone is always busy, and no one has time to guide anyone like a teacher. Only a teacher teaches us and measures our learning through exams or evaluations. Does that happen in our careers? All will agree, it doesn’t. It’s on us and on our ability to pick those comments and remarks made on us or how we analyze the questions which we are asked and can we find advice in those? Here are some of the pearls which I was …
Today morning in the office, I was having a conversation with my son, who has been working with us for some time. He is just like all other youngsters who have got education from good schools, has able parents, lives carefree and non-committal life, is dreamers who want to succeed, unsure of his today’s actions, doesn’t have vises, has right friend circle and lives in the present. Overall a perfect Urban Kid about whom his parents will feel good. Our discussion, which started from an email (which we were supposed to respond) to in the direction that what we should …