The art of always being ready to “NOT KNOW” what we have to say, and then to forget something completely and knowing that we had to say something but we forcibly tried to forget it. And succeeded. That is important. And then we start afresh like nothing happened. That is even more important ! I know it will not make sense to a lot of … Continue reading The Art of Not Knowing
One of the most important books I have read in the recent times is The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder. Written by Bob Sutton and Huggy Rao. The title itself speaks a lot as there are times when we find the reverse manifest itself. It becomes so obvious that it is easy to do the … Continue reading The Friction Project Book
I wrote this piece on the birthday of the “Father of Nation” in India early this year. I want to take some of his quotes and share a thought about life and work. “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong”.We know what Gandhi might have meant it in his spiritual self, but it is so relevant in our professional self. If … Continue reading Remembering Mahatma Gandhi in the context of my work and career
I have lived in United States for close to 25 years and Thanksgiving has been a tradition I came to know after coming here. Infact Father’s Day, Mother’s Day and Halloween were all alien to me till I came here. I had some sense of Valentine’s Day but not at the scale as it is popular across the globe today. Thanksgiving has over time become … Continue reading Thanksgiving to New Year!
Write every day. No need to post it. No one needs to read. Just write…. It does not have to be great writing. Or good writing. It just need to be honest. What else can all of us be other than being honest ? What do we write you might think. How does that matter if we don’t care who reads. But experience every word. … Continue reading Perfectly Imperfect
Why do people go on the offensive and defensive instead of collaboration. This is something I have wondered for a long time. I personally have been doing it and I have seen other people do it. I have not understood others, I have not understood me. I think when we are confident and safe we collaborate. When we are unsafe and lack confidence we choose … Continue reading The safety to be Vulnerable
When we start something new we need to find answers for two questions. Even if you don’t have them, do start. Find the answers later. One is Why are we doing it and the other is What do we hope to accomplish. I started this weekly writing activity two weeks back but will try to answer these questions to put this weekly newsletter in context. … Continue reading Because we are Alive !
I often find it amusing when I sometimes think to myself that I cannot change. I have also heard that from people. In this world even when change is inevitable and we know it… a resistance to change exists in every walk of life. So a strong call for change need to come from inside. Maybe we all have a different perspective of change. ‘How’ … Continue reading 264/365 Our Ability to Change
I believe that we are always a work in progress. It is funny when I look back and see how my thoughts have changed. Not just in one area but across every important and even mundane aspects of life. I am just not the person I was. Did I change for the better.. I would like to believe that way. But I know very well … Continue reading 229/365 How my thoughts have changed over time
There is no question that we live in an interconnected world, but when it comes to change we always think of it happening to us. But in an interconnected world there is no Us as in ‘I’ or ‘me’. There is only us as in ‘WE’. Let me explain that a bit. When we talk of change we talk like it is something that is … Continue reading EP 263 (199/365) Change in an interconnected World
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