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Just completed my first Marathon on 16th Oct and there is no doubt why this sport has gained a lot of attention in the recent years. For a commoner it is only a group of individuals running , but realised that a Marathon has plenty of lessons to teach. 1.  Know your limits : The process of Marathon itself starts with registration to the event. There are many options on the table to choose, 42kms / 21kms / 10kms / 5 kms. Here is where an individual needs to question his/her ability before registering to a particular category. If you tend to register to a category which is beyond the ability, you might only end up straining yourself draining out all energy and also sometimes not completing the race. Start with lowest of your ability and then move up the categories. Aim High but start low.  2.  Prepare for the race : Now that you are aware for which category you would participate, prepare yourself. Time between from day of registration to day of race, you h

World is being a more competitive place and to retain customers and increase the sales / turnover of an organisation, there are many things a company can plan / strategize. But many times the company plans to achieve these strategies by squeezing the existing resources. But since many employees fear saying "NO" to the managers, they take the tasks / additional load which would impact the productivity levels of their existing tasks : Am not saying here that each task an employee receives, must say "NO" to it, but my point is that the employee needs to evaluate it before accepting.  1. What is current occupancy level ?  Nobody in the organisation is working for 100% of their working hours. This is a known fact to all. But the occupancy level differs for each employee. The employee needs to evaluate the occupancy level and based on the same if it is more than 75% then he can explain the same to the manager in a logical way to say "NO" to t

While at a time the entire nation (including myself) are applauding the step taken by the Govt. Of India with regards to surgical attacks carried out on PoK.   But as our " Father of Nation " Mahatma Gandhi believed and fought for the nation's independence through "non-violence", I wonder what would Mahatma Gandhi do now in certain circumstances ?       Even the British era was full of disturbances and if we made our mind then, how long would it have taken to unite and kick them out of the country. While some didn't believe in the ideology and chose for violent path , here stood Mahatma Gandhi for path of peace and believed in his principles.   Would peace talks and non-violence still work ?   Please share in your thoughts!!