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As they say " Change is the only constant thing in life" , so we always come across many new experiences in life. Just recollect your latest experience of coming across something new , it might be travelling to new place, a new job, getting a new friend etc.......  All these new experiences can be handled in three ways. Let's analyse these ways with a below scenario which can be understood better : Scenario : You have moved to a new place and you are asked to go from Point A to Point B which takes around 30mins . Only the address of Point B is known to you and you have to figure out the route to reach point B, with too many confusing routes  Let's look at those options : 1. Adventure  / Explore : You don't ask people and you start exploring the route by yourself. Look at a map find out landmarks and explore route by yourself. You observe during the journey. Advantage : a. Since you explore by yourself you observe much carefully and...

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 ...

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!!

First day to office, get the best shirt you have, get the best trousers, polish the shoes until it shines like a mirror, get the best perfume etc etc..... So it is the best you put on to impress the people you will be meeting in first day of first / new company. Let's look into some of the must do things as an employee joining a new organization : 1. Be who you are : While they say "First Impression is the best impression", be who you are, do not over impress. While many employees take the extra effort to be accepted in new organization, what they miss out is probably that this extra effort would cost them in future. As people build expectations with your initial few interactions and to retain the impression with them new employees continue to deliver the extra effort which would drain out their energy. Therefore, be who you are !! 2. Listen carefully : Open your ears widely to listen every bit of conversation. Restrain as much as you can from partici...

The Karnataka state erupted with rage with the Supreme Court passing verdict on Cauvery river to release 15TMC water to Tamil Nadu. As Tamil Nadu rejoiced this verdict the people of Karnataka erupted with rage and staged a state wide protest on Sept9th, 2016 with mixed response especially from the IT companies, which were later forced to close down. Rather bringing in state owned issues, it's important to look at this issue more holistically and from National perspective. Water is one of the most important element, necessary for the survival of human beings. Therefore priority should always be for " DRINKING / BASIC REQUIREMENTS ", then for other purposes. But at the same time the life of many are dependent on the crops. Therefore, this would be never ending issue if not solved with the interference of a third party in this topic.  From my basic level of understanding and some common sense have proposed the below :  For an instance let's fo...

Communication forms one of the key challenge any organisation faces. The " Three wise monkeys " pictorially depict " see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil ". But in this article, the three wise monkeys are interpreted in a positive way and term them as " The three   Communication monkeys ". 1. OBSERVE The 1st monkey is shows " EYES ", i.e it is important for us to see and observe whats happening around us. (play the below video first before reading further) Credit : Daniel J Simons The monkey business is the most ideal test to check our observation skills, as many who take this test would fail in noticing all the three changes. Changes : a. Gorilla walks in between the passes b. The girls with black shirt walk out c. The change in curtain colors. Therefore, this video to how we observe minute details. It is all happening right in front of us, but since we are held up in some other activity, we tend to ignore / don...