Here are seven simple ideas to live by in 2019. The core of these ideas are as old as mothballs. However, I have researched, applied and polished each one of them for you like a gemmologist polishes a rare gem:....

March 8: International Women's' DayI celebrate the wonderful spirit of women I met with the following excerpts from my blogs:Lorna Chopra raises a dimple in her cup of coffee as she whispers: I guess lov....

One Buddha and a billion buddhus! One visionary and a million patients of cataract. One Baba followed by resounding Baa Baa. Ram Rahim Gurmeet turned out to be the proverbial black sheep. His followers rioted a....

Think of de-notification of the State Highways as an inventive method to overcome the Supreme Court order banning liquor outlets within a 500-metre radius of the National Highway and State Highway to save the h....

I am all for growth. The only way to grow is by changing our mind. The only way to change our mind is to learn. The best way to learn is to do something we have not done before.So, starting 16 January I decided....

Envy has a new mask. Let us call it competition. The competitive instinct starts with such harmless thoughts as What about me? or Why not me? Slowly the seeds of these thoughts sprout to become a national e....

TIMELESS LEADERSHIP Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now,....

Behind every successful manager is a surprised mother-in-law!The successful manager understands that the brain is an astonishing instrument. It starts working full time the moment you get up in the morning and ....

In the business world they often say, 'It's a war out there'. A war room in business headquarters is used for crafting cunning strategy. Corporates equipped with banners, charts, computers and spreadsh....

SHEEPDOG LEADER: AN OBITUARY OF LEE QUAN YEW Are leaders born or made ? asked Professor Howard Gardner of Harvard University. The celebrated leader from Singapore replied in jest as well as in earnest: Leade....

Dear Mahatma ,On behalf of Complex Lifestyles Solutions Inc. I thank you for applying for the job of Vice President in our esteemed Company. Thank you for sending us your elaborate autobiography. The position y....

Envy has a new mask. Let us call it competition. The competitive instinct starts with such harmless thoughts as What about me? or Why not me? Slowly the seeds of these thoughts sprout to become a national epide....

When all around you everyone else is doing start-ups you must focus on shutdowns. First, shut down this obsession with New Year resolutions. There is nothing new about the New Year. This year is older than the ....

Laid Off: Change your GPSAre you losing sleep over the prospects of being laid off from your job? Are you anxious about your peers outperforming you? Is your competitor about to eat your lunch? Are you ashamed ....

I was listening to Bollywoods leading star Shahrukh Khan talk about a new generation of professional actors. These actors, he said, play out a range of emotions yet remain detached from these emotions when the ....

In a recent conference of women CEOs, I heard that behind every successful woman at work was she herself. When I was invited to speak, I just added that behind an outrageously successful woman was an astonished....

Arjuna Panda was the Chief Evolutionary Officer of Pandava Limited. As they say in refined corporate language, 'His life was truly downsized'. Perhaps, it will be more appropriate to say that he was feeli....

Better than speaking needlessly is to remain silentOr else say something that is more eloquent than silence.Speak, but do not stand in the way of the music of silence:Your words are useless without the music.Th....

The face of educational leadership is changing in the 21st century. The new face is softer and less formal than in the previous centuries. I recently had the privilege of meeting three woman presidents of major....

I sat breathless by the sea shore in Cartagena in the Caribbean Coast of Columbia. The air was filled with the voices of tourists and the puttering of an occasional vehicle. The sun bathed in a sensuous glow th....

Nothing defines you more than a day in your life! In one way, a day in like a perpetual prison. In the course of a day, we enter into a jail of our habituation. Just consider your typical day: brushing your tee....