Do not delay conveying your key message. With each passing minute, you are likely to lose more and more of your audience. Thus, convey the central message of your presentation right at the beginning Present for the audience, not for yourself. Your presentation will not meet its goals if the…

Finding your passion. Inquiries become interests. Interests become hobbies. Hobbies become passion. Passions become calling. We put genuine and sustainable efforts into something only when we are intrinsically motivation for it. …

This is the first part of the three part series on speaking up. In today’s corporate world, one cannot succeed without speaking up. You may be the smartest person in your organisation, generate the best ideas and create the best solutions, but if you are not able to communicate well…

Fail Verb: Be unsuccessful in achieving one’s goal Noun: An instance of poor performance. As a student, I used to do well in academics. Teachers, friends, neighbours and parents always commended me on my intelligence. This is an incident from the time when I was in the fourth grade. Our mathematics…

I am not talking about the mask that we are all wearing these days to protect us from COVID. I am talking about the ego mask that we all wear that prevents us from presenting to the world the true us. I am an introvert. It is uncomfortable for me…

Power chill refers to hanging out with friends doing nothing — no agenda. No deadlines. Nothing to do. A generation back, it was very common for families to meet in the evening or over the weekends for tea, lunches and dinners. Meeting people every day was a core part of…

Learning guitar has taught me more than just guitar. It has given me insights into how our mind works and how we learn things. It has made me believe that with the right elements in place we can learn anything. Mindset I grew up with a fixed mindset. I used to…

I have turned 40 today. I was hoping to celebrate the day by throwing a big party and inviting all my friends to it. However, there is no party. I am celebrating a quiet birthday with my wife and son. I am using the free time at hand to write…

Before you start reading this post, please get a pen and paper and make a list of everyone who matters to you. This will take a few minutes, but it is important that you do this. Did you create the list? How many people are in it? Most people come…