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One Lesson from Each Decade As I Turn 60

When I was chalking out plans to celebrate it big, God was laughing at me quietly.Under the circumstance I thought one way could be to pick up BEST ONE LESSON life offered to me from every decade and share with #linkedinfam and that ........

Collection of My Random Short Updates ...

Here's bringing some random updates, I have been sharing now and then, on one page. Hope you like them..
I wrote a small paragraph to a professional connect, who had incidentally met me and had ........

Here's Some Of My Most Viewed ...

A few of my friends on LI sent me a message that they were not able to read my updates as sometimes they would miss the feed. Well, I reproduce some of the most viewed recent posts. Hope you will like them......

12 Essential Lessons for the New To the Corporate World

Mr. X left his home at a young age. In spite of having been brought up in a business family with a comfortable childhood, he opted to seek employment in a company away from his home town, and started at the lowest levels to pursue his calling, ..

03 Powerful Words Achievers Live..

“To keep congratulating people on their achievements and feel good about is one thing, and to become such an achiever is altogether different. For that you need to be tenacious, hardworking & gregarious because then you will be able....

Ah, To Speak Uncomfortable Truths In Corporate.

To spend sometime learning from the experience of Mr. X, as we traveled together for a meeting, I asked him to share something that I could write about and that would be useful not only for me but the readers too. This is what he shared:...

Youngsters, Here's About the Kind of...

I recall an incident. In one of the institutes where I was having interactions with the professors on how to develop learners, I happened to get introduced to a lady representing a training company. After exchanging pleasantries...

NLP Helped Me 'Destroy' My 'Negative' Self...

He was arrogant, reactive, living with the mantra of ‘I, Me and Myself’. Always felt insecure and victimized by others and hence, blamed. My Negative Self !!Had never let my other self who have always been positive ever .....

Ask Only If You Need to Know: Lessons from Corporate - I...

With this I start a series of corporate lessons for youngsters and others. Hope you will keep track of this space.When I took over a new role, I would spend some time everyday with my boss to have discussions on some papers. Once as we .....

Expect Inconsistency In Behaviour....

I recall this very well , however when it happened I was not able to analyse and learn.When I joined in my first job, coming from a little different back-ground, I was very particular about offering greetings to people. So, every morning I would wish.....

Be Cautious About the Impressions You Leave....

It happened 35 years ago. Well, are you telling me that things have changed and what I am going to share with you is no more relevant? No, nothing has changed because what I experienced that time is being experienced by people and .....

Remember, Every Job Is Important:....

"He was new to the corporate world. Unfortunately, the only induction he received was from a boss who said - I prefer to watch people from a distance.It was about three months in the job when he learned that some of the jobs were real ....

Never Make This One Mistake: Lessons ...

This is 5th in the series.A few carpenters were working on designing a frame - it was a little complicated one. BISO (Bright Intelligent Smart Officer) was advised by his boss, who had given the design, to supervise the work as the frame had to be used....

Revisit Your Past to Pick Up Lessons Forgotten...

It all began in 1974. At 14, I made a clear choice to prefer Table Tennis to Cricket and Badminton. So I joined a club where a professional coach was imparting coaching to the youngsters.On day one of my coaching class, I was just made ....

" You Must Be Having Back Pain"......

I had completed 4th day of my training.. Had been speaking and interacting with the participants for 08 hours every day.. I was feeling a bit tired. Yet had managed to continue without letting my levels of energy get reduced. However, ......

Handling Negative Emotions : Fear First

We are born as bundles of emotions: Negative as well as positive. And when now at 54, I look back at major events or turning points of my life, I find that each one of those was triggered by some emotional reaction from me. And the reason was ........

10 Ways to Practice Humility & Improve Yourself

Someone has rightly said, "Humble improves."... Well, have you improved in anyway yesterday. No? Want to improve today?Consider one thing in which you want to improve because it will benefit you..and imagine yourself already improved the........

Envy, Fear, Anger - My Three Friends

Remember at any moment somewhere something wonderful is happening which will make a positive impact on you. Beware, it can be opposite too.. Will depend upon what energy - positive or negative you generate around you. And its all about thoughts..which get.....

Bridge of Spies: An Amazing Lesson...

Some movies leave a long lasting impression for myriad reasons. There are moments in the movies which are so powerful that they get stuck in one's mind forever.Watching Bridge of Spies has been such an experience. The moment I write about is when James Donovan........

Benefits of Initiating Conversations with Strangers

Let me explain. It is possible that as you read this you are sitting at the Airport or in a bus or in a train or in a flight with another person sitting next to you. You are in proximity of someone you don't know at all and you have lived whole of your life till that moment to be ........

An Elephant & the Rat - A Story Where...

I suddenly found myself in the Jungle. A few minutes out there searching for my way out, I found that I had got bestowed with the ability to understand the language of all the birds and animals. It was a kind of a miracle. Since, I believe in...

30 Years Ago Vs. Present Times - Boss Subordinate Relationships

30 years ago:
First day on the job, he seeks guidance from his boss.
Boss says, “I watch from a distance. See to it that I don’t catch you for wrong reasons.” And he could never cover that distance..

Generation Alpha - A Glimpse of the Future..

I entered the lift on third floor and pushed the button to go down to the first. As the lift started to descend , I noticed her. The little one , about five, already there looked at me and said, " Hello Uncle".. I was a bit surprised and responded, ..

Jealous & Envy at Work Place - Ways to Handle Them

Jealous and envy are two natural emotions which each one of us demonstrate at one or the other time. If I have to go by my experience and reading some great writers then let me briefly explain the difference between both...

A Trainer's Key Role..
- Ramesh Sood

I have been deeply contemplating for quite some time as to what exactly would be my role as a Trainer. Well , let me share it by addressing my potential participants..Can I change you? No You won't let me. Only you can change yourself and I...

ARE YOU STRESSED?
Read this..

“I am stressed.”
“No , I am not.”
“Yes, I am.”
“I am saying I am not.”
“WHEN I SAY I AM STRESSED THAN I AM.”
“No, I am not. No. “..

Be Cautious of Such Destructive Behaviours

YEO ( Young Energetic Officer) works day and night as being the second in the line for a social activity because the first in line is away. And on the day when the event happens, the first in command arrives. When the top executive appreciates...

Getting Ready to Enter the Corporate

I recall an incident. In one of the institutes where I was having interactions with the professors on how to develop learners, I happened to get introduced to a lady representing a training company. After exchanging.....

Dilute A Negative Emotion In Seconds..

"I envy you," X told Y making a bad face.The words hung in the air. Some kind of heaviness was felt around them.Before Y who was hit with these unkind words could react, X said with a with a totally transformed expression,: "Hey, you .....

10 Simple Tips for youngsters to Work & Rise Better

Choose a job which offers you to do what you really want to do, what you like to do and what will let you experience the joy of giving. And if you are in a job that doesn't offer you all this then you can certainly plan a strategy and work quietly to....

Interviewers, Points to Ponder Over for Effective Interviews

I was interviewing a young Engineer about a decade and a half ago. I asked him, " Tell me one trait of yours." He replied, " I am confident". I asked, "To do what?" He gave me a strange look, "Sir I am generally confident. "nd I asked him, " What do....

When a "Why" surprised me and what I learned from it..

I have been living my own restricted life on Linkedin among a very few of those with whom I seem to have developed some rapport and there are many others who are admirers from a distance. Yet, the desire to know more people and interact with....

What You Want Your Body to Accomplish For YOU

Last month I was invited to attend 90th (Ninetieth) birthday of my Uncle in New Delhi and I took my opportunity of meeting him almost after 02 decades. As the celebrations progressed, I was looking at him and thinking one thing: What....

Destroy Your Career By Doing These 03..

It is so difficult to make a career.. If one starts writing about what should one do to make or uplift one's career, then one will have to fill many pages and still a lot more will remain to be written.. So I just wondered if it would....

FEAR NOT; Action Is Anti-Dote ..

“Scared is what you're feeling. Brave is what you're doing.” ― Emma Donoghue. What is FEAR: An emotion that makes one get stuck because one visualizes some harm in moving ahead.Sometimes there is some base for such a ....

Simplexcellent!! You can't separate simple from excellent..

He spontaneously expressed, " Excellent!!"
"What is excellent about this?" I asked, " It appears so simple".
He looked at me and replied," That's what makes it excellent. "
We were talking about....

React or Respond : Learning from Your Own Failed..

Boss made a sarcastic comment as he addressed his HR Head, “ You were telling me that HR is performing well and was in control of things then why people are talking so much negative about HR. Have you looked at the increase in number of grievances?”....

Arroga & Humb: A Story & Lesson for Managers..

A mistake was about to happen. Boss, let us call him Arroga wasn’t able to foresee. But the Junior, let us call him Humb could and as usual expressed it to Arroga cautioning him about the mess his decision could cause. Oh, how could he intervene when Arroga was in....

My First Post In Hindi - "और क्या हाल चाल है.." .

"और क्या हाल चाल है.."
"ठीक. आप बताओ.."
"नहीं कुछ नहीं.."
"कुछ तो.."
"नहीं हमारे पास क्या है . सब आपके पास ..हम तो बस ऐसे ही टाइम पास कर रहे हैं
"सब टाइम ही पास कर रहे हैं.जी हा, हा,, .
" "चलो ठीक है मिलते रहिये .."

Youngsters, Here's What It Takes to...

Hello, youngsters!! Are you wondering why this post is addressed to you? Let me answer, because you have a long life ahead and you are in the process of building yourself. And building yourself involves two things: Removing that what is not desirable and adding what....