2017-01-08 14:24
The Freshness of the morning!A morning walk is one of the best forms of exercise. It helps give a head start to your day ahead by giving you a boost of endorphin, the happiness hormone. You… Read More
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2017-01-01 14:19
Good Morning Mornings are always serene, silent and beautiful. Our daily life starts in the morning. As they say, morning shows the day. If your morning is positive, purposeful and prod… Read More
2016-12-25 14:14
Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson have written the best seller, The One Minute manager. This book has sold over a million copies. It deals with the search for the best management techniques… Read More
2016-12-18 14:49
Sunday, June 26th 2016, I went to St Mary's College at Yousufguda. There was supposed to be a talk by Anu Vaidyanathan, India's first Ultraman. Now, I didn't know what Ultraman means.A… Read More
2016-12-11 08:24
Books are like people that you meet and you know. You like some people and some people, you dislike very much. Then there are others that you neither like nor dislike! Then there may be one… Read More
2016-12-04 14:36
Between 2009 to 2011, I was working at a client location in Bangalore, the IT hub of India. Our client was ANZ Bank, which had its captive IT operations running out from Bangalore. I used to… Read More
2016-11-27 08:17
Can developing good habits kill the bad one's?The short answer - Yes.The long answer, well it is a long process and it takes time. But developing certain good habits are known to kill bad ha… Read More
2016-11-20 08:14
Long ago, in a village, lived a young man. He fell in love with a beautiful young woman. He wanted to marry that woman. So, as was the custom in those days, the young man went to the woman&r&hell…Read More
2016-11-16 15:38
The ninth virtue developed by Benjamin Franklin was moderation. He described moderation as - Avoid extremes; forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.Franklin advises us… Read More
2016-11-15 15:18
The eighth virtue practiced by Benjamin Franklin was justice. Franklin described justice as (do) wrong (to) none by doing injuries or omitting the benefits that are your duty.Everyone wants… Read More
2016-11-14 14:12
The seventh virtue that Benjamin Franklin worked to develop was Sincerity. Franklin described it in simple words as - Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly, and, if you sp… Read More
2016-11-13 08:09
Browsing through the book shelves in the management books section of our library, I came across a small book with a unique name - The Ice Cream Maker. The spine even had a tiny picture of an… Read More
2016-11-12 09:16
The sixth virtue that Benjamin Franklin sought to develop was Industry. The word industry in today’s common usage means a factory or a place where some goods are produced. We have the… Read More
2016-11-11 18:22
Frugality is the fifth of the 13 virtues that Benjamin Franklin striven to develop as part of his self improvement effort. In short, he described frugality as: Make no ex… Read More
2016-11-11 12:38
The fourth virtue that was practiced by Benjamin Franklin was Resolution. He described Resolution as - Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve. In other… Read More
2016-11-09 16:55
The third virtue that Benjamin Franklin sought to work on was Order. He advised - Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time. Keeping things in… Read More
2016-11-09 16:33
The second virtue that Benjamin Franklin practiced was Silence. He advised to speak that what may benefit others or yourself and to avoid trifling conversation. With regards to speaking… Read More
2016-11-07 17:07
The first of the 13 virtues that Benjamin Franklin worked on was Temperance. He defined Temperance as “Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation”. Temperance means having… Read More
2016-11-06 15:45
All good habits are difficult to form but they make your life easy. A reading habit is no exception. But there are certainly somethings that can be done to establish this habit. Here is… Read More
2016-11-05 17:45
In the annals of self improvement, the one person whose life has been most inspirational among all stalwarts is Benjamin Franklin. Ben Franklin, one of the founding fathers of United States… Read More
2016-11-04 13:51
Benjamin FranklinThere have been many great personalities in the course of modern history. We have had unparalleled scientific minds like that of Albert Einstein, great literary figures like… Read More
2016-11-03 15:23
Today, I missed my morning run. I could not wake up at 5:00am. I woke up at 6:00am. Things started getting delayed from that point onwards. Since I did not wake up on time, I could not go ou… Read More
2016-11-02 15:22
I just joined this support group for writers - The Insecure Writers Support Group, also known as ISWG. IWSG was created by Alex J. Cavanaugh and his monthly support… Read More
2016-11-01 17:01
This is a story that illustrates the difference between the western view of life and the eastern. Alexander the great, who was on his dream of conquering the world, reached the banks of… Read More
2016-10-30 07:00
In one of the Toastmasters event, we had DTM Nagaraja Rao, a very experienced Toastmaster, who was speaking about mentors and how mentors help in the learning and growth of a mentee. Explain… Read More
2016-10-27 01:51
This story starts on August 30th2015. It was the last Sunday of August last year and it is the day of annual pilgrimage of runners at Hyderabad - the Airtel Hyderabad marathon. I had registe… Read More
2016-10-25 07:00
The Airtel Hyderabad Marathon was scheduled on 28th August, Sunday. I had registered for the half. On the previous day, I did not go for a run. I planned to take as much rest as possibl… Read More
2016-10-25 06:59
Runners are mysterious creatures. How else would you explain someone endure the all pain during the training, then travel long distance sometimes even to god forsaken places like Antarctica… Read More
2016-10-23 10:45
It looks like it has become some kind of ritual for me that anytime I visit home (Bhubaneswar), I read some books. But this July, when I visited Bhubaneswar just for a day, I was not interes… Read More
2016-10-16 02:20
If you have been following my blog or know me personally, you would know that I am a member of Toastmasters Club. This is an article that I wrote for the Toastmasters District 98 newletter… Read More
2016-10-11 02:00
It was a Saturday. Vikram Chandra from Secunderabad Toastmasters, who was the Offline Outreach Chair for Master Orator Championship, reached out to me to visit a local college to promote the… Read More
2016-10-08 15:40
Mindfulness in Habit FormationsI am interested in studying about habits and knowing more about habit formation and habit change. Recently, I saw an interesting video on youtube. It was about… Read More
2016-10-03 17:57
Running has many benefits. The physical benefits are well known. But the other day, a chance encounter with a person while running, made me realize what exactly running can do.It was a littl… Read More
2016-10-02 15:12
The alarm woke me up at 5am. It was dark. A faint light streaked into the room through the window. As I was lying there, a struggle was going on within me. One strong voice was beckoni… Read More
2016-10-02 11:10
I am by no means a great blogger. There are national and international professionals in blogging. I am just an amateur who likes to dabble in this for fun. Since I have been blogging f… Read More
2016-10-02 04:26
This is my 100th post on my blog. So, here is a little tribute from me to all those who have moulded me into what I am today.I am like a stone on the bank of a river. Many others stones come… Read More
2016-10-02 00:19
In a book that I read recently, there was this interesting idea. It said, to achieve something, you need these 3 things - A vision, discipline around it and passion. In other words, it… Read More
2016-10-01 17:10
Good HabitsHabits are behavior that becomes second nature to a person. They help make our lives easy and effortless. There are as many good habits as there are sand grains on a beach. Some o… Read More
2016-09-18 10:56
The other day when I came home from work, Sara, my yet to be 6 year old daughter, who is in class 1 now, ran up to me. She seemed very happy and excited. “Papa, Papa, (do) you know wha… Read More
2016-09-11 13:25
Did you ever wonder where the daughter of your house maid studies? Did you spare a penny of a thought to what hardships the son of the person who cleans your car every morning goes through?… Read More
2016-09-04 13:53
This book was published in 2005 and became an international bestseller. All Management consultants and MBA students were expected to read this. I laid my hands on this book a couple of times… Read More
2016-09-04 10:30
Someone asked me, how to become a complete man. Here is my response!Many of us aspire to become a complete man. Each of us defines a complete man in our own way, a different way. But, whatev… Read More
2016-08-15 16:58
15th August, 2016: Today is Independence Day. 69 years ago, this day, India got its independence from British rule. Yes, we are politically independent, a democratic country. But like m… Read More
2016-07-24 14:44
Couple of years ago, I had read the book, The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini. It was some book! So, when I got the opportunity to read this book, I lapped it up with gutso. I knew what to e… Read More
2016-07-17 16:20
This is a compilation of short stories of authors from Asia, published by the National Book Trust, India. It has 10 stories. But out of them, I liked few stories for different reasons. … Read More
2016-07-10 16:27
Training Camp - This is the third book from Jon Gordon, that I read this year. The book is again a management and motivational book written in the form of a story. The plot is very simple. A… Read More
2016-07-03 16:22
Is the time for Toastmaster club elections, members would be selecting the best possible candidate to lead our club. These selected individuals would form the executive committee and would l… Read More
2016-06-19 09:53
The next speaker was a person by name Kevin Green. He claimed to be a real estate magnate who owns thousands of properties in the UK. He was here to give tips to Indians on how to become ric… Read More
2016-06-12 09:52
The next Speaker was introduced as someone who has created a Rs 2000 crore business from scratch. He was Dr. Velumani, the person behind Thyocare, a thyroid testing lab, which revolutionized… Read More
2016-06-05 09:49
Peng Joon was actually not selling his training program. He was selling aspiration. He was selling people the dream to become rich! To be an online entrepreneur. To make tones of money easil… Read More
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