Do you vote for the belief that everything is moving very fast? Most of us grew up listening to or reading the story of the race between the Hare & the Tortoise. There’s no way we would have forgotten the moral of the story ‘Slow & Steady Wins the Race’! We further grew up and…

Leaders use positive words. Many leaders understand numbers well. Leaders also treat life as a game. Now, let’s take all these three attributes of leadership and play a small game. Steps to play the game: If each alphabet is identified by a number in the order of its appearance, A will be 1, B will…

In life, there are two ways of looking at things-having a positive perspective or a negative one. The negative path is relatively easy but is dangerous, the positive one is relatively tough but is very rewarding in the long run. I met Joseph in Delhi during the launch of Rajesh Setty’s book “Life Beyond Code”…

Risk is an inherent part of any business or even life itself. The success of any organization depends on how it is able to mitigate and manage its risk. It’s just not enough to assess and know ones risk appetite, it is also important to consider other factors such as: $ Risk : Reward (Risk…

Image Source: www.womensbiz.com.au “Failure is the stepping stone to success” is probably the most common quote we hear. Life is definitely not a bed of roses and failure is an integral part of life. Being afraid of failure and succumbing to it only worsens the situation. Though the quote is a common one, how many of…

Thomas Edison – I’m sure you’ve heard of Thomas Edison and all the inventions he created. He’s actually known as one of the most prolific inventors in history holding 1,093 U.S. patents as well as a lot of patents in the UK, France and Germany. When Thomas was 4 he was sent home from school…

“A left arrow, the passed time and the spoken words never come back.” There are 3 elements in the above quote, (i) Arrow; (ii) Time and (iii) Words. It’s a no brainer that an arrow has the power to kill and it is common sense that there is a time span for everything and everyone.…

Are you dealing with a big enough problem in your life right now? Does this question sound absurd, that too in this season of global economic slowdown? Still, it’s worth answering and I hope your answer is a YES. If you either think you don’t have any problems, or think you have big problems then…

Once upon a time a very strong woodcutter asked for a job in a timber merchant, and he got it. His salary was really good and so were the working conditions. For that reason, the woodcutter was determined to do his best. His boss gave him an axe and showed him the area where he…