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Are you a nuclear reactor or a Neutral responder?

Are you a nuclear reactor or a Neutral responder?

  I was wading through busy evening traffic in my car, the signal went green. I started accelerating and out of nowhere, a person was right in front of the car. I braked and brought the car to a screeching halt. I was furious and almost exploded like an agitated...
A prescription without a diagnosis- A crime

A prescription without a diagnosis- A crime

  The head of an organization once approached me and asked me to coach his next level leaders by bringing them out of stress and impowering them. I said ‘OK’ and asked him what stress are they going through? He said ‘I don’t know, you figure it out, you are the...
Drop your past baggage

Drop your past baggage

COVID19 has surelycast a grim situation all around but I can gladly quote an example of how it has helped a person get out of a ‘situation’. Here you go. Sometime during the COVID lockdown, a client called me to discuss about his problem. He sounded rather upset.He...
Conflict resolution using ‘fruit n seed’ theory

Conflict resolution using ‘fruit n seed’ theory

Conflicts can be classified into three types: Task, Relationship and Value. While most conflicts are inevitable, there is always a way out of the conflicts and that is to find and strike that right balance. I had an interesting conversation with my friend the other...
Abundance: A conditioning of the mind

Abundance: A conditioning of the mind

How much is enough? This is the question that we all need to ask ourselves every once in a while. It is important for us to have an answer to this question because we often find ourselves caught in an endless loop of want for more without stopping for a moment to look...
Who am I to you? (Hum Aapke Hain Kaun?)

Who am I to you? (Hum Aapke Hain Kaun?)

After I attended a thought provoking and highly inspiring workshop back in 1990, I was in awe! The feeling associated with attending a fulfilling workshop was gratitude and a sense of relief. Gratitude because I have explored ways to handle a problem in hand.  Relief...
How to remain positive. Lessons from the Tulsi Plant

How to remain positive. Lessons from the Tulsi Plant

If you are an Indian, then you probably need no introduction to our humble and sacred asset: the Tulsi Plant, also called the holy basil. Tulsi is more than a plant. Its anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti-inflammatory properties make it a one-stop solution for most...