MAKING THE MOST OF LIFE’S SIGNIFICANT MOMENTSBy themselves, significant moments do not alter a person’s behavior. Events certainly can make powerful impressions on us: they stir our emotions, capture our imagination, provoke our conscience, or bring revelation. However, events do not automatically transform us, and the feelings they evoke usually are short-lived. Leadership breakthroughs happen …
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“Wise men speak because they have something to say. Fools because they have to say something.” – Plato Several experiences in the recent past have caused one lingering thought in me: Does your opinion count? It is startling to realise how much of our energies are expended on aspects of life on which we have …
We’ve all made mistakes. We’ve all done things that we’ve been ashamed of. Life is a learning experience, and mistakes are the most effective teachers. Living successfully is not about avoiding mistakes, it is about learning from them. Making a mistake once is, in the long run, a blessing for what it teaches. Making the …
Do what matters, not just what is convenient. Do what is fulfilling, not just what is easy.Just being busy will not lead you to anything of value. Instead, challenge yourself to be effective in the service of a meaningful purpose. Any particular stretch of your time can be infinitely valuable or it can be hopelessly …
Sometimes what you think will work great, doesn’t work at all. But that doesn’t mean that nothing will work.Sometimes you build your hopes up, only to be disappointed. But that doesn’t mean that your hopes have lost their value. On the contrary, your hopes and ideas have great value, even though they may expose you …
Go ahead and give it a shot. Nothing is more empowering than successfully doing something you thought you could not do.When you surpass one assumption, you’ll begin to question other limiting assumptions. When you step out of your comfort zone and taste success, you’re suddenly confronted with a whole new level of exciting possibilities. What …
Run away from discipline, and it punishes you. Embrace discipline, and it enables you to do magnificent things.You can decide to discipline yourself, or you will surely and eventually have discipline forced upon you. It is far better to choose it for yourself, so you can fashion with it whatever you desire. You already have …
There was once a King who had a wise advisor. The advisor followed the King everywhere, and his favorite advice was, “Everything happens for the good”. One day the King went hunting and had a little accident. He shot an arrow at his own foot and was injured. He asked the advisor what he thought …
There was a hunter who came into the possession of a special bird dog. The dog was the only one of its kind, because it can walk on water. One day he invited a friend to go hunting with him so that he could show off his prized possession. After some time, they shot a …
Last Saturday we saw a movie an interesting movie, casting effectively ‘a failure player turned a coach’, who turns a zero caliber team into world champions. Watching the movie, I kept thinking about ‘coaching’ and how it relates to leadership and management in today’s times. Some points I noted from movie are : · Nothing …