Life Skills

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Mindfulness – The Art of Living a Quality Life

In today’s fast-paced world, people are often found to be juggling numerous responsibilities—academics/career, extracurricular activities, family and ...
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The Power of Perseverance

He was the captain of his school’s football team which had won district matches under his captaincy. He was a great orator who went on to win at both ...
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Rediscovering Your True Purpose

From a very young age, this child may demonstrate unusual musical skills—such as playing the guitar, piano, or drums—or even sing effortlessly without...
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Mental wellness - A Peek Into the Paradigm

What decides your frame of mind? Is it internal? Is it external? How can you make yourself more efficient in most of the situations? If these question...
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Understanding Emotional Intelligence

The importance of EI affects all aspects of our life starting from relationships where we need to understand and communicate with others at work to br...
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Step 7 of 7 - Realization

Have you ever made a wish at the sight of a shooting star?  It is the journey that made the shooting star visible; I didn’t know much about its origin...
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The Social Stigma

Problems arise when the answers to these questions don’t fall under the list of things society has approved. That’s when the judgement begins, and thi...
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The Power of Empathy at the Workplace

In his bestselling book, Just Listen, Goulston explains that the need to feel understood is a fundamental human need. Further, when people “feel seen,...
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The Struggle of Self Love

Self-love is that pat on the back that you give yourself when you tried your best but couldn’t reach that goal. It is the courage that took you to fac...
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How Can You Practice The Art of Saying No

When I was working in a factory, I had a boss who used to take Plant rounds with me twice a week for an hour or so. During the initial period, while o...
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When the Storms Come

Sometimes the storms are the result of bad decisions we made (or decisions we should have made), but other times they can be completely random. Regard...
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Step 6 of 7 – Change

Most often, we base our decision to change only on the results we achieve at the end of any journey and ignore the entire journey for the sake of resu...
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The Mind and Body Conflict

This article is written not to address the various notions of beauty but rather the unexplored realm of life....
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Step 5 of 7: Check Results

Don’t get dejected because you couldn’t achieve your set goals, actually you achieved much more than that. Just wonder what you have done, you have ta...
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Psychological Safety at Work

In their review of the literature on psychological safety, Edmondson and Lei aver that the construct has benefits both at the individual, group and or...
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Step 4 of 7: Take Action

It will be hard sell sometimes to get others involved in your journey, especially at this stage. Don’t give up! I am sure help will arrive when you gi...
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Step 3 of 7 -Intensify Quest

Many questions haunt us the moment we cherish extraordinary desires.  Moment, we face a little discomfort or sense risk, we convince ourselves by tell...
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Step 2 of 7 - Cherish Extraordinary Desires

If you set yourself more challenging and higher goals, you make a good starting point. If you achieve them you win bargaining power. It is like a gl...
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Emotional Intelligence and Leadership

Emotional intelligence is considered as one of the most important skills in leaders and has become the most sought-after interpersonal skills at the w...
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Why Emotions Matter at the Workplace?

For every ambitious person looking to further their career, the expectation to cover emotions and leave them outside the office is a frequent reality....
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Be Discontent

Do we know enough of what we want? We face something and then decide this is not what we want! This goes on. Worst is we are only discontent with the...
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Nipping negativity in the bud

From petty bickering to gossip to malicious rumours, negativity within an organization is not only toxic but can also balloon. So, before it gets too ...
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A Change in Perspective

Looking for a job is to let others decide your destiny. So, take your destiny in your own hands. The wise have said ‘if there is not here, there is n...
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The Need for Balance

I guess steep loans and the initial expenses of climbing the education ladder may result in younger professionals biting the bullet of the QoQ ladder....
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Leap Beyond Job Security

Many people opt for government jobs; reason is ‘job security’. This marks the beginning of end of a dream. I mean the reason, not the entity. Job inse...
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Navigating Changes at Work Deftly

Being able to adapt and change based on the times or circumstances is indeed a crucial life skill that’s especially relevant in the world of work, whi...
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Helping Women Lead: Breaking Through Barriers

Lots of women who have been a part of these programs have gone on to do incredible things. Some have become CEOs of big companies, others have become ...
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Skills for Mental Fitness

Scheduling important tasks in keeping with our circadian clock, keeping Time Buffers to deal with sudden exigencies and using the power of assertion t...
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Strengthen Your Memory

The more effort you expend in retrieving memories the more robust they become. By using these tips repeatedly, hopefully they’ll get easier and easier...
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HOW TO HANDLE HOMESICKNESS?

To fight homesickness, we must remember that it is a natural feeling. Missing home and expressing your emotions about being away from home is all righ...
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The Many Types of Memory

Memory is central to human functioning and a core facet of our identities. Over the past few decades, cognitive psychologists and neuroscientists have...
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Critical Thinking pushes us to Unlearn

‘Critical thinking’, where objective and rational analysis is applied to arrive at an informed conclusion, is the space to be in. Adopting ‘Critical t...
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Stuck in a Rut or Out of the Box Thinking?

World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report, 50% of us employed today will need some level of reskilling by 2025, and that soft skills such as critic...
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Empowering Women to Unleash their Inner Strength for Success

Empowering Women to Unleash their Inner Strength for Success

Identifying oneself and the true potential is the foundation block upon which one nurtures the physical and mental wellbeing thereby contributing to o...
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Can Boredom become beneficial?

Boredom is ubiquitous. In a cinema hall different people will feel different watching the same movie. It may also happen that all the spectators in th...
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Getting the Basics Right

If someone is passionate about something they will give their heart and soul to it. And yes, Passion can be mentored if you choose your passion as you...
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The awesome power of awe

As awe has so many benefits, how can we get more of it in our lives? Do we have to scale Himalayan peaks or buy tickets for Odissi dance ballets?...
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Let’s Chnaeg

In many different situations, we question numerous people in daily life. We are looking for solutions to the numerous hidden truths that surround us. ...
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X Factor

I urge you to discover your own X factor, the unique quality that sets you apart, use it and let it guide you towards a fulfilling life, extracting th...
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Gatekeeepers in Self-Publishing A Book

The average income from self-published authors increased 53% in 2022 compared to 2021, revealing the surprising revelation that independent authors ea...
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Not Being a topper is Okay!

Academic success alone does not necessarily translate into life skills such as communication, leadership, problem-solving, and critical thinking. Thes...
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My network makes my life easy!

More contacts mean more opportunity – I hear this all the time. While connecting with people gives the much-needed opportunity to get work done or kno...
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Changing the narrative of Disruption to thrive!

A major challenge now for tech companies is how to weather a potential economic slowdown by trimming costs, increasing efficiency, and growing revenue...
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Success is not an Accident

Staying without a job, that too with the guilt of realizing that your parents were dreaming of you getting settled was very painful. I was getting dem...
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HER-IT-AGE

After winning the recent Oscars 2023 the 2 genie-ous Indian women Guneet Monga and Kartiki Selena Gonsalves said “The future is us and the future is h...
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Vision Boards – Your future in your hands?

Vision boards are a collection of pictures arranged in a way to help you visualize & manifest your goals. This can be done in physical or digital form...
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Divya Bharti: An Eternal Enigma

Media can stop sensationalising celebrity deaths. We need to understand that if someone is constantly asking for poison or wishing for death, it could...
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Emotional Intelligence at Workplace

Workers are trained to trumpet technical skills and personal achievements on their resumés and talk them up in job interviews. However, to succeed at ...
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Magic Mantra of Self-Development

Emotional intelligence can seem like a complex concept; there are specific ways you can develop this by taking time and building skills which help you...
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How focus influences your success

On the other hand, he said that the prime culprit in hijacking attention is smartphone. Beyond phones, video screens seem to be inescapable. if one of...
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When all else Fails

If you were a child who threw tantrums—or objects—when things didn’t go your way, you may be a “screamer” under stress at work....
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Reintegration of Old Wisdom

A major portion of India's population will be aged by 2050. Amid this elderly are the fastest growing, but unutilized resource. Re-integration of the ...
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Six-PPAACC GEM

Inculcate the agility and drive to constantly learn by cross-skilling, upskilling, re-skilling, and expert skilling yourself, thus leading towards bec...
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The Power of Learning

While there are seekers and doers, there are also those who hesitate and lack motivation to seek and learn. This may be because they do not see value ...
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Keep Calm. Work like Rajinikanth.

When you make a humble start, or starting over again after a fall, never worry for what you are at the moment; give your full to your role and earn a ...
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IS YOUR GUT CUT?

IS YOUR GUT CUT?

There will always be situations where some assertive messages would not bring about the desired results. You may face people crossing limits, not get ...
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BIOS Vs Bias

Unconscious biases are social fixes about particular groups of people that individuals form beyond their own conscious perception. Unconscious bias is...
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Action or Excuse

Because of the work we did, CIMSME has also offered the role of "Global Women Ambassador" to touch and transform children from all over the world. So,...
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Feeling NOT OK is OK!

Feeling NOT OK is OK!

Statistics state that an average officegoer spends 90,000 hours at the office desk. This means ? of our lives is spent on our office bureaus. Mental h...
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How Is Self-Motivation Important In Life?

How Is Self-Motivation Important In Life?

Such people are never dependent on others to make themselves happy; obviously, that does not mean that they are not happy with others; it simply means...
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Taming Work-Related Stress through Meditation

Taming Work-Related Stress through Meditation

Workplace stress has been called the silent killer. The World Health Organization (WHO) assesses that ‘pressure at the workplace is unavoidable due to...
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Growing Healthy Minds

Growing Healthy Minds

Parenting is the hardest job you will ever have. Shaping a child from zero to making him feel worthy of himself is a life-long task. From holding a fi...
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Eliminating Procrastination from your Life

Eliminating Procrastination from your Life

Procrastination is often confused with laziness, when in fact it is quite different. Procrastination is the active process of ignoring or delaying an ...
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5 Remarkable virtues to befriend true success

5 Remarkable virtues to befriend true success

Happiness is what humans are born with and bestowed in abundance. It takes backstage when people measure success in terms of status and net worth....
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HOW TO BE HAPPY?

HOW TO BE HAPPY?

You might not be able to control everything in life, but there are things that you can do to make your life happier and more fulfilling....
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The Seven Steps to Success

The Seven Steps to Success

It is extremely useful to know our preferences and prioritize work. Because of the heavy load of work, people get stressed and lose their productivity...
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Growth Mindset - I changed the way I think

Growth Mindset - I changed the way I think

The problem arises when we tend to be correct. We put a conscious effort into being right, which makes us risk averse or fear failure. This fear of fa...
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No More Races

No More Races

“NO More races. If ever you have to compete, compete against your yesterday, your inner struggles, your low self-esteem, your vices. You will be happi...
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Importance of Mental Wellness

Importance of Mental Wellness

Mental wellness of individuals changes in every phase of life depending on several factors, including work and family demands, resources, or economic ...
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Decision Making Easy - 2

Decision Making Easy - 2

“The fundamental difference between ‘must’ and ‘want’ is that if one of the decision alternatives does not satisfy a "must", then that option should b...
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Ingredients for high performance

Ingredients for high performance

When we talk about high performance, the first key ingredient is, knowledge in the domain and familiarity with the systems and procedures....
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Listening – The forgotten half of conversations

Listening – The forgotten half of conversations

Active listening builds trust and allows the person to open up. Having their problems understood, reflected, not judged, and decreed shows that you ha...
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DECISION MAKING MADE EASY

DECISION MAKING MADE EASY

There are many methods to bring in method in madness. I will teach you a method known as KT method i.e. Kepner Tregoe method” Balram starts the lesson...
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You are what you ask

You are what you ask

In business and in life, the powerful questions are the ones that actually get results....
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NUDGE

NUDGE

There are two systems of thinking. Automatic system and reflective system. As we experience the world more and more, we try to use automatic system of...
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The Right Apology

The Right Apology

Apology is the atomic energy of empathy. Failure to apologize is a lapse of integrity that causes the corrosive destruction of your reputation, and le...
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Targeted Selection

Targeted Selection

Interview is not an assessment or an examination. On the other hand, it is a window of opportunity to understand the candidate, how much he or she kno...
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I Hate Decision Making

I Hate Decision Making

Never try to achieve a perfect decision; there is nothing called excellent decision. Instead, strive to come up with an optimal solution or at least a...
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Bias and Critical Thinking

Bias and Critical Thinking

One of the most significant aspects of Critical Thinking is to realise one’s prejudices and go beyond the prejudices when making decisions, though it ...
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One thing that is stopping your growth

One thing that is stopping your growth

Everyone is so much engaged in the short-term pleasure of watching something interesting and new – there is plenty of content that will keep you busy ...
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Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking

When an idea is conjured, the first step to gain clarity is to express it verbally or write it down....
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Escape from ‘Escapism’

Escape from ‘Escapism’

When depressed, keep yourself occupied. Do not let yourself think too much to avoid the downhill tumble like the 'Jill came tumbling after'. Seek out ...
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There is always time for everything

There is always time for everything

Tracking your time will obviously make you more aware of where your minutes go throughout the day. By tracking where I spent every moment for a few da...
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7 Must Know Facts on the Need for Mental Health Awareness

7 Must Know Facts on the Need for Mental Health Awareness

The need for including mental health is of utmost importance in today's social scenario as we all are fully aware of the recurrent cases of child abus...
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Skills for a Holistic Life

Education must provide life-building, man-making, character-making assimilation of ideas. He believed that the education which does not help to equip ...
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Mine inside to shine outside

People in this world are still describing a “good life” in terms of pursuing a degree and getting paid 9 to 6 jobs. No one ever spoke about pursuing a...
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Do you fear becoming successful?

Motivation is so valuable that it helps individuals to act upon bringing the uniqueness within. It also helps us to gain precious values like personal...
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10 QUICK TIPS FOR BALANCED WFH

However, during testing times, every course of action, path or goal needs to be reviewed and adapted according to the circumstances. We must learn to ...
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THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD TOWARDS SUCCESS

Luckily, we do not live in a world where everyone has to kill each other to prosper or reach the highest rung of the ladder by stepping and pulling ot...
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Future-proof-Workforce

Future-proof Workforce

The reopening of the industries or the so-called ‘Unlock’ is not going to bring those 27 million youth back on the payrolls. An employment survey says...
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Post-COVID-Lacklustre-Lifestyle

Post-COVID Lacklustre Lifestyle

Travel is reduced to video calls, chatrooms, and online conferences; and leisure has boiled down to balconies, rooftops, virtual games, and movies on ...
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Have Sangfroid

The candidate answered all the questions accurately and the interviewer told him to jump off immediately. The candidate thanked the interviewer and ju...
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Cognition Chemistry & Cosmos (C-C-C)

It’s not a scientific topic, just want to take you towards the essential purpose of your life, just want to...
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From Distressed to De-stressed - 2

Earlier in June, we discussed on “Stress – Myth & Practices”. Now, we’ll discuss the stress experienced by teachers and students due to the influence ...
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How-to-Deal-with-Soulcrushers

How to Deal with Soulcrushers

I'm not perfect, and occasionally a typo sneaks into my article. If I'm lucky, a sharp-eyed and kind person will send me a private email or message to...
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m-Health – to become our ???-Health

Mobile penetration has taken over the world with 5 billion mobile subscriptions for the population of 6 Billions. Till now, these devices are used as ...
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Stress Management – Myth and Practices

Stress is a common factor in everyone's life. At different stages of life human beings undergo or experience stress due to various reasons. Let's glan...
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Learning-Languages

Learning Languages

When it comes to placements conducted on-campus, candidates with valid certification of fluency and competency in foreign languages are offered better...
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3-Pills-Every-Leader-Should-Take

3 Pills Every Leader Should Take

Though blogging is an indulgence and a pastime professional blogs are virtually nonexistent. Its the right time to get started...
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ImPossible

ImPossible

You can believe yourself, only when you are believable to yourself....
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One-Step-Forward

One Step Forward

Everything around you remains the same; it is your approach towards it that provides you with lot of opportunities...
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Winning-with-positives

Winning with positives

It was an important day in my life. Yes, my very first day at college. My mother and I were seated in a huge auditorium filled with students and paren...
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Why Learn a Foreign Language

In a country with 1.3 billion populace only 2% own cars. Since owning a sedan in India could cost you around Rs. 40,000 a month...
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Lost-In-Translation

Lost In Translation

A senior manager in a top IT company wrote to his counterpart on the client side after a personal interaction, "Thank you for your time with me. I w...
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Lateral-Thinking

Lateral Thinking

"How about giving your keys to the doctor and request him to take the old lady to the hospital, and you staying back with your dream girl or boy spe...
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Aura-of-Official-Grooming

Aura of Official Grooming

Be clean and neat, including your fingernails, teeth, shoes, hair and face Conservative two-piece business suit in a basic color...
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Soft-Skills

Soft Skills

Training prepares people to successfully sail through these critical junctions....
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Skill Requirement – Spoken Communication

Being a part of the recruitment panel, it is disheartening to see that youngsters do not understand the importance of spoken communication, and are ...
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Language & Communication Skills

The four aspects of communication: reading, listening, speaking and writing are equally essential and important....
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