Let’s say you woke up this morning with a positive will-do attitude and started your day on a good note. As you leave for work full of energy, you are thinking there is nothing in the world that can stop you today. You drive through the traffic and just when you get the chance to
“We do not learn from experience.. We learn from reflecting on experience” – John Dewey According to a study, most learning programs in today’s workplace are ineffective in producing lasting results. The focus of learning and development at the workplace is either around memorizing facts or learning from experience with very little reinforcement for employees
Imagine being on a boat sailing down the river and being presented with the options of controlling the boat with its oars or letting the currents take over. Which would you choose? An obvious choice here would be the former – where for objective reasons you will want to pick having the controls over the
Is self reflection a life hack for success? “Without reflection we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful” – Margaret J Wheatly It is increasingly preferred by people to keep themselves busy or occupied in their everyday lives, often adding a sense of routine or a planned
Jasmine Builds on Shifting Sands by Sanjay Desai (Self; Rs 250) For lovers of the self-help genre, this is a book that witnesses the meeting of two seemingly separate worlds. Sanjay is a knowledge-seeker looking to meet his Guru Ma while Jasmine wants to become a successful model someday. Set in the Himalayas, this book
There is power in your emotions – what we think of as emotions are truly a flow of energy in the body. These are typically experienced as sensations of contraction such as tension or anxiety, and sensations of expansion such as calmness and serendipity. The Latin derivative for the word emotion – emotere literally means
Sustaining success in the new AI age will mean weaving technical skills together with mental resilience, wellness and a deep sense of purpose. These call for a high level of self-awareness and self-management Here is an image demonstrating the measurable difference in characteristics between the left and right hemispheres of the brain. Broad generalizations are
Ask yourself: Am I holding any grudges? Do I need to forgive myself? Am I struggling to move on from the events of my past? Is it difficult for me to accept the things I cannot change? If the answer to these questions is a yes, you need to check for reconciliation with your past.
Technology is transforming the landscape of the written word and new-age books are reflecting this change. Corporate professional-turned-entrepreneur Sanjay Desai’s latest self-help book Jasmine Builds on Shifting Sand falls in the unique genre of hybrid multimedia learning tool. The book ties two seemingly distinct tales in an intertwined journey that explores the manifestation of dreams.
