Most common mistakes entrepreneurs make Through my exposure with many startups and established businesses, I could identify 75+ causes of business failures . There are certainly many more causes of business failures. Although no-one can chronicle/list the complete set of business-failures reasons , especially because there could be causes, those a...
Boredom to Boardroom, Art of being Bored Profitably You may know that boredom or utter frustration, has led to many great discoveries , inventions and ideas, that changed the world. Make boredom your biggest resource and strength , it can literally take you from boredom to Boardroom. In this article we will talk about how we can cultivate the habit...
120 Tips on How to get noticed at work and in life. How to stand out in crowd. Why is Getting Noticed Important - If you want to make yourself an outstanding success, you're going to have to stand out from the crowd – be it in your profession, your business, your competitors, your relationship and even for choosing a wonderful life partner. If you...
How to identify and master your talents What is talent . Well these are those specific quality [ or qualities], which are exclusively unique to only yourself. Meaning that these are the reasons you get appreciated, admired, looked upon, awed for and followed by others. Also you feel good about yourself and admire yourself and are proud of yourself...
The only place You can get or find SUCCESS before WORK - is in the English Dictionary. Although there are cases and people who got their initial success because of the following freak coincidences [in say landing a big contract, getting a dream job, or your perfect soul-mate or winning a big lottery] Of being at the right place and time Having th...
Why your first business may fail AND How to avoid failure How many of you have heard of Oprah Winfrey , most would have. If you check you would discover that it took Oprah Winfrey almost 3 years to bring her OWN TV channel to a level of basic momentum mode [this is when she had huge global fan base, almost all types of business-political and othe...
How to create an awesome life for yourself - How to experience awe in your life plus Creating wow factor in your life. What is the WOW factor – it is something all of us want but only the very-rare people manage to get it. How to create Wow-factor in your life & How to Create a life which makes you feel Awe-some is dealt in this blog. Why mass...
Ask yourself – what would happen in your life – if you are able to take the correct actions[towards your dreams and passions] – without any constraints and restraints holding you back. How many of us seek To be Really powerful [not through gaining a position that gives you the control of harming and cause grave-damage to large masses (in fact, this...
Is being in your comfort-zone all bad. Most of us believe so. Many of the established societal definitions and ways to obtain success, happiness, growth, name/fame/ recognition – actually do the opposite [that is, they make us stressed, when we could have had been experiencing joy - while journeying through our lives]. We are often told that life...
There is a Greatness in Being Selfish. Greatest leaders and most successful and happy people are selfish because they think and act like the champion athletes in the genre of global best You would wonder, How can that be , as the dictionary definition of selfishness, clearly says that someone selfish is "a person lacking consideration for other pe...
All across the today's world, we see many instances of businesses succeeding with - "Why I Didn't think of it myself or how could have I fail to recognize and en-cash this Opportunity" IDEAs. These successful disruptive-businesses also becomes the reason for thousands of people to launch similar ventures ONLY TO FAIL. The absolute truth is that, i...
Developing good observation skills How your powers of observation can impact your life, your happiness, your success, your relationships, your growth and your leadership, and how to sharpen it. Here we are talking about, learning and creating a purposeful subconscious observation habit and to transfer to our conscious whenever it is needed, in th...
It is said – That The only way to discover our limits - is to go beyond our possible-zones to the arena of the impossible . We all know of people who have beaten what the humans[till that time] thought impossible – AND - the number of THESE incredible PEOPLE ARE NOT one, two or few – they are in thousands , in every country – who have defied and r...
Have you ever been in any of the following situations? Where you saw someone facing a daunting or awkward situation or a particularly difficult person – and handled the situation in such sophisticated, elegant refine, suave and polished way to make you feel totally awed and wowed. Or you have seen someone commit a mistake– yet came out of that bl...
All of us have come across, lived with are with people in our own family, friends, social circle and professional and work places people – who are Difficult people, Manipulative people, Controlling people, Dictators , Toxic people, Negative people, Demanding people and so on. When we are unable to handle them effectively we lose our own self and st...
Building power of commitment How many of you have done any and many of the following 1.New Year Resolutions 2.Thought about making yourself self-disciplined 3.Tried To lose weight 4.Started exercising with gusto 5.Tried to give up smoking 6.To take up a new course 7.Start saving 8.Thought about apologizing or too set right the mistakes you made i...
If I ask you - Do you lose your calm, YOUR answer would only differ FROM OTHER'S ONLY in terms of frequency with which you lose your calm, composer and control. All of us loses our calm, now and there . Very few of lose our calm because of the events [although the events/situations/difficult and toxic people do play their part] – MOST OF US LOSE OU...
Your being funny or wanting to be funny is dependent on how often you try to make people laugh – off-course by doing so, you would fail more but you will also succeed more. If want to laugh away your blues or break out of your shackles - humor is a great way. Having a good sense of humor makes you more enjoyable to be around . This article is about...
How to be consistent Your biggest power in any thing meaningful and worthwhile comes from Power of Consistency. Having been with some awesomely successful people and having had opportunities to observe them in very close proximity taught me exactly the same, what the original story of Tortoise and Rabbit is telling us from the time immortal. Most...
Innovation helps us create a new dimension of performance, future, benchmarks, standards, directions and improvements. In this article we have highlighted 78 ways to enhance creativity and innovation in organizations and also in your own personal, professional, social life. In the organizations, nations and communities - Sustained innovation come...
Real-life heroes and off-course the Real-life heroines are seldom those well-known and recognizable celebrities who are revered by the masses. [I will be using this word Hero as gender-neutral - to refer to both male and females' genders but also to other genders as well]. In my opinion there is clear distinction between celebrities and real-life...
How to be lazy Why being lazy is good and benefits of laziness. Whenever in my workshop, counseling or coaching session I ask the participants to list their top strengths and qualities , hardworking is always there. How many of you reading this article have at least one of the following 1.Have stressors and stresses in life 2.Are pressed for time ...
Improve your memory How to make your focus razor sharp Why at times we lose our concentration and why we are at our sharpest best at other times. How we cannot remember few things in-spite of trying very hard and why we can remember many things without any conscious efforts. Many times, we may feel restless and find our mind just wandering, unclea...
Welcome to the world of Rapid, Unpredictable, Chaotic, Inconsistent, Oxymoronic, and Badly-Tangled, Volatile, Complex, Hazy-Picture, Continuously-Changing, Overwhelming & Unstable Atmosphere [ you are welcome to add words that I might have missed in this series ]. Today's Leaders as well as the most common man need to learn the skills to cope...
Life is so simple yet complex - depending on - whether you are focused on meaningful worthwhile living or chasing the glamour. In this article I will try to give clarity on 1.When winning is really a long-term and actual loss AND 2.When losing makes us a real-winner Many-times choosing to lose is essential to makes us the real winner – in the lon...
Harnessing the Power Networking for Business, Professional, Social & Personal Triumph and success, Professional networking tips It is a no brainer, if you want to be, have and do the following 1.Hugely successful 2.Accomplish large Dream 3.Start your own successful start-up 4.Get promoted & rise fast in your profession 5.Get a fantastic li...
All of us can win in life Big-Time. If only we are able to push past our struggles, our conflicts and our demons [ those are sitting in our way ] and move forwards towards the success, growth, prosperity, happiness and relationships that we deserve and desire. Look at your life as it is right now and check what fits with your life 1.Are you struggl...
How do we learn a new skill quickly and effectively . How do we master any skill . Many of what we have learned are helpful skills, traits, attitudes, behaviors, beliefs [positive skills] on the other hand there are those which are detrimental to us [negative skills]. All our actions, thoughts, reactions and behaviors whether automatic or as an af...
Reasons why leadership fails A.Why Businesses and organizations fails B.Why nations fails C.Why religions fails D.Why societies and communities fails E.Why families fails F.Why individuals fails Behind almost all the failures, lies the failure of leadership. The leadership fails primarily because the leadership positions are occupied by people, w...
Have you ever been in situations – where all the available-options either have similar powerfully negative outcomes Or all of them are irresistibly desirable and needed BUT YOU must CHOSE ONE - BECAUSE not choosing is not even a choice. These are called Catch-22 situations – in these there are catches and riders and conditions that makes us comple...