Last year this time on this day of new year 2020 I was at a party with my wife. There was some news about lockdown in a far off place in China . No one in their wildest dreams could have predicted what was to follow. The world came to a halt , literally , everything stopped as the pandemic spread. Lives were being lost … Continue reading DON’T TAKE THIS DAY FOR GRANTED
2020 has been a year like none before, a year when the world stopped. There are a few things I learnt that I cannot forget. 1. THE UNIMAGINABLE CAN AND WILL HAPPEN : No one could have ever predicted that the world will grind to a halt. One cannot control external events in life one can control how one responds to those events. 2. HUMANS … Continue reading REFLECTING ON 2020
He slept in buses and trains and on platforms on his journey. One day he slept in the slum and the next day he was in a palatial house on 35th floor in Mumbai ! He says he drank water from the taps of 80 cities of India , lived on had street food and if he found the food was expensive he would just … Continue reading HE TRAVELLED 80 CITIES IN INDIA WITH JUST 220 $
Recently one of my clients backed off just when I thought things were looking up , social media presence was up , engagement was high and now it looked the sales funnel would kick in as we identified the niche and the product offering. And yet the client backed off , why ? “Don’t have the funds and sales have not yet happened so I … Continue reading I LOST A CLIENT AND THIS IS WHAT I LEARNT
The fear of unknown is real . Look at the graves , you find worlds greatest treasures buried , dreams that were not lived due to fear . Look at a child , you find no fear , dancing, jumping , shouting, all the stuff that kids do and are not ok for us to do as adults . Who made these rules ? The … Continue reading WHAT STOPS FROM DOING WHAT WE LOVE
A strange question to ask in a business blog , but stay on it is relevant. It is a known fact that we have limited time on planet earth and also it is known that no one knows when the final moment would come. It will definitely come we know that we are all mortal so what would we do if it were the final … Continue reading WHAT IF THIS WAS MY LAST DAY
All that we learn is to move fast, time is money we are told . And so we get on a treadmill of life . A treadmill that has no stop button. So we keep running, faster , with the crowd . The treadmill goes nowhere but we feel we are getting some place because it is always in motion. We look at the fast … Continue reading LIFE IN THE SLOW LANE
One of my clients had set a goal in mind , to get a million followers in a defined period. And I told him that is the wrong place to begin. Why do we do anything , why do we exist , what is the purpose of it all , these are mans deepest questions . Business or career is not distinct from life , … Continue reading ASK THE QUESTION WHY
This will offer you freedom to live life on your own terms and yet do what you love to do. Continue reading 1000 Raving Fans
One of my prospective clients said “I want to have a million followers on social media ” The internet , social media and the smart phone changed our world . Today anyone can own a personal media company and broadcast their message , there are no gatekeepers. Daily millions of messages are being broadcast from personal social media accounts, a few of them get followed … Continue reading I WANT MILLION FOLLOWERS
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