Climbing your way to the top

Our management professors always told us about corporate life and that is why we studied and worked hard to score well and join the corporate rat race. Those were the easy days. The corporate ladder would stare at our face and we would strive hard to go up the next rung. If the corporate ladder was steep, we would run into the occasional snake and falter but it was clear that the way forward was up.

But the ladder disappeared and the corporate race changed the rules. The way forward was no longer up, it was now dictated by, what I coin, ‘The Corporate Trellis’. The corporate race today is not on the ladder but has been replaced by ‘The Trellis’. The way forward is sideways. Corporates hire and value cross-department exposure. How you move using ‘The Corporate Trellis’ dictates when you will reach the top. Read on» » » »

Creating Your Vision

Simon Grossi

“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one” Albert Einstein

I feel that one of the most important ingredients in your formula for success is having a clearly defined and vivid vision of where you want to be. At first the “how” is not that important, you need to create a vision that gets you so excited that you develop the mentality that you will stop at nothing to get what you want Read on» » » »

Pride goes before a fall

There was once a beautiful apple tree,
who refused to shelter even the tiniest bee.
It was a vain and selfish tree,
It would say,”No one is mightier than me!” Read on» » » »

Success

Poornima Kamath, a software engineer from GS-Lab, Pune, captures and cherishes some lovely moments in her life through the medium of poems. Writing poems is one of her hobbies. She shares some of her poems with us:

Success

The ways of life are crooked or straight,
But you should never in your journey wait!
May the tempest rise or the storms roar,
Stay rooted to your cause,
For there is no time to wait or pause. Read on» » » »

Get Ahead with Time Management

Print out this quick tip to get ahead with time management and try it for one week to see how it works for you. It can take less than five minutes for you to get ahead of your projects, your schedule and your competition. Read on» » » »

What Creates Self-Esteem?

We all want to feel good about ourselves but many of us go about this in the ways that will never create self-esteem.

Do you believe that you will have high self-esteem when:

• You make a lot of money?

• You achieve a high position in your work?

• You have an expensive car or an expensive home?

• You are famous?

• You find the right relationship?

• You receive approval from the important people in your life?

While all of these can result in momentary good feelings, none of them create a deep and abiding sense of self-esteem. Read on» » » »

What Really Creates Happiness?

Some people believe that achieving happiness is the purpose of life, yet the pursuit of happiness often leads to unhappiness. This is because happiness is actually a consequence of a different life purpose – the pursuit of evolving our souls in our ability to love ourselves and others.

When achieving happiness is your goal, you might pursue this in three different ways: Read on» » » »

Stress Management: It’s a Matter of Life and Health

It’s common sense that we all need to manage our stress. But, did you know that managing stress effectively is a matter of life and of health? Read on» » » »

Self Esteem: You Are Not Who You Think You Are

David sat in front of me at one of my five-day intensive workshops. A successful businessman with a wife and two grown children, David believed that he was not good enough.

“I’m insufficient,” he said. “I’m inadequate.”

I looked at this kind man and felt deep sadness for him. He did not know who he was. Read on» » » »

What Program is on Your Inner TV?

What’s playing on your inner TV? Your inner TV is the screen in your mind upon which you create various scenarios. Perhaps the channel is “Reliving the Past.” Maybe it’s “Controlling the Future.” Is your channel on “Obsessive Thinking” where you are ruminating over and over about a situation or about how you want to handle something? Read on» » » »