I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.- Maya Angelou

It was the summer of 2003, the first day of school post-summer holidays. The day I had been waiting so eagerly for the past several weeks and fearing how it would go. I was excited because I would meet my friends and fear how I would fit in with the group. Most of my friends went for summer holidays with their family or relatives, and then there were a handful of people like me, whose families didn’t have a budget or…
The virtues of relationships, purpose, and storytelling may give you insights into what you have been looking for.
Depending on what generation you are in your family’s evolution, at some stage in your life you will question your existence, your reason for being. Most of the people feel it during the 25–30 years stage, many when they hit the 30 mark, and some much later (or never).
I remember my University days and early period at work when the only thing I would think would be goals. Even if it meant sacrificing personal happiness, well-being, staying away from family, or…
Behind every major success, there are several small wins backstage.
I was talking to my 11-year-old nephew a couple of days back where I learned about his aspiration to get a smartwatch. Instantly, I opened Amazon and got him a smartwatch. With his innocence and purity of thought, he immediately called his mother and said:
Bhaiya ne 3499 INR pay kiya hai, unko wapas kar dena.
Translating in English, he asked his mother to pay me back the cost of the smartwatch. I responded by saying that gifts are not paid back and I am doing this because I am…
One that comes too fast to you, second who imposes oneself to you and the third that doesn’t want to leave.
I am that kind of a person who believes in the simple principle of life and I quote:
To Love and to be loved is the essence of life.
Now, practically it means that every person I meet, every human I interact with: work life, social life or leisure activities, I consider them good. I believe every human is good, every human intends to do good to you. In other words, until sometime back, my starting point when I…
Absence of any one of them may make your work life unfulfilled
Let me start this article by asking you some questions. Do you feel fulfilled in your current job? Does your current job get you something outside money? How does your work create value in your personal and professional life?
We all have, at some of point in our professional life, thought “what the heck” I am doing in my life. Let me be honest, many of you reading would still be thinking the same. And exactly at this point, when you feel this, you turn to Google to…
Your happiness is a function of the results minus expectations multiplied by flexibility.

We are heading to the end of a special year, a real special year. A year no one imagined while making the 2020 resolutions at the start of the year, a year that claimed over 1.3 millions lives with the Corona Virus pandemic. The pandemic which impacted lives of over 5 Billion people across 190+ countries, displaced millions of people and pushed people back to several years in the past. All these are understatement and the reality is beyond that I could express in words. As Martin…
From formal set up to casual talks to dating, these are proven techniques across cultures.

We all have been in situations, at some point in our lives, where we were spellbound, couldn’t find topics to talk about, wouldn’t have the courage to initiate the conversation or simply would talk things that had no relevance to the people in frame. We also know people who will come out of these situations with flying colours while for some of us it is just utterly painful. …
They will make you a confident leader and describe the importance of “people aspect” in everything that you do.
Alibaba billionaire and business sage Jack Ma is a living entrepreneur legend and he is known for sharing sharp business lessons for young leaders from time to time. In one of his interviews, he quoted the following:
“Before 20 years old, be a good student. If possible, get some work experience.
“Before 30 years old, follow somebody. Go to a small company. Normally in a big company, it’s good to learn processing. You are part of a big machine. But when…
Today, we live in a world where many people view their digital lives bigger than their personal lives……

If there’s one thing that sets apart humanity than most of other species, present or past, then it is curiosity. It was curiosity which led Newton to investigate on the Law of Gravitation, it was curiosity which helped discover that earth is round and not flat, it was curiosity that we found wrecks of the Titanic 73 years after it sunk. Curiosity is the fuel we need to stay alive, to add new experiences in our lives and to keep exploring the…
Number 28: Never judge people based on their past but also don’t ignore the past. 99% of the times you cannot change the inherent personality of a person after the age of 15.
I turned 30 this month and I must say my life has been a journey that I love and want to continue sailing towards my higher calling. A journey which gave me experiences that I never imagined and some which I manifested myself.
I remember my fall in the year 2000 when I got operated just in time to survive to my joy in 2012 when I…

A people’s engineer living on a mission to empower lives through productivity hacks and upskilling. Loves writing, adventure sports and telling stories.