This blog is our space to write about our thoughts, views and notes about our travels. Osho owned 90 Rolls Royces while being a Sanyasi …. The so-felt contradiction is very fascinating and hence the name !
Some I love, some I dont, but read I must !
This is one of Swami Vivekananda’s quotes that’s so easy not to follow 🙂 because he says it’s better to wear slippers than carpet the whole Earth !! It goes completely against what we like to do – change others while we want to remain unchanged. 🙂 As we litter the streets or throw out … Read more
This is a corollary quote to the quote on daring – this is about daring to take risks. Let’s think a little more about what sort of risks we take …. Study in a really good school, worry incessantly about marks and commit suicide when we get 95% instead of 97%… buy the latest in-fashion … Read more
The first book I have picked up to read in 2014 is “Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life” by Thich Nhat Hanh and Dr. Lilian Cheung. I have gained weight in Bangalore and it has been bothering me since it took a lot of effort to lose the weight in the first place. For good health … Read more
Yesterday I spoke in our internal women network session about self limiting beliefs that women carry, which doesn’t let us reach senior leadership levels in organizations and also doesn’t let us live to our potential. Am attaching the slides here on this blog. Please share widely. Slide 1 The next two slides talk about my … Read more
Paul Polman – A refreshing true leader in an 150 year old firm. This interview came in the Economic Times – corporate dossier and was an absolute pleasure to read. Paul speaks of sustainability, basics of leadership and gives jargon-less practical “gyan”. Reading this interview also made me believe again in the value of purpose, … Read more
I find coincidences fascinating and I have written about them earlier in my blog.. Infact it’s almost the same time last year. Coincidences Today I was flipping through the list of countries that Krishnan and I want to visit. This list was made 709 days back on the 16th of Sept (thank technology and Steve … Read more
Yesterday, Krishnan and I went to a neighbourhood grocery store and bought four different sprays/gels/creams for pain relief 🙁 …. Probably the first time we have bought so much of pain relief. For the past two weeks, I have had knee pain and while Kirti told me this is a sign of ageing, I don’t … Read more
As I wrote out the 2012 year end note I forgot one of the biggest losses – Stephen Covey. Stephen Covey brought back the character ethic, that was forgotten in the wake of the personality ethic that Dale Carnegie and his kind promoted. Basically, the difference being outward cosmetic changes won’t work, as long as … Read more
Krishnan worked out of Bangalore for two years and I would go over every weekend .. Ofcourse my benevolent organisation allowed me to work from the Bangalore office for a week in the month. I always booked the window seat on Jet Airways and carried a book to read. On one trip an elegant gentleman … Read more
I am currently reading “A million miles in a thousand years” by Donald Miller. While reading it, I finished re-reading an all time favourite “Illusions” by Richard Bach. Krishnan’s first gift to me were three books – and “Illusions” was one of them. The similarities between these two books is amazing… Both talk of how … Read more