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The Choices We Make

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Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take… The Choices We Make This blog is written by an inspiring young woman from Kenya who happens to be my mentee. Thanks Betty for posting this wonderful blog … Read more

Leadership Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita 12 – The New

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I remember using this verse (verse 22 from chapter 2) during a Bhagvad Gita recitation competition that I participated in at the Ramakrishna Mission in Shillong. वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि | तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही || 22|| vāsānsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛihṇāti naro ’parāṇi tathā śharīrāṇi vihāya … Read more

Elections and Leadership Lessons – 2. Being Organised

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Imagine an army general being disorganized …. Or a judge dropping his/her papers here there and everywhere … Or a chef who doesn’t get the ingredients in one place for the dish he/she is planning… Or a teacher coming into the class and wondering what to teach :). You are smiling, but we accept disorganized … Read more

The Vivekananda series …….. 8. Transformation

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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