There was a lot of discussion going on in one of our retired Naval Officers’s Group a couple of days back about the current election scenario in India. Majority of the officers were of the opinion that PM Modi is the best choice as he has done an excellent job and so he should continue for at least
Veerendra K Jaitly
VK Jaitly is a motivational speaker, a consultant, a coach, a writer and a mentor for the corporate world. He is an ex IITian with 35 years of experience in corporate, academics and defence. His workshops on ‘Business Excellence thru People (BEP)’ have been highly acclaimed for increasing productivity and profitability of organizations.
Jaitly has a number of articles to his credit and has delivered lectures/ presentations at National and International forums and has travelled across the globe. He had been the Leader for an All India Motor Cycle Rally and was Oi/C for a Car Rally from Kanyakumari to Delhi. He loves to trek, plays Golf. His first motivational book ‘We Can! We Can!’ has been getting very good reviews.
There is nothing wrong in competition. People have been competing against each other since time immemorial. Look at the famous Mahabharta; Karna competed fiercely with Arjun in archery. Duryodhana competed with Bhim for supremacy. In the sports field, sportsmen work hard to compete against other
My parents gave me and my three brothers and sisters very good education despite the limited means at their disposal. We all studied in government run schools at Jammu Tawi. At home also, there was no separate room for studies. In fact, it was the same room as bed room during night, sitting room
Differences do happen. They are part of our life. We all have differences within our family too, with our children, between husband and wife and with grandparents and among siblings too. Wherever there is a little bit of intellect, differences are bound to be there because of our capability of
Let me start this article by a story that was narrated by David J. Polay and this story became so popular that he eventually wrote a book titled: “The Law of the Garbage Truck.” The story in the words of David, “Sixteen years ago I learned this lesson. And I learned it in the back of a New York City
Have you realised that every second Indian you meet, is an expert in advising others how they should do their jobs. They are not bothered about the quality of their own job but about the quality of the job of others. They are not concerned about the slow speed of their own execution and their own
There is no doubt that everybody is not a leader. Just look around, you may find highly qualified and intellectual people. But all of them are not leaders. Many of them are just followers. A good number of them may be occupying reasonably high positions in government as well as private sector. Some
A company manager asked a question to his Guru, "My workers are not true to me. My children and even my wife don’t listen to me and I feel that they are thankless for whatever I have done for them. In fact, the entire world seems very selfish to me. No body is correct. I am fed up with this cruel
This article was sent by my friend Commander KL Narsimha in the WhatsApp group of our Indian Navy Batchmates. It must be a forward by him too. And it is very much possible that some of you may have read it also. Even if you have read it earlier, you will love it reading again. A real story... A
Have you heard about selective listening? The concept may be clear or not. Let me narrate an incident. A speaker was explaining the ill effects of alcohol to an audience during a talk on wellness. In order to re-inforce his point, he took two transparent glasses and poured clean drinking water in
Mahatma Gandhi ji had said once, “An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.” This statement is 100% correct and majority of the people in this world believe in it. Mahatma Gandhi’s teachings are quoted and remembered even today across the world. And so are the teachings of Martin
Some of us use these two words ‘Arguments’ and ‘Discussion’ interchangeably. Both involve individuals talking with one another and telling what they think, feel, understand about a particular situation or a subject. But according to me there is a lot of difference between these two words. I