All those who are reading this article are intellectuals. There is no doubt about that in my mind. And majority of the intellectuals have the habit of questioning generally everything. I personally don’t find anything wrong in that. One must have a mind that reasons out logically and then decide the
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.
These two words in the title may not find any mention in any of the management books. Even the Oxford dictionary may not have them as I have mentioned. But I am sure you have got the idea what I am trying to say. Dhirubhai Ambani was a Grassrooter while Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani are Parachuters
I remember the story told to us in 5th standard by our teacher about an ailing farmer who gave a bundle of sticks to his four sons one by one to break it. Each one of them tried but couldn’t break the bundle of sticks. Then the farmer untied the bundle of sticks and asked his sons to break the
Way back in 1986, I was driving on motorway probably M5 from Plymouth to London over the weekend with my wife and little daughter at a speed of about 90 miles/hour. I was enjoying my smooth drive while thanking Indian Navy that had sent me to UK as commissioning crew of INS Viraat erstwhile HMS
We live in a beautiful world. But this world has seen the ugliest of horrific scenes of cruel killings, carnage, loot, plunder and destruction during its known history of thousands of years. Such incidents in the ancient times and medieval periods could be attributed to the ignorance or lack of
A reasonably high level of Self Esteem is a must to have a ‘Feel Good Factor’ about yourself. That inspires you to continue to excel in areas for which you have the Self Esteem. As per psychologists, this Self Esteem gives birth to Authentic Pride that arises when we feel good about ourselves
During one of the recent motivational talks to a gathering of MBA students at Pune, one of the student asked me the difference between sympathy and empathy. I am sure majority of those who are reading this article will know the difference and shall be able to explain beautifully. While going to your
While I was at school, my father had told me that ‘ जैसी संगत , वैसी रंगत’ (We tend to adorn the colors of the people we are in company of.) I had some doubt in my mind and was of the view that if your own values and ethics are very strong, it doesn’t matter with whom you sit, chat and roam around
On April 9, 2017 Major Nitin Leetul Gogoi tied a local youth to the bonnet of a jeep who was throwing stones in Badgam. The errant youth was used as a shield against stone pelters during a counter insurgency operation. Major Gogoi was surrounded by a huge crowd of more than 1000 people at the time
These two words are quite commonly used in our day today life and many times interchangeably also. Some people feel that there is no difference between the two or there is a very thin line between the two. The fact is that the two are different and distinct but there is definitely an overlap in what
Last week, while delivering a talk to a gathering of about 100+ young professionals, one young lady asked a question that she was not liking her job. What she should do? My crisp reply was “Love it or Leave it”. She got a mild shock with the crisp reply from me. I further elaborated in detail what I
“Survival of the fittest” is a very old saying. Every morning, the race starts for survival. The tiger runs after the deer so that he can catch him, kill him and survive. The deer will automatically never come to the tiger and offer himself to the tiger or lion to satisfy his/her hunger. The tiger