Category: Personal Growth

Personal Growth

The Source of Grit and Resilience

In a recent post on HBR (https://hbr.org/2021/01/the-secret-to-building-resilience), authors Rob Cross, Karen Dillon and Danna Greenberg talk about building resilience based on their yet unpublished research. They argue and I quote, A well-developed network of relationships can help us rebound from setbacks by: – Helping us shift work or manage surges – Helping us to make sense of people or politics in a given situation – Helping us find the confidence to push back and self advocate – Helping us see a path forward – Providing empathic support so we can release negative emotions – Helping us to laugh at ourselves and the situation – Reminding us of the purpose […]

Ideas, Leadership, Personal Growth

Living with Uncertainty

I read this post “Living with Scientific Uncertainty” by Avi Loeb earlier today and was immediately able to relate to the argument that is put forward by him.   In the post, he argues that there is uncertainty all around us, and that doesn’t and shouldn’t stop us from living our lives. While at the same time, we cannot allow this uncertainty to control every aspect of our lives.   The impact that the uncertainty around corona virus on our lives is unprecedented in a way. All because we are not certain of when we are exposed to the virus […]

Ancient Wisdom, Ideas, Personal Growth

Life Lessons I learnt from the movie “Same Kind of Different as Me”

Premise:             Living in a lockdown comes with its own fringe benefits. You end up watching a lot more movies or reading a lot more books that you would have otherwise watched or read.   One such movie that I watched recently with my family is was “Same kind of different as me” starring one of my favorite actress Renee Zellweger, Greg Kinnear and Djimon Hounsou in a pivotal role.   The movie is based on a memoir of the same title, written by Ron Hall and Denver Moore (the real life friends). Watching the movie was a moving experience, […]

Personal Growth, Recommendation, transformation

Importance of Taking a Pause, Reflect and Celebrate the Journey

Premise:   The past few weeks of lockdown have had some kind of impact on each and every one of us. Most of the people that I speak to (and believe me, I speak to a lot of people every single day) tell me that they have become busier, more meetings, more work, more calls. I’ve seen something similar happen to me as well.   Are you busier now than pre Covid?   This is surprising on many levels. One would expect that the exact opposite to happen. Most businesses are closed. Not much is being produced or sold or […]

Personal Growth, transformation

How To Come Out Stronger and Ready to Thrive Post Crisis

Premise: We are already seeing a lot of signals in the economy of the upcoming tectonic shifts and the ripples that they will cause.   We have a record number of publicly listed companies in the US deciding not to give out dividends so that they can conserve cash.   We’ve seen announcements from large firms indicating that the majority of their workforce will now work from home permanently.   We have seen businesses starting to cut salaries {and in some cases not pay any salary at all}.   We have seen massive amounts of people losing their jobs {in […]