Notice what makes you smile in your professional life – Day 176
Ensuring that all the senior citizens dance at a workshop On the occasion of world elders day, it was a privilege to get an opportunity to spend some time with senior citizens. At the end of the workshop, I asked how many of them would like to dance and hardly any hands went up. However, […]
Notice what makes you smile in your professional life – Day 174
Using a practical demonstration of beach cleaning for conducting the first ever cleanliness awareness workshop Remember in the year 2013, the Swatcha Bharat movement was not even started. I had taken the initiative to start an absolutely unique workshop dedicated solely to the purpose of increasing the awareness to take responsibility for public cleanliness. And […]
Notice what makes you smile in your professional life – Day 158
When one trainer is in awe of and learns lot from another trainer. It is not very often that a trainer gets to observe a fellow trainer in action. But during Kalam Sirs Lead India Train the Trainer workshops, of 9 distinct sessions, taken by different trainers, we all got a chance to observe the […]
Notice what makes you smile in your professional life – Day 157
Clapping hands without making a noise. At one of the workshops that we did, we had a constraint of not making extra noise. So we deviced a new method to keep up the enthusiasm and also, not to disturb anyone in the nearby rooms. Instead of clapping loudly for every participant who comes ahead, we […]
Notice what makes you smile in your professional life – Day 156
Leading the inaugural session to Train 56 Trainers to take Dr. Kalam Sir’s Lead India workshops to Karnataka. It was with a lot of apprehension and excitement that I landed by the early morning flight to Hyderabad. It was the beginning of a week long ‘Train the Trainer’ session for a batch of 56 enthusiastic […]
Notice what makes you smile in your professional life – Day 155
First Lead India workshop of Dr. Abdul Kalam for under privileged children in Mumbai in 2011 It was with a lot of interest that a team of us took the initiative to try out the Lead India workshops from Andhra Pradesh to Mumbai. The 6 day sessions were a fulfilling experience to watch the youngsters […]
In 2018 do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life Day 149
When a mother in-law and daughter-in-law are part of a Gita discussion group. It is always nice to be a part of a like minded group where there can be open ended discussions on matters of mutual interest. Around 25 years ago, I was lucky to have written down a pocket edition of our holy […]
In 2018 do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life Day 84
Admiring the simplicity and hospitable nature of the local women. One of the most pleasing aspects of our road trip was our interaction with the local women of the hills. They were always so pleasant to speak to, they happily joined us in our pictures, this old lady even broke out into a spontaneous dance […]
In 2018 do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life Day 79
We are the world… Inspiring song, inspiring display. Everytime I would drive past this structure in Bandra, I would always ogle at the simple message of a unified world…yes I am a dreamer like John Lennon and I do imagine a world without boundaries. And like the anthem song of all the legends of the […]
In 2018, do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life.Day 73
Coordinating the collection of funds to help the education of 2 underprivileged girl children for life! In the last few weeks it was a single minded focus to collect funds for a good cause. Though we initially thought that we could raise only a minimal amount, the sheer faith in the goodness of humanity and […]