Notice what makes you smile in your professional life – Day 179
Conducting a certification course for future in-house corporate trainers. The beauty about sharing knowledge is that the more you give, the more it increases in the world. And last week, it was a pleasurable experience to conduct a Train the Trainer workshop. It was time to share the background nuances and snippets of 12 years […]
Travel and smile at Patiala -the Punjabi city that is also named as a liquor peg measure! -Day 178
I have often passed by the city of Patiala, but could not stay there overnight due to other work commitments. Just off the main highway is the Bahadurgarh fort, which is now a military training centre and is open to visitors only on Sunday. I did manage to go to their famous Dukh niwahar sahib […]
Notice what makes you smile in your professional life – Day 164
Playing an informal murder mystery game with participants after the formal session When you stay together for 5.days at a workshop, you are bound to interact informally even after the formal session is over. I remember an outdoor adventure training program for a batch of highly intelligent and enthusiastic new recruits from premier colleges across […]
In 2018 do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life Day 142
Playing rummy for money Since childhood the pack of cards have always been a source of great entertainment for our family. My late grandmother would play cards with us even at 90+ years of age. Similarly my father too loves to spend time playing rummy with us. And yes he wants to play with money […]
In 2018 do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life Day 140
Still writing creative articles with a pen and paper. It is a pleasure to watch my 84+ year old father immerse himself with his passion for writing. One year ago he had released his 8th book. He still writes short articles, mostly on philosophical topics, which gets published in Kannada magazines or newspapers. And he […]
In 2018 do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life Day 138
When an old maid visits you after 6 years just like that. We never realize the goodwill that we have created over the years, till you meet people after sometime. I have always treated housemaids as house members, since they play a very important role in keeping our environment clean. So I was really touched […]
In 2018 do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life Day 136
A very dignified and extra helpful yellow and black taxi driver In theses days of courteous Ola and Uber taxi drivers, it is very rare to get a service oriented driver of the traditional black and yellow taxi. He went out of his way to load my extra heavy luggage into his taxi and was […]
In 2018 do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life Day 134
Watching the intense Gujrathi movie Chitkar along with the film star Sujata Mehta. I had heard of filmstar Sujata Mehta from the famous 1987 hit movie Pratighat and the TV serial Khandhan, and it was a pleasure to get to know her personally over the last 8 years. I had also heard of her famous […]
In 2018 do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life Day 132
The pleasure of having a walk-guest for dinner. In these times, when people rarely visit each other in their homes, it is such a pleasure to interact with grand old ladies, who just come over because they feel like talking to you! In fact I was just questioned on why I made extra food, and […]
In 2018 do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life Day 129
Starting the day with emotion filled aarathi chants, instead of a recorded aarathi voice. One of the most melodious sounds I hear in the morning is when the local Sai temple starts the morning Aarathi chants. The soulful melody of an old man’s crackling voice, just adds more charm to the morning prayer. It has […]