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 […]
Notice what makes you smile in your professional life – Day 154
Becoming a finalist for TOI’s Lead India contest in 2007 with a vision to Clean India and provide employable skills. In 2007, I had declared in writing a visionary project to Clean Ibdia, when there was nothing in the environment to make this a reality! As a soft skills professor for MBA students, I took […]
Notice what makes you smile in your professional life – Day 153
When participants are enthusiastically focused about their sales goals It was a training in August 2011 in Bangalore. At the end of the session, every participant had to write a new figure as their sales target. Instead of meandering their way casually like in a boat ride towards their goals, they chose to completely focus […]
Notice what makes you smile in your professional life – Day 151
Displaying the ‘Smilemaker’ logo since 2011. It was in the year 2011, that the Smilemaker logo was specially designed for me and tattooed permanently on my arm. Our training firm ‘Smilemakers’ believes in imparting life skills through workshops where participants rediscover themselves and take new action that will create smiles and redefine their environment! The […]
In 2018 do notice these simple smiling moments of daily life Day 150
Hiking, Fireflies spotting, Village life, Tents, Sleeping under stars, tough 70* inclined Trekking to Prabhalgad. There are many ways to celebrate an anniversary and it is always nice to do something different. So if you are in a mood for some adventure, then you take advantage of that rare time of the year, just before […]
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 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 […]