There has always been something peculiar about humans’ insatiable desire to explore, experience, achieve and control everything conceivable. For all the eras gone by, we were bogged down by the constraints of time and space. And then suddenly, ...Read in Detail
Past can be a huge burden if it doesn’t pass. It is even more applicable in case of negative events, as their memories tend to hold you back and affect your ability to make new beginnings and take new initiatives. So failing an examination, flunkin...Read in Detail
Are words enough to carry a message to people? Is there more to communication than just speaking? What is it that connects to people beyond what you say? What separates impactful communication from mere exchange of information? What is it about gre...Read in Detail
We call ourselves Homo sapiens – Latin for ‘wise man’ - with great pride, and our conversations are filled with phrases like ‘be rational’, ‘don’t be emotional’, ‘filter out the feelings’, ‘use your head not the heart’, ...Read in Detail
“Let bygones be bygones”…“That’s water under the bridge now”…“Forgive and forget”…”This too shall pass” – such important pieces of advice, aren’t they? But does it really work that way? Is it so easily possible to eras...Read in Detail
“Where’s the time?” – For an average professional, that’s the biggest question as well as quandary. Addicted to speed and rushed to the hilt, today’s professional is trying to run at full throttle – multitasking and multithreading a...Read in Detail
Professionalism hinges on a fine balance of all sorts – cognitive, emotional and social. That’s why, all workplaces are fenced by invisible codes of conduct. Still, it’s amazing how, emotions seep into all professional situations & scenario...Read in Detail
At today’s workplace, which is inundated by data, reports, charts, presentations, analytics, statistics etc., people often discount the importance of relatively softer aspects - like intrapersonal & interpersonal ones - in decision making a...Read in Detail
Metaphorically speaking, the annals of interpersonal communication are replete with the incidents when people have lost a relationship or an association due to one conversation gone wrong, one word said too many, one burst that came of out of the...Read in Detail
‘Humans are social animals’ – you must have heard this line quite often. Yes, we humans are social animals, and you bet, it is not easy to be that. Haven’t we all experienced it at some point of time in life? That feeling when the animal in...Read in Detail
In any interpersonal interaction, it’s a rare privilege to have the WYSIWYG factor - ‘What you see is what you get’. Well, it is because, in our civilized world, most of the interactions are extremely multilayered. You have to constantly pl...Read in Detail
Emotions silently shape our perceptions, memories and thoughts; and are the motivating force behind our today’s actions and tomorrow’s behavior. They get such a high importance in our awareness that the non-emotional events find it virtually ...Read in Detail