Tag: Mediocre

  • Strange but true – good writing, speaking and execution skills seldom coexist!

    Strange but true – good writing, speaking and execution skills seldom coexist!

    You need ideas to write, you need ideas to speak and you need those to execute; yet research and surveys show these 3 skills normally do not exist together! Pick the names of great authors, barring few exceptions, by and large they were not great communicators. Take examples of effective corporate mentors, they make poor…

  • How serious you are, when you say sorry?

    How serious you are, when you say sorry?

    One of English words most extensively used by most people is “Sorry”. This word does a great job in deflecting problems faced by them, albeit temporarily! People use “Sorry” for a variety of reasons: To express regret or remorse for a mistake committed. To convey repentance for what you don’t think is a mistake; but…

  • Can your Genes make you Genius?

    Can your Genes make you Genius?

    Is ability to become a genius a genetic phenomenon? None from family of Albert Einstein, who was undoubtedly one of the greatest geniuses, parents or grandparents, was known to be genius in any field. From his first wife, who also studied science, he had 1 daughter and 2 sons. But, none of Einstein’s children did…

  • Why things show up often, when we are set to give up!

    Or things pop up, when you have already given up!! I came across a number of employees in the organizations, I have been associated with. These employees were sincere and hardworking; but like it happens in most companies, they developed feeling that they were not getting rewarded reasonably for their work and worth by the…

  • Aspire to be a Role Model? Go harder on Soft Skills and softer on Hard Skills!

    MBA, Engineering, Medical or any other discipline degrees and technical part of experience can make you a model; but not role model! These give you hard skills and knowledge in a given field, enable you to enter an organization or profession; but take you further only to a limited level!! What really helps you is…

  • We are killing our Innovative & Creative character by living in silos!

    Everyone has or can develop creative and innovative elements in her/his character; but these come to surface depending upon how strongly or loosely she/he is shackled in her/his paradigm. To be creative or innovative is fundamental to our success; we seldom realize this! From housewives to heads of corporates and countries need these, if they…