Our day to day workplace situations play an important role in our happiness at work. These situations can even drive us to the point of quitting our jobs, if not handled in the right way. Here are some common situations that we encounter at work and possible ways to deal with these … [Read more...] about Common Workplace Situations and How to Handle Them
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Sleep Your Way To Career Success
We live in a world that is constantly racing! Racing against the clock in all aspects of life. We are racing to get to places, racing to get ahead at work, racing to experience life on multiple fronts. In all this racing, we take many things for granted - a key one being sleep. At … [Read more...] about Sleep Your Way To Career Success
What Do You Crave For In Your Career?
I recently listened to an interview with Daniel Pink, author of several best sellers such as Drive and To Sell is Human. He spoke about the three biggest drivers of motivation for humans. These are Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose. He hit the nail on the head with those three factors … [Read more...] about What Do You Crave For In Your Career?
5 P’s To Get More Done At Work
Productivity is a buzz word that all of us gravitate towards! We all want to be more productive, do more in the same time, achieve more and the like. The pursuit of productivity is a huge industry by itself! Tons of research has been done and is continually being done to make … [Read more...] about 5 P’s To Get More Done At Work
SMART Goals Are Not So Smart After All!
We’ve all heard of goal setting. Set a few goals in our life time. And somewhere along the way we’ve heard and used the SMART goals framework. SMART for Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Realistic and Time Bound. Goal setting seems all the more relevant now, especially … [Read more...] about SMART Goals Are Not So Smart After All!
The Power of Purpose
What is life without a purpose? It is meaningless and well, purposeless! When our lives do not have a purpose, we sure do have a problem. The German philosopher Nietzsche said ,"He who has a why to live can bear almost any how". And that was so relevant in Viktor Frankl’s life in … [Read more...] about The Power of Purpose
5 Lessons Learnt from Interviewing Marshall Goldsmith
Yes, the Marshall Goldsmith of Triggers, MOJO, What Got You Here, Won't Get There fame. He totally put me on the spot a few days days ago! I am hosting a virtual online conference called Career Advancement Summit in September. And one of the speakers is Marshall Goldsmith the … [Read more...] about 5 Lessons Learnt from Interviewing Marshall Goldsmith
Harness the Power of Accountability
I was reading an article today about one of Marshall Goldsmith’s ‘weird’ habits. He has hired a person who he calls on the phone everyday to report his answers to a set of questions he asks himself everyday. Simple things such as did I floss and did I exercise to bigger questions … [Read more...] about Harness the Power of Accountability