Steve Jobs once said “You cannot connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust, that the dots will somehow connect in your future”. What he said was that one needs to have patience in what is happening today and trust that eventually things are going to… Read More Connecting The Dots
When I was five years old, my mother used to give me a glass of milk every day. I hated drinking it. My mother knew that I liked sweet things so she would show me a spoonful of sugar and then put it in the milk saying “finish the milk and you can get the… Read More The Amazing World of Nudging
At what age do people learn to associate tasks with genders? Surprisingly very early. An interesting experiment caught my attention done with 5-7 year olds at a school in the UK by a charity called Inspiring the Future. Children were asked to draw pictures of a firefighter, surgeon, and a fighter-pilot. Over 90% of the… Read More Gender Stereotypes
I have always been good at speaking and convincing people on a personal level or within a known group I am comfortable with. But if one had asked me to speak in public: I was a disaster! I remember being nervous during my school years. I always got selected for prose, poetry or debate competitions… Read More Together We Achieve More
I joined Toastmasters International last March and so far have completed level #1 in Pathways’ Motivational Strategies. There is no short-cut to experience and learning from a mentor is a short-cut for success. You can experiment, make mistakes, do the stuff as it pleases you, win trophies and feel like I know it all and… Read More Lighthouse, Lifeline, GPS
Toastmasters is an amazing forum that provides every interested individual who wants to embark on a journey of personal growth a platform to do so and at a nominal cost. A Toastmaster has one undisputed goal – to become a strong and effective public speaker. At Toastmasters, you begin to visualize the “best version of… Read More Power Free Partnerships
“A mentor is someone who sees more talent and ability within you than you see in yourself and helps bring it out of you.” Bob Proctor Synergy simply means “the whole is much greater than all the parts put together”. This is exactly what I have achieved with the help of my mentors. I have been… Read More Synergy
“What you sow, you shall reap.” The same applies to all the roles in a Toastmasters meeting. Our effort in understanding and delivering the communication and leadership projects with excellence reflects the quality of a meeting. Part of this effort is getting these communication and leadership projects mentored. I learnt some valuable lessons from my… Read More What You Sow, You Shall Reap
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