Category Archives: Small thoughts
It’s the SOFT components that lead to HARD results.
We all know the organisational metrics we want to achieve: ⚜ a higher engagement score ❇ a DEI metric that packs a punch ✴ a higher people retention/lower attrition rate 💠 a customer satisfaction score for a brand that is … Continue reading
If you are an introvert, stop doing this immediately!
JUSTIFYING why being an introvert is good. You rarely read posts from extroverts claiming how wonderful it is to be an extrovert and how grateful they are that they can walk into any room and own it and be the … Continue reading
My perspective on New Year Resolutions
Three things I am NOT doing this year, 1️⃣ NOT feel guilt and disappointment at my occasional lapses into sweets and desserts. My friend Priyamvada S gave me this insight, and I am now living it – and the strange … Continue reading
What to say when someone uses their wit to put you down.
You know how it is, friends. You are going about your day. Doing your thing. And someone says something that puts you down. ✴ It might be a sarcastic comment. Disguised as gentle ribbing. ❇ It might be a witty … Continue reading
A very cheeky thought to contemplate.
Friends, I seek your counsel. Suppose my friend and I were driving down the road, and another driver got upset at us. Assume that it was a simple mistake or other factors at play. If the driver starts gesticulating madly, … Continue reading
Which party would you have gone to?
Over the holidays, I was invited to two parties. Each had different set of people. Both of them were on the same day, at the same time, but in different locations which meant I couldn’t get to both. As I … Continue reading
A small thought – the lesson I have learnt about procrastination.
I rarely procrastinate because the mental suffering and pain of having a to-do list is HUGELY stressful for me. 😨 😱 I HATE, HATE, HATE having neglected things on my to-do list. This list sits there in my head, as a … Continue reading
Another meaningless fallacy: We only use 10% of our brain. 🧟♂️
Friends – let’s stop using this aphorism. It is inaccurate, meaningless and trite. ⚜ What studies were done to ascertain this? 📛 Where is the data that proves this to be true? ❇ When does this study done – in … Continue reading
While presenting, you stumble over your words. What to do next?
😉 Nothing. 😊 Continue as planned. 😋 No one will remember. 🙂 No one will care that much. 🤗 Stop wasting energy thinking about it. 🤔 Every single person stumbles over their words – even in their native languages. YOU … Continue reading
Allowing a place for emotion in your communication. 😡 🤢 🤧
Friends – here is a communication mistake I have made multiple times. Sometimes, when I don’t agree with a course of action being proposed, or a decision being made, I will put forward my perspective. And I will say it … Continue reading