I first met Dandapani at an Entrepreneurs Organisation event in Istanbul in 2012, I have since met him in Boston and then helped bring him to Barcelona to spend a day with our Entrepreneurs’ Organisation chapter. Dandapani teaches some simple but highly important lessons about awareness and our mind, and how to be intentional about … Read more
I’ve been reviewing my purpose statement. I rewrote it earlier this year. The year of Covid shook up my routines and threw me out of balance. It took some discipline with mentors, coaches and my journal to get re-connected to why I get up in the morning. My purpose is “to inspire and challenge others … Read more
Our mindset creates our experience of life. With a poor mindset, my experience of life will suffer. With a better mindset, my experience of life will be of greater joy and resourcefulness. What is Mindset? Your mindset is your collection of beliefs that shape your thought habits. Thought habits affect how you think, what you … Read more
Life is too short to figure everything out on your own. Humans spend the years from birth to 12 learning how to survive. Our parents have a vested interest in helping us develop the Stop there: we merely survive. We live in a highly complex society. There is intense competition for status in whatever hierarchy … Read more
Be Persistent. Success takes time. Tom Peters often says that “Everything important in Life takes time”. If you can start something and get it done ASAP, it probably is not that important. In order to plant the seeds for important things… you need to shift your time horizon to the long term. Building trusted Relationships… … Read more
This week I had the privilege of listening to Toni Nadal, coach of #1 tennis legend Rafa Nadal, share his story with the Vistage community. He spoke about his approach to helping Rafa prepare for difficult times. The central focus of Toni was removing all excuses from Rafa’s mindset. How to Prepare for Difficult Times … Read more
In the most recent edition of James Clear’s weekly newsletter, he shared this gem on improving your quality of life. Be “Selectively Ignorant” Ignore topics that drain your attention. Unfollow people that drain your energy. Abandon projects that drain your time. Do not keep up with it all. The more selectively ignorant you become, the … Read more
I’ve had some tough days this year. I am not alone. Covid is a physical disease, but the wider impact will be on the mental health of the billions who have been hit by the economic shutdown. Who do you feel is struggling to keep things together? Every single one of us has incredible power … Read more
If an oyster keeps all the sand out of his shell, he lives a life of comfort. At the end of his life, you find a dead oyster… in an empty shell. If a grain of sand enters the oyster’s shell, he loses his life of comfort. In order to protect himself from irritation, the … Read more
These are my notes from the webinar that EO Coimbatore organised for today, 25th April. The livestream replay is at the bottom of this post. “When you are in fog, you don’t need inspiration… you need clarity” Sadhguru Don’t seek inspiration, seek clarity. Memory and Imagination – this is what we are suffering. Right now … Read more