I am extremely proud & ecstatic today, as would be the rest of the 1.2 billion ‘Cricket Crazy’ Indians. The Indian Team has brought home the World Cup after a long wait of 28 years! One of the highlights of the finals was the amazing Innings played by Mahendra Singh Dhoni [MSD]. It’s the best Read More
Why Pan Asian Bowl does so well?
I was excited when my friend and Scion of the Keni Family [of Mandovi & Goenchin fame] Anish Keni along with his brother Akshay, decided to branch out on their own with an Oriental Restaurant – Pan Asian Bowl [PAB]. I was just getting to know Anish closely at the time. He was humble. Really Read More
The GYM Issue
I have a love hate relationship with the Gym, for almost 10 years now. Must say, it’s more hate than love. Truth be told, I don’t have much of a physique. At the risk of sounding disgusting – I’m all flab. Every once in a while, when I feel fat, I start working out. Tell Read More
THE TRUTH ABOUT YOURSELF
Most of us hate hearing the truth. After a workshop, a lot of participants give feedback. I enjoy their ‘truthful’ feedback – when it involves nice things about me as a trainer and the workshop. But if the ‘truth’ is even slightly negative, my eyes cringe, my head involuntarily starts telling me this person doesn’t Read More
The tale of 2 drivers…
We hired 2 drivers at our company a couple of years back. Kashinath & Guru. In different cities, both of them started off making almost the same amount of money and didn’t know much more than how to drive cars. While both of them still work at our company, they have dramatically different stories. One Read More
Looking Back
“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” Reinhold Niebuhr Every year seems to go by in a rush. Irrespective of the nature of events and occurrences during the year – the line that most of Read More
Love Thy Vendors!!
When Sunil Bharti Mittal outsourced just about every major function at Airtel to different Vendors like IBM, Nokia Ericson, the Business world was taken by surprise. I remember a leading business magazine questioning the move as a part of its cover story. That radical move changed the face of the industry and now outsourcing major Read More
Getting the JOB done
A man approached JP Morgan, held up an envelope, and said, “Sir, in my hand I hold a guaranteed formula for success, which I will gladly sell you for $25,000.” “Sir,” JP Morgan replied, “I do not know what is in the envelope, however if you show me, and I like it, I give you Read More
Inspiring Yourself!
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” Zig Ziglar This column is the result of a great conversation I had with my Business Partner and the professional I admire the most – Ruchira Karnik. We were discussing the ongoing struggle any professional or/and entrepreneur Read More
Am i killing Music
I enjoy music & mainly listen to it while travelling. But I don’t really remember the last time I bought an original Music CD (Actually, I do. It was the MJ No. 1 Hits). Most of my music comes from this little shop in the market which sells pirated MP3 CDs or is downloaded off Read More