Walt Disney needs no introduction. The famous founder of Mickey Mouse and co-founder of Walt Disney Productions was an influential thinker during his time. As a young boy, he developed a love and passion for drawing. The journey never stopped even after the setting up of the Walt Disney amusement park, where all his characters…
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Follow Your Heart
Former President A P J Abdul Kalam gave a regaling talk to an enthralled audience at a “Times Avenues” event on career options recently. [Kalam Tell Students To Follow Their Heart, Times of India – June 23rd, 2009] Speaking in his typical anecdotal manner, Kalam doled out advice on issues ranging from current prospects for…
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Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish
I recently read an excerpt of Steve Jobs’ Commencement Address that was published by the Stanford Report dated June 14th, 2005. His closing lines revealed an amazing idea of inspiration in me. Jobs credited the birth of this caption to a publication called The Whole Earth Catalog. This magazine was synonymous to today’s Google and other…
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Integrity – The Stronghold of Successful Living
As a Soft Skills Trainer and Executive Coach, I believe that training would be starkly incomplete without touching upon the importance of Integrity in one’s life. It is the foremost value essential to success in all that we undertake. The essence of integrity is beautifully summed up in the quote by Don Galer, “Integrity is what we do, what we…
Read MoreRoger Federer Does It Again
On 5th July, 2009 Roger Federer recreated magic by the epic win of his sixth Wimbledon Crown and a record 15th Grand Slam Trophy. The 27 year old Swiss is now honoured with the title of being the most successful man in tennis. Federer had been in the news earlier because of the fact that…
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