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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Creating Leadership Readiness Through Animated Movies
Where do the best learning’s take place – in schools? In colleges? At home? At work?? Well the best learning takes place in a movie hall – specially when we watch movies of the animated kind – have you ever noticed how these creatures we call animals so beautifully mirror thoughts, actions, behavior, attitudes and…
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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…
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The Leader Who Bought the Ferrari He Wanted
The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born — that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.Warren G. Bennis Am I a leader? Am I a…
Read MoreEmotional Intelligence Leadership – The Key to Success
Assuming that Emotional Intelligence is directly linked to leadership, there are three questions that need to be answered:• What is Emotional Intelligence?• Why is it important?• How can Emotional Intelligence Quotient be increased? We looked at the answer to the first question in my previous article titled, What Is Emotional Intelligence? Let us now look at the answer to the second question.…
Read MoreLeaders – How Clean is Your Window?
It was raining very heavily and the little restaurant where I was having dinner was very crowded. All the tables were occupied and some hungry customers were waiting for their turn. Some children were crying as they had to wait and the harassed waiters were hurrying to serve the diners. Amidst all this confusion there…
Read MoreThe ‘Y’ in HAPPYNESS
In the movie ‘Pursuit of Happyness’ one of the characters wrote the word ‘Happiness’ on the wall but spelt it as ‘Happyness’. When questioned about using Y instead of I, he said that there should be no ‘I’ in Happyness there only should a ‘Y’. It took me a while to get the deeper meaning…
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The 3 Essentials Of Assertiveness
Assertiveness is the inclination to boldly or confidently assert oneself and be self-assured. This article is written keeping in mind all those who find their heart racing whenever they have to stand up for what they believe is right. It is for those who experience butterflies in the stomach when they come face-to-face with an instance…
Read MoreBusiness Communication Requires Tact – A Story
I trust that my readers have been able to understand the concept of Emotional Intelligence through the stories I brought forward in my previous blogs. For a few weeks from now, I shall be focusing upon communication, the backbone of all successful relationships – be it personal or professional. The focus of Momentum Training Solutions has been to improve business…
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