SMART vs DUMB Goals

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Goals that we stretch for and give our life for are those that captivate our imagination. SMART goals where the growth is incremental do not have the aura and romance of striving and winning against the odds.

Training to Run a Marathon

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This year, after profiling in this blog Ram Viswanathan who has half a century of marathon runs behind him, the dream was born, to run a full marathon. The idea germinated in the first week of May this year. Here is what has happened to the dream so far.

It is Easy to Come and Go. The Hard Thing is to Stay

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Recently I read there have been many studies on willpower. They show that we all have a limited amount of this resource and every time we draw from it, the resource gets depleted. The conclusion is, beyond a limit, our will power reaches a breaking point.

Moving from Doing Fatigue to Being

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Just three days back, I read an article about decision fatigue which explains, making resolutions repeatedly tend to drain our will power. One solution suggested is to limit the options available to make decisions by forced introduction of constraints.

Thorn Birds of the World

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“There is a legend about a bird which sings just once in its life, more sweetly than any other creature on the face of the earth. From the moment it leaves the nest it searches for a thorn tree, and does not rest until it has found one. Then, singing among the savage branches, it impales itself upon the longest, sharpest spine. And, dying, it rises above its own agony to outcarol the lark and the nightingale. One superlative song, existence the price. But the whole world stills to listen, and God in His heaven smiles. For the best is only bought at the cost of great pain… Or so says the legend.”

In Praise of Service Square Living its Values

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Here is a feedback received from Mr.Ashish Bahl who is an N.R.I living in the US. He discovered us through our web site a little over three months ago. That started our relationship which got cemented during the two months we executed the various renovation works in his house located in Thoraipakkam.

Ramesh Prasad and Onefluencer – An NLP Trainer’s Quest for Excellence

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Ramesh is the founder of Onefluencer, a training organization that empowers leaders in their journey towards becoming powerful change agents using the versatile tools available in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). He helps leaders discover how their current thinking and behaviour patterns might be impeding their blossoming. I know several people in whose journeys Ramesh Prasad has made a huge difference by shining his light.

Faith with Heart

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It is a beautiful sight to see people praying – eyes closed in concentration, lips moving whispering prayers, or in utter silence, deeply engrossed, their face radiating a rare peace…..

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