“As kids, in the puzzle books, how did we get the mouse to the cheese?” he asks. “By drawing a line through the maze. But what if you drew the line from the cheese to the mouse? Would it not be easier?” As he shares his mantra to success, Pankaj talks about what he believes...
Discovering one’s “why” fills every waking minute of life with meaning and purpose. For some, this is derived through real-life experiences, and that’s the story of Jayant Bakshi. Seeing his friends and colleagues become victims to gender bias at the workplace, young Jayant (today an advisor and ethical investigator) found his driving force – to...
Ashok Bajpai has seen it first-hand – the internet bubble burst, Wall Street collapse, the World Trade Towers hit by 2 suicidal jihadis flying into them. And now, the Pandemic. Yet as he says, the principles of business and management stay the same. Ashok was the first employee at Taco Bell in India, a subsidiary...
“I have worked so hard to realize our shared dream but she is no longer here to celebrate this with me”, says Sameera Sandhu about her mother – who was her mentor and guiding light. “She put me on the path of financial independence, gave me courage to believe in myself – she taught me...
When you believe in something, and I mean really believe from the core of your being, then you will turn heaven and earth to achieve your goals. And if that “something” makes an impact on lives, then it has the power to change you! For Pradeep Kashyap, founder of MART, India’s first rural marketing consultancy...
“Anything new I need to know?” is a question Ayushi’s people hear as she moves among them every day – and that sets the tone for the conversations she has with them. Ayushi Vastupal is passionate about the choices she has made. A law and marketing graduate, the savvy 27 year old is leading an...
FIVE-NIL!! It was an inter-school lawn tennis tournament and she was losing the match. Exhausted and low on morale, Asawari chose not to give up. Instead, she continued to deliver her 100% and the unimaginable happened – she won the game 7-5! And it is this spirit of perseverance, such an intrinsic part of this...
“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, its thinking of yourself less.” – C.S Lewis First day at his first job, a young Anil Beejawat learned the basics from his subordinate! Today, CEO of the Indian unit of the world’s largest ceramic brand, he still remembers his first teacher on the job. This sense of...
“Every problem has a solution.” – Meenakshi’s father taught her when she was a child and and just like that – it became a belief. And it was this belief that has made her the leader that she is today. Her work in the Human Resources department of the organizations she’s worked with, proves that...
George MacDonald, a pioneering author in modern literature and mentor to the likes of Lewis Carroll and C.S Lewis once said, “To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.” “It is the relations that you build over a period of time that help you through your career, be it with a client...
