“No matter how you feel today, dress up and show up.” — Paulo Coelho Welcome to this edition of the “Making Better Decisions” newsletter. This week I cover an often-ignored factor that can have a disproportional impact on achieving long term success. This factor is so subtle that it is…

“Travelers, there is no path, paths are made by walking.” ― Antonio Machado Despite our meticulous plans for achieving goals in our life, they hardly ever play out. Even for the simplest of these plans, there are so many uncontrollable variables that plans end up changing all the time and…

#ConsciousApproach, #LifeGoals, #focusonwhatmatters, #MakingBetterDecisions, #Careers “Rich people plan for three generations. Poor people plan for Saturday night.” — Gloria Steinem How far ahead and how big you think has inordinate influence on what you end up achieving in life. Great organizations are built by people who have a vision for…

“Identify which part of the day you feel most confident and energized, and use this time to work on the tasks that require the most concentration.” Ted Robbins Few believe that the biggest battle that runners face is to get out of the bed in the mornings, while few others…

For the life of mine, I am just not able to recollect where I came across this phrase — “Acts of Commission and Sins of Omission” (and this is happening a lot, of late — perhaps a “kid-in-a-candy-store” syndrome with so much learning happening). We celebrate heroes for what they…

#ConsciousApproach, #LifeGoals, #focusonwhatmatters, #MakingBetterDecisions, #Careers “The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.” — Rabindranath Tagore I used to pride myself in saying that even if there were 48 hours in a day, I will not be able to find six hours for sleep. In hindsight, it…

“Good company is important, it helps to cultivate good qualities.” ― Sathya Sai Baba It is said that you become the average of the five people that you spend most time with. I have been a beneficiary of this although I acquired this universal advantage rather ignorantly and unconsciously. There…

“I am not smart, I pay attention. I am not considerate, I listen. I am not patient, I make time. I’m not lucky, I work hard.” — Mark W. Boyer One of the most fashionable statements to be heard in the annals of Corporate truisms is “do smart work, not…

“The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.” — Arnold H. Glasow A few years back, I distinctly remember a particular business meeting where my business counterparts were very keen on compressing the schedule for developing certain features in one…