Magic of Reading This is my last post of the year and is about a book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Readers” by Amrut Deshmukh. He is on a Mission Make India Read. I am glad that he came on our chat show as well and it was a pleasure talking to him about the habit of reading.I always have a theme which I follow for that year and…
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To Err is Human Today's post is based on the quote which is there on my coffee mug. It continuously reminds me that making mistakes is absolutely fine & they are stepping stones to learning.Mistakes help in life to help people grow stronger.Now with my experience, have realised admitting my own mistakes helped in understanding my own commitments in life. It just meant not putting ourselves down when we are…
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Learning is Fun One of my Favorite Quote: The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you -B.B. King Today’s weekly blog is about learning and I believe in the fact that learning is always fun. While starting with my new socialpreneur journey last year wherein key focus to imparting life skill education through fun workshop. I read this book Learning 2. O written by Manoj…
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Habit Formation Habit formation is the process by which a behavior, through regular repetition, becomes automatic or habitual. This plays an important role in developing life skills. One of my friend @hemsinghpatle has written a book "The 5 Minutes Magical Habits" which is an excellent book to read . According to the Author our habits are formed in brain. In case we want to change these habits then we have to rewire…
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Decision Making Last Saturday, on our Episode 15 of Kapi Poha session where my niece Prarthana came as a guest speaker. She emphasised on the fact that according to her Decision making is the most important life skill which one should focus on to develop at an early age. Sharing few steps which I refer to while making difficult choices. Decisions making involves going through alternatives, Interpersonal Issues, Uncertainty, Complexity…
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Intrapersonal Skills Interpersonal skills help in collaborating with others, whereas Intrapersonal skills help in recognising our own strengths and weaknesses. In simple words Interpersonal skills refer to social skills and Intrapersonal skills are self-management skills. Both skills are very important for our personal growth. The Intrapersonal skills are all about the internal dialogue we have with our self. These dialogues are important for emotional well-being. Having a good Interpersonal relationship…
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Choreography in Life Today’s blog is about one of the performing arts which is dance. I started learning Bharatnatyam from last year after a gap of 25 years and it was not an easy journey for me. During my growing up years I loved dance but due to financial constraints had quit my learning mid-way. Achan always wanted me to pursue this hobby as he thought it would bring back…
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Believe in Magic Today’s blog is about one of my favourite book “ The Land of Flying Lamas & Other Real Travel stories from The Indian Himalaya “ by Gaurav Punj. It is a very well written book which is based on real stories and I love the fact it mentions about looking beyond hill station and the mall road where there is “ Other Himalaya”.This book contains stories and…
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Magic Calendar This is from the book “Like the flowing River – Thought & Reflection” by Paulo Coelho. I am a big fan of this author’s work. In this book there are many short stories which is a reflection of various tales of living and lessons of life. His stories definitely put a smile on my face too.Here I want to share as story of Norah from his book, who…
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Self-Awareness Today's blog is about two books by Ajay Jain “Super Brand You “and “Don’t feel stupid at 60”. I had picked up these books while visiting Kunzum Travel Café in Hauz Khas along with a friend. The ambience of this café was so beautiful that we fell in love with this place as soon as we entered it. The beautiful painting, photographs and the bulletin board with messages by…
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