Like, to be liked

Watch children at play – they instinctively know who genuinely wants to share their toys. No fancy words or promises required. That raw human detector never leaves us; it just gets buried under politeness and protocol. We carry mental ledgers of authenticity....

Put your mask on first

Leadership starts with self-care, yet we resist this fundamental truth. Airlines understand this perfectly – their universal safety protocol demands we secure our oxygen mask before helping others. It’s not selfish, it’s strategic. Research from...

The hidden salesperson within

We’re all selling something, even when we don’t think we are. Is the engineer pitching a design solution? Selling. Is the HR manager proposing a new policy? Selling. Is the teacher explaining a concept? Selling. Even the introverted data analyst is selling...

The vista awaits

In 1953, Edmund Hillary didn’t just appear at Everest’s peak. Before the famous summit, he spent years climbing smaller peaks in New Zealand. Tenzing Norgay made six attempts before reaching the top. They understood something we often forget – mastery...

Succinctly stated

Something we all seek, but few can do it well. Instead, we become verbose, convoluted, and confused. Can you state your strategy in one sentence if you are an organization?  Similarly, as an individual,l can you say what you do in one sentence? Nothing more. If you...