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When moaning on the death of Ravan, his wi
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MONDAY MUSINGS SEASON 2 - EPISODE 297
20th January 2025
Talent Identification
Lord Ram chose Nala who was a talented architect for leading the project of constructing a bridge across the ocean to Lanka. Lord Ram is a great leader
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MONDAY MUSINGS SEASON 2 - EPISODE 296
13th January 2025
Attitude or Motivation or Both
WISHING ALL THE READERS HAPPY PONGAL, MAKARA SANKRANTI
We have seen in the last episode that performance is a combination of three attri
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MONDAY MUSINGS SEASON 2 - EPISODE 295
6th January 2025
Performance = ability * attitude * motivation
Employee performance is a function of three elements – ability, attitude & motivation.
Ability is the physical, intellectu
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MONDAY MUSINGS SEASON 2 - EPISODE 294
30th December 2024
Remarkable power of recognition
WISHING ALL THE READERS A VERY HAPPY, PROSPEROUS & JOYFUL NEW YEAR
We are near the fag end of our series on self
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MONDAY MUSINGS SEASON 2 - EPISODE 293
23rd December 2024
Give Up Giving-Up
WISHING ALL READERS MERRY CHRISTMAS
We have seen the importance of perseverance (lack of despondency) exhibited by Hanuman and lauded by Valmiki in
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MONDAY MUSINGS SEASON 2 - EPISODE 292
16th December 2024
Freedom from despondency
A new discussion topic but from the same old Valmiki Ramayan. Last discussion thread was from the last saragam of Kishkinda Kanda and let us now m
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#HanumanPhenomenon
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MONDAY MUSINGS SEASON 2 - EPISODE 290
2nd December 2024
Positive Self-Reinforcement
Hanuman had a Jambavan in his team (by design) to mentor him and build his confidence. We need more Jambavans in our midst. But we don’t need to
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Be a Jambavan and Hanuman
Jambavan continued his technique to boost the morale and confidence of Hanuman
बलम् बुद्धिः च तेजः च सत्त्वम् च हरि सत्तम |
विशिष्टम् सर्व भूतेषु किम् आत्मानम् न सज्जसे || Valmiki Ramayan 4-66-7
Yo
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Confidence Building as a Leadership Trait
Giving confidence to the team is an essential Leadership Quality. Leaders must be critical of the team at times as required but it has to be ‘confidence building’ predominantly. Next in our ‘Valmiki
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Power of Listening & Learning
Eight Qualities of people having intellect are The desire to listen, Listening, Grasping or taking in what was heard, Absorbing / internalizing what was taken in, To reason by inference and make appropriate dedu
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शुश्रूषा श्रवणं चैव ग्रहणं धारणं तथा
उहापोहोऽर्थविज्ञानं तत्त्वज्ञानं च धीगुणः (Nitisaara Kamandaka 4.21)
Translation
Eight Qualities of people having intellect are The desire to listen, Listening, Grasping or taking in what was
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Angad & Hanuman – Master of 8 intellect qualities
Hanuman convinced his team leader Angad that he possessed eight intelligences and four diplomacy tactics through the sloka
बुद्ध्या हि अष्ट अंगया युक्तम् चतुर् बल
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बुद्ध्या हि अष्ट अंगया युक्तम् चतुर् बल समन्वितम् | चतुर् दश गुणम् मेने हनुमान् वालिनः सुतम् || Valmiki Ramayan 4.54.2
बुद्ध्या हि अष्ट अंगया युक्तम् चतुर् बल समन्वितम् | चतुर् दश गुणम् मेने हनुमान् वालिनः सुतम् || Valmiki Ramayan 4.54.2
अनिर्वेदं च दाक्ष्यं च मनसश्चापराजयः। कार्यसिद्धिकराण्याहुस्तस्मादेतद्ब्रवीम्यहम्।। Valmiki Ramayan 4.49.6।।
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Eleven attributes for effective communication skills got completed in the last episode. This comes at the beginning of
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9th September 202
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Optimum pitch for speaking
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Harmonious Communication
19th August 2024
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12th August 2024
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MONDAY MUSINGS SEASON 2 - EPISODE 265
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MONDAY MUSINGS SEASON 2 - EPISODE 251
Leadership treatise at Chitrakut
4th March 2024
Live coverage of the leadership conclave from a frugal hut in the middle of the forest at Chitrakut continues in this episode as well (enough m
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MONDAY MUSINGS SEASON 2 - EPISODE 250
Leadership treatise at Chitrakut
26th February 2024
We are going through a series of leadership lessons from Valmiki Ramayan as a mark of obeisance to Lord Ram started from the day of Pran Pr
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MONDAY MUSINGS SEASON 2 - EPISODE 249
I am the MASTER of my fate
19th February 2024
"Only a confused and cowardly person depends upon destiny. Brave men with self-respect do not honour the destiny." Valmiki Ramayan 2-23-16
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MONDAY MUSINGS SEASON 2 - EPISODE 248
I am the MASTER of my fate
12th February 2024
"Only a confused and cowardly person depends upon destiny. Brave men with self-respect do not honour the destiny." Valmiki Ramayan 2-23-16
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MONDAY MUSINGS SEASON 2 - EPISODE 247
Destiny is in your hands
5th February 2024
Grief ruins courage. Grief ruins sacred learning, grief ruins all. There is no enemy like grief. Valmiki Ramayan 2-62-15
How to manage grief
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MONDAY MUSINGS SEASON 2 - EPISODE 246
Grief is a friend or enemy.
29th January 2024
I am covering few more life lessons from #ValmikiRamayan as a mark of obeisance to Lord Ram and his teachings to humankind.
#AyodhyaKand is
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MONDAY MUSINGS SEASON 2 - EPISODE 245
Sacrificing Comfort Zone
22nd January 2024
Lots of excitement in the air about the upcoming ‘Ayodhya Ram temple consecration’ on 22nd Jan 2024. I would like to focus my attention to the teach
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MONDAY MUSINGS SEASON 2 - EPISODE 244
#PainIsInevitableSufferingAChoice
15th January 2024
WISHING ALL THE READERS HAPPY PONGAL, MAKARA SANKRANTI, LOHRI & BIHU
मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदु:खदा: |
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MONDAY MUSINGS SEASON 2 - EPISODE 243
Obsessive Focus on safety and security
8th January 2024
The freak accident last Tuesday, 2nd January 2024, at Tokyo's Haneda Airport involving a Japan Airlines flight and a coastguard plane w
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MONDAY MUSINGS SEASON 2 - EPISODE 242
I want to celebrate pain
1st January 2024
I want to celebrate 2023 for many reasons including that of a bypass surgery I had to undergo towards the fag end of 2023. Don’t worry, I have n
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MONDAY MUSINGS EPISODE 241
25th December 2023
WISHING ALL THE READERS MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR
This week’s Monday musings is special in two ways. One, is a real-life vindication here, right next door, of our discussion
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Harmonising thoughts and actions
18th December 2023
न कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्य पुरुषोऽश्नुते ।
न च सन्न्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समधिगच्छति ॥ Bhagavad Gita 3.4 ॥
#Naishkarmya – नैष्कर्म्य
Naishkarmya is an important concept
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Harmonising thoughts and actions
11th December 2023
Yet another inspirational week and yet another interesting and enthralling sloka from Bhagavad Gita, never mind the havoc created by Chennai flood. Bhagavad Gita can give us the menta
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#LearningsFromSilkyara
4th December 2023
Every man attains perfection and success by devoting to prescribed duty as per their natural abilities and disposition – Bhagavad Gita 18.45
I cannot get a bet
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Dedication & Perfection in Work
27th November 2023
New sloka, multiple interpretations with lots of new learnings
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स्वे स्वे कर्मण्यभिरत: संसिद्धिं लभते नर
स्वकर्मनिरत: सिद्धिं यथा विन्दति तच्छृणु ॥
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Life Lessons from World Cup Cricket-2023
It is cricket fever everywhere; all discussions revolve around cricket. It is heartbreak for millions of cricket fans in India to have missed the cup but the ‘blessing in disguise’ is the valuable les
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Don’t resist the unknown
13th November 2023
WISHING ALL THE READERS HAPPY & JOYFUL DEEPAVALI
Those who are not a source of annoyance to anyone and who in turn are not agitated by an
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MONDAY MUSINGS SEASON 2 - EPISODE 234
WORRIES & MISERIES
6th November 2023
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