There are many times in life that we reach a chasm. We find ourselves at the edge. So we come to the edge. The distance between our ledge and the ledge on the other side is within our capabilities, yet we don’t jump. We could if we committed, get on to other side without falling into the gap. We really could, may be a little bruised but definitely could. Yet, we stand here frozen.<< MORE >>

Owing to a few recent experiences, a few interactions with people and a few questions asked at a recent forum for coaches, I write this as a quick checklist for those who work with coaches or plan to do so. Selecting a coach is not a difficult job. It’s an important job. Selecting the ‘right’ coach is a critical job. Just a few questions you need to go through to get it right! Fellow coaches might not like this too much..<< MORE >>

THINK! - About the beliefs you have picked up all along these years, right from the time you understood a language to now. Parents, teachers, friends, colleagues and others you spend your time with - their wisdom, their thoughts and their beliefs are and has been the foundation of your values, your attitudes, your believes, your personality, and your achievement. In a nutshell, parents and siblings, friends and colleagues, shape your self-esteem.<< MORE >>

What do you want to be when you grow up? Every parent has asked his or her child this question. Mostly in the hope of attracting an answer that they would most like to hear. It doesn’t turn out like that because; fortunately as kids we know exactly what we want. We all started out as a baby knowing exactly what we wanted. You knew when you were hungry. You spit out the food you didn’t like. You jumped and played when you wanted, where you wanted. When you wanted something you said you wanted it and regardless of whether or not it was possible, you insisted you must have it. You cried when you did with no inhibitions. You laughed when you felt like. You spoke to people you liked and ignored the ones you didn’t. You crawled and later walked towards whatever was of interest to you. You sat alone and played. You made a mess if you wanted to. You screamed. You loved. You got angry. You expressed everything. Then something happened.<< MORE >>

There are 39000 (yes thirty nine thousand) books on Amazon alone that use the words ‘secrets of success’. Whoa! This when there are no secrets. None. People who look for secrets are the one’s essentially looking for shortcuts. People who look for shortcuts are essentially escaping reality because they don’t know how to confront it. There are 1800 books on ‘secrets of leadership’. How about instead getting in front of people and giving them something worth following? There are 900 books on ‘secrets of customer service’. How about just learning to be nice? There are 700 books on ‘secrets of sales’. How about taking the risk of rejection and ‘asking’? There are no secrets. The real solutions are simple. Very simple.<< MORE >>

A fight between the middle class of India and the Government. The Government of India might well end up on the losing side. It apparently has no choice but to concede to the Hazare movement. Though the public expectation that this movement or the Lokpal will put an end to corruption is as tragic as the corruption itself. << MORE >>

It’s 2011. Where did 201o go? Did you achieve all you wanted, rather all you thought you would? Did you achieve all your goals? Did you achieve your goals? Stop smoking? Lose your weight? Read the books you thought you will? Spend more time with family? Etc etc etc?<< MORE >>

In the words of Aristotle, “Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”<< MORE >>

I was 7 years old when on the Christmas Eve in the middle of the night my eyes briefly opened to see my mother keeping a present under my pillow. The secret was revealed. Oh my God, I was heart broken. I had secretly wished for so much more to my dear Santa. I wasn’t going to get it, I knew. A sad, weepy child slept knowing there isn’t any Santa anymore.<< MORE >>

“Chetan, I have another goal, I want to climb a mountain.” A very good friend of mine said this to me over the phone last Friday. He is 54 years old. I suddenly got reminded of his compelling story that I must share with you.<< MORE >>