At 7pm this evening.. Look forward to having a LIVE CHAT on my FB PAGE with you… On LEARNINGS OF THE TRAVELLER… Cheers and love.. From Bengaluru Shangri-La Bengaluru
Suprabhat.. On day one of stepping into our 21st year of the journey together.. Thank you for your love and affection.. Alshukran Bandhu.. Alshukran Zindagi Mumbai, Maharashtra
With Bondhu.. On this special day too… Alshukran Bandhu.. Alshukran Zindagi
Hey… Suprabhat bandhu.. Off to Bengaluru for an interaction with Associates at Bosch.. Here’s wishing you an extraordinary day! Mumbai, Maharashtra
Pilu digs into her fav Tailay bhaaja.. Post our event for BPCL at Vedic village in Kolikataaaaa.. www.avidminer.com West Bengal
Cheers from God’s own.. Off to Chennai to be back to my village Dharmadam tnite.. Cheers to you all for an inspiring day! Cochin International Airport
Suprabhat… A new view of a place i have visited often..
Would love to hear from you, of what a new view adds to our life… Alshukran Bandhu.. Alshukran Zindagi
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With the human extraordinaire and super talented photographer @amarramesh… We put something on bake today.. We shall serve it, piping hot, soon.. Alshukran Bandhu.. Alshukran Zindagi Mylapore
On this day and each day… The special in my life… Alshukran Pilu Ma… Alshukran Zindagi! Mumbai, Maharashtra
Picked up by abhi and Bejoy at Kannur international airport, enroute to Dharmadam #mẹhappy #mytappy
Tristram Shandy and many more loving tales.. This early morning with Sheelu di, filled with smiles. Alshukran Sheelu di.. Alshukran Zindagi! Lokhandwala Complex
Pune.. Where friends add shine before the Ignite event..
Double standards… Doesn’t it raise our hackles when we experience it?
The complete video on https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6506342825024684032
Now accept it, we experience double standards when others don’t exhibit what we expect from them.. Most of the time, when we experience this lowering of standards in engagement from others.. ( He did, She did… Then I did) We match it, by lowering our standards too.
In effect we have lowered our engagement with the world basis others.. This impacts each area of our life, relationships, profession, day to day interactions.
But does this tit for tat improve our quality of life?
Inviting you to have look at this video and for a day, practice the “Double Standards” I have shared.
Try it out, by stepping out of your apprehensions. I promise you the results shall surprise you.
Would love to hear your experience of life, as you embrace this new set of “Double standards”. Alshukran Generous Bandhu.. Alshukran Generous Zindagi.
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#doublestandard #thinkdifferent #generosity #ashishvidyarthi
Memories of Melody… From a few moons back.. Sing on dear @piloovidyarthi and dear Suman @cozmikharmony .. Love light and Music.. Tollygunge, West Bengal, India
Wow… My first time at the Kannur international airport
A snippet from my interaction with a group of CXOs last evening in Pune. The Passion for fulfilling our dreams has to be sourced by us.. Wherever we are, from today begins our second half.. To accomplish all that we really want to.. So lets die happy.. Giving it our finest shot.. www.avidminer.com
What are the reminders that you like? What are the remimdes that egg you into action? Details on www.avidminer.com ‘Hey, please do it ”
” Will be great if you could’ Now, don’t we love these positive kinds of reminders ?
Now let’s take a look at some completely different kinds of words: ‘You know what? I don’t think you can make it.’ “I don’t think you can do it”. Now these may be worded explicitly or meant through actions, but they echo what these people think.. THAT YOU CAN’T .. In my life, I have heard this many a times.
And Whenever I hear the words ‘CAN’T do’ , associated with my capabilities, it hurts . Over the years, I’ve worked on my initial response to such negative comments..And now look at it differently.
Consider when someone thinks you can’t do it, atleast he has heard “your want” to do it. Consider he is using his words as a “REMINDER ALARM ” for what you wanted to, but haven’t achieved yet.
So tell me.. Would you want to be upset with someone who reminds you of what you are committed to,but have been postponing, or would you want to thank them for the reminder .
Remember, no one likes the alarm bell at it sounds each morning to wake us up.. But we do amazing things only when we are up.
So when they say: you can’t, thank them for the reminder, & then just do it!
Alshukran Bandhu, Alshukran Zindagi!
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The magic that a daughter is… @piloovidyarthi Bar B Q
Our strengths define us… Don’t they?
Each of us has strengths that have brought us thus far in life, giving us our position & reflects in our worth.
To add to this special sauce, over the years our strengths have further multiplied with our experience. And we flaunt it, for we are proud of it, aren’t we?
But the world, my friend, is an ever changing phenomena .
And what it wants added to the value chain too gets continuously altered.
Many a times we discover that the skills we took years to hone under an old sky , don’t seem to have as many takers in a new calendar.
The writing is clear on the HIGHWAY OF LIFE .
That’s when this interesting attribute—of nurturing our capabilities—kicks in.
An atribute which allows us to let go of our dependence on our strengths and experience.
This creative exercise is a key factor in staying future ready.
We are now using our capabilities, which are enriched by our strengths and experiences, but not constrained by them… Allowing us to metamorphose into whatever that is relevant.
Out of the shadow of the glories of the past, there’s a new world, my friend, where our capabilities shall define the TODAYS OF THE TOMORROW!
Alshukran Bandhu, Alshukran Zindagi!
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Consider… यह दाग अच्छे हैं..
Each one of us want to be awesome and phenomenal in so many aspects of our lives if not in all of them –
As we chase our dreams & targets, we tend to hide / airbrush the fact that we have many flaws. Infact we hunt for ways to deny having them.
Since for us, Flaws are bad… Therefore meant to be hidden.. Covered up.. Just like what we use makeup for, to hide what we don’t want to show.. For us ..”Daag achhey nahin hain..” Post the cover-up, we carry on living life with an air of indifference. But deep down, those flaws those things “bad”, eat us up each day.
This is our own secret and thus, our own unhappiness.
But consider,it need not be like this.
How about turning the tables on our own notion about ourselves… Flaws are our imperfections, only when matched with the proverbial/Mythical perfect… That’s right.. The Mythical perfect.. For there is no absolute perfect, there are aspects we love in others, but are unable to match up to… That’s it.
How will it be to discover the unique mix in us, which allows us to turn the very “Flaws” we hide, into a unique strength?
When I started my journey of working in films other than Hindi… The beginning itself exposed a shortcoming /flaw in me.. I didn’t know 8 of the 11 languages I was working in.. But when i turned that flaw into an ability.. I found that I now was not limited to the languages that I knew.. Infact I can now work in an innuit language film too.. So now, not just 11…any language working is a possibility for me. In my other role as I began interacting with corporates i realised I had no clue what corporate life was about. But the “Flaw” of being the outsider made me work that much more on widening my understanding of what was happening in the inside of corporate lives, whilst bringing a freshness to the understanding and curation thanks to the “asset” of being a creative outsider.
So here’s the invite, let’s acknowledge the flaws and turn them to your advantage.. For each of us has flaws… And is “flawed” .. And the sooner we are able to acknowledge it, the quicker we will find innovative ways for the flaws to become an addition t
My 5th grade report card has an interesting note from a loving teacher “Ashish isn’t talkative, just has a lot to share”.
As I grew up, the kind teacher was replaced by people who shortened the sentence, “Ashish is TALKATIVE”! As difficult as it maybe for you to believe, any child who is labelled this way, feels really guilty about such an atribute.
I was no exception, I rued the fact that I loved to talk & how I wished I could be the much appreciated “Quiet” one.
Now an honest admission, This stigma of being “Talkative” is something that I still lug..
But a few years back, an aspect of it lit me up.
As I was doing the Landmark forum, I met a person who was much senior in the programme & much more talkative.. I walked upto him & whispered, “Dhiren,I am very talkative, want to change it..” He looked at me with a smile and said” What’s there to change Ashish… I hear you talk interesting & passionate, that’s what the world needs”
So ,I have nurtured that bit.. Infact I now encourage people to talk interesting, so a larger set can be engaged in their narration.
Let’s keep creating a passionate connect with the listener.
Won’t it be a valuable gift for your organisation ?
Alshukran Bandhu Alshukran Zindagi
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#narrative #engagement #storytelling Mumbai, Maharashtra
Bhowanipore
Today is a special day.. Today am sharing a note on a way which has allowed me to appreciate some phenomenal people in my life.. We all have met people who say that they always “express fully” .
They usually make such observations after being amazingly critical of something or somebody. “You know what? I always give it straight to everybody, just like I did now!” I agree. We always Express fully, all the things that we do not like!
We end up” Expresssing fully only when it comes to criticism and putting people in place.
Expressing yourself fully has yet another aspect to it too.. How about inspiring people by generously sharing “Straight” what we feel is great about them?
Think about it… As we give vent to our generous praises and encouragements, people around us will feel acknowledged and empowered.
When we do not appreciate or congratulate people for their large or small actions, but pick on their smallest errors, what we are in effect doing is creating a world where people have to work extremely hard, just not to get criticised!
On the other hand, how will it be if we start acknowledging people for the smallest of their gestures?
Trust me, as I started putting into practice, I have managed to nurture relationships.. Especially those relationships, that were special,but I was ending up taking for granted.. Like with Ma and my wife, Pilu… I started expressing fully with them… In it’s fullest sense.. Telling them thank yous on a daily basis.. Acknowledging them for their contribution, each day.. And guess what, as I began doing so, I started to recognise, I was living my life around amazing beings.. I now don’t limit it to them but to each person that I meet.. Being “Expressing fully “is now fulfilling.. For them and me.. So light up your own life by acknowledging people and light up theirs too! Their smallest gesture is a blessing.. Alshukran Ma, Alshukran Pilu, Alshukran Zindagi!
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#AvidMiner #possibility #life #gratitude #nurture #relationship Mumbai, Maharashtra
