Crazzy Mind Doesnot stop yakking!!!

Before we plunge into the lessons, I would like to mention that these lessons are from my experience. This may vary person-to-person but from what I have observed I could sum it up in the below 9 pointers. Hope you find this helpful. 1. WHAT MATTERS TO YOU, SHALL DEFINE YOUR CORPORATE JOURNEY During our college days, we had a Personality Development trainer who helped us sharpen our soft-skills. Once she distributed a sheet which had a list of things that matters to you when looking out for a job. I found that exercise too silly! Obviously, Money will be the priority. What else do you need to take up a job? Well, it turned out, I was wrong. As I progressed in my corporate journey, I realized it was people that mattered most to me. It mattered to me that the people I work with and work for share common goals and welcome new ideas. So, you choose what matters to you most: money, people, post, environment, onsite opportunity and that would help you get your corporate life in perspec...

I had participated in a short story competition organized by Times of India. I did not bag any awards but still wanted to share the story with you. Here it is.... I hadn’t seen him for seven years. I was not sure what was more exciting: the fact that he was coming back from Sweden or I was the first one he called in India to give this news. We had been close friends since our college days. Driving was our passion. We used to flee in my SUV on weekends. Driving through the valleys and woods would give us a crazy level of high that we both craved for. We were kind of getting addicted to it. We were enough for each other until life happened. Once we were out of college, his work took him to different corners of India while I stayed in the same city looking after my dad’s business. It was becoming difficult to see each other, in fact, even talk to each other. We had moved on. Daily talks on the phone eventually reduced to pinging on WhatsApp. I didn’t regret it as we both had chosen t...