The Four Layers of Influence

  The biggest disappointment in life is to make an appeal to the highest level of consciousness or values in another individual, and discover non-existence of the same. The Art of Influencing Others has been celebrated in realms of psychology, and covered enormous reams of paper, to establish theories of leadership, teaching, sales, change management … Continue reading The Four Layers of Influence

Chromatic Obsessions and Contextual Reality

Black-and-white combinations have been sartorial and interior decor favorites with me, since the time that I can remember. I love creating accents with bright colors, but have always had a dislike for grey. Grey was Gloomy, Grey was Boring, Grey was Unfathomable, Grey was a fence-sitter, Grey could not be trusted. Till I realized that … Continue reading Chromatic Obsessions and Contextual Reality

Just Facilitation, and a Little More

  The idea for this piece germinated from a comment today, by Trent Selbrede, mentioning his daughter’s “I know” reply to his comments. That was in a slightly different context, but the point is that the children do know more than the teachers and parents, thanks to their digital exposure. My nephew does not care … Continue reading Just Facilitation, and a Little More

7 phases of ReInvention

I was helping a client with restructuring her wardrobe. The process had an uncanny resemblance to removing cobwebs in the mind, cleaning, reorganizing  and polishing it to take up new challenges. Maybe, the mental process and the exercises are symbiotic, and hence, it leads to a sense of well-being. Clutter in the house or wardrobe … Continue reading 7 phases of ReInvention