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4 Ways to Captivate a Distracted Audience

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 What is the biggest nightmare for a public speaker?? Public Speaking???? No! Not able to develop a connection with the audience?? No! The biggest nightmare for a public speaker is to address a distracted audience Imagine, preparing for the event with your best ever content Riding high on confidence and having polished your public speaking skills to an exemplary level But the audience is not interested, even if you claim to share the secrets behind Bermuda triangle and area 51 It is the biggest nightmare, because all the hard work does to drain, when you have to deal with such an audience Who is busy with their chattering and their heads buried in their I pads and mobile devices Is there a way to get their attention?? Is this a problem with no solution?? No!! There is a solution to every situation  Let me share some ways to deal with a distracted audience 1) Be Like Them – People tend to do exactly opposite of what they are asked to do. So think before you ask them, “to swi...

Learn to Invest Like Warren Buffet

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  Learn to Invest Like Warren Buffet. Warren Buffet has been the most prolific, calculative and intelligent investor the modern world has ever witnessed. He started investing at a tender age of 11 years and he believes that he started late. He is one of the world’s richest billionaires and all the wealth he has accumulated has been through investing. Since the moment I decided to learn about stocks investment and value investing, I couldn’t help but closely study the investment philosophy/principles followed by him.  I am awestruck by the way he simplifies the concepts of investing. To my surprise he never invests in the tech stocks because as he says, “he doesn’t understand their business model and he never invests in what he can’t understand simply” There are 4 segments that Warren Buffet calls a Tenet (Principle). So, Warren Buffet has 12 principles he abides by while making an investment. These 12 principles are divided in 4 segments which are as follows –  1) Busin...

No two people have ever agreed on everything!!

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  No two people have ever agreed on everything!! Put two people in a room and there will be a time/situation where they will disagree with each other. That’s human nature. The scenario becomes more complex in a team setting where you have a good number of intelligent, ambitious, passionate people and each with their own set perspective on a given situation. Making these people collaborate and plan a strategy comes with its own set of challenges. They may create a wonderful plan but it will come with its own challenge of different perspective And the bigger challenge would be to get them to agree and work on one strategy In such scenarios people tend to deal with the situation based on their past personal experiences So far so good but the challenge arises because every individual has a different take and way to deal with similar situations.  They are like fingerprints, everyone is different. Like fingers on a hand they are ready to work together but like fingerprints everyone ...

Is planning important?

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  Is planning important? How does it impact your life both, personal and professional? Do you plan your week? These are the questions that pop up every now and then, especially when the work life balance is missing  Have you ever thought of planning you week in advance to ensure your mental peace and work life balance? Creating weekly plans help you stay organized through the week. Weekly planning helps you focus and pay attention by removing distractions and overwhelm. Instead of worrying about what you should and should not do, start your planned weeks with intention. 5 Steps to Effective Weekly Planning – 1) Finalize Your Objectives – Planning of your week must start with reviewing your goals and objectives behind creating this weekly plan. What do you intend on achieving in this week with defined timeline. Define where you are now and where you want to be by the end of the week. Reviewing your objective helps you allot the time effectively. How much time should you devote i...

9 Ways to Find Your Life Purpose / Vision

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Have you been able to figure out   The reason for your existence!!   Probably this is not the right question;   Let me rephrase   Do you have a purpose in life??   Or   Have you discovered why you're here??   Well, if you say you have; you might be wrong;   And   If you say you haven’t   Congratulations!! Because you are one of the 77% people in this world who are just breathing on the name of living!!   Relax, don’t get overwhelmed and to ease your anxiety let me tell you   Col. Sanders found the purpose of his life at the age of 65   I hope you know who Col. Sanders is (In case you have been living under a rock, then FYI; he is the founder of KFC; a global QSR chain. (Quick Service Restaurant)   As,  I mentioned earlier that around 77% people have not yet figured out their purpose in life, I come across a lot of such people in my trainings.   Let me...