DailyPost 283 COMPETENCY GAP MIRAGE Try giving a task or project to a professional, slightly different from what he does on a regular basis & more often than not, the answer is, he is not competent enough to do that. All of us are in a habit of limiting our competencies, making an effort […]
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DailyPost 282 BEING SELF ACTUALIZED IS NOT AN OPTION Father of positive psychology, Abraham Maslow’s human psychological needs, conceptualized in a simple pyramid, with self actualization as the top triangle, needs no introduction. The need to realize one’s full potential is a simplistic definition. To be there or not, is not a choice we
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DailyPost 280 SELF ACTUALIZATION Since the Maslow’s theory came in vogue, the narrative of human needs have followed on those lines & quite rightly so. There seems to be no debate on the first four needs from the physiological to the esteem, the grey area is the self actualization need. In simple terms it’s
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DailyPost 278 PROGRAMMED FOR MEDIOCRITY Though the buzzwords of innovation, creativity & out of the box thinking is being flaunted with with consistent regularity, yet the products of professional, personal & academic use are creating one of its kind mediocrity, unimaginable even a decade ago. Professional life has generally been restricted to a couple of
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DailyPost 277 KNOWLEDGE CONSOLIDATION If you were to take a call on the total volume of knowledge imparted to you, on an incremental manner and what you possess today, the enormity of the loss, can take you aback. The loss of knowledge is a loss we are not even in a position to calculate. The
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DailyPost 275 PUBLIC INTELLECTUALS Public Intellectuals are not a known breed in India, for most of have not heard of them in our living memory. They have a stabilising influence on the society, economy & polity of the nation and also the communities they emerge from. Most of them have a contrarian point of
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DailyPost 270 ELEVATE THE LANGUAGE Elevate the language to a level where it can be used for all purposes & with the same effectiveness & see the change. If the language does not deliver, it’s usage will remain limited, is a foregone conclusion. Any level of jingoism is not going to improve matters. Undeniably,
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DailyPost 265 NEGATIVITY BIAS While we all talk of positivity in life, our actions suggest to the contrary. With electronic, print, social media, family & friends generally feeding us with negativity on a daily basis, most of us seem to be stuck up in a mindset, which has been aptly termed as Negativity Bias.
DailyPost 264 SELF CERTIFICATION The malaise of self certification is a global phenomenon or otherwise, I am not aware but it has reached gigantic proportions in this county. Individuals, communities & organisations; private & otherwise, indulge in this with a flourish. These statements are made with finality where disagreements are inconsequential, is the mindset
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DailyPost 263 A GULLIBLE SOCIETY The society & the electorate of the nation has been praised over & over again for their maturity for their capability to change regimes & similar has been case in large number of democratic societies the world. The Trumped electoral & onward presidential journey is laid before the world to
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DailyPost 262 SHARED VISION Tonnes of management literature exists about Vision & the Visionaries. Great vision has rarely yielded to equally great results. Vision has somehow remained aloof from the execution infrastructure, which is in place; delivering day to day results but being unable to transcend to deliver the extraordinary i.e. exemplary execution of