Unlimited Potential Inside

My friend Chandan called me yesterday and told me the challenges he faces after he was fired from his job. He was doing well in customer support but laid off in the company's restructuring exercise. Now, he is not getting any calls and hence was quite depressed. I explained to him about so many career choices available these days. Those like video editors, YouTubers, internet marketers, and so, asked him to pick some new skills on the technical and mindset front. He didn't seem excited and went on ranting about all the problems in life, blaming his parents and everyone around him. I just kept quiet, listened to him, and finally said, "do let me know if I can be of help".  This incident reminded me of the man's lovely story in a remote town. I love it because it's the story of your life. And mine. And everyone else's. It seems the man was an honest, hard-working who never hurt a fly.  Pleased with his excellent work, a fairy magically appeared before him an...

Born with a congenital heart defect, asthma, and battling obesity in his life, David Goggins is now considered the toughest person alive on earth. An ultra-marathon runner and ultra-distance cyclist, triathlete, and former Navy SEAL, David formerly holds many world records. But more than his physical toughness, his mental toughness will blow your mind. After reading his autobiography you will feel you have not lived even 1% of your unlimited potential yet and you will become unhurt-able. Before any of these achievements, though, Goggins was making $1,000 a month working as an exterminator and living paycheck-to-paycheck. He was also out of shape, weighing nearly 300 pounds. Every day, at the end of his 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. shift, he would stop at Steak ’n Shake: “I would go in and get a large chocolate milkshake,” Goggins tells CNBC Make It. “And then I would go across the street to 7-Eleven, get a box of mini donuts.” On his 45-minute commute home, he’d “pop donuts like Tic Tacs.” As soo...

A guy from Bihar goes to Tamilnadu. And he went to a roadside restaurant and said, "I'm hungry, and what do you have that will satiate my hunger?". And the restaurant fellow said, "I have masala Vada, and it'll satiate your hunger.". And the guy asked, "What is the cost of the masala Vada which will satiate my hunger?" and he said, "Five rupees.". The guy had the first Vada, but he was still hungry, he had the second Vada, but was still hungry, third Vada, fourth Vada, fifth Vada, sixth Vada, he was still hungry. Finally, when he had the seventh Vada, his hunger was satiated. The guy went towards the billing counter, the bearer from inside screamed thirty-five rupees, but this guy took a five-rupee coin and kept it on the table. The bearer said, "But you had seven Vadas!". The guy said, "My communication was very clear from the beginning. What is the cost of the Vada, which will satiate my hunger, and you said five rupees? ...

One day my friend Binny Brown went to the CEO and said, "I'm not interested in coming to the office anymore."  The CEO responded, "But why?" Binny said, "Ah! I see many employees speaking badly about other Employees on back of him/her; Few employees looking at their fellow employees in a wrong way, there are hell lot of things that I can prove you wrong in our Office." Some people do a lot of politics and talk all negative all the time. Few only do gossips all the time. CEO  said, ok, but I have a request to make before you leave. Binny asked, please tell me what I can do for you, sir. CEO said I want you to do this one last thing sincerely. I want you to take a glass of water filled to the brim and walk around the office area three times without spilling a single drop of water on the floor. After that, you may leave the job if you wish to.  As it sounds to you, it sounded weird. However, Binny thought it was just a matter of a few minutes anyway. He t...

Dr. William Moulton Marston was the creator of DISC Theory at Harvard University in the 1920s while doing research for his book The Emotions of Normal People.  He was looking to identify predictable traits and behaviors of everyday people in different environments.  DISC styles are a combination of four behavioral personality types. Your individual personality affects every aspect of your life. That's why one of the best things you can do to grow yourself and others is to understand your personality and what drives you. When you recognize your strengths and limitations, you are able to give your best as you work with people around you, whether they are coworkers, spouse, family, friends, or someone you met at a social gathering. DISC is a powerful and profoundly simple tool for understanding people. Human behavior can be a mystery. At home or in the workplace, behavior and personality are often misunderstood and become areas of stress affecting your work productivity and happi...

Why do we need healthy rooted relationships? Tyler Perry's wise message answers this amazingly. He likens the relationships to a tree. He says - I have this tree analogy when I think of people in my life, be it friends, family, acquaintances, employees, co-workers, whomever. They are all placed inside what I call my tree test.  It goes like this: LEAF PEOPLE - Some people come into your life, and they are like leaves on a tree. They are only there for a season. You can't depend on them or count on them because they are weak and only there to give you shade. Like leaves, they are there to take what they need, and as soon as it gets cold or, a wind blows in your life, they are gone. You can't be angry at them; it's just who they are. BRANCH PEOPLE - Some people come into your life, and they are like branches on a tree. They are stronger than leaves, but you have to be careful with them. They will stick around through most seasons, but if you go through a storm or two in y...

 John Maxwell says "𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗪𝗛𝗬, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗪𝗔𝗬". There are very few leaders, products, or companies that create movements. Very few leaders that inspire loyalty, not just a single transaction. Very few leaders motivate their followers and employees to stick with them through thick or thin. Think of leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. Or companies like Apple, Southwest Airlines, or Harley Davidson. These leaders and companies started movements. They have incredibly loyal followers and customers. What is it that separates them from the rest? It’s that these leaders, products, and companies start with WHY. 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 "𝗪𝗔𝗬", 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 "𝗪𝗛𝗬".  Saturday 9 PM, you have the opportunity to learn the importance of "Why" by Bijay K, one of the three Independent Exec...

"𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲. 𝗘𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗨𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂" 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗕𝗶𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻.  To realize your unlimited potential, we need to improve ourselves all the time. We generally improve ourselves for one of two reasons: inspiration or desperation. If we're taking responsibility for self-improvement and showing people how to reach for more meaningful, better lives, our trigger is an inspiration. If we are waiting for any external triggers, our trigger is desperation.  𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿?  What we become is far more critical than what we have. Most of what we have today, we have attracted by becoming the person we are right now.  Income rarely exceeds personal development. Sometimes income takes a lucky jump, but unle...

𝘔𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮. And it worked for her for the first five years of her career till the time she was an individual contributor. She called me last week and said, "You are already a talented communicator; why do you still learn public speaking skills." I laughed and asked her why she is asking so. She said, "I am frustrated with my career these days. Neither my boss understands my situation nor my team works as per plan. You said in one of your sessions that improving "crucial conversations can help. But why would a talented person like me need to learn dialogue skills".  I quoted Kerry, "It's the most talented, not the least talented, who are continually trying to improve their dialogue skills. ...

My friend Binny Brown was one of the most overconfident guys I have seen. He started a service-based IT company in 2015, but his arrogance and overconfidence never allowed him to make the right decisions. He is too much intruding, likes to fire people, never trust any of his employees. However, he called me and said, "I struggle to retain even one trustworthy team member and feels too much pressure. Can you help me?"  I explained to him to take business as a vehicle to achieve his life aspirations instead of running a business like a job and trying to do everything by himself. And importantly, learning how to make decisions by controlling his overconfidence.  Being confident is one thing and being overconfident is another. Researchers have found that those who think intelligence is fixed and unchangeable tend to be overconfident. "Such people tend to maintain their overconfidence by concentrating on the easy parts of tasks while spending as little time as possible on the...

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱?  My friend Vachaspati was assigned on a very important project which would have certainly given him the next level of growth in his job. He was so excited about it when he told me about it last month.  It was just a week's assignment, and he started working on it. To my surprise, he called me last week saying he missed the golden opportunity and someone else has been promoted. He could easily finish the assignment but got distracted by the Republic TV and "Breaking bad" web series on Netflix. Isn't that surprising? 𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂? Thank You! N.b. - Every week we help people to unleash your unlimited potential by avoiding distractions. 𝘕𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘣  - https://tinyurl.com/unlimitedvs2

𝗪𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 "𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗿𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗴" 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 (𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝟲𝟬%) 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲?  I was surprised to read this report from NCBI that a simple lack of "crucial conversation" skills can lead to Divorce. But then I recalled my relationship with my spouse. A few years back, we didn't talk for 5-6 days after the conflict, and it used to happen almost every second month. And it continued for around eight years of our marriage. We were dragging, but we were sure that this relationship is not going to last, at the back of the mind. In our country, very few of us are ready to bear the hassles of Divorce, hence the percentage of paper divorce may be less, but a large part of the population has divorced mentally. I have seen this in my close family and friends circle.  𝗛𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂?  𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘁, 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱, 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗹...

An aspiring youth joined a daily as an apprentice. After three days of rigorous training and induction, his boss told him, "why don't you go to the field and come back with a story worth publishing". He roamed around the streets and tolerated the heat for close to six hours, but in vain. He was returning to the office with a sense of failure as he hadn't collected a worthwhile story. He came to a junction where three roads met in a 'Y' formation.  He suddenly noticed two buses speeding towards the junction from the two opposite roads, oblivious of what they were heading for. An accident seemed almost inevitable. The young reporter used his presence of mind, ran to the two roads' meeting point, vigorously waved both his hands, screamed at the top of his voice, and eventually succeeded in stopping both the buses just a few nanoseconds before the mishap. Hundreds of passengers from both the buses took the youth's hand into theirs and thanked him profusely...

At the insistence of my 5-year-old daughter, we went to see 'The Lion King' movie. To my surprise, the movie offered several life lessons to me. However, my favorite takeaway is the so-called 'The Circle of Life'. It is such a big symbolic deal in The Lion King too that it gets its song. It's the circle of life And it moves us all Through despair and hope Through faith and love 'Til we find our place On the path unwinding In the circle The circle of life It reminded me again that we were put on the earth for a reason. We have a role to play in the world. Can’t get lazy and give up on things. There are people that need us in their lives, lessons we must learn, and mistakes we must make. Have to take our place in the natural flow of things. Perhaps a fictional speaking lion has got more sense than most of us real-life people. ;)

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀?  𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻? I always used to advise my friend Vinay to upskill himself on the communication skills, but he never paid heed to it since he thought he is able to finish his current tasks with his technical skills only. But a few months back, he came to know that downsizing started in his organization. To his surprise, he found that and one of the reasons management was able to fire people was their poor communication. This time he decided to start up-skilling himself on communication skills with us, but it was too late. He, unfortunately, could not save his job (I helped him with another job but almost at 60% less salary)? 𝗩𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳...

Brian Tracy says, "People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period than people without them could ever imagine". That's what Late Sushant Singh Rajput also proved. He had a clear written dream list. Here is a written dream list of Sushant Singh Rajput. He always had a list of dreams from being a topper in engineering to become an actor, and he achieved all of those (the reason why his competitions were scared of him I believe) and kept on adding more.  Out of this, also he already had lived around 17 of the dreams and was in track to finish remaining. The think is My 50 DREAMS & counting…! Learn how to Fly a Plane ✈️ Train for IronMan triathlon 🏃🏻‍♂️ Play a Cricket Match left-handed 🏏 Learn Morse Code _.. Help kids learn about Space. 🌌 Play tennis with a Champion 🎾 Do a Four Clap 👏Push-Up ! (1/6) Chart trajectories of Moon, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn for a week Dive in a Blue-hole Perform the Double-Slit experiment Plant 1000 Trees Spen...

Last Sunday, my wife asked me, "Sweetheart, why don't you talk to your buddy Ranjit. His wife, Monika, called me and said he is too much stressed out these. He is in too much debt due to a new house he bought. His salary is almost stagnant for five years. Even when not busy in office work, he hardly has any time for his family, and instead, he keeps himself busy in either watching cricket, news, or Netflix series. Have you encountered any such person in your life? Being concerned for my childhood buddy Ranjit, I called him all the pain in my voice, "How are you, my brother Ranjit." He replies in a very confident voice," I am perfectly fine." I was surprised since I thought being a good friend, he will open up with me about the challenges he is going through.  I tried further and told him, "I am glad you're doing so well, even during this crisis times of COVID, how is your future looking in these times." He said "Bro, we can't predict ...

What is the first thing you do the moment you wake up in the morning? Since the start of my career, morning has always been a rush hour for me. In my mind, I used to think there was so much to do, and so little time. The first thing I used to do in the morning was to check my emails, browse the newspaper, get ready and rush for office, that's it, I was already into stressful overdrive mode daily. Then one fine day, one of my friends recommended a book named "Miracle Morning" to make morning effective and it was sort of eye-opener for me. It changed my morning routine altogether and in turn, it made the whole day much productive. I realized - “Every day you and I wake up, we face the same universal challenge: to overcome mediocrity and live to our full potential”, but this book by Hal Elrod actually gave me a recipe to overcome that challenge. So, what's the recipe for miracle morning according to Hal? Its life "SAVERS". Life S.A.V.E.R.S. is an acronym, a 6-s...