Cats the best Pet

What animals make the best/worst pets? Cosmo I don’t have any pet at home but my daughter loves cat and she has this cat with the name Cosmo. Whenever I visit her home I get hooked to cosmo. She is so cute and loving that you can’t resist playing with her. My daughter brought herContinueContinue reading “Cats the best Pet”

Write more blogs on Life Lessons & Happy thoughts

How would you improve your community? The best way to educate the people around you is write more and more about life lessons and happy thoughts. Sharing your knowledge and wisdom will surely help communities to improve their life. In India the literacy rate is too low. This lack of education leads to many issuesContinueContinue reading “Write more blogs on Life Lessons & Happy thoughts”

Coffee and Exercise

What are your morning rituals? What does the first hour of your day look like? First hour in the morning is my me time. I do not accept any other commitment for first hour in the morning. I have my coffee in the morning with some almonds. After that little bit warm up and thenContinueContinue reading “Coffee and Exercise”

An Educational Institution

If you could have something named after you, what would it be? I would love to name an Educational Institution after me. It is a Nobel profession and helps in nation building. In my opinion the education makes people more independent and self reliant. Overall progress of a nation largely depends upon the kind ofContinueContinue reading “An Educational Institution”

Carefree and playful

When you were five, what did you want to be when you grew up? Our childhood was very much playful and fun. We were completely carefree. There was no thought of career or future. Even my parents were not so much keen about children future goals. So no parental pressure no societal stress or anyContinueContinue reading “Carefree and playful”

Live your life your way

What’s something most people don’t understand? Most of the people live their life to satisfy others. For every decision they make they seek approval of others. What people will think Every choice in life they make based what people think. I have seen many people making their choices of clothes depending upon what will beContinueContinue reading “Live your life your way”

Change is only constant in this world

How has technology changed your job? Our generation has seen innumerable improvements in technology and the way we live. I am proud to say that we have survived all these changes. We were adaptive to the changes and adjusted our life consequent to those changes. Reaction to Change It is hard to adapt to theContinueContinue reading “Change is only constant in this world”

Often for my core values and seldom for my goals

How often do you say “no” to things that would interfere with your goals? Assertion Don’t say Yes when you want to say No This is important trait of an assertive person. Please say No when it interferes with your goals. Do not worry about the persons authority or hierarchy in the organisation. Assertiveness vsContinueContinue reading “Often for my core values and seldom for my goals”

Spontaneous public speaking

What’s a secret skill or ability you have or wish you had? Town Hall speech Yes I am good at public speaking without any preparation or prior notice. I realised this skill when my name was announced for speaking in a Town Hall meeting. The occasion was quality month celebration in our company. My speechContinueContinue reading “Spontaneous public speaking”

My favourite teacher – B. Khan Sir

Who was your most influential teacher? Why? Teachers engagement in the class This story goes back to 1974 when I was in 6th standard. I had Just changed the school to English medium school from Marathi. I was struggling to cope up with the new friends and new environment. Exactly during this time our HindiContinueContinue reading “My favourite teacher – B. Khan Sir”

Write more blogs

What do you wish you could do more every day? I wish I could write and publish more and more blogs. Today I can just answer the prompts. The answer to this prompt would have been different if this question was asked few years ago when I was busy in corporate life. Leading large teamsContinueContinue reading “Write more blogs”

Sorry No Tattoo

What tattoo do you want and where would you put it? I don’t like Tattoos or piercings at all. I love my body the way it is. No inking needed to express myself. I have no objection for the people who ink their full body with various Tattos or do piercings. Of course it isContinueContinue reading “Sorry No Tattoo”

People First : A Leadership Pholosophy

What is one word that describes you? Yes I was always referred to as Peoples Man in my organisation. With my team In my corporate life of 42 years I have always followed the principle as People First. There is obvious way in corporate to blame person for any of the problems. I always professedContinueContinue reading “People First : A Leadership Pholosophy”

Sparkling Personality

What was the best compliment you’ve received? This was compliment from all my department colleagues. This is 10 years ago during one of our strategy meetings, I had received this card. It is always feel good factor to receive such nice compliments. Such compliments act as an energy booster for us and motivate us further.ContinueContinue reading “Sparkling Personality”

Trip to Gobi desert with Range Rover

You’re going on a cross-country trip. Airplane, train, bus, car, or bike? Range Rover Velar Cross country trip is a fascinating idea for me. I love to drive and particularly in the unknown terrain. Yes. I would love to visit Gobi desert largest in Asia in Range Rover SUV. Road trips are the best wayContinueContinue reading “Trip to Gobi desert with Range Rover”

Knowledge -> Practice -> Confidence

Who is the most confident person you know? I have seen many confident people in my life in their respective field of expertise. I always respected their ability to resolve the issues confidently in their field. The confidence comes from awareness and awareness comes from knowledge. Only possession of knowledge does not give confidence butContinueContinue reading “Knowledge -> Practice -> Confidence”

Aahar Vihar & Aadhyatma

What strategies do you use to cope with negative feelings? I adopt three pillar strategy for positive thinking. Those are depicted in the above picture. It is extremely important to keep positivity during negative feelings. Normally during challenging or tough situations negativity comes in mind. But it is blocking your thought process and makes itContinueContinue reading “Aahar Vihar & Aadhyatma”

Photography – My Passion

What activities do you lose yourself in? Loosing yourself in any activity means forgetting everything around and focusing completely on that activity. It can become meditation for self. I love nature and photography is my passion. Whenever we go out on photography expeditions I am completely lost in the activity. Not even bothered about timeContinueContinue reading “Photography – My Passion”

Sholay

What movies or TV series have you watched more than 5 times? This was iconic Hindi film released in 1975. No other film could break the record made by this film. Sholay went on to earn a still-standing record of 60 golden jubilees across India, and was the first film in India to celebrate a silverContinueContinue reading “Sholay”

Logical & Rationale thinker

Are you superstitious? I strongly believe in logic and science. I am a rationale thinker. In my opinion god fearing and low self confidence leads to belief in superstitions. If you believe in yourself and have no fear in mind there is no room for superstition. During my childhood society was quite superstitious. The mainContinueContinue reading “Logical & Rationale thinker”

Happy & Contented

Write a letter to your 100-year-old self. Q : Hi Mukund What’s up how are you doing A : I am fine and busy with my gardening work. I have lots of commitments today. Don’t waste my time now Q : Slow down a bit. You are now 100 yeas. How do you feel nowContinueContinue reading “Happy & Contented”

Any shopping mall with good parking facility

Where would you go on a shopping spree? Shopping mall Normally I don’t like to go malling but I have to accompany my wife and two daughters for their shopping. I prefer the mall which has huge parking lots so that you can peacefully focus on your shopping. My experience of buying from any mallContinueContinue reading “Any shopping mall with good parking facility”

Gajanan – Lord Ganesh

What is your middle name? Does it carry any special meaning/significance? In India, particularly in Maharashtra state the middle name is fathers name. First name is the given name and middle name is father’s name and last is Surname. Normally surname denotes the place where you belong to. Significance of my middle name or myContinueContinue reading “Gajanan – Lord Ganesh”