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Leadership lessons
3 leadership quotes from #rakeshjhunjhunwala which resonate with me the most (not just for investing but anything) [1] Growth comes out of chaosif you are trying to challenge a norm, status-quo it will generate anxiety, and risks of losing a,b,… but only beyond those is the emergence of new norms, opportunities, and growth [2] You do not…
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Real success vs Faux success
Real success is a blend of building character while charting the path of growth – character is integrity, courage, and fairness; one hard to measure – growth is more tangible revenue, wealth, and scale; one easy to measure Without character, it’s a faux success!
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If you can’t find a spouse who supports your career, stay single
Being a 35-year-old, Indian (north, Punjabi), a single woman; I get these questions quite often Why you are still single?How your family allowed you to make such a choice?Is it not difficult to live without a safety net? It is not that I did not try to find a partner for myselfI talked to/met almost…
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Yes, She Can
(part of an infinite stories’ series) A father of 4-year little girl asked her to select a toy The girl looked around and said “I want an action GI Joe doll” She starts to reach for the toy in the aisle, but a woman clerk walked by and tells her “Oh, you don’t want this,…
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It’s our moral obligation to lift others up
A team member was struggling in her current work environmentShe was transitioning from one role to anotherShe turned it around in a few weeks and here is HOW she did it We met one evening, and she broke down, she was anxious, sleep-deprived and on the verge of losing her self-belief; the biggest question on…
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Roe V. Wade, a regressive move for humanity
 A thoughtful abortion is not a murder but a life saviour!!! There are tons of research that uncover how an inability to have abortions (especially when inaccessible for lower-income families) results in chaotic family conditions, adoption of criminal activities, and injects a life of failure A human inadequately raised is a curse on humanity than…
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How can you pivot your career?
To those who are at the stage (via MBA or otherwise) to pivot their careers and get into something fundamentally different 1 question for you could be how to prepare & go after a career choice that is totally new …I loved reflecting on this yesterday with the MBA batch at IMD. Below is one way…
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Senior leaders too can demonstrate equitable behaviours, one only needs to think, act and live it
I will never forget this interview experience …because it taught me something I never expected from leaders / seniors AND it became core ingredient of my leadership style. Here is why… Like many b-school students, I also aspired to get into consulting. It was my chance to bag one of the highest paid offers with potential…
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Yes, She Can!!!
(part of an infinite stories’ series) I owe my transition from ‘female-dominating’ to ‘male-dominating’ world to my mom (my career choices happen to be in the fields which still are dominated by higher proportion of men – mechanical engineering, automotive, strategy consulting) I went to all girls school for education upto 12th standard – I…
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Younger generation must set the bar for their leadership; here is why and how
People choose companies and not bosses’ said HoD at my first corporate job. I refused to agree with him… And this 1 incident guided me since then…here is why? In my first role, I was reporting to a boss who was toxic & deterrent to my learning; first 3 months I observed 3 instances where…