As I saw it

This year, December 6th fell on a Saturday. So what's the big deal? There is a December every year and the 6th day of the month also comes every month. So what's the big deal on it coming on a Saturday this year? Well it fell on a Saturday even in 2009. As in most of the Decembers in Delhi that day was also mildly cloudy and crispy cold with some sunlight sneaking through. Something happened that day that I will never forget in my life; something I will forever remember in my life. I had to take my son to his paediatrician for a regular check up and I was driving my mother-in-law's old greyish-blue Maruti 800 with the number plate ending in 4245. Just as we turned left on the Delhi-NOIDA link road from our Mayur Vihar Phase 1 colony, I noticed the weather and also the bleak, expressionless  faces  of the other drivers on the road. They all looked sad and spiritually constipated. Nobody seemed happy. Maybe they were all focussing on their drive and the road ahead even as the...

I am a mind mapping fan, though some people would say that I am beyond being a fan. They might say that I am a fanatic when it comes to mind mapping. I will always wear that as a badge of honour. Nevertheless, what you see attached is a mind map structure I drew for some of my participant-managers at one of my clients in NOIDA. Self-awareness is an important component I believe in and I designed it in their leadership journey. So, have a look at the mind map structure I created in one such session and see what all comes up in your mind in response to the first level of branches you see. Add them as further extensions/ sub-branches of the first level branches you see in the attachment. Would you be comfortable creating it about yourself and share it either here or with me in DM? For those who choose to share, I will share a further version of this mind map structure that I have created on my mind mapping software. As I learnt from Mr. Jim Cathcart , 'All leadership begins with self-...