My academic scores are not good – what can I realistically do?

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This article is a long one, and has been broken into four parts. Part 1 described the formation of the expectations and the attitude with which I start my graduate and post graduate academic journey. This is important as it sets the tone of expectation management that is necessary later on. Part 2 described  my shock at the mismatch between expectation and […]

My academic scores are not good – I try to fix it and fail!!!

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This article is a long one, and has been broken into four parts. Part 1 describes the formation of the expectations and the attitude with which I start my graduate and post graduate academic journey. This is important as it sets the tone of expectation management that is necessary later on. Part 2 describes  my shock at the mismatch between expectation and […]

My academic scores are not good – The reality shock and the trauma

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This article is a long one, and has been broken into four parts. Part 1 describes the formation of the expectations and the attitude with which I start my graduate and post graduate academic journey. This is important as it sets the tone of expectation management that is necessary later on. Part 2 (this blog) describes  my shock at the mismatch between […]

My academic scores are not good – What were my expectations when I joined?

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This article is a long one, and has been broken into four parts. Part 1 describes the formation of the expectations and the attitude with which I start my graduate and post graduate academic journey. This is important as it sets the tone of expectation management that is necessary later on. Part 2 describes my […]

On the loss of a child…

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Today is a tragic day. One of my favourite students messaged me in the morning that he lost his month-old son due to internal seizures. And I have been crying since then. I feel for his wife; for his pain and helplessness watching a month-old innocent boy, who has not harmed anyone,  a baby that […]

Why do suicides outnumber any other form of death?

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My discussions with people of my generation indicate that they believe this to be very low or ignorable. Joiner believes (and shows by statistics) that self harm is one of the most common causes of death. I believe that in India, (as in other places), people downplay this as they do Sexual Abuse. And we […]

“Lincoln’s Letter” is the essence of Management Skills

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Lincoln once write a letter to the teacher of his son. It is quite well known and found in most text books. I happened to glance at it at my daughter’s school and marvelled at how similar it is to the values we teach in management schools. He will have to learn, I know, that […]

3 reasons why we do not believe, “Prevention is better than cure…”

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Folks, I am part of the IIT Mentors group where I mentor a team of professionals during their career. We are organising a panel discussion for corporate executives who wish to do an MBA. If you have friends interested in doing an MBA, please pass this message to them. And, if you wish, please post […]

3 ways to increase Self Esteem

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Suppose I feel pretty proud of winning a prize. I feel on top of the world and I want to share my happiness with others. If others tell me that this prize has no value, or do not reciprocate my happiness, I have two choices: I can feel terrible because others did not value this […]

Desiderata – A 1927 prose poem giving Advice on Emotional Intelligence

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Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and […]