Just imagine a perfect world, where the assignments completed by you would speak for themselves, you would be working in friendly teams most of the time with fair-minded workers who would be ever ready to collaborate, effusive with their praise and overflowing with self-effacing humility. Navigate Office Politics In such a scenario you would never ever have to worry about going ahead with self-promotion or feel the need to navigate office politics in order to get your due. All of this is way too good to be found true in the present day working world, in an ideal world it ...

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One fine day you suddenly wake up with a start, and the realization dawns, how did I get to a place I am at the moment. Well, it is pretty easy to drift in life. Universal Law Without you ever realizing it, the fact is your habits determine your future. It is nothing less than a universal law and you cannot avoid it at any cost. You will find that it acts as strongly as gravity in your life. To put it succinctly, you will find the sum of your present life to be deftly wrapped in the choices you ...

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What is the professional culture you find yourself working in at the moment, is it in consonance with international working norms. How many hours do you clock each week, is that constant or varies on an ongoing basis. Professional Life Have you ever paused to ask yourself how is stress impacting your professional as well as personal life, if the impact is negative, to what extent? Do you avail all your paid holidays each year, or just half of them or even less? Work Ethic What is your opinion about taking pride in work ethic? Oftentimes when people consider themselves ...

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Did you ever ask yourself this all-important question, what are the secret ingredients that go into the making of an exceptionally successful career? Is your answer on the expected lines, a bit of hard work and some luck thrown in. Important Elements Hopefully, you studied hard and did all the proper things, made the right noises, you may expect to succeed and accomplish your aim with élan. Just ensure that you succeed in your endeavor by ticking all the right boxes. No doubt, all of these are really important elements of success. Caught Your Fancy Kalaripayattu the ancient martial arts was ...

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Do you view creativity with suspicion, a necessary evil or something that can go a long way in helping you in your career in particular and your life in general? First of all, we need to acquaint ourselves with the basic premise of creativity, at its very basic, it is the tendency to go ahead and be able to generate and recognize ideas, consider alternatives and the possibilities. Complex Stimulation This finds implications in solving intricate problems, communicate with others, and entertain yourself as well as others. Now what exactly motivates people to be creative, well there is a pressing ...

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