Nash Notes

SEVEN LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM KING KOHLI. Sports can teach us a lot about business leadership and life. What happens... When you are the leading run scorer of Indian cricket team which is a religion to over 1.4 billion people? When you are the fastest run getter in ODI with maximum centuries?  When you have pulverized the opposition with multiple centuries in almost every continent from Australia to Africa to Asia to North America?  When you are dating a Bollywood star for few years and then marry her in an private Italian location?  When you are the top 10 highest paid athlete among all sports, even ahead of football God Lionel Messi and drive a Ferrari in Delhi? When you have over quarter billion followers on Instagram?  You have to bow to the genius in him. Is it Talent? Is it hardwork? Is it Attitude? What motivates this guy?  In the Champions trophy 2025 in One Day cricket match today (4th March 2025) Virat Kohli once again proved why he is called the "King...

BEAUTIFUL BARCELONA  Feb 2025 This month I was in Barcelona Spain. Its such a beautiful world city. A few things make this place special. . Mountains meet the Mediterranean Sea  . Nice beaches . Wide, clean roads for walking . Architecture from Roman times to now . Sagrada Familia Basilica, the museum and Park Guell filled with Antoni Gaudis works. Simply breath taking stuff. . Excellence in public transportation. I stayed for 4cdays. 2 days i was using only metro, bus, tram and hop on and off bus. . City of immigrants from north Africa, west and south Asia, north and western Europe. . Lovely food. Even a vegetarian like me had several great options. And the cheese varieties and fruits of Mediterranean like oranges peaches and grapes  . A sporting culture. I witnessed the Barcelona marathon last Sunday. I also had a chance to visit the 1992 Barcelona Olympics stadium, where the famous Barca aka FC Barcelona plays, they have produced great stars from Cryuff, Maradona, Mess...

The Art of Giving is The Art of Living, By Avinash Ananda This is a special post, featuring an article written by my friend, my mentor and World's leading happiness and leadership coach - Avinash Ananda in Jan 2022. I am reproducing the contents with his permission to reach a different audience. I was honored to receive the Global happiness centric leadership excellence award from him in 2024. This award was given by Meta Mind International, in association with Kotler Impact and HRD India. See pic below. .................................................................... "Give not for Getting, but for the Joy of Giving." - Avinash Ananda When I speak of giving, what I mean is to contribute to others selflessly, abundantly, and joyfully. You could contribute positive energy, a smile, and gifts (both material and non-material). Even your work could be an act of contributing when you work with love, joy, and excellence. The act of listening with 100 per cent att...

Life lessons from Motorcycle rides. Most of us lead busy lives with minimum 50 plus hours of work every week. Add matrix reporting lines, multi geo time zone work pressures, travel, business, customer, and people management. Life can be very hectic and demanding. That's the time, you must prioritize your happiness and well-being. Recharge regularly. Make time for your hobbies. I have done several thousand kilometres of motorcycle rides across beautiful India over many decades. Research proves Motorcycle riding enhances many skills. You need to be physically agile & fit, have great balance and reflexes, excellent hand, leg and eye coordination, temperament to handle uncertain terrain with sense of adventure, protective clothing for safety and also handle elements of extreme heat cold humidity rains etc If done correctly, motorcycle riding is one of the most joyful, therapeutic, meditative and flow like activities you can do in your life. The sense of bliss, memories and achiev...

As a marketer I'm fascinated by stories told by brands about thier heritage.  MERCEDES BENZ   Do you know How Mercedes Benz got its name? How they got thier 3 pointed star logo? And how the man who invented the automobile (Karl Benz) is their founder? And how it took a gutsy woman (Bertha Benz), to promote the automobile to the masses? And do you know Mercedes, is named after the daughter of entrepreneur called Emil Jellineck? Karl Benz is widely regarded as "the father of the car", as well as the "father of the automobile industry". His Benz Patent-Motorwagen from 1885 is considered the first practical modern automobile and first car put into series production. He received a patent for the motorcar in 1886, the same year he first publicly drove the Benz Patent-Motorwagen. He was a prolific inventor. While designing what would become the production standard for his two-stroke engine, Benz patented the speed regulation system, the ignition using sparks with batte...

The fourth place. Gold Silver Bronze. Every Gold medal winner is happy. But do you know, the Silver medalist’s are less happy than bronze medalist’s. They are unhappy about missing gold while the bronze medallist is happy to be on the podium. Have we ever wondered what happens to the fourth place athlete in olympics? The world is sometimes cruel. We live in a society where winner takes it all. But let's spare a thought for people who are really good, but sometimes can't make the final step. There are countless world champion gymnasts swimmers track and field athletes who are not fortunate to win even a bronze medal. Roger Bannister the first man to run a mile under 4 mins and a legend finished 4th place in 1952 olympics. Milka Singh and PT Usha fastest Asian male and female sprinters respectively got 4th place in Olympics. Soccer legend, Pele, voted the athlete of last century never won an Olympic medal. Latest example. Novak Djokovic won 24 grand slams. Participated in 5 olymp...