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Tribute to a great teacher

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Prof Pyarelal Arya, Founder Director, BIM B-School Trichy, A tribute August 16th is the foundation day of BIM Trichy. Back in 1984 a few people with vision notably Bharat Ratna C Subramaniam and Prof Pyarelal Arya played a huge role in setting up this institution among others. The initial 10 batches were lucky to have Prof Arya, an engineer and an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad and an ex-BHEL employee as our director and teacher. Sadly he passed away in 2013. He embodied a few leadership qualities which shaped many of his students. I shall do my best to give a few examples  Vision with execution Back in 1984 India was not so developed, especially in a small city like Trichy in South India. He had the vision to build a world class institution getting the best faculty and visiting professors. Our lecture rooms were air conditioned even 40 years back. We had case studies from Harvard Stanford and IIM-A. He got people like Dhirubai Ambani on our board. Got people like Bharat Ratna ...
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Friendship - The better part of one's life

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Friendship  Usually when we think of work life balance, we think of prioritizing between Career and Family. We hardly think of friendship as a priority.  How do we know it? How often have we moved an official or family appointment to accommodate a friends visit or to attend an important event in a friends life. For first time in a while, I prioritized a friends appointment over other ones. Recently I traveled 9 hours up and down, to spend just 1 hour with a friend to attend his son's marriage. Both of us felt very happy we met today. We had lunch together. I greeted the newly married couple. Shared some funny stories from the past. Really enjoyed the brief time together. I almost missed it due to my other priorities, till another friend reminded me of what is really important in life. The friends you made, while you were a teenager or as an young adult in college, when you had no professional identity of your own, is the most precious of all friendships. I am happy I did this ...
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World champion India

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Congratulations Team India on winning ICC CHAMPIONS TROPHY 2025 !! India has won 7 ODI, T20 and Champions trophy world championships now from 1983. See picture  India's domination in last 18 months is limited overs cricket is stunning. India has won, 22 of the last 23 ICC matches in the T20, ODI & Champions Trophy. EXCEPT ODI WC match final vs Australia in Nov 2023, India beat every team in every format in every place over the last 18 months. Today, 9th March 2025, it was another excellent all round display of batting bowling fielding strategy tactics fitness back end support etc. What a team dream run in ICC victories for India.  World champion India.  This is a phrase you hear more often nowadays than anytime else before in history of sports. Cricket World Champion - Team India  Chess World Champion - Indian, D Gukesh  We are still a long way from winning in other sports especially at the Olympics. At the sametime to consistently win at the highest level i...
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SEVEN LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM KING KOHLI.

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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...
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Beautiful Barcelona

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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...
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The Art of Giving is The Art of Living - Avinash Ananda

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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...
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Life lessons from Motorcycle rides

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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...
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