tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77130906476067176032024-02-07T11:01:17.164-08:00Ashutosh GargExecutive and Business Coach | Founder, Guardian Pharmacy | Investor | Entrepreneur | Startups Mentor |
Author: The Brand Called You | The Corner Office | The Buck Stops Here - Learnings of a Startup Entrepreneur | Reinvent Reboot Rewire. Managing Retirement in 21st Century | An Eye for an Eye
@gargashutoshThe Brand Called Youhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397002471635601067noreply@blogger.comBlogger214125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713090647606717603.post-89850436296087329762022-02-15T20:44:00.000-08:002022-02-15T20:44:00.717-08:00Why We Fail (Part 1)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgINUX5B6AQB5OXmvccG1CS-ajED3z6s89hVLyzYOFzDTipmy38YrCy3JQ2ZlHtlx0wHU5Xz70JNrzpD94on-T26RPPUpmlRNhbknX6lRPJUxunpuIHfmxJ1j1LkIDkWPOuJjnE5oa5SwXGx_7B4_unWPTw7hjtfWFfavG49IL2z9WZUf6bEVpI9vKQqA=s300" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="188" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgINUX5B6AQB5OXmvccG1CS-ajED3z6s89hVLyzYOFzDTipmy38YrCy3JQ2ZlHtlx0wHU5Xz70JNrzpD94on-T26RPPUpmlRNhbknX6lRPJUxunpuIHfmxJ1j1LkIDkWPOuJjnE5oa5SwXGx_7B4_unWPTw7hjtfWFfavG49IL2z9WZUf6bEVpI9vKQqA" width="188" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Failure precedes Success.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This can be a controversial statement but if we
look at successful people, each one of them has failed. Some of them were even
considered huge failures and in capable of doing anything successfully. They
transformed their failure into success. Success does not come to us the first
time we try anything. Success is the result of our mental strength to keep
going at what we desire till we get it right</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">When we are confronted with failure the first
thing, we see are all the negatives associated with the failure and the
reaction “others” will have with our failure. We completely overlook the
benefits. If we do not look at the positive aspects of failure and if we do not
change the way we look at our learnings, then our failure has the ability to
destroy us</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Let us examine some of the reasons we fail and
how we can develop coping strategies for these failures.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We fail because we are afraid to fail</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">No one likes to fail. Failure paralyses us.
Very often we are so afraid of failing that we are not even willing to try.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">As the old saying goes, “Trying and failing is
better than not trying at all”. We should never be afraid to try. Failure is
the result of trying. Imagine a world where no one tries anything because no
one wants to fail! No one will succeed. Success will come, one step at a time.
Failure is not designed to set us up or to punish us.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Progress can only be made when we try. The
turtle can never make progress if he does not stick his neck out. There is
always a reason that justifies inaction. We must not let our fear of failure,
rejection or change confine us within the boundaries of our comfort zone.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We fail because we do not plan or define
our objectives and purpose clearly</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">If we do not have a proper plan, we are less
likely to succeed in life. It does not matter whether our plan is right or
complete. A plan helps us to put clear milestones so that we can evaluate our
own progress.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">There are many people I have met who say that
the reason they want to start a business is to make money. This is a dangerous
objective. Businesses need to be built because of their inherent strength.
Money or valuation is an outcome of a successful business.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Similarly, we need a clear purpose. To succeed,
we need to be clear about our life purpose and job purpose. On a micro level,
it is good to have a purpose for the week ahead. This will help us to define a
few important tasks in the next seven days.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We fail because we are afraid of making
bold moves</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">If we want to do something different. To stand
out from the others. To achieve the impossible. We have to be comfortable in
being different from the others. Going with pack is not an option when it comes
to looking for unique success. The advantage of going with the pack is that we
will reach the same place that everyone else is in. We need to be independent
and confident of our thoughts and objectives. We need to be able to accept
criticism from those dearest to us. If not, we will not make it very far.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We fail because we are not persistent,
and we give up too soon</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We fail because we give up. Giving up
automatically leads to failure. A lot of us give up before we achieve what we
set out to do. We can be talented and intelligent. But if talent and intelligence
are not combined with persistence, they are of no use.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This could be because of frustration, anxiety,
diversion of attention or in the case of a businessmen, because of shortage of
resources. Nothing comes easy. We need to keep persisting. Successful people
have a strong track record of persistence behind them.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">It will always be more comfortable to simply
give up when the going gets tough. Giving up spares us a lot of trouble, hard
work and pain. But it also takes our chance to succeed.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We fail because of a refusal to learn
from our mistakes and destructive thinking</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Unsuccessful people are deeply hurt by their
mistakes and failures. As a result, they do everything they can to quickly
forget these painful experiences. The problem with this attitude is that doing
so also loses the important lessons and insights that come with these mistakes.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We cannot wish away our mistakes. They are our
biggest teacher. Analyse what went wrong. Re-think the strategy. Challenge
ourselves to develop a better plan for the future.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We fail because we want too much too
soon, resulting in stress</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We like to achieve everything very quickly,
knowing well that there is no magic wand for success. Once we start out on the
task, we realise how many challenges there will be and this can be very
intimidating. This results in stress and the desire to abandon the task or give
up. There is no harm in achieving high as long we are willing to recognise the
effort that we need to put in to reach there.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">No one is responsible for our stress other than
ourselves. Stress kills our dreams, our happiness, our performance, and
shortens our lifespan. We must learn to manage our stress by using various
tools including meditation.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We fail because of a lack of humility</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Humility is considered by many successful
individuals as an important key to success. Some even consider it to be vital
for success. Humble people are more likely to be high performers. Humility
helps us to assess, realistically our strengths, weaknesses and limitations. It
will also help us to realize that there are many things we do not know.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Humility could be is the missing ingredient
between successful people and not so successful people. We have won a fight but
we cannot claim to have become an expert in the art of war.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Remember the old line “if you do not blow your
own trumpet, no one else will blow it for you?” I had learned this early in my
life. It was a few years later that I understood the corollary to this. “Do not
blow your trumpet so loudly that it starts to hurt other people’s ears!”</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The author is a CEO Coach, a Storyteller and an Angel
Investor. He hosts the highly successful podcast titled The Brand Called You. A
keen political observer and commentator, he is also the founder Chairman of
Guardian Pharmacies. He is the author of 8 best-selling books and writes for
several online newspapers.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>The Brand Called Youhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397002471635601067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713090647606717603.post-68240552545834494312021-12-28T20:48:00.002-08:002021-12-28T20:48:26.801-08:00New Year Resolutions for Seniors<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; text-align: justify;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHuRLn0iyXUjpc-zK5MW-NNB7ilFCVNLeJqviqDIICCpeshnN9Zkahc5BO-qm3CGlYDWewy99tf36gaH4M8Vx996Z0y0GDb7grbbbi9P2GRMYtQhJ4pQKHNaicdKR120H67tIAiQkzgY8uMgaazHrR9jYbFjISqzAmzz25q9tfQRK1NyKwtc1VpTaGSg=s325" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="63" data-original-width="325" height="94" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHuRLn0iyXUjpc-zK5MW-NNB7ilFCVNLeJqviqDIICCpeshnN9Zkahc5BO-qm3CGlYDWewy99tf36gaH4M8Vx996Z0y0GDb7grbbbi9P2GRMYtQhJ4pQKHNaicdKR120H67tIAiQkzgY8uMgaazHrR9jYbFjISqzAmzz25q9tfQRK1NyKwtc1VpTaGSg=w485-h94" width="485" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; text-align: justify;">The New Year is around the corner and it is time for thinking of those
resolutions again! Whether you resolve to be fitter and healthier, connect more
socially or to tick off some points on your bucket list, this is a time to take
stock of the year gone by and to think of the year ahead. Covid has taken more
than it fair share of our time and energy and we have learned to understand the
new normal.</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">Given below are some thoughts and you could consider adding to your list
of New Year resolutions.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Eat better for your Health</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">Take your health into your hands. Change your eating pattern. Take baby
steps toward eating right. After all, if you have been careless with your food
habits, you cannot change these overnight.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">Less fats, more fibre with a healthier mix of fruits, vegetables and
nuts is always advisable for most people. As seniors, it becomes even more
important and relevant for us to regulate our diet. As some wise people say,
“stop eating just before you are full!” Others say that at least half of your
plate should be fruits and vegetable. Remember that eating better is the only
answer to reducing your weight.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Find a New, Healthy Activity</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">Build exercise or yoga into your daily routine. A round of tennis or
golf, a brisk walk for at least 30 minutes every day (150 minutes per week of
walking is the minimum recommended), yogic breathing exercises, swimming or
cycling would be great to get into your daily schedule. I have met several
seniors who have started running and competing with people of their own age. In
the process of staying fit, they have also found a whole new community of
like-minded and passionate friends.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Complete some points in your Bucket List</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">Give yourself a break. You have earned this. Over the years, all of us
have been adding to our bucket list. This list has kept getting longer since we
were not able to find the time during our work life. Now is the time to start
ticking off some items.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Connect More with Friends and Family</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">Re-establish old connections that you lost while you were busy at work.
Don’t wait for someone else to take the first step. It is interesting to see
how many people are rediscovering their old school and college friends using
Facebook and LinkedIn. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">Weekly lunches or coffee mornings with a group of friends, WhatsApp or Zoom
calls with your family members spread across the World are great ways of
re-connecting. Time spent talking and laughing with those that mean the most is
time well spent.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Reduce your belongings</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">Resolve to clean out your closets and your home. Think of the difference
between “want” and “need” before you start this exercise. Keep things you need
and give away those you want. This may sound philosophical but try and give
away whatever you have not used for the past one year. Your challenge will
always be “what if” you suddenly need the item again. If you decide to give it
away, keep this as an active resolution till the next year and then assess
whether you felt the need for the items you gave away. Chances are that you
will never miss these items.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Brush Up on New Technology</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">Technology, as you are well aware, is changing our World. You should
have understood the many forms of communication and connection through
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and so many others it is time
to do so now. Now is the time to get a working understanding of the Metaverse
and the Internet of Things, Crypto, Artificial Intelligence and more. To
brush-up your own knowledge and skills, there are on-line tutorials for every
possible question that you may have.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Tell Your Story</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">Now is the time to tell your story. Write your blog and publish it on a
weekly or monthly basis. Think of all the anecdotes in your life, the
milestones in your career and the time you spent as a child and your parents
and your extended family and store these memories carefully in writing. Not
only will this record your own memories and thoughts, but this could also
become a record of your family history for the future generations.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><b>Give your brain a workout<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">The more you exercise your brain, like your body, the stronger it will
be. Read more and beyond your daily newspaper. Join or start discussion groups
on subjects that interest you. Try Sudoku, Chess, Quiz Up or Scrabble. All
these games are available free on your smart phone. Play online with people you
do not know and compete with the best.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Remove negativity and anxiety from your life</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">Life is too short and at our stage in life, we are already on the “back
nine” of a round of golf! Now is the time to remove all the negativity we have
carried inside us about family, friends, and the World in general. All this
negativity is only hurting ourselves.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Get enough sleep</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">Most people seem to
believe in a myth that as you get older you need lesser sleep. Nothing is
farther away from the truth. If you are sleeping late or getting up very early,
stay in bed longer than you normally would have and soon you will be sleeping
longer and waking up much more rested.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">Get regular medical
check-ups</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">Monitor, manage and
record your blood pressure, your blood sugar, and your weight in a regular
systematic manner. If you don’t have any of these challenges, consider yourself
blessed. It is necessary for you to get annual medical check-ups done and if
you did not get a checkup this year, resolve to undergo a comprehensive check
up in the New Year.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">Travel
and discover new places</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">Throughout your working
life you would have wanted to see new places but did not have the time either
because of work commitments or family commitments. Covid permitting, now is the
time for you to realise all those dreams. You and your partner can travel to
new cities or new countries or even discover new parts of the city you live in.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">Finally, as you celebrate during this festive season with your loved
ones, raise a toast to the coming year, but with a smaller glass!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">The runway is getting shorter with each passing year. This is a cause
for celebration and not despair.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">Wish you a very Happy,
Healthy and Prosperous New Year.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>The Brand Called Youhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397002471635601067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713090647606717603.post-88570081311651625202021-12-16T16:25:00.003-08:002021-12-16T16:25:33.121-08:00Anti-Ageing<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjq6ZRmr3wAqzqq_XtLyNorgAExabjk3TuzGjVkZuQF0DzLOCDBomOF3oeLYkLxnX_jdeTy7DdQJZx_OITs-ECfwVntSN9kDkHzUjtAGXwEDYi5BleVHKM5OLgsBnLki3sK_8hKieLwa0niTDWLO6rXZKUutosC50tgK4wWpL3mE8qq4D1JF6-kj3atQA=s499" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="326" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjq6ZRmr3wAqzqq_XtLyNorgAExabjk3TuzGjVkZuQF0DzLOCDBomOF3oeLYkLxnX_jdeTy7DdQJZx_OITs-ECfwVntSN9kDkHzUjtAGXwEDYi5BleVHKM5OLgsBnLki3sK_8hKieLwa0niTDWLO6rXZKUutosC50tgK4wWpL3mE8qq4D1JF6-kj3atQA=s320" width="209" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">If your aim is to be
lively and robust in your old age, you will need to learn some anti-ageing
secrets that focus on the mind, body and spirit. Your body is an integrated
whole. There are many aspects of a healthy life that rely on each other. Crush
the spirit and the body will follow. Stimulate the mind and your mood will
lighten. Exercise the body and your mind will be sharper. In many ways, these
anti-ageing tips are interdependent.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">It is widely
acknowledged that your genes play a major role in your health but then you
cannot choose your parents. But you must understand that you don’t need to be a
slave to your family’s past. It is my belief that every human being must accept
the ageing process and gracefully accept your age. We have all come across so
many people whose body shows their age but they try to conceal it with
ill-fitting clothes and mask their faces with heavy make-up!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Anti-ageing should be
for your mind, body and spirit. There is no point in having a youthful body
with an old person’s mind living in the past and a flagging spirit!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I am giving below some
well accepted ways to handle the ageing process in your body:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Stimulate your brain</b> – </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">It is one
thing to live a long life, but if you want to live a long and vibrant life, you
are going to need a vibrant and sharp mind. The brain, like the rest of the
body, needs exercise to avoid becoming sluggish and even disease-ridden.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The brain
needs to be challenged to keep the neurological pathways open. Learn a new
language, read, keep yourself busy, admire nature, relish smells and sounds of
your surroundings. The younger you keep your mind, the younger your body and
your whole being will become.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The old
adage "use it or you'll lose it" has relevance when it comes to your
mind.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Eat Well</b></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> - More has been
written about eating well than can be absorbed by anyone. Foods that are good
today don’t seem to find favour a few years later and vice versa leaving
readers confused and confounded. When I was a young adult, I was told that eggs
were bad for cholesterol. Today I am told that eggs are good for you. As I
discussed with people, I was told that red meat was better than chicken now and
that pooris were better than parathas. Is all this cyclical and based entirely
on food lobbies in the world?</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Based on all
the reading that most retirees would have done over the years, we would know
that oily foods are not good, too much sweet should be avoided, food with
roughage or high fibre is good and one should not eat carbohydrates after 7 pm.
Our bodies also give us a clear signal when we don’t eat right.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The best way
to plan to get a well-balanced diet is to go to a nutritionist or a dietician.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Exercise</b></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><b> </b>– I have stated in
several places in this book that exercise is critical for managing our body,
especially as we get older. Hundreds of studies show that exercise combats the
loss of stamina, muscle strength, balance and bone density that increases with
age.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In addition
to working out, walking or swimming for 35 – 40 minutes at least 3 times a
week, it is good to do some light weights to tone up your muscles.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Exercise
must be blend to handle a cardio vascular work out combined with some muscle strengthening.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Maximise your intake of antioxidants</b></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> - Free
radicals contribute to the onset of age-related diseases, and antioxidants
neutralize free. Everyone should take a combination of antioxidants through
diet and supplementation.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Antioxidants
can be increased in your diet by increasing the intake of dark-coloured
vegetables like tomatoes, carrots and spinach. Alternately, take a food
supplement because we don’t always eat what is good for us and often the soil
in which our food grows has been denuded of the resources our food should
normally have.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“I always
tell people that taking antioxidants is like driving with a seatbelt” says
Blumberg, an authority on the subject “They can protect your life, but they are
not a license to drive recklessly.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Sleep</b></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> - Research shows that
if you sleep less than six hours a night, you are at far greater risk of having
a heart attack or experiencing a stroke. What's more, your mind seems to
deteriorate at a faster pace.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">On an
emotional level, a lack of sleep makes you less peaceful and more prone to
anger. Sicknesses related to viral infections are also more prevalent among
people lacking proper rest.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I have met
many people who have trouble sleeping. They take the easy way out and ask their
doctors to prescribe sleeping aids and what is surprising is that doctors have
no hesitation in prescribing these. All such aids are addictive and getting
back to a natural sleep will prove to be a huge challenge once your body gets
“addicted” to an external sleeping stimulus. It is best to try and meditate to
sleep rather than rely on external aids.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">If you have specific
concerns about ageing, ask your doctor about proven ways to improve your
health. Remember, healthy lifestyle choices such as eating a healthy diet and
including physical activity in your daily routine can help you feel your best
as you get older.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">And finally, while
these are all tools to slow down your ageing process, remember that nature is
the biggest doctor for your age. If your body is fit, well exercised and free
of any major disease, accept the process of ageing gracefully. There is much
more to look forward to in life as you move towards retirement than simply a
body that looks twenty years younger but feels much older!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">As Mark Twain has said,
“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter!”</span></p>The Brand Called Youhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397002471635601067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713090647606717603.post-32694366386789129232021-12-06T02:11:00.001-08:002021-12-06T02:11:35.599-08:00Planning for Retirement<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmV8S9ynilR5PS6AEz1sN3pdGk-7hV8o_U-oxuuMrgNpCvXSoh6EWIlKCBCUozLc_4dZjofG-2gIwy2rHz0n3CbOs6l23bONE2qdI2_M37Vx-WkvoxQ8tIjPFFK2Sd3F9Ftw869BKSjTEY/s499/5.+Reinvent.+Reboot.+Rewire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="326" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmV8S9ynilR5PS6AEz1sN3pdGk-7hV8o_U-oxuuMrgNpCvXSoh6EWIlKCBCUozLc_4dZjofG-2gIwy2rHz0n3CbOs6l23bONE2qdI2_M37Vx-WkvoxQ8tIjPFFK2Sd3F9Ftw869BKSjTEY/s320/5.+Reinvent.+Reboot.+Rewire.jpg" width="209" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Retirement has nothing
to do with you or your competence. It is an event which is the result of the
policies of your employer and this is an inevitable stage in all our lives. It
is estimated that the population of 60 year olds in the World will cross 1
billion by the end this decade. India will have over 100 million seniors</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Each one of us is
unique and will have our own suite of needs, experiences, personal and family
circumstances, financial needs and personal health. So why don’t we want to
plan for this next important phase of our life carefully and well in advance of
the date of superannuation? It is important for each one of us to consider the
following thoughts as we plan our retirement. These are merely pointers and by
no means a comprehensive solution to the challenges we are likely to face in
our retired life.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Acceptance of the
New Normal and No Self-pity</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The single biggest
challenge I have seen that retirees face is internal acceptance that they have
reached the age of retirement. Till you accept this stage of life happily, you will
always be unhappy and possibly angry for not having been given the time to
achieve all that you may have set out to achieve. You could be angry because
you started work later than others and therefore got your due later than others
or had a shorter working life. You could also slip into a very convenient mode
of acceptance of self-pity.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I have met so many
retirees who preface their venting with the words “If only” and I tell them
“Why blame the World and everyone else for a retirement event that you have no
control over? The quicker you accept that you have retired or are about to
retire, the faster you will adjust to your new life”.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Social Networks and
Technology </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">There is a whole new
world waiting for us in the world of social media and technology. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">According
to the Pew Research Centre, Internet use among those 60 and older grew 150
percent between 2009 and 2011, the largest growth in a demographic group.
Furthermore, their study showed that of those that go online, 71 percent do so
daily and 34 percent use social media. Their numbers have increased very
significantly since this research. The seniors use these tools to bridge the
geographic gap between them and their loved ones far away and as a way to
re-connect with friends. Studies show that the internet has become an important
portal for reducing isolation and loneliness.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The “seniors” are
taking to social media like a fish to water discovering school and college
friends like never before. Well beyond our normal Facebook page and our posting
of the occasional photograph and sometimes hitting the “like” button. Skype and
WhatsApp groups are overflowing with forwarded and re-forwarded messages. More
savvy seniors are on Instagram and discovering a whole new world.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">For many of us who
believed that we had no time to learn social media because of work related time
pressures, retirement is an excellent time to make this transition. Remember
that when we started work three decades ago, computers were new and we had to
learn this new tool as well! My 87 year old father stayed in regular touch with
his grandchildren using various social media platforms.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Start a social group
with like-minded people in areas that you like and you will soon discover many
new friends.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Management of
Expectations</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We have to recognize
one blunt truth. Our lives will change once we retire. There is no point in
hanging on to memories. Even these will change over time. How we manage this
change is entirely dependent on us. We need to understand our own reality and
we need to deal with this reality.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Management of our
expectations post retirement goes well beyond managing our finances. While
money is always a critical component, disappointments of retired life often go
beyond financial security. I have met many retirees who are disappointed that
they have not planned their time well or they have not cultivated any hobbies
or have not built a circle of friends beyond their work colleagues or have lost
contact with family members.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">To these people I say
that it is never too late to start. Remember that you are looking at the next
three decades of your life ahead of you.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Establish a new Routine
for yourself</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Most of us have been
used to a routine that has been developed in our working life. As most of us
reach the age of superannuation our children will not demand much time since
they would have started their own lives. Our spouses will have accepted our
companionship rather than demanding our time. Our routine would have been
evolved based on spending long hours at the office and spending more client
facing hours. As we retire, we are not able to figure out how to manage all the
surplus time that we have.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The change, therefore,
when we retire is very significant. We will suddenly have most of our waking
hours to account for and use gainfully. In order to achieve this new normal
sensibly, we need to work out a routine and follow it assiduously. Some people
I know have actually got their routine logged into their Outlook calendar and
follow it carefully. Too much of any one activity is not sustainable and
therefore we will have to develop of blend of routines covering a multitude of
activities.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Leisure</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Most of us are so used
to working long hours at work that we almost feel guilty when we think of
leisure. Therefore, when we look at retirement as a time for leisure, we
miscalculate or underestimate that this can be a time of fulfilment.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Take out your “bucket
list” and start working on it. If you have not prepared one, now is the time to
start listing out everything you have always wanted to do but did not have the
time to do.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Watch all those movies
and television serials that you did not have time for. Try out all those new
restaurants and cuisines. Develop new skills. There are hundreds of options available
and if this involves you taking some educational courses, so be it.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Travelling today is
easier and much more affordable than when we started working in the seventies
or eighties. If you can afford it, travel to places within your country or the
World. Plan to travel to places that you have always dreamt of but were not
able to go to.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">In your retirement,
your leisure is real and well-earned after three decades of working. Retirement
needs effort and the earlier you start making this effort the happier you will
be. For you, moving forward in your new life as a retiree, the World must know
no boundaries.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Planned well, you may
suddenly realise that your retirement will become a busiest phase of your life,
much more than you had imagined.</span></p>The Brand Called Youhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397002471635601067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713090647606717603.post-70960546261202301402021-10-23T04:01:00.004-07:002021-10-23T04:01:55.953-07:00It is Okay to Fail<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Wg3RImssQL9emXvcHlEtPx3qiXh6H5r2hE4cQP_CgL1rCTgHzrdVnpYoo_aaz72jFdKAYtoiu30q7eEguNVCH7OtbHQI3cFKB9YlWHdQ7xR9MDOvC3uu-IODeXFJL-ycFWaqt6SOfiDl/s300/7.+How+to+Survive+Failure+and+come+out+Stronger+%2528Low+Res%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="188" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Wg3RImssQL9emXvcHlEtPx3qiXh6H5r2hE4cQP_CgL1rCTgHzrdVnpYoo_aaz72jFdKAYtoiu30q7eEguNVCH7OtbHQI3cFKB9YlWHdQ7xR9MDOvC3uu-IODeXFJL-ycFWaqt6SOfiDl/s0/7.+How+to+Survive+Failure+and+come+out+Stronger+%2528Low+Res%2529.png" width="188" /></a></div><br /><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Failure - A word that has many different
meanings, many different connotations and many different interpretations.
Failure is used for individuals, organisations, products, experiences and
actions.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Failure and Success are two sides of the same
coin.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Both are relative to one another. One person
can be seen to have failed because they did not succeed. Another person can be
seen to have succeeded because they did not fail. With understanding failure
and putting it into context, success means nothing. Success has to be in
relation to someone or something else. We have succeeded because another person
did not succeed or failed.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Failure is understood and interpreted in
different ways by people who are faced with failure and by those who know the
individual. It is handled in different ways by the person who is faced with
failure. Failure is analysed by people who observe and comment upon the person
who has failed.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We say that failure is painful and that it
causes emotional turmoil and upset, and inflicts agonizing pangs of guilt,
regret, and remorse. But those who have experienced true failure, and have
bounced back from it, understand that failure is necessary for success. Yes of
course, failing hurts. In fact, it cuts deep like a razor, slicing its way to
our inner core. Yet, it is necessary.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Very seldom has anyone attempted to get to
understand the reason for failure or the impact of failure.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">No one thinks of the impact on the person who
has failed or is likely to fail. Everyone observing the failure is quick to
pass judgement on the failure and the person who has failed. Everyone has a
reason, their own interpretation, of why the failure has happened.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I have often wondered
why Indian parents are so ambitious for their children and what is it that we
are always trying to achieve through our children? Is it our own unachieved
ambitions or is it a genuine desire to see our children succeed and prosper in
the very competitive environment that is so prevalent in our country? What
prompts us to first determine that some jobs are good and what empowers us as
parents to decide what we think is good for our children?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Parents have a big role to play. Most parents
from the developing World teach their children the importance to “win”. They
want us to come “first” in class. To be at the front of the pack. To get ahead.
All this without considering the impact this would have on the thinking of
their children. My parents told me this and I told the same to my sons. As I
look back, I know this was a mistake.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This repeated reinforcement by our parents and
elders manifests itself into our behaviour patterns in society.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><em><span style="background: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;">The oldest and strongest emotion of human beings is fear, and
the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.</span></em><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Have we ever wondered
why all of us seem to have an identical set of values when it comes to looking
at ourselves in similar situations? Is this behaviour happening because of our
fear of failure?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We love Success! Nobody wishes to fail. We are
embarrassed even if we commit a silly mistake.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We can relate with stories of success from our
scriptures. Stories of the triumph of good over evil in the Ramayana. Stories
of The Mahabharata, where Lord Krishna asks Arjun to fight and win the battle
because that is his duty. Stories from the Bible of David and Goliath, Moses
parting the Red Sea and the legend of Saint John slaying the Dragon.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We never remember stories of failures or
disasters. There are plenty. We do not remember the villains in these
scriptures. There are many.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We expect success from ourselves and from
others. We celebrate success. We strive for success. We encourage one another
towards success. We hold success in high regard. Our entire mind-set is wired
towards success which is the goal. We are constantly bombarded with ideas about
success. Our movies glorify success and generally have a happily ever after
fairy tale like ending.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Our bookshelves are filled with magazines,
journals and writings on 'How to be Successful', 'Keys to Success,' 'Secrets of
Successful People,' and so on.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I am not suggesting that pursuing success is a
wrong. Success is good. However, focusing only on success is incomplete if we
do not talk about failure and how to face it.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Nobody wants to talk about failure. We do not
like failure. We hate it so much that we even scorn those who fail. Even worse,
we tend to dislike ourselves when we fail.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Failure is a part of life and everyone has
faced failure. The manner in which each person handles failure is different.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Failure is and always will be unexpected,
unavoidable, uncomfortable and universal. We need to understand how to
face it. More importantly, we must understand how we can use failure as a force
of change.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Do not fear failure so much that you refuse to try new
things. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I have often said that we must not reach the end of our
life’s journey with three regrets.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><cite><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-style: normal; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; padding: 0cm;">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></cite><!--[endif]--><cite><span style="background: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;">I could have done this, but I did not.</span></cite><cite><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-style: normal; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><o:p></o:p></span></cite></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><cite><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-style: normal; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; padding: 0cm;">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></cite><!--[endif]--><cite><span style="background: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;">I might have done this, but I did not. </span></cite><cite><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-style: normal; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><o:p></o:p></span></cite></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><cite><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-style: normal; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; padding: 0cm;">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></cite><!--[endif]--><cite><span style="background: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;">I should have done this, but I did not.</span></cite><cite><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-style: normal; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><o:p></o:p></span></cite></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We must remember that sorrow is a part of
everyone’s life but the bigger blessing we have is that we have the strength
and ability to forget our sorrows and move on.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The same applies to failure.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Failure must be a teacher for each one of us.
And we must be grateful to this teacher. As someone commented “Failure is a
comma, not a full stop”. This too shall pass.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">At the same time, we must remember that
repeated failure is not acceptable. Failure cannot be a romantic notion.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“To err is human, but if the eraser wears out
before the pencil, you are overdoing it.”</span></p>The Brand Called Youhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397002471635601067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713090647606717603.post-64604667349839405372021-10-17T04:35:00.000-07:002021-10-17T04:35:05.125-07:00The Maharaja’s Frequent Flyer programme<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHKZi8HSMK6YrEmkTNPjFRNuUJWrBfJepuD4Mp2KYxnwhNHOq4pWGNaUHsc_3B_JH6px6laXgzfJ5UCaMFxPiWld-w62rOQ26b6OYWL7qbKl2TQz-H0nGjro6ZdBNkXkw6yjX1G0SP6AvG/s143/211017+Maharajah.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="143" data-original-width="87" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHKZi8HSMK6YrEmkTNPjFRNuUJWrBfJepuD4Mp2KYxnwhNHOq4pWGNaUHsc_3B_JH6px6laXgzfJ5UCaMFxPiWld-w62rOQ26b6OYWL7qbKl2TQz-H0nGjro6ZdBNkXkw6yjX1G0SP6AvG/w114-h187/211017+Maharajah.jpg" width="114" /></a></p><br /><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">As a very long-time user
of the Air India frequent flyer program it is frustrating to see that nothing
has changed over the last decade either in terms of customer service or
redemption.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">It is interesting to
see how aggressively the Maharaja and their employees promote their frequent
flyer program. They have also tied up with credit card companies which enable
customers to earn additional miles by using their Co-branded credit cards.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Almost everyone I know
saves their miles for holidays. It is an established fact that passengers
select an airline to accumulate miles for use later. The age-old philosophy of
“One Airline, One Hotel Chain and One Credit Card” has yielded many “paid for
holidays” for customers.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">However, in the case of
Air India, when the time comes for redemption of these miles, painfully
collected over a period of time, the horror starts.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">It is impossible to get through to the customer
service line for redemption of points. I have wasted hours on the phone,
listening to how important I am as a customer. Air India is the only call
centre where they give the waiting time in 30 second slots. It is also the only
waiting line where the time keeps increasing and the number of the people in
the queue, ahead of the caller, keeps increasing.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">When one
does manage to get through the call drops or is disconnected, only to start all
over again. I have spent 88 minutes holding, waiting for a customer service
agent, in 3 separate calls and was still not able to speak to an agent!</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">The only way to get a ticket is to make a trip
to the local Air India office. This is another frustrating experience. The Air
India staff actually believes that they are doing the passenger a favour
because the tickets are against miles and not paid tickets.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Be prepared
to wait for several hours because either the “concerned person” is not
available or “the system is down” or “Mumbai staff is away for lunch” etc. The
standard response from the counter staff is “please sit down and we will call
you”. Spending 3 to 4 hours is a standard norm at an Air India office to get a
redemption ticket.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">There is another aspect which has been
surprising for me. If the flight time has changed, Air India cancels the
confirmed seats without any reference or communication to the customer. What would
have happened to customers who have reached their destination and have suddenly
realised they don't have tickets to fly back home.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Finally, Air India cancels a flight and simply
sends an SMS. Who cares about the passengers who may have planned urgent trips
and who is bothered about the money that may have been lost for hotel bookings?
Definitely not Air India or its “customer service” staff.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Having flown several
different airlines over the last few decades, Air India’s frequent flyer
program is definitely the most challenging and has the most difficult customer
service agents.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Instead of treating a
frequent flyer as a valued customer Air India treats them as a nuisance value.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">If the Tatas are to
attract Indians to start travelling again with them, this is one department
that needs serious looking into and correcting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>The Brand Called Youhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397002471635601067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713090647606717603.post-8677277860664514922021-05-21T03:45:00.005-07:002021-05-21T03:45:27.509-07:00Brand You - Be Honest with Yourself<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE3uEgiZ92BrT-MS28PzurQc8QjiNV77xXM9DqH3d1nv6AZdPURtK1AuKpmBRYrmYC-7LyT8EcudubnfPmMLL8DWiFJyJuIndyBt_YPxPtCPT1RJJjSNB1pKe3SZubtPeGBLAFKJdMpaDb/s2048/6.+The+Brand+Called+You+%2528low+res%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1281" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE3uEgiZ92BrT-MS28PzurQc8QjiNV77xXM9DqH3d1nv6AZdPURtK1AuKpmBRYrmYC-7LyT8EcudubnfPmMLL8DWiFJyJuIndyBt_YPxPtCPT1RJJjSNB1pKe3SZubtPeGBLAFKJdMpaDb/s320/6.+The+Brand+Called+You+%2528low+res%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Understanding
the way people perceive you is critical before you can start working on
enhancing your personal brand. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Even
the best-known persons need someone who can guide and mentor them as they build
their own personal brand.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">It
is well acknowledged that, Zuckerberg needed Jobs, Gates needed Buffet and
Mandela needed Gandhi. Each relationship had a strong reason to exist and the
younger person saw a mentor or a guide in the other.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Think
of the people who have helped you face your own mirror and helped you along
with your career. The mirror that the other person provides makes you become
honest with yourself.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Unless
you are brutally honest with yourself, you will not be able to get the right
response to your own perception. If you perceive yourself as mediocre, use this
as your starting point to build your brand.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">For
you, there is only way.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Up.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">On
the other hand, if you are doing exceptionally well and are well recognised,
your challenge will be to stay where you are and take steps to try to keep
moving forward from the exalted position you already occupy.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">It
is easy to get to the top of the pack. It is easy to get to the top. The
challenge is to stay there.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Some
steps you can take to understand your perceptions about yourself are outlined
below.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Ask for feedback</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Feedback is the best form of bridging the gap
between perception and reality.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">No one likes criticism or negative feedback and you
will not be any different. Taking honest feedback requires guts. It requires
courage to face reality. You need to brace yourself to hear comments that you
will definitely not like.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ask for clarification and probe for more
information on the feedback you receive.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">You will get more information if you ask “Do you
think the audience received my presentation as informative? Were they engaged
during my presentation? Why or why not?” instead of simply asking a question
“How was my presentation?”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The first question may get you some honest feedback
but the second question is general and non-specific. You will generally evoke a
response stating “your presentation was okay.” This is possibly what you wanted
to hear when you asked the question!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Discussing your feedback, especially of you do not
agree with what has been said is important.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Listen when you are receiving unsolicited feedback</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Very few people take the trouble to give you
feedback.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">When I founded Guardian Pharmacy, I used to insist
that all customer feedback was sent to me and I made it a point to respond to
every customer complaint myself. I always told our team members that only a
concerned customer will take the trouble to give us feedback. Most customers
simply walk away from the brand since they have many other choices.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Think of how often you have thought “He loves to
listen to his own voice.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Most people believe that listening is an art when
they are speaking because they want to be heard. However, they do not practice
listening when it comes to hearing others speak!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This unsolicited feedback will be harsh and may
make you cringe. But this will be true and whether you agree with it or not,
you are being told how you are being perceived. Negative feedback, if taken in
the correct spirit, will help you to course correct and move towards building
Brand You and take it to places you may not have dreamed of.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Have someone you trust ask for feedback on your
behalf</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Many of us are uncomfortable asking for feedback
directly from someone else.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">At the same time, the person you want feedback from
may hesitate to speak to you directly either because he is afraid of your
reaction or simply feels awkward to speak out.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This simple challenge of getting feedback can be
handled by requesting a friend or a colleague to take the feedback and
communicate to you.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Often, when it comes to the work place, feedback
becomes a challenge especially if a boss is looking for feedback from a
subordinate. A subordinate – boss relationship, at the best of times could be
tenuous and when it comes to feedback time, the subordinate will hesitate and
will need to be assured repeatedly.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Though most organisations have annual and
semi-annual appraisals for giving feedback, I have always believed in giving
regular and ongoing feedback. Working together will be much easier and more
effective if your subordinate knows where he or she stands rather than be told
at the end of six or twelve months what they did right and what they did not.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">At each stage in your journey towards building your
personal brand, you need honest and constructive feedback to course correct as
often as may be required.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">4.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Have a “360 review” done</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A 360 review is a survey of people you work with
such as your manager, colleagues, business partners, clients and those you
manage. You can ask people to tell you your strengths and weaknesses. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The 360
review focuses more directly on the skills and contributions that an employee
makes.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The goal of
the feedback is to provide a balanced view to an employee of how others view
his or her contribution and performance in areas such as leadership, teamwork,
interpersonal communication, management, contribution, work habits,
accountability, vision, and more, depending on the employee's job.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">When you are looking at feedback for your personal
brand, you could consider doing a 360 review with your family and friends as
well. Set up the questions with the help of an expert and then ask for
feedback.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tell them you are doing it for personal development
and encourage them to give you constructive feedback.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">There will be some feedback you accept immediately
and some which you do not. As discussed earlier in this chapter, it is also
important to discuss your feedback to understand the reasons.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The author is a CEO Coach, a
Storyteller and an Angel Investor. He hosts the highly successful podcast
titled The Brand Called You. A keen political observer and commentator, he is
also the founder Chairman of Guardian Pharmacies. He is the author of 7
best-selling books and writes for several online newspapers.</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">The dictionary defines a
mistake and a failure in several ways.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; text-indent: -18pt;">An act or instance of failing or proving
unsuccessful</span></li><li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; text-indent: -18pt;">Lack of success</span></li><li><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Non-performance of something due, required, or expected<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">A subnormal quantity or quality; an insufficiency<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Deterioration or decay, especially of vigour,
strength<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">A condition of being bankrupt by reason of
insolvency.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Everyone has made
mistakes that may or may not have led to a failure.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A mistake, when
interpreted as a noun can be understood to be an action or decision that
is wrong or produces a result that is not correct or
not intended. A mistake when interpreted as a verb can be an act of failing to recognise an
action, something or someone.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1818; font-size: 12pt;">A mistake is an incorrect, unwise, or unfortunate act or
decision. A mistake can be caused by bad judgment, a lack of information, or a
lack of attention to detail. While a mistake can lead to failure they do not
always have to end in failure. We make numerous mistakes every day without
serious consequence. We would prefer to avoid making mistakes but without
perfect attention and perfect prediction they are inevitable. Conversely, a
failure doesn’t always have to stem from a mistake. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Failure is directly
linked to success. We think we have failed because we have certain preconceived
notions or understanding of not meeting our desired objective or goal.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We must remember the
difference between mistakes and failure. When we focus on our mistakes as an
opportunity to learn, we are much more likely to not experience failure over
the longer term.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">What could be a failure
for some could be a success for others. Failure means different things to
different people.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Failure and success are
relative terms and their interpretation and understanding varies based on our
own state of mind and our own expectation of what we have set out to achieve.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Most failures and
successes are generally very transactional and momentary. We could fail and
succeed every day, several times. Other failures have a significantly
longer-term impact on us and possibly the people in our lives.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A highly successful
person will see failures in their journey towards success as just another step,
in life’s journey and learn from these. Such people generally see light at the
end of the tunnel. A person who is faced with failure may see successes and
learn so that they do not repeat the failure. They learn from the failure and
re-dedicate themselves to learning from their failure to rebuild.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">On the other hand, some
people who fail throw their hands up in the air and walk away, looking at the
failure as a bad dream, not to be revisited.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">There is no real right
or wrong answer to how we should handle failure. It is also true that there are
some failures that affect us much more than others.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Failures occur in the
corporate world or the world of business as well. Corporate failures can be on
account of a flawed decision-making process of an individual or a group of
individuals or it could on account of a poor implementation by a team of
people. More often than not, corporate failures occur despite a substantial
amount of research and after a significant amount of debate. This is required
before the company decided to commit large sums of money.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;">Failures do not always stem from mistakes and sometimes they
simply cannot be avoided. We must get comfortable talking about them so
we can move away from fearing them and hiding from them. When we hide
from our failures, we will never learn from them. That will be our real failure.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Albert Einstein, who
was not able to speak fluently till the age of 9 and was awarded the Nobel
Prize for Physics in 1921 famously said “Success is Failure in progress”.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Life is 90% of what
happens to us and 10% how we react to it. When it comes to failing, our egos
are our own worst enemies. As soon as things start to go wrong, our defence
mechanisms kick in. We make every effort to save face followed by denial. It
takes a while before we can see closure and hopefully this closure does not
result in any lasting scars or memories.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">If you really believe
that you are capable, you can.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Why is it that only
some people are famously known for their notable works or achievements? It is
because no one else has tried and persisted. If you never try or fail, you will
never learn. Keep failing. Failing is not wrong. It is repeating the same thing
again and again.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Remember that every
great sportsman, mountain climber, musician or artist was once an amateur who
must have invested serious time and effort to hone their skills.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">If you never fail, your
courage does not increase.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The sooner you get
comfortable with practicing and making mistakes, the quicker you’ll learn the
skills and knowledge necessary to master your art. You will never be 100% sure
it will work, but you can always be 100% sure doing nothing won’t work. So get
out there and try again. Either you succeed or you learn a vital lesson. Win –
Win.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mistakes are painful
when they happen, but years later this collection of mistakes, called
experience, leads us to success. If it’s good, it’s going to be wonderful. If
it’s bad, it’s going to be an experience.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Our mindset is at the
heart of our success and failure.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We have to take the
good with the bad, smile with the sad, love what you have and be thankful for
what you had. Forgive ourselves and others, but never forget. Learn from our
mistakes, but do not regret.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Life is constantly
changing. Things will go wrong and life will go on.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">No matter how chaotic
the past has been, the future is always a clean, fresh, wide open slate.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">What you do with your
future is up to you. We cannot change the past or predict the future. But what
we can do is stop clinging to the past or worrying about what might happen in
the future.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">*******************<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The author is a CEO Coach, a
Storyteller and an Angel Investor. He hosts the highly successful podcast
titled The Brand Called You. A keen political observer and commentator, he is
also the founder Chairman of Guardian Pharmacies. He is the author of 6
best-selling books and writes for several online newspapers.</span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>The Brand Called Youhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397002471635601067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713090647606717603.post-62298007392584497892021-02-07T01:55:00.002-08:002021-02-07T01:55:34.740-08:00 Brand You – Building and Sustaining Your Brand<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">While you are building your brand presence outlined
above, remember that building a brand and sustaining it for the longevity of
the brand is very important.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Here are a few pointers that you need to keep in
mind as you go about building, marketing and promoting yourself as a brand.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Be sincere</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The dictionary defines “sincere” as “free from
pretense, hypocrisy, falseness or deceit.” </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Being a sincere person refers to how you
interact with others.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sincerity must begin within
yourself.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Your sincerity comes through in all your
communication be it spoken or written. People respect sincerity and they will
be willing to listen to whatever you have to offer. Just like you are able to
see through an insincere person, others would be able to see through you as
well.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Present yourself intelligently</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">So how should you introduce yourself? Should you
give your name first, your designation or the name of your company?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">How many times have you heard the old phrase “if
you do not blow your own trumpet, no one else will blow it for you?” What this
means is that you need to talk about and present your achievements.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A few years later, I learned the corollary to this
wise advice. “You must blow your own trumpet but do not blow it so hard that it
hurts people’s ears!” How many times have you felt that someone talks too much
and keeps bragging about his achievements?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">My learning was that my introduction must be well
practiced and not excessive.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">There is no doubt that your organisation gives you
significant credibility but over a period of time, as you build your own brand,
you need to create your own identity which is different from that of your
organisation. Do you want to want to introduce yourself with your own name
first followed by the name of your employer or vice versa? Do you want to talk
about your skills, your interests and your hobbies in your introduction?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">For a very long time, doctors have used the
abbreviated letters “Dr” before their name to communicate the skill they had
acquired. This is an accepted norm. Since every doctor used this abbreviation,
it took very little time for doctors to start adding their degrees after their
names to show how they were more qualified than other doctors.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lawyers display all their degrees and certificates
in their chambers. They possibly believe that larger the number of frames on
their walls the higher their credibility will become.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Officers in the armed forces have always added
their rank as a prefix before their name to differentiate who they are,
hierarchically. Officers who have been decorated with awards add the well
understood abbreviated version of these awards after their name, as a suffix.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">It took a while before engineers realise that they
too like doctors, had worked equally hard to acquire their degree in
engineering and so started to add the letters “Er” before their names. Very
soon the Chartered Accountants, not wanting to be left behind started to affix
“CA” before their names.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I wonder how many other professions will start to
add a prefix or a suffix to their names to identify themselves.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Creating this unique identity will help you when
you are looking for a new job or making a pitch for your young startup.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Be original</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Nat King Cole, in 1950, sang the well-loved and
well recognised song</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: center;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">There will
be many other nights like this<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: center;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">And I'll be
standing here with someone new,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: center;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">There will
be other songs to sing, another fall, another spring,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: center;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">But there
will never be another you<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: center;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">There will
be other lips that I may kiss,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: center;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">But they
won't thrill me like yours used to do,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: center;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Yes, I may
dream a million dreams,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: center;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">But how can
they come true,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: center;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">If there
will never ever be another you.</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p> <span> <span> </span><span> </span></span></o:p></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pretenders are found out very quickly because they
can never be consistent.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">As the old saying goes, you can fool all the people
for some time and some people for all time but you cannot fool all people all
the time.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">You can only make a lasting impact on people by
being original, credible and transparent. If you are seen as a person who is
untrustworthy or someone who cannot be relied upon, you can be certain that
will not take your brand very far.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Your passion must be original and real.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">That is what will define you as a brand.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">4.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Create differentiation</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">You are not the product of an assembly line.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">You are unique. Your parents have worked hard to
educate you so that you can develop a unique identity.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">What you started out with at the beginning of your
career is not an end to your education but the start. Your initial inputs,
provided through your parents and your elders, have helped you to launch your
career. To stay ahead of the game, you need to constantly invest in your skill
sets to keep creating differentiation and staying ahead of the rest of your
colleagues.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Extra training for a new work related skill,
learning a new language, playing a musical instrument, representing your
organisation at a sports meet or learning public speaking skills are some ways
of investing in yourself and differentiating from others.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Have confidence in the offering of Brand You.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">You need to be very confident about your skills and
have must have a very strong belief in your ability to deliver. This belief
reinforces confidence in the mind of your audience about you. Have you ever
heard of a good brand, which is not confident about its products? The same
concept applies to Brand You as well.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">It will take time and patience to build your brand.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Once established, nobody can take away this
identity that you have built.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The wider the acceptability of your brand, the
stronger your brand will become. This investment in yourself is what will make
you stand out as powerful brand in your organisation and in your industry.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Therefore, building yourself as a brand is
something that you should invest your time and focus into from today.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Become a powerful brand in your field and the world
will want to reach out to you and embrace you for being the winner that you are!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The author is a Business and Executive
Coach, a Storyteller and an Angel Investor. He hosts the highly successful
podcast titled The Brand Called You. A keen political observer and commentator,
he is also the founder Chairman of Guardian Pharmacies. He is the author of 6
best-selling books and writes for several online newspapers.</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Watch our podcasts at </span></i><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.tbcy.in/"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">www.tbcy.in</span></i></a></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">| </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.equationcoaching.com/"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">www.equationcoaching.com</span></i></a></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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architect of modern China, speaking at the special session of the United
Nations on 10<sup>th</sup> April 1974, said: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“China is a socialist
country, and a developing country as well. China belongs to the Third World.
Consistently following Chairman Mao’s teachings, the Chinese Government and
people firmly support all oppressed peoples and oppressed nations in their
struggle to win or defend national independence, develop the national economy
and oppose colonialism, imperialism and hegemonism. This is our bounden
internationalist duty. China is not a superpower, nor will she ever seek to be
one. What is a superpower? A superpower is an imperialist country which
everywhere subjects other countries to its aggression, interference, control,
subversion or plunder and strives for world hegemony. If capitalism is restored
in a big socialist country, it will inevitably become a superpower. The Great
Proletarian Cultural Revolution, which has been carried out in China in recent
years, and the campaign of criticizing Lin Piao and Confucius now under way
throughout China, are both aimed at preventing capitalist restoration and
ensuring that socialist China will never change her colour and will always
stand by the oppressed peoples and oppressed nations. If one day China should
change her colour and turn into a superpower, if she too should play the tyrant
in the world, and everywhere subject others to her bullying, aggression and
exploitation, the people of the world should identify her as
social-imperialism, expose it, oppose it and work together with the Chinese
people to overthrow it”. (</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/deng-xiaoping/1974/04/10.htm"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/deng-xiaoping/1974/04/10.htm</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Important words to
think about given the positioning China in the World today.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">President Xi Jin Ping,
who has positioned himself in the same exalted status as Chairman Mao and Deng
Xiao Peng, should be a worried leader and under serious pressure. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">His traditional play
book strategies are not working. The World leaders are not bowing down to his
pressure tactics. The World citizens are willing to shun the Chinese products
like never before. The carefully crafted image of the man and his machines is
beginning to tarnish rapidly. China is left with their all-weather ally
Pakistan and North Korea, both of whom will do as their master instructs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Over the past year,
there have been a series of challenges faced by the Chinese economy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Wuhan Virus (Kung Flu as per President Trump),
that has created devastation in the World. No one knows how many people have
died in China.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Chinese economy is in trouble partly
because of the shut down and partly because of the anti-China sentiment among
buyers around the World. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Challenges within the CCP, specially after Xi’s
“President for Life” amendment of their “constitution.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The other significant
piece of the equation is Xi’s dream project, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
which is the cornerstone of his policy of economic colonisation using debt as a
major tool. Almost every country that signed up with China for the BRI has now
found out that there is nothing in it for them. China’s cheque book diplomacy
is facing serious resistance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">One major section of
the BRI goes through Baluchistan (China Pakistan Economic Corridor), which is
in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir. Therefore, rebels in Baluchistan and India will
do whatever it takes to ensure that this CPEC project will not be allowed to be
completed. This will hurt both China and Pakistan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The most well accepted
form of diverting attention, from time immemorial, is to start a war / create
trouble with neighbours to draw attention away from internal problems, in the
hope the nationalistic feelings will divert the attention of the citizens. This
is what we are seeing happening with all 14 countries that have borders with
China or with those that share international waters with China. From Bhutan
(for an animal reserve) to Russia (for the entire Vladivostok region), from
Mongolia to Japan, from Australia to Myanmar. China has reopened old issues everywhere.
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">All countries, affected
by China, are now speaking up. South East Asian countries too, who have
traditionally kept quiet, have now spoken up against China for the South China
Seas. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">India has had a
long-standing dispute with China on our 3488 kms long border. The British had
defined a border between India and Tibet in 1914 called the “McMahon Line”
which is called the Line of Actual Control (LAC). After annexing Tibet, China
refused to recognise this agreement. Therefore, China keeps claiming various
parts of India including the entire North East of India (7 states of India) as
their own.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">In the past, Indian
politicians supported by their able bureaucrats, for various reasons, did not
challenge China but preferred to “let things lie” in the hope that somehow,
good sense would prevail. They knew that China was incorrigible, but it is
always easier to sweep uncomfortable situations under the carpet. This led to
large land areas of India being taken over by China and now claimed as their
own. India has supported Hong Kong and Taiwan at the UN and is asking for an
investigation into the cause of the virus. It should be a matter of time before
India raises the matter of the autonomy of Tibet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">With the recent clash
on 15<sup>th</sup> June 2020 in the Galwan Valley, the Chinese had thought that
they would keep “creeping” towards India like they had done in the past. Under
Mr Modi, this was not only stopped but rebuffed as well. While 20 Indian
soldiers were killed, I have heard senior officials that over 75 Chinese
soldiers were killed by an enraged India Army who sought retribution after they
saw their Commanding Officer killed. Stories of one Sikh soldier killing 12
people with his “kirpan” before being martyred are doing the rounds. This is
how myths are born, and rightly so.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Chinese are not
used to being pushed back. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">They have survived with
their self-created myth of being the World’s largest and most powerful Army.
Can an Army, which is probably being run by the power of the gun and Communist
ideology battle against the World’s best trained Indian Army who treat their
land as their mother and are willing to happily sacrifice their lives to defend
it? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">In the past, our
politicians had tied the hands of the Indian Army behind their backs. Prime
Minister Modi has given freedom to the Army to respond as they deem fit. Mr
Modi’s comment in Ladakh, that India knows how to play Lord Krishna’s flute and
knows how to use His Sudarshan Chakra clearly indicates the complete change in
India’s foreign policy vis-à-vis China. Not only do we know how to make an
aggressor dance to our tune, we also know how to use the deadliest weapons to
protect ourselves.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">It is interesting to
see how most countries have come out in support of India. France has also
offered to send their ground troops to support India! Russia is expediting the
delivery of 21 MIG 29 and 12 Sukhoi aircraft as well as the World’s most
advanced S-400 surface-to-air missile systems. USA has positioned 3 aircraft
carriers in the waters around India to Japan and is expediting the despatch of
helicopters on priority.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Opening up so many
flanks at the same time is either a well-crafted strategy of President Xi or
this could be regional satraps within China starting to flex their muscles
independently. If the latter, then the World needs to worry. Whether this lead
to the balkanisation of China, similar to USSR is anybody’s guess? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Are the days of
President Xi numbered? Will he be given a face saving exit? Is there another
group of ambitious and aggressive young leaders within the party who are
plotting to claim the “Dragon Throne”, to give a different direction to the
country? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Is it time for the
leadership of China to go back to the prophetic words of Deng Xiao Peng and
learn to live with the World instead of trying to control it?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Only time will tell.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Wolf of Zhongshan,” talks about a wolf which had been shot by a hunter. As it
was running away injured, it met a kind-hearted person who saved the wolf from
the hunter. After the hunter left, the wolf said to the kind-hearted person,
"You have saved me. Now I am hungry. Since you have come this far helping
me, let me eat you."</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Why has China, the second largest economy of the World, suddenly
starting flex its muscles? Why are they opening so many flanks with so many
countries simultaneously? There is an economic, political or territorial issue
that has been raised with several countries, almost simultaneously. What does
China hope to accomplish when its own economy has been ravaged by the Wuhan
Virus?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">From time immemorial, world leaders, under pressure because of a weak
economy or a weak political position, have waved the flag of National Security
and done sabre rattling to divert attention from their internal challenges. Are
we seeing the same in China today?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Let us look at the challenges China is facing:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Credibility Challenge</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">: China has a serious credibility issue with the rest of the World,
reeling with the impact of the Corona pandemic. Political leaders around the
World have started blaming China for not being transparent about the origin of
this virus. What should worry China is that the average individual in each
country is angry with China and the first reaction will come against “Made in
China” goods. This is an emotional and a sentimental reaction and once
deep-rooted, will be difficult to change in a short time. Calls to stop buying
Chinese products and even to uninstall Chinese apps should be a cause for
serious concern in China. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Diplomatic Challenge:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text1;">When there is when
there is pressure diplomacy normally comes to the rescue</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Chinese officials have been reacting with threats as can
be seen in their stopping imports from Australia. </span></div>
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Taiwan and there is cause for worry in Taiwan in case China decides to
unilaterally take military action</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">The</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text1;"> recent amendment of
the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">National Security </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text1;">law to govern Hong Kong is another case in point</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Racist comments against African people in parts of China
has resulted in a reaction from Africa.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">e.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Finally, t</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text1;">he Chinese government officials are aware that </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">US</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text1;"> elections </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">are</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text1;"> round the corner and
therefore understandably rhetoric will be high and loud. This is the time when
they need to keep quiet and wait for the elections to be over. Instead Chinese
officials are you </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">issuing</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text1;"> threats </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">of retaliation </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text1;">to America when </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">they</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text1;">
comment</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"> or support</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text1;"> Hong Kong or Taiwan</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Geographical and Territorial Challenge:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"> China has always wanted to expand its boundaries by
attempting to take over lands of other countries that it claims.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Gathering a</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text1;"> number of military personnel on the border of India and </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">raising</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text1;">
territorial</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"> and boundary</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text1;"> issues at this point of time is one more flank th</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">at</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text1;"> China could have
avoided opening</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text1;">After encroaching into Indian territory</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">, t</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text1;">he Chinese found that
unlike in the past</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text1;"> Indian political resolve was strong</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text1;"> and the Indian army
push</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">ed</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text1;"> back. This resulted </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">in some </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text1;">fisticuffs </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">though no damage was done other than to the Chinese ego. S</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text1;">oon thereafter</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">t</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text1;">he Chinese leadership
started to wave the peace flag</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">The Spratly Islands is a contentious issue in the South
China Sea.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">The China Pakistan Economic Corridor that goes through
Indian territory will be the first casualty.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">The One Band One Road (OBOR) project has also become a
question mark in most countries. Citizens of these countries were expecting
large investments into their country, but they can see they will get nothing.
China is sending its own equipment, its own people and its own material for
these roads. Even the food their workers eat comes from China!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Economic Challenge:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"> China has powered its way into every nation given its financial might
and during this pandemic its companies, supported by State Institutions, are
looking for cheap acquisition of lucrative companies around the World. This has
been picked up my most countries and restrictions are being imposed to ensure
that good companies are not sold because of the pandemic.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">The financial cost of the virus to the World economy
varies between US$ 5 trillion to US$ 9 trillion. Some countries are threatening
to recover this from China. While it is unlikely that any compensation will
ever be paid, the sentiment behind these claims is more important. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Most international companies in China</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text1;"> are starting to evaluate how they will re</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">-</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text1;">engineer th</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">eir</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text1;"> supply chains so
that they are less dependent on manufacture of their products In China. This
will have serious impact</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"> on China
which relies on mass production.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-themecolor: text1;">China has
launched a trial of digital yuan in Shenzhen, Suzhou and Chengdu, and the
Xiong’an New Area. It will be interesting to see the reaction of the US
Government as it will see this move as a threat to the US Dollar, the only
global currency. The only other person who had challenged the US Dollar when he
started trading oil in Euros was Saddam Hussain.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">No one likes a bully, and no one likes to be threatened. Trade and commerce
are always a two-way street. There could be trade imbalances between countries
and these can be corrected. No country can stop buying from another and assume
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Corona Virus or Covid 19 has become a part of our lives since the beginning of the new decade.</div>
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We have now reached day 28 of the nationwide lockdown and as most of us go through incredible amount of adjustments during the lock down, I am sure that most of us are also thinking about how our lives will need to change once the lock down has been lifted.</div>
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Every product or service in our lives will now need to be categorised into Necessary, Essential or Desirable.</div>
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<li>Necessary will include food items and household items needed to sustain and maintain our lives.</li>
<li>Essential will be good to have services and products which could improve our lives.</li>
<li>Desirable will be products that are nice to have but those we can do without. Those that do not have any impact on improving our lives.</li>
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Everyone’s definition of necessary, essential and desirable will be different. These will be based on our unique perspectives of the needs of our families.</div>
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All of us will have our own prescriptions and our own ways of coping with the challenges that we have already faced but more importantly, are likely to face in the coming few months and years.</div>
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Much as people would like to believe that a cure or a vaccine is imminent, it is important to understand that the process of getting a new vaccine is very long. Once the first set of tests have been successful on animals, they need to be tested on human beings. Getting Government approvals on human beings is expedited but if this does not work, most Governments will stop the approvals and wait for “someone else” to take risks with their citizens. Even if the trials on human beings is successful, the time to commercialise a vaccine and make sufficient doses available for the World population is another challenge.</div>
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Most of us would have done a lot of introspection. We most certainly, would have appreciated the dramatic reduction in air pollution, clear skies, the last “blood moon”, dolphin sightings near Mumbai and the pristine waters of the river Ganga.</div>
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Given all the time we have been spending with our family and more importantly with ourselves, we have all had a chance to do a reality check of what is important in our lives. It is unlikely that most of us would have spent so much uninterrupted time with our families for such a long period of time.</div>
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We would have learned to give sufficient space to our family members in our homes. We would also have started to appreciate how easy it is for most of us spend time with ourselves.</div>
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Most of us would have also learned to do most of our work at home. While it is true that women have had to face the brunt of this lockdown in terms of the work to be done, all of us must have certainly understood what needs to be done at home and in our own ways, we must have started to help.</div>
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It is only when the lockdown is removed, will we begin to understand and evaluate the huge impact this would have had on our nation’s economy. Many people will lose their jobs, and many will see salary cuts. Almost everyone will not get an increment or a bonus. Our EMI’s, which have been deferred for a period of 3 months will need to be paid and there are likely to be serious defaults and repossessions.</div>
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What are the areas that will see an impact?</div>
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<li>Social distancing, a term we had not thought of a few months back is now a reality. We have all become conscious and will be very careful before going into large crowds. In our own ways, we would have started to establish communication boundaries with our neighbours and friends, and these will stay well into the foreseeable future. What social distancing will do to malls, theatres, sports and to melas is anybody’s guess.</li>
<li>Focus on working from home will become much more viable. This will have an impact on office space, transportation and eating out. We have seen the ease of video conferencing. I have done my yoga classes and taken my flute lesson online and see no reason why this cannot be continued in the future.</li>
<li>Home entertainment will increase as we have already seen. However advertising of products will reduce since people will not buy easily raising a question on economic viability of the programming.</li>
<li>Most of us will start looking for deals in everything we shop for giving an opportunity to retailers to launch their “white label” products.</li>
<li>Most people will start cutting back on non-essential items. Purchase decisions for non-essential items will be deferred for as long as possible.</li>
<li>Travel will change completely. People will be careful about getting into aircrafts and cruise ships will struggle to find passengers. This will have a serious impact on tourism, and everyone associated with this sector.</li>
<li>Luxury items will see very serious demand curtailment.</li>
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While I do hope that we will be able to get back to the pre-Corona days, it is increasingly looking more and more difficult.</div>
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Over a period of time Corona will become another kind of annual ailment. Not very different from cough, cold or influenza. Till all of us build the required immunity, we need to practice social distancing and stay safe.</div>
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We have to adjust to the new normal and we have to accept the new reality fast. The time to indulge in wishful thinking is over.</div>
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The most common question we will ask ourselves before taking any decision, be it necessary, essential or desirable, will probably be,</div>
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<em>The author is a CEO Coach, a Storyteller and an Angel Investor. He hosts the highly successful podcast titled The Brand Called You. A keen political observer and commentator, he is also the founder Chairman of Guardian Pharmacies. He is the author of 6 best-selling books and writes for several online newspapers.</em></div>
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One more loss in Delhi and it is certainly time for the BJP leadership to do some serious introspection on why, after such a sweeping win in the Lok Sabha elections in mid-2019, they have not received the same support at State elections.</div>
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It is worth thinking about why the electorate has changed its mind in less than a year. The BJP leadership at the State level in Delhi should do some serious introspection and compare the results of 2015 and 2020 elections. After an incredible Lok Sabha victory in 2014, they lost badly in 2015. The story is no different between 2019 Lok Sabha elections and the 2020 Delhi State elections.</div>
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Clearly, the electorate knows their mind and they know what they want from their politicians at the National level and at the State level. Yes, the people have huge expectations from the Prime Minister and his team for the country. They have similar expectations from their local leaders but in matters that affect their daily lives.</div>
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They want the infrastructure in their community and town to be as they expect. They want their local politician to address and resolve these challenges. Mr Kejriwal and his party did a lot of work for Delhi in the past 5 years and this did not go unnoticed. Running down or challenging achievements in education and healthcare was a poor strategy of the BJP. The electorate did not believe the BJP leaders.</div>
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Let us look at some reasons why the BJP is consistently losing elections in most States.</div>
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<strong>National Issues are different from State Issue. </strong>National Security is critical, and every step taken by the Prime Minister has been supported and applauded by the people. At the state elections, the people do not want to hear about Pakistan bashing or the achievements of the country in the international arena.</div>
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Matters like Section 370, Section 35A are important for the Nation. However, these are not for discussion at the state level.</div>
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<strong>State Politicians need to deliver</strong>. The central government needs the support of the states. Politicians at the state need to deliver to their constituents. The BJP leadership at the state level must learn to win elections on its own and stop relying only on the senior most leaders. State politicians are fighting for the assembly elections and not for the Lok Sabha. Therefore, they need to depend on their work and not that of the Central Government. They state leaders must work to strengthen the hands of the Prime Minister and not constantly look for a free ride. They should bring in the big guns for support and not to win the election.</div>
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If they want good health and good education, is this unreasonable? If they want a pollution free Delhi, they expect work to be done. If the electorate wants free electricity and free water so be it.</div>
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The electorate understands the capabilities of the Prime Minister and his team. However, when they hear their local leaders wax eloquent on national issues without bothering to talk of local issues, they know these politicians are simply not delivering what is expected of them.</div>
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<strong>Alliance Partners of the NDA </strong>must be taken into confidence in every election even if it means that the BJP has to lose a battle to win the war. The alliance partners know that the BJP is a strong party and yet they also know that they play a vital role in BJP’s plans at the State level. Alienating alliance partner just before State Elections can never be a wise strategy and this normally starts with the bravado of the local State level leaders of the BJP.</div>
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Unless the BJP can carry its partners, they will continue to bite the dust as is evident from Maharashtra.</div>
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<strong>Loudmouths of the BJP</strong> need to be told to shut up before every election. The people are tired of the unnecessary rhetoric from some BJP leaders. They need to be told to stay quiet if they do not have anything constructive to say. Negative statements are not supported by anyone (though the politician who makes such statements may get some applause from the community they are addressing).</div>
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Abusive language is not respected by anyone in India. Why do junior BJP politicians not see and learn from the dignity of their senior leaders? Such loud mouths do more harm than good to BJP’s campaign.</div>
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<strong>BJP’s Communication must improve</strong>. Traditionally, the communication of the BJP has been very poor. The spokespersons are the same for national issues and state issues who keep pushing the national agenda in all debates without understanding the challenges. If the discussion is about the State elections, the BJP spokespersons will try and manoeuvre the debate to a national issue. BJP needs a separate set of leaders who will address National issues and State issues. The BJP cannot have the same set of spokespersons on every channel on every issue.</div>
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<strong>Citizens Amendment Act</strong> has been cleverly morphed into the National Population Register and the National Register of Citizens and the BJP has not been able to communicate the difference clearly. Varying comments from Central Leadership is also being used very effectively by the opposition leaders who have very successfully managed to confuse the masses.</div>
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For the moment, the BJP can take some comfort from the fact that their vote share has increased in the Delhi elections but unless they change fast, the next round of State elections will have a similar sad story for the BJP.</div>
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The Prime Minister spoke of the report card of his Government during the Lok Sabha elections and he was given a resounding mandate. What applies at the Centre applies equally at the State.</div>
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The BJP State leaders must show their report card and not that of the Prime Minister and that of the BJP Government at the Centre.</div>
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Unless the BJP is in power in States, they will find it increasingly difficult to implement their plans and policies.</div>
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The harsh truth is that no one remembers who came second.</div>
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The New Year is around the corner and it is time for thinking of those resolutions again! Whether you resolve to be fitter and healthier, connect more socially or to tick off some points on your bucket list, this is a time to take stock of the year gone by and to think of the year ahead.</div>
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Given below are some thoughts and you could consider adding some or all to your list of New Year resolutions.</div>
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<strong>Eat better for your Health</strong></div>
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Take your health into your hands. Change your eating pattern. Take baby steps toward eating right. After all, if you have been careless with your food habits, you cannot change these overnight.</div>
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Less fats, more fibre with a healthier mix of fruits, vegetables and nuts is always advisable for most people. As seniors, it becomes even more important and relevant for us to regulate our diet. Eat smaller meals more often. Most experts recommend eating 5 times a day but with reduced quantities. As some wise people say “stop eating just before you are full!” Others say that at least half of your plate should be fruits and vegetable.</div>
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Add a mix of vitamins and supplements to your diet to balance what you are not receiving through your normal diet.</div>
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Remember that eating better is the only answer to reducing your weight.</div>
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<strong>Find a New, Healthy Activity</strong></div>
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As we get older, whether or not we have been active earlier, now it is much more important to be active. Build exercise or yoga into your daily routine. A round of tennis or golf, a brisk walk for at least 30 minutes every day (150 minutes per week of walking is the minimum recommended), yogic breathing exercises, swimming or cycling would be great to get into your daily schedule.</div>
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I have met several seniors who have started running and competing with people of their own age. In the process of staying fit, they have also found a whole new community of like-minded and passionate friends. It is best to experiment and find the right activity for your personality and activity level.</div>
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<strong>Complete some points in your Bucket List</strong></div>
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Give yourself a break. You have earned this. Over the years, all of us have been adding to our bucket list. This list has kept getting longer since we were not able to find the time during our work life.</div>
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Resolve to tick off at least two significant items on your bucket list in the coming year.</div>
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<strong>Connect More with Friends and Family</strong></div>
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Re-establish old connections that you lost while you were busy at work. Don’t wait for someone else to take the first step. Once start to reach out to your family and friends, you will be surprised at how much warmth you will receive. </div>
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Weekly lunches or coffee mornings with a group of friends, WhatsApp or Skype calls with your family members spread across the World are great ways of re-connecting. Time spent talking and laughing with those that mean the most is time well spent.</div>
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<strong>Reduce your belongings</strong></div>
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Resolve to clean out your closets and your home. Think of the difference between “want” and “need” before you start this exercise. Keep things you need and give away those you want. This may sound philosophical but try and give away whatever you have not used for the past one year. Your challenge will always be “what if” you suddenly need the item again. If you decide to give it away, keep this as an active resolution till the next year and then assess whether you felt the need for the item(s) you gave away. Chances are that you will never miss these items.</div>
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In addition, this will start a process of de-cluttering your belongings and clearing up your home over a period of time.</div>
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<strong>Brush Up on New Technology</strong></div>
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Technology, as you are well aware, is changing our World. If you have not already understood the many forms of communication and connection through Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and so many others it is time to do so now. Get familiar with the operating systems of your phones and other devices. Learn and understand these platforms since more and more of our lives will revolve around applications being developed on such platforms and around such communication medium.</div>
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To brush-up your own knowledge and skills, there are on-line tutorials for every possible question that you may have. You can also request a younger person at home or in your neighbourhood to tutor you.</div>
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<strong>Tell Your Story</strong></div>
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You have had a wonderful and fulfilling life and now is the time to tell your story. Write your blog and publish it on a daily or weekly basis. Think of all the anecdotes in your life and write about these. Think of the milestones in your career and the time you spent as a child and record these. Think of your parents and your extended family and store these memories carefully in writing.</div>
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If you are not comfortable with writing out your blogs, dictate these into your mobile phone. Most phones now have the feature of “voice to text” which should quickly convert your voice recording. If this too does not work, send the recording to anyone who will transcribe it for a very small fees. A dictated blog will also preserve your voice for posterity.</div>
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Not only will this record your own memories and thoughts, this could also become a record of your family history for the future generations.</div>
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<strong>Give your brain a workout</strong></div>
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The more you exercise your brain, like your body, the stronger it will be. Remember that diseases of the brain like Dementia and Alzheimer’s are increasing.</div>
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Read more and beyond your daily newspaper. Join or start discussion groups on subjects that interest you. Try Sudoko, Chess, QuizUp or Scrabble. All these games are available free on your smart phone. Play online with people you do not know and compete with the best. Nothing prevents you from becoming the best in the region or for that matter in the World, using your brain and not brawn power.</div>
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Once you take the lead you will find lots of followers who want to play with you but were hesitant to take the lead.</div>
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<strong>Remove negativity and anxiety from your life</strong></div>
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Life is too short and at our stage in life, we are already on the “back nine” of a round of golf! Now is the time to remove all the negativity we have carried inside us about family, friends and the World in general. All this negativity is only hurting ourselves.</div>
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If you are feeling anxious about someone or something, speak about it to your family and friends. Bottling this up inside you will only make it more challenging to deal with.</div>
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Resolve to celebrate the little joys that you will have and don’t hold back.</div>
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<strong>Get enough sleep</strong></div>
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Most people seem to believe in a myth that as you get older you need lesser sleep. Nothing is farther away from the truth. If you are sleeping late or getting up very early, stay in bed longer than you normally would have and soon you will be sleeping longer and waking up much more rested. Avoid your daytime nap in the early days till your night time sleeping pattern becomes normal. Then you can easily go back to your power siesta as well!</div>
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<strong>Get regular medical check-ups</strong></div>
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Monitor, manage and record your blood pressure, your blood sugar and your weight in a regular systematic manner. If you don’t have any of these challenges, consider yourself blessed. It is necessary for you to get annual medical check-ups done and if you did not get a checkup this year, resolve to undergo a comprehensive check up in the New Year.</div>
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Finally, as you celebrate during this festive season with your loved ones, raise a toast to the coming year, but with a smaller glass!</div>
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Courtesy: News18</div>
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One more election loss in Jharkhand after Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and barely scraping through in Haryana.</div>
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It seems that losing elections at the States has become a habit that the BJP is not being able to reverse. State leaders keep satisfying themselves by saying that they are the “largest party” in the state. Justifying performance with an increased or similar vote share is relevant only if you the victor otherwise it seems like “sour grapes”.</div>
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BJP state leaders must remember the old line “no one remembers who came second”.</div>
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Nothing is more brutal or painful than coming second in politics.</div>
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It will do well for the BJP leadership at the state level, while going through their “<em>chintan baithaks</em>” to analyse the reasons for consistently not making it past the winning post in the last several elections despite a resounding victory in the Lok Sabha elections.</div>
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Let us look at some of the reasons the BJP has been losing the plot in so many state elections.</div>
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<strong>Lok Sabha Elections are different from State Elections</strong></div>
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The message that is coming through loud and clear after the various state elections is that the Indian voter has now become far more discerning than the politicians thought they were. The voters are willing to now recognise that they want leader a who addresses National issues at the Centre. However, they want a different leader who addresses their local issues, who can help to resolve their daily challenges. State chief ministers cannot keep talking about National Security issues, Pakistan, India's international reputation or India's large Foreign Exchange Reserves.</div>
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The Chief Ministers have to perform. Too much reliance is being placed on the Prime Minister and the Home Minister. Yes, they are leaders of the BJP, and their presence definitely boosts the party’s prospects. But their charisma can do very little with the voters if the state leadership is not performing. This evident from several sitting Chief Ministers of the BJP losing the elections.</div>
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At the end of the day we are back to who addresses the basic needs of the people which are simply – <em>Roti, Kapda Aur Makaan</em>. It is a pity that these 3 basic requirements have still not been met across the entire country after 72 years post-independence. This commitment to be delivered to the people no matter what it costs, irrespective of which party that maybe in power in a State.</div>
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<strong>Is Corruption Back in the States?</strong></div>
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The voters have trusted the Prime Minister with his famous comment “na khaunga na khane dunga”. The voters trust him and know that he is absolutely clean. This is why they have reposed their trust with an unprecedented second term with a larger mandate.</div>
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While the BJP government at the centre is seen as the cleanest the country has seen for a very long time, the same story is clearly not being heard in the several States where the BJP has lost power in the last few elections. There is talk of corruption at states and the general comment is that the BJP government in the Sate is no different from earlier Congress or Regional Governments.</div>
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If corruption is back, then the election results should not be a surprise.</div>
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<strong>Anti-Incumbency</strong></div>
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Anti-incumbency is always one of the reasons why parties lose elections. But when the loss is wiping out the significant games that the party has seen at the national level then the reason for the loss goes beyond anti-incumbency.</div>
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It would be interesting to analyse the performance of all the sitting MLA’s who have lost the elections. Have all these local leaders delivered on the promises they made to their constituencies in the previous elections? Have they remained in touch with their voters? Or did they, like most politicians, starting pontificating and blaming from their ivory towers once they were elected?</div>
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Only when their elected representatives are not performing will any voter take the decision to vote for someone else. This is the harsh reality and must be accepted by all.</div>
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<strong>The Opposition is Coming Together</strong></div>
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Opposition parties are coming together and though their ideologies are completely different, most of them are willing to bury the hatchet, forget their diverse ideologies and come together on a single platform of defeating the BJP at all costs. They have realised that a united opposition could create the wedge they have been looking for to prise open the ranks of the BJP.</div>
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To all these parties, delivering on the promises made in the diverse manifestos of these parties is not relevant at this stage. These parties know that their differences will certainly become an issue in the next few years. However, they would have achieved their short-term objective of slowing the BJP juggernaut.</div>
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What this will do to governance in the States that are now being run by coalition Governments is yet to be seen. But that is another subject altogether.</div>
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<strong>Infighting in the BJP</strong></div>
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Infighting in the BJP is clearly increasing.</div>
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It is a pity that State leaders, instead of working together are busy destroying their opponents. If this is happening at the top, then it is certainly percolating down the ranks.</div>
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Are these differences cropping up because the BJP has, indiscriminately admitted various opposition leaders who simply wanted to “jump ship” and join the rising star of the BJP? It would be interesting to see what happens when most of these leaders who had crossed over now look for opportunities to go back. Once they are back in their original party, they will become a thorn in the side of the BJP.</div>
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Or is it because, like the Congress and other opposition parties, BJP leaders have also become <em>prima donnas?</em> Are these BJP leaders also forgetting that they too are mere mortals who can be defeated if they don't perform?</div>
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Clearly, the voter is turning away from the BJP not because they have changed loyalties to the other parties who they have rejected in the past. They are doing this because they are disappointed with the BJP leadership at the State. Unless this changes, the saffron colour from the map of India will keep reducing.</div>
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Can the BJP reinvent itself in the states as it has done at the centre fast enough for the forthcoming elections in Delhi, Bihar and West Bengal?</div>
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Will the voter see BJP as the party with a difference, with very different standards of ethics or will they see the party as just another party that can be tossed aside if they are not performing.</div>
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Only time will tell.</div>
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Have you decided where you want to live once you decide to retire?</div>
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Have you already purchased your home? Or are you planning to buy a home as you come close to retirement? Or are you one of those individuals who does not believe in home ownership but prefers to rent instead since you look at the rental yield of your property? I spoke to dozens of people and I did not get any clear trend of what people were thinking when it came to where they wished to live post retirement.</div>
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This is a very personal decision and I have spoken to several couples who have deliberated on this between themselves and with their children. I have seen so many people struggling to take this decision. During discussions with such couples I also found this discussion to be a very contentious issue. Several men wanted to return to their roots, to the place where their parents were or where they were born or the state that the belonged to because of the support network provided by their expanded family.</div>
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The women wanted to stay in a place where they had stayed the longest because this was where they had friends. Do you have a group of friends who are in the same age as you? Who have just retired or about to retire? If not then you will be imposing on the busy lives of your friends who are still working and before you know it, you are likely to be snubbed.</div>
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Some couples choose to move to the same location as their children and are soon disappointed because their children do not have the same amount of time for their parents as they would have liked to or the parents want them to. Most parents forget the amount of time they gave to their parents and have unreasonable expectations from their children.</div>
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Remember that in your current sensitive state of post-retirement mindset, you need to be with like-minded people who will understand you and not judge you by what you are and what you have.</div>
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When you think about retirement, do you imagine living by the seaside on a beach, a mountain, settling down in a resort or going to a place of worship? Many people decide to move when they retire. But choosing where to live means more than deciding whether you prefer beaches or mountains. In fact, many people make their biggest retirement mistake when deciding where to live.</div>
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Once you have decided where to live and if it is not in the city where you last lived, make a trial run. If possible, rent a home in that location for six months to a year. If a week at a time in your proposed destination is all you can manage, visit at different times during the year. The longer you visit, the more accurately you’ll be able to assess whether you’ll be happy year-round with your retirement choice.</div>
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You will be investing a reasonable sum of money for your home and you want to be sure that you take the correct decision.</div>
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<strong>Moving to a vacation destination</strong></div>
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Living year round in your dream vacation spot may be your fantasy but it may not turn out to be an extension of your holidays. When you are on two-week vacation, you will only see all the positives that you want to see and may not notice the downsides of the location. Is the off-season weather tolerable?</div>
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If you are a “big city” couple, can you handle the off-peak season in your holiday destination where all that you will have is a few of the local residents for company? Several friends we know have decided to settle down in Goa while some are looking at Manali and Coorg. Some more adventurous friends are considering homes in Italy, Spain, Thailand, Malaysia and even Macau. Maintaining two or more homes is always a challenge.</div>
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The question to ask yourself while taking this decision is whether there are sufficient conveniences, services and activities available in the off-season months? And can you tolerate the months when tourists take over your city?</div>
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<strong>Condominiums</strong></div>
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With the construction of condominium complexes in several cities, more and more people are finding community living easier and without the hassles of day to day life in independent homes. The common facilities like utilities and security are taken care of and there is a large community of neighbours who could form a “pool” of potential friends.</div>
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Even if it is just you and your spouse, consider moving to an apartment that has at least three bedrooms. You will want space for visiting children, grandchildren and friends, and you may need extra closet space, a workroom, or even an office should you want to continue working for extra income.</div>
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<strong>Settling down in the city where your friends are</strong></div>
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The common thread that seems to influence the choice of location is friends. Most couples had decided to settle down where their friends were. These were people with whom they wanted to spend the remaining three odd decades of their lives.</div>
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But although having a network of friends can be important to your happiness in your new locale, don’t ignore factors such as employment and cost of living in case you do decide to follow your friends. I have met a few couples from Bangalore who decided to settle down in Delhi because of their friends but as they grew older, the urge to be back with their family was greater than their need to be with friends. I also met a couple who had moved to Delhi to be with parents but when the parents passed away, they had no other bonds left in the city and were completely out of place since their friends were in Chennai.</div>
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Make sure you know your own needs and priorities. If you are deciding to move to a location where your friends have moved understand why they took the decision to move to that location before taking your own.</div>
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You may be surprised that their reasons may be very different from yours and that they may not be available to you as often as you would like them to.</div>
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<strong>Retirement Communities</strong></div>
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While “Old age homes” or “assisted living communities” are common in the west and people actively seek out a community they wish to live in, such options are only now beginning to be seen in India.</div>
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For most of us, we cannot fathom the possibility of sending our parents to an old age home because of the social stigma attached to this in India. Therefore, when we think of making our plans post retirement, this does not figure easily in our plans.</div>
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However, given the new reality of difficulties in getting domestic help and the fact that most of our children are busy with their own lives either in another city or another country, buying into a retirement community in the city where we have chosen to live in may not be a bad idea.</div>
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सेवानिवृत्ति के फैसले के साथ क्या आपने यह फैसला भी कर लिया है कि उसके बाद आप कहाँ रहना चाहेंगे?</div>
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क्या आपने अपना घर पहले ही खरीद रखा है? या आप सेवानिवृत्ति के करीब आते ही घर खरीदने की योजना बना रहे हैं? या आप उन व्यक्तियों में से हैं जो घर के स्वामित्व में विश्वास नहीं करते हैं, बल्कि उसे किराए पर देते हैं और अपनी संपत्ति के किराये की उपज को देखना पसंद करते हैं? मैंने दर्जनों लोगों से बात की लेकिन मुझे इस बारे में कोई स्पष्ट प्रवृत्ति देखने नहीं मिली कि सेवानिवृत्ति के बाद आगे का जीवन लोग कहाँ बिताना पसंद कर रहे हैं और उनकी सोच क्या है।</div>
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यह बहुत ही व्यक्तिगत निर्णय है और मैंने ऐसे कई जोड़ों से भी बात की जिन्होंने अपने बच्चों के साथ इस पर विचार-विमर्श किया है। मैंने कई लोगों को यह निर्णय लेने में संघर्ष करते देखा है। ऐसे जोड़ों के साथ चर्चा के दौरान मुझे यह चर्चा बहुत विवादपूर्ण मुद्दा लगी। कई पुरुष अपनी जड़ों की ओर वापस जाना चाहते थे, उस जगह, जहाँ उनके माता-पिता थे या जहाँ वे पैदा हुए थे या वे राज्य थे जो उनके विस्तारित परिवार द्वारा प्रदान किए गए समर्थन नेटवर्क के थे।</div>
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महिलाएँ उस जगह पर रहना चाहती थीं, जहाँ वे सबसे लंबे समय तक रहे थे क्योंकि यह वह जगह थी जहाँ उनके दोस्त थे। क्या आपका उन दोस्तों का समूह है जो आपके हमउम्र है? जो हालिया सेवानिवृत्त हुए हैं या सेवानिवृत्त होने वाले हैं? यदि नहीं, तो आप अपने व्यस्त मित्रों के जीवन में दखल देने लगेंगे जो अभी भी कार्यरत हैं तो इससे पहले कि आप कुछ समझ पाएँ, आपके अपमानित होने की आशंका है।</div>
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कुछ युगल जहाँ उनके बच्चे रहते हैं, वहीं जाने का विकल्प चुनते हैं और जल्द ही निराश हो जाते हैं क्योंकि उनके बच्चों के पास माता-पिता के लिए उतना समय नहीं होता है जितना उन्हें देना चाहिए होता है या माता-पिता उनसे चाहते हैं। अधिकांश माता-पिता भूल जाते हैं कि उन्होंने अपने माता-पिता को कितना समय दिया था लेकिन अपने बच्चों से अनुचित अपेक्षाएँ करने लगते हैं।</div>
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याद रखें कि आपकी सेवानिवृत्ति के बाद की संवेदनशील मानसिकता वाली स्थिति में, आपको ऐसे ही लोगों के साथ रहने की जरूरत है जो आपके जैसे ही दौर से गुज़र रहे हैं और जो आपको समझेंगे और न कि आप जो हैं और आपके पास जो है, उससे आपको आँकें।</div>
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जब आप सेवानिवृत्ति के बारे में सोचते हैं, तो क्या आप समुद्र तट पर, किसी पहाड़ पर, या किसी रिसॉर्ट में रहने या पूजा स्थल पर जाने की कल्पना करते हैं? बहुत से लोग तय करते हैं कि जब वे सेवानिवृत्त हो जाएँगे, वे घूमने जाएँगे। लेकिन यह चुनना कि आपको कहाँ रहना है, यह तय करने से कुछ अधिक है कि आप समुद्र तटों को पसंद करते हैं या पहाड़ों को। वास्तव में, बहुत से लोग अपनी सेवानिवृत्ति की सबसे बड़ी गलती यह तय करने में करते हैं, कि उन्हें कहाँ रहना है।</div>
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एक बार जब आप यह तय कर लेते हैं कि कहाँ रहना है और अगर यह वह शहर नहीं है जहाँ आप अब तक रहते आए थे, तो नई जगह का पूर्व परीक्षण कर लें। यदि संभव हो, तो उस स्थान पर छह महीने से एक वर्ष के लिए घर किराए पर लें। यदि आपके प्रस्तावित गंतव्य पर जाने में कुछ सप्ताह का समय है तो आप हर स्थिति का प्रबंधन कर सकते हैं, आप वर्ष के दौरान अलग-अलग समय पर वहाँ जाकर देख सकते हैं। आप जितनी बार वहाँ की यात्रा करेंगे, आप अधिक सही तरीके से समझ पाएँगे कि सेवानिवृत्ति के स्थान की अपनी पसंद के साथ आप पूरे साल ख़ुश रह सकते हैं या नहीं।</div>
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यात्रा करेंगे, आप उतने ही सटीक तरीके से आकलन कर पाएँगे कि आप अपनी सेवानिवृत्ति के बाद पसंद के साथ साल भर खुश रहेंगे या नहीं।</div>
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आपने अपने घर के लिए अच्छा-खासा धन निवेश करेंगे तो आप यह सुनिश्चित करना चाहेंगे ही कि आप सही निर्णय ले रहे हैं।</div>
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<strong>अवकाश स्थल</strong> <strong>पर जाना</strong></div>
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अपने सपनों वाले अवकाश स्थल पर पूरे साल रहना फंतासी हो सकती है लेकिन यह आपकी छुट्टियों का विस्तार नहीं हो सकता है। कहीं भी आप जब केवल दो सप्ताह की छुट्टी पर जाते हैं, तो आप वहाँ की केवल उन सभी सकारात्मकताओं को देखते हैं, जिन्हें आप देखना चाहते हैं और उस स्थान के नकारात्मक पहलू पर ध्यान नहीं दे पाते हैं। क्या वहाँ का ‘ऑफ़-सीजन’ मौसम सहनीय होता है?</div>
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यदि आप "बड़े शहर" में रहने वाले युगल हैं, तो क्या आप अपने अवकाश गंतव्य के ‘पीक सीज़न’ के बाद के ‘ऑफ़-सीजन’ में भी वहाँ रह सकते हैं, जहाँ आपके साथ मिल-बैठने के लिए कुछ स्थानीय निवासियों के अलावा कोई नहीं होगा? हमारे कई दोस्तों के बारे में हमें पता है कि जिन्होंने गोवा में बसने का फैसला लिया है, जबकि कुछ मनाली और कूर्ग के बारे में सोच रहे हैं। कुछ और साहसी दोस्त इटली, स्पेन, थाईलैंड, मलेशिया और यहाँ तक कि मकाऊ में भी घर लेने पर विचार कर रहे हैं। दो या अधिक घरों की देखरेख करना हमेशा चुनौतीपूर्ण होता है।</div>
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ऐसा निर्णय लेते समय खुद से अवश्य पूछिए कि क्या वहाँ ‘ऑफ़ सीजन’ के महीनों में भी पर्याप्त सुविधाएँ, सेवाएं और गतिविधियाँ होती हैं? साथ ही क्या आप उन महीनों को बर्दाश्त कर सकते हैं जब पर्यटक आपके शहर पर हावी हो जाते हैं?</div>
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<strong>सह-स्वामित्व</strong></div>
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कई शहरों में कॉन्डोमिनियम कॉम्प्लेक्स (सह-स्वामित्व) के निर्माण के साथ, बड़ी तादाद में लोग स्वतंत्र घरों में रहते हुए भी सामुदायिक जीवन को आसान और रोज़मर्रा की झंझटों से दूर बना पा रहे हैं। जहाँ उपयोगिताओं और सुरक्षा जैसी सामान्य सुविधाओं का ध्यान रखा जाता है और पड़ोसियों का एक बड़ा समुदाय होता है जिनके साथ आपका संभावित दोस्तों का "पूल" बन सकता है।</div>
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यहाँ तक कि अगर केवल आप और आपका जीवनसाथी किसी अपार्टमेंट में जाने पर विचार कर रहे हैं, तो ऐसा लें, जिसमें कम से कम तीन बेडरूम हों। आप भी चाहेंगे कि जब आपके बच्चे, नाती-पोतों और दोस्तों के आने-जाने पर उनके लिए जगह रहे, और आपको अतिरिक्त भंडार की जगह, काम करने की जगह, या यहाँ तक कि एक कार्यालय भी लग सकता है जहाँ आप अतिरिक्त आय के लिए काम करना जारी रखना चाहते हो।</div>
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<strong>उस</strong> <strong>शहर</strong> <strong>में</strong> <strong>बसना</strong> <strong>जहाँ</strong> <strong>आपके</strong> <strong>दोस्त</strong> <strong>हैं</strong></div>
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स्थान की पसंद को प्रभावित करने वाला सामान्य धागा मित्र है। अधिकांश दंपत्तियों ने वहाँ रहना तय किया था कि उनके दोस्त हैं। ये वे लोग थे जिनके साथ वे अपने जीवन के शेष तीन विषम दशक बिताना चाहते थे।</div>
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हालाँकि, दोस्तों का बड़ा नेटवर्क होना आपकी नई अवस्थिति में आपकी खुशी के लिए महत्वपूर्ण हो सकता है, लेकिन आप दोस्तों की देखादेखी करने का फैसला लेने से पहले अन्य कारकों जैसे कि रोजगार और रहने की लागत को अनदेखा न करें। मैं बैंगलोर के कुछ जोड़ों से मिला हूँ, जिन्होंने अपने दोस्तों की वजह से दिल्ली में बसने का फैसला किया, लेकिन जैसे-जैसे वे उम्रदराज़ होते गए, अपने परिवार के साथ वापस आने का आग्रह दोस्तों के साथ रहने की उनकी जरूरत से ज्यादा था। मैं एक ऐसे जोड़े से भी मिला, जो माता-पिता के साथ रहने के लिए दिल्ली गए थे, लेकिन जब माता-पिता का निधन हो गया, तो उनके पास शहर में कोई अन्य बंधन नहीं बचा था क्योंकि उनके सारे दोस्त चेन्नई में थे, वे यहाँ खुद को पूरी तरह बाहर का पा रहे थे।</div>
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सुनिश्चित करें कि आप अपनी जरूरतों और प्राथमिकताओं को जानते हैं। यदि आप किसी ऐसे स्थान पर जाने का निर्णय ले रहे हैं, जहाँ आपके मित्र रहने गए हैं तो पहले यह समझ लें कि उन्होंने उस स्थान पर जाने से पहले वहाँ जाने का निर्णय क्यों लिया।</div>
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आपको हैरानी हो सकती है कि उनके कारण आपके कारणों से बहुत भिन्न हैं और वे आपके लिए उतनी बार उपलब्ध नहीं हो सकते हैं जितनी बार आप चाहेंगे कि वे रहे।</div>
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<strong>सेवानिवृत्ति</strong> <strong>समुदाय</strong></div>
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एक ओर जहाँ पश्चिम में "वृद्धाश्रम" या "सहायताप्राप्त सजीव समुदाय" आम हैं और लोग सक्रिय रूप से ऐसे समुदाय की तलाश करते हैं जिसमें वे रहना चाहते हैं, पर दूसरी ओर भारत में ऐसे विकल्प अभी-अभी दिखाई देने लगे हैं।</div>
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अपने माता-पिता को वृद्धाश्रम भेजने की संभावना के बारे में हममें से अधिकांश पूर्ण रूप से समझ नहीं पाते हैं क्योंकि भारत में इसके साथ सामाजिक कलंक जुड़ा है। इसलिए, जब हम अपनी सेवानिवृत्ति के बाद की योजनाओं को बनाने के बारे में सोचते हैं, तो यह हमारी योजनाओं में आसानी से नहीं होता है।</div>
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हालाँकि, घरेलू सहायता प्राप्त करने में कठिनाइयों की नई वास्तविकता को देखते हुए और यह तथ्य समझते हुए कि हममें से अधिकांश के बच्चे या तो किसी दूसरे शहर या किसी अन्य देश में अपने जीवन में व्यस्त हैं, तो जिस शहर को हमने रहने के लिए चुना है, उस शहर में सेवानिवृत्ति समुदाय में घर खरीदना कोई बुरा विचार नहीं है।</div>
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संयुक्त राष्ट्र महासभा सप्ताह समाप्त हो चुका है, और अब पाकिस्तान के चयनित प्रधानमंत्री, इमरान खान की नाट्य तकनीक (थियेट्रिक्स) का विश्लेषण किया जा सकता है। संयुक्त राष्ट्र महासभा में इमरान खान के भाषण में दिखाई दी मायूसी, शेखी और परमाणु खतरे की खुली धमकी बेमिसाल है, जिसकी हर कोई निंदा कर रहा है।</div>
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इमरान खान का असली एजेंडा क्या था और वे किस बारे में बात करना चाह रहे थे? वे अपने प्रलापमय भाषण में किसे संबोधित कर रहे थे? वाक्पटुता का नमूना देता उनका भाषण गंदगी से भरा था, वे बेहद हताशा और गुस्से में गालियाँ बक रहे थे। किसी ने श्री खान के भाषण का सार प्रस्तुत किया तो उसमें उन्होंने नरेंद्र मोदी का नाम 12 बार लिया था, कश्मीर का 25 बार, आतंकवाद का 28 बार और इस्लाम का 71 बार उल्लेख किया था! हत्याकांड जैसे शब्दों का प्रयोग तो पूरी तरह अस्वीकार्य है।</div>
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पाकिस्तान के नेताओं और काँग्रेस दल ने अनुभव किया है कि जब कुछ भी काम नहीं करता हो, तो राष्ट्रीय स्वयं सेवक संघ (आरएसएस) पर दोष मढ़ दो। चूँकि श्री खान और उनके आगे-पीछे घूमने वाले आरएसएस द्वारा किए जा रहे कामों के बारे में कुछ नहीं जानते-समझते, ऐसे में उनके द्वारा संयुक्त राष्ट्र में आरएसएस का मामला उठाना बहुत ही हास्यास्पद था। भारत में काँग्रेस दल के नेताओं से वे जो सुनते हैं वे केवल उसे ही तोता ज़ुबानी उगल देते हैं। </div>
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हिटलर और मुसोलिनी की बात करना और उनकी तुलना आरएसएस से करना और उनका संयुक्त राष्ट्र महासभा के प्रभामंडल वाले मंच से अंतर्राष्ट्रीय समुदाय को इसके बारे में चेतावनी देना, विश्व के अधिकांश नेताओं पर इसका बहुत दीन प्रभाव पड़ा। सभी को इसका बहुत आश्चर्य हुआ कि किसी देश का प्रधानमंत्री उसे दिए समय में उन्मत्त होकर अनर्गल प्रलाप कर रहा था और दुनिया को धमकाते हुए मदद की गुहार लगा रहा था!</div>
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जिहाद में लिप्त आतंकवादियों को पाकिस्तान में सेना के समर्थन को खान सरेआम प्रोत्साहित करते हैं और उसे सही भी बताते हैं, इतना ही नहीं आतंकवादी संगठनों को अनुमति देने और बढ़ावा देने की बात करते हैं और इसलिए पाकिस्तानी सेना भारत में आतंकवादी भेजना शुरु करती है। साथ ही वे निष्पक्ष अपील भी करते हैं कि कैसे इस्लाम शांति वाला धर्म है और कैसे आतंकवाद के खिलाफ युद्ध का सबसे बड़ा पीड़ित पाकिस्तान है।</div>
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अरबी भाषा के शब्द जिहाद का शाब्दिक अर्थ है प्रयास करना या संघर्ष करना, खासकर उत्तम लक्ष्य के लिए कोशिश करना, लेकिन वही कब आतंकवाद, विनाश, बदला और मृत्यु का पर्यायवाची शब्द हो गया?</div>
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रोचक बात यह है कि जिस तरीके से श्री खान ने इस्लाम के विश्व नेता पद को अपनी ओर करने की कोशिश की और जब वे उसे समझा रहे थे, उनका स्वर बड़ा हताश था कि कैसे इस्लाम का पालन करने वाला तब अपमानित महसूस करता है जब दुनिया उनके धर्म के ख़िलाफ़ कुछ कहती है। यह दीगर बात है कि जो उनकी बात में विश्वास नहीं करता उसे वे काफ़िर कह देते हैं। उन्होंने एक भी बार यह नहीं कहा कि जो धर्म का पालन करते हैं उन्हें अपने में कोई बदलाव लाना चाहिए। उन्होंने बड़ी आसानी से 9/11 की समस्या का पूरा दोष अन्य समस्याओं और उसके बाद पूरी दुनिया पर डाल दिया। उन्होंने कट्टर इस्लामिक आतंकवाद जैसे शब्दों के इस्तेमाल की कड़ी निंदा की, लेकिन एक बार भी यह नहीं कहा कि जिहादियों पर लगाम कसने की जवाबदारी उनके जैसे नेताओं पर ही है।</div>
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एक दिन पहले उन्होंने एशियाटिक सोसाइटी में बिलकुल ऐसा ही भाषण दिया था जैसा उन्होंने महासभा में दिया और उनके प्रति निष्पक्ष रहकर कहा जाए तो उन्होंने ही बताया कि एशियाटिक सोसाइटी का उनका भाषण अभ्यास भाषण था। कश्मीर, इस्लाम को छोड़ दिया जाए तो उनके पास कहने और दुनिया को धर्म के प्रति कितना कुछ करने की आवश्यकता है, इस बारे में बताने के लिए नया कुछ नहीं था।</div>
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उससे पहले की इमरान खान की अपनी तस्बीह (सुमिरनी माला) के साथ राष्ट्रपति ट्रम्प से बात करते हुए की तस्वीर बड़ी विचारणीय है। उनकी देहयष्टि, उनके हाव-भाव में घबराहट बड़ी दूर थी। वे सर्वशक्तिमान ईश्वर से प्रार्थना करते हुए दुनिया के सबसे शक्तिशाली व्यक्ति से यह उम्मीद लगाए थे कि कोई चमत्कार होगा। राष्ट्रपति ट्रम्प के साथ उनकी पहली मुलाकात, जो सऊदी अरब के युवराज की अनुशंसा पर हुई थी, के बाद वे ऐसी कोई सकारात्मक टिप्पणी सुनने के लिए बेताब थे, जिसे वे "विश्व कप जीतने" की तरह अपने घर ले जा सके।</div>
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उन्होंने एक भी बार पाकिस्तान की अविश्वसनीय गरीबी, बिजली, पानी, ईंधन और खाद्य आपूर्ति की भारी कमी के बारे में बात नहीं की। उन्होंने अपने देश की अशिक्षा और बहुत खराब स्वास्थ्य रिकॉर्ड के बारे में बोलना उचित नहीं समझा। उन्होंने बलूचिस्तान की निर्लज्ज दलीलों और पाकिस्तान में अन्य दमित अल्पसंख्यकों की बात की उपेक्षा की। उन्होंने भ्रष्टाचार और कुप्रबंधन के चलते अपने देश के दिवालिएपन की बात नहीं की और ऐसे जताया जैसे भारत के वित्तीय कार्रवाई टास्क फोर्स (एफएटीएफ) द्वारा पाकिस्तान को ब्लैकलिस्ट किए जाने की संभावना ही दोषी हो।</div>
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इमरान खान खाली हाथ पाकिस्तान लौट गए। उनके समर्थक और बड़ी संख्या में पत्रकार उनकी भारत यात्रा से चमत्कार की उम्मीद कर रहे थे। उन्होंने उन्हें विश्वास दिलाया था कि धारा 370 रद्द करवाने के अलावा उन्हें अन्य कुछ भी स्वीकार्य नहीं होगा! न केवल उन्हें विश्व के नेताओं से कुछ मिला, जिनमें से कोई भी उनके एक शब्द तक पर विश्वास नहीं करता, इतना ही नहीं सऊदी अरब के जिस उधार के विमान पर सवार होकर वे गए थे उसने भी तकनीकी ख़राबी का हवाला देकर वापस ले जाने से इनकार कर दिया और उन्हें व्यावसायिक विमान से घर जाना पड़ा।</div>
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श्री खान को विमान उधार देते समय, सऊदी अरब ने भारत को आश्वासन दिया कि वे यह सुनिश्चित करेंगे कि भारत को तेल की किसी भी तरह की कमी का सामना नहीं करना पड़ेगा। सऊदी अरब ने चोट के साथ अपमान को और जोड़ दिया है जिसके तहत हाल ही में उसने भारत में 100 बिलियन अमेरिकी डॉलर के निवेश पैकेज की घोषणा की है। (श्री खान इसकी केवल 25% राशि पाने के लिए बड़ी राजी-ख़ुशी पूरा पाकिस्तान सऊदी अरब को बेच सकते हैं।)</div>
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इमरान खान को एक ही बार में पूरी तरह से आतंकवाद का खात्मा करने की ज़रूरत है लेकिन ऐसा करना अब कठिन है क्योंकि उन्होंने अपनी ताकतों के ही पर कतर दिए हैं। उन्हें अपनी सेना से सौदा करने की ज़रूरत है, जो अभी भी भुट्टो की भारत को "हजार घावों" से आहत करने की धमकी से प्रेरित लगती है। यदि सेना उनकी तरफ़ है तो उन्हें आतंकवाद के अपने कारखाने बंद करने की आवश्यकता है। इससे न केवल विश्व, बल्कि उनके अपने लोग भी राहत की साँस लेंगे, जो उनके ही द्वारा दिए जा रहे इन प्रवेशों से सबसे ज़्यादा पीड़ित है।</div>
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इमरान खान, अगर वास्तव में विश्व नेता के रूप में कद हासिल करना चाहते हैं तो उन्हें पाकिस्तान के लोगों के लिए काम करना चाहिए। उन्हें अपने देश के निर्माण पर ध्यान केंद्रित करना चाहिए और उस विश्वसनीयता को वापस लाना चाहिए, जिसमें तीन दशक पहले उनका देश, विश्व के साथ आनंद लेता था।</div>
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उन्हें भारत के साथ प्रतिस्पर्धा करने और धमकी देने के बजाय भारत के साथ संबंधों को सामान्य बनाने की दिशा में काम करना चाहिए। मददगार भारत उनके टूटे और दुर्बल देश के लिए बहुत कुछ कर सकता है। व्यापार फिर से शुरू किया जाना चाहिए, और लोगों के बीच आपसी बातचीत में सुधार लाना चाहिए। सुरक्षित पाकिस्तान उन लाखों पर्यटकों के लिए दरवाजे खोल सकता है जो पाकिस्तान में घूमना पसंद करेंगे। पाकिस्तान की अर्थव्यवस्था को पुनर्जीवित करना होगा।</div>
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केवल आर्थिक रूप से आत्मनिर्भर पाकिस्तान ही राष्ट्रों के बीच सम्मानजनक स्थान पाने की उम्मीद कर सकता है।</div>
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क्या चुने गए प्रधानमंत्री इमरान खान को सेना द्वारा नचाया जा रहा है? या मुस्लिम विश्व के नेता उन्हें नचा रहे हैं? या कट्टरपंथी इस्लामी आंदोलन के नेता? या वे ऐसा प्लेबॉय है, जिसने क्रिकेट विश्व कप जीता और कैंसर अस्पताल बनाया? या तहरीक-ए-इंसाफ के नेता, जिनके बारे में पाकिस्तान ने सोचा था कि वह उन्हें पिछले नेताओं से मिली सभी चुनौतियों से मुक्ति दिलाएगा? या क्या वे केवल " डूबो देने वाले (इम द डिम)" हैं , जैसाकि कुछ राजनीतिक टिप्पणीकारों द्वारा उन्हें आमतौर से कहा जाता है?</div>
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क्या असली इमरान खान कृपा कर गिने जाने के लिए खड़े होंगे?</div>
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The United Nations General Assembly week is over, and the theatrics of the selected Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mr Imran Khan can now be analysed. So much desperation, so much bluster and open Nuclear threat in the speech from Imran Khan at the United Nations General Assembly is unprecedented and deserves condemnation from everyone.</div>
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What was Imran Khan's real agenda and what was he trying to talk about? Who was he addressing in his rambling speech littered with so much abuse so much rhetoric and so much frustration and anger? Someone summarised that in Mr Khan’s speech he used Narendra Modi 12 times, Kashmir 25 times, Terrorism 28 times and Islam 71 times! Using terms like bloodbath is unacceptable.</div>
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Leaders of Pakistan and the Congress party have realised that when nothing works, blame the RSS. Raising the matter of the RSS at the United Nations was ridiculous since Mr Khan and his band of merry men have absolutely no understanding of the work being done by the RSS. They are simply parroting what they hear from the leaders of the Congress party in India.</div>
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Talking about Hitler and Mussolini and comparing them to the RSS and warning the international community from the most haloed podium of the United Nations General Assembly went down very poorly with most world leaders. Everyone was surprised to see the Prime Minister of a country raving and ranting well beyond his allotted time, trying to plead for help while threatening the World!</div>
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Khan has openly encouraged the terrorists being supported by his Army in Pakistan to indulge in Jihad and has therefore justified and given permission and encouragement to the terrorist organisations and the Pakistan Army to start sending terrorists into India. At the same time, he is also making an impartial appeal about how Islam is a religion of peace and how Pakistan has been the biggest sufferer of the war against terrorism.</div>
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When did Jihad, an Arabic word which literally means striving or struggling, especially with a praiseworthy aim become a term synonymous with terrorism, destruction, revenge and death?</div>
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What is interesting is the way Mr Khan tried to take the position of a leader of Islam in the World when he tried to explain, in a desperate tone, how people who follow Islam get offended when the world says anything against their religion. It is another thing that everyone who is not a believer is a kafir. Not once did he say that it is necessary for people who follow the religion to make any changes to themselves. He has conveniently put the entire blame of all the problems of 9/11 and thereafter on the rest of the World. He strongly condemned the use of the words radical Islamic terrorism but did not even once suggest that the responsibility for reining in the jihadists lies with leaders like himself.</div>
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His speech the previous day at the Asiatic Society was the same as the one he made in the General Assembly and to be fair to him, he did say that the Asiatic Society speech was a practice speech. He had nothing new to talk about except Kashmir, Islam and how the World need to so much more for the religion.</div>
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Earlier, Imran Khan, sitting with his <em>tasbih</em> while talking to President Trump is a picture worth thinking about. His body language gave away his nervousness. He was appealing to the most powerful man in the World while praying to Almighty God hoping that there would be a miracle. He was desperate for a positive comment that he could take back home like “winning the World Cup” after his first meeting with President Trump that was apparently set up at the request of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.</div>
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Not once did he talk about the incredible poverty of Pakistan, the major shortage of power, water, fuel and food supplies. He chose not to speak about the illiteracy and the very poor health record of his country. He ignored the impassioned pleas of Baluchistan and the other suppressed minorities in Pakistan. He did not speak about the bankruptcy his nation is facing because of corruption and mismanagement and conveniently laid the blame for Pakistan likely to be blacklisted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on India.</div>
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Imran Khan has returned to Pakistan empty handed. His supporters and that large number of journalists were expecting a miracle from his trip to India. He had assured them that nothing short of a revocation of Article 370 would be acceptable to him! Not only did he not get anything from the world leaders who did not believe a word that he spoke with but also his borrowed plane from Saudi Arabia refused to take him back owing to a technical error and he had to fly home on a commercial plane.</div>
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While lending a plane to Mr Khan, Saudi Arabia also assured India that they will ensure that India will not face a shortfall of a single drop of oil. To add insult to injury Saudi Arabia has just announced a US$ 100 billion investment package in India (Mr Khan would have happily sold the entire Pakistan for 25% of this amount Tu Saudi Arabia).</div>
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Imran Khan needs to stop terrorism once and for all which will be tough now that he has unleashed these forces. He needs a buy in from his Army which still seems to be motivated by Bhutto’s threat of hurting India with a “thousand cuts.” If the Army is on his side, he needs to shut down his factories of terrorism. Not only will the World heave a sigh of relief but also his own people, who by his own admission have been the biggest sufferers.</div>
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Imran Khan, if he truly wants to attain the stature as a World Leader must work for the people of Pakistan. He must focus on building his country and bring back the credibility his country used to enjoy in the World three decades back.</div>
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He must work towards normalising relations with India rather than keep competing with and threatening India. A supportive India can do a lot for his broken and impoverished country. Trade must be resumed, and people-to-people interaction must be improved. A safe Pakistan can open the doors to millions of tourists who would love to visit Pakistan. The economy of Pakistan must be revived.</div>
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Only an economically self-reliant Pakistan can hope to find a respectable place amongst the comity of nations.</div>
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Is Imran Khan the selected Prime Minister being propped up by the Army? Or the leader of the Muslim World? Or the leader of the Radical Islamist movement? Or the playboy who won the cricket World Cup and built a cancer hospital? Or the leader of Tehreek-e-Insaaf who Pakistan had thought would deliver them from all the challenges of the previous leaders? Or is he simply "Imm the Dim" as he is popularly called by some political commentators?</div>
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Will the real Imran Khan please stand up to be counted?</div>
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भारत के कतिपय विपक्षी नेताओं और पाकिस्तान के अमूमन सारे राजनेताओं और पत्रकारों को छोड़ दे तो हर कोई इस तथ्य को स्वीकार रहा है कि ह्यूस्टन टेक्सास में प्रधानमंत्री मोदी का भाषण, भारत के संदर्भ में बाजी पलटकर रख देने वाला है।</div>
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लगभग हर किसी ने प्रधानमंत्री मोदी के भाषण के बाद हुए डोनाल्ड ट्रम्प के भाषण के बारे में लिखा लेकिन लगता है किसी ने भी प्रधानमंत्री मोदी के प्रारंभिक भाषण पर कोई टिप्पणी नहीं दी, जिसके ज़रिए उन्होंने राष्ट्रपति ट्रम्प का आह्वान किया था। आइए इन दो नेताओं ने जिन कई मुद्दों पर बात की उसके पुनर्पाठ से पहले श्री मोदी ने जो परिचय दिया, उससे शुरुआत करते हैं।</div>
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दो नेताओं ने मंच पर प्रवेश किया तब श्री ट्रम्प का हाथ श्री मोदी के कंधे पर था। यह तीसरा अवसर था जब वर्ष 2019 में थोड़े अंतराल के बाद वे मिल रहे थे और दोनों की ख़ुशमिज़ाजी उनके हाव-भाव से साफ़ झलक रही थी।</div>
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प्रधानमंत्री मोदी आगंतुक थे, न कि ह्यूस्टन, टेक्सास में मेजबान। राष्ट्रपति ट्रम्प के आगमन से पहले कई अमेरिकी नेताओं ने उनका परिचय दिया और उनका सम्मान किया। जैसे ही राष्ट्रपति का आगमन हुआ, श्री मोदी ने राष्ट्रपति ट्रम्प का परिचय देने की जिम्मेदारी अपने हाथों में ली, गोकि श्री मोदी ही उस कार्यक्रम के मेजबान हो। उनके द्वारा पूरी तैयारी के साथ दिया गया परिचय, राष्ट्रपति के चेहरे पर मुस्कान ले आया और जिन विभिन्न मुद्दों के बारे में श्री मोदी ने कहा उस पर राष्ट्रपति ने सहमति दर्शाई।</div>
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श्री मोदी ने वर्णन किया कि कैसे राष्ट्रपति ट्रम्प के साथ उनकी पहली मुलाकात में उनका परिचय ट्रम्प परिवार से करवाया गया था और उन्होंने कहा कि अब उनकी बारी थी कि वे राष्ट्रपति का परिचय अपने परिवार से कराए और ऐसा कहकर वे स्टेडियम के सभी श्रोताओं से मुखातिब हुए और उन श्रोताओं को अपना परिवार बताया जिस पर सभी ने जोश-ख़रोश में जयकारे लगाए-"मोदी मोदी"। यह वास्तव में उसी बात का प्रतिनिधित्व कर रहा था जिसका जिक्र वे हमेशा भारतीय दर्शन के ‘वसुधैव कुटुंबकम्’ (विश्व एक परिवार है) के रूप में करते हैं।</div>
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उनकी टिप्पणियों "मेक अमेरिका ग्रेट अगेन (अमेरिका को फिर महान् बनाया जाए)" और "अबकी बार ट्रम्प सरकार" को भारत के विपक्षी नेताओं ने ग़लत तरीके से समझा और ग़लत तरीके से प्रस्तुत किया, ये वे ही लोग हैं जो बिना सोचे-समझे किसी भी बात को अपने पक्ष में करवा लेने की कोशिश करते हैं। इन लोगों ने अपनी सहुलियत से इस बात को पूरी तरह अनसुना कर दिया कि श्री मोदी राष्ट्रपति ट्रम्प के वर्ष 2016 के चुनाव अभियान के संदर्भ में यह जिक्र कर रहे थे। श्री मोदी ने बड़ी सावधानी से इन शब्दों को " उम्मीदवार (कैंडिडेट) ट्रम्प" के साथ रखा था। इस परिचय के समय श्री ट्रम्प और श्री मोदी साथ-साथ खड़े थे और इन शब्दों से उनका श्री ट्रम्प के साथ सुर एकदम जुड़ गया।</div>
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प्रधानमंत्री मोदी को साफ़-साफ़ पता था कि वे किस बारे में बोलने वाले हैं और जिस लाजवाब तरीके से उन्होंने तैयारी की थी और जो उनकी सोच थी, जिसे लेकर उन्होंने संवाद साधा था उसकी प्रशंसा हर कोई करेगा। एक ही भाषण में वे कई मतदाता वर्ग को संबोधित करते लग रहे थे:</div>
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<li>बड़ी तादाद में भारतीय अमेरिकियों ने उन्हें सुनने के लिए पाँच घंटे से अधिक समय तक इंतज़ार किया, उन 4 मिलियन भारतीय अमेरिकियों के साथ, जिन्होंने जबसे श्री मोदी को कद्दावर नेता के रूप में देखा है तब से उन्हें पूरा समर्थन दिया है, जो उनके देश, उनकी भूमि को लेकर उन्हें गौरवान्वित अनुभव कराता है।</li>
<li>उनके पूरे भाषण के दौरान अमेरिका के राष्ट्रपति वहाँ उपस्थित थे।</li>
<li>स्टेडियम में रिपब्लिकन और डेमोक्रेटिक दोनों दलों के कई प्रतिनिधि और नेता मौजूद थे।</li>
<li>लाखों भारतीय उनका भाषण सुनने के लिए वहाँ रुके थे, जबकि बहुत रात हो गई थी। उनमें से निश्चित रूप से कई विपक्षी दलों के नेता थे, जिन्होंने एक वक्तव्य से दूसरे वक्तव्य के बीच के अंतर के विस्तार को पहचाना होगा।</li>
<li>पाकिस्तान के दर्शकों के लिए श्री मोदी ने अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति की उपस्थिति में कुछ सख्त टिप्पणियाँ भी की थीं।</li>
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ट्रम्प का परिचय दिए जाने के बाद श्री ट्रम्प ख़ुद उन्हें मंच के छोर तक ले गए ताकि वे स्थानापन्न हो राष्ट्रपति को सुन सकें।</div>
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श्री ट्रम्प ने बड़े उदार मन से प्रशस्त टिप्पणियाँ कीं और उन्होंने दो-तीन बार कहा कि व्हाइट हाउस में भारत सच्चा मित्र है। अमेरिका के लगभग 4 मिलियन भारतीयों से श्री मोदी ने जो अतुलनीय अपील की, राष्ट्रपति ने उसे पहचाना। कहीं न कहीं श्री ट्रम्प के मानस पटल में चल रहा होगा कि पिछले चुनावों में 77% भारतीय अमेरिकियों ने डेमोक्रेटिक की प्रत्याशी हिलेरी क्लिंटन को मतदान किया था। यदि वे यह विश्वास दिला सकें कि वे भारत का समर्थन करेंगे और इस तरह वे इतनी बड़ी संख्या में इन मतदाताओं को अपनी ओर कर पाने में सफल हो पाएँ तो, उनके लिए निश्चित ही मददगार होगा।</div>
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जब राष्ट्रपति ट्रम्प ने इस्लामिक आतंकवाद का मुकाबला करने की बात की, तो विशेष रूप से दिलचस्प था कि उन्होंने अमेरिका और भारत इन दोनों देशों के बीच पहली बार हुए त्रिकोणीय रक्षा अभ्यास का उल्लेख किया।</div>
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उसके बाद श्री मोदी को राष्ट्रपति ट्रम्प द्वारा मंच पर आमंत्रित किया गया। यह देखना भी बड़ा दिलचस्प था कि इन दो विश्व नेताओं के बीच कोई तीसरा पक्ष नहीं था। श्री मोदी ने अमेरिकी निवेश आमंत्रित करने के लिए अपनी सरकार की उपलब्धियों के बारे में विस्तार से बात की, लेकिन उनका मुख्य संवाद पाकिस्तान और कश्मीर के बारे में था।</div>
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श्री मोदी उत्कृष्ट वक्ता हैं और शत्रु पर वार करने की उनकी अपनी ख़ास शैली है, वे लगातार 9-11 और 26-11 के बारे में इन हमलों के पीछे किसी देश या नेता का नाम लिए बिना सवाल पूछ रहे थे और लोगों की बढ़-चढ़कर प्रतिक्रियाएँ मिल रही थीं। इसका राष्ट्रपति ट्रम्प पर निश्चित ही गहरा प्रभाव पड़ा होगा क्योंकि इससे पहले वे इमरान ख़ान के साथ की पत्रकार वार्ता में भारी भीड़ की प्रतिक्रियाओं का अनुभव ले चुके थे। उस समय प्रधानमंत्री मोदी आतंकवाद पर लगातार तीखा हमला और कटाक्ष कर रहे थे और अब वे दोषियों के ख़िलाफ़ निर्णायक कार्रवाई के मुद्दे पर आ गए थे, जो वहाँ की भारी भीड़ में बैठे हर श्रोता तक गुंजायमान हो गया था और उनके सम्मान में वहाँ उपस्थित विशाल जनसमुदाय ने खड़े होकर तालियाँ बजाकर उनका अभिवादन किया।</div>
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जब बात धारा 370 के विषय में आई तो प्रधानमंत्री मोदी ने बहुत स्पष्ट रूप से कहा कि लोकतांत्रिक सिद्धांतों के अनुसार संसद में दोनों सदनों द्वारा इस पर विस्तार से टेलीविजित बहस हुई थी और जिसे दुनिया भर के लोगों ने देखा था और इन बहसों के बाद ही दो-तिहाई बहुमत से यह कानून पारित किया गया था। श्री मोदी ने वास्तव में इस तथ्य की पुष्टि के लिए विभिन्न भाषाओं में श्री ट्रम्प और अन्य नेताओं को सूचित किया कि भारत में "सब ठीक है"। यह बात वास्तव में उन चंद नेताओं तक भी पहुँचानी थी जो पाकिस्तानी सोच पर “तोता रटंत” करते आ रहे हैं।</div>
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अपने भाषण के अंत में, श्री मोदी ट्रम्प के पास गए और उनका हाथ अपने हाथ में लेकर राष्ट्रपति के साथ पूरे स्टेडियम की विजयी परिक्रमा लगाई।</div>
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यह श्री मोदी का विश्व के सबसे शक्तिशाली व्यक्ति के सामने भारत की नरम शक्ति का प्रदर्शन करने का तरीका था और जिन मुद्दों को प्रधानमंत्री मोदी ने अपने भाषण में उठाया था उन पर निहित सहमति प्राप्त करना था। बहुत आश्चर्य नहीं होगा यदि हम 26 जनवरी 2020 के गणतंत्र दिवस पर मुख्य अतिथि के रूप में राष्ट्रपति ट्रम्प और प्रथम महिला को देखें। </div>
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स्पष्ट रूप से श्री मोदी ने अमेरिका और श्री ट्रम्प के साथ इतने मजबूत संबंध बनाने के लिए बहुत श्रम किया है। यदि यह मानकर चले कि श्री ट्रम्प फिर से चुने जाते हैं, तो वे भारत के लिए ऐसे बन सकते हैं जैसे निक्सन, चीन के लिए थे। अगर ऐसा होता है, तो भारत 10 बिलियन अमेरिकी डॉलर की अर्थव्यवस्था बनने की एकदम सही राह पर होगा और हम सभी को इसके लिए श्री मोदी को धन्यवाद देना होगा।</div>
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अपने दूसरे कार्यकाल में प्रधानमंत्री मोदी अपने कार्यकाल के शुरुआती दौर से ही सभी कठोर फैसले लेने की जल्दी में हैं। चाहे हम उन्हें चाहें या उनसे नफरत करें, उनके पास 56 महीने से अधिक का समय है जब वे तीसरे कार्यकाल की चाह में फिर से चुनाव में खड़े होते हैं।</div>
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यह ‘मेक इंडिया ग्रेट अगेन’ (भारत को पुन: श्रेष्ठ) बनाने के लिए वर्ष 2014 से अब तक किए गए सभी परिवर्तनों को लागू करने और उनके परिणामों को देखने के लिए पर्याप्त समय है।</div>
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Everyone, barring a few opposition politicians in India and most politicians and journalists in Pakistan, is acknowledging the fact that speech by Prime Minister Modi at Houston Texas is a game changer for India.</div>
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Almost everybody seems to have written about the speech of Donald Trump followed by the speech of Prime Minister Modi, but no one seems to have commented on the opening speech given by Prime Minister Modi to introduce President Trump. Let us start with the introduction made by Mr Modi before we start to deconstruct the many points that were made by the two leaders.</div>
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The two leaders arrived on the stage with Mr Trump’s arm around the shoulder of Mr Modi. This was the third time these leaders had met in a short period of time in 2019 and their bonhomie was evident from their body language.</div>
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Prime Minister Modi was the visitor and not the host at the Houston, Texas event. He was introduced and felicitated by various US leaders before the arrival of President Trump. Once the President arrived, Mr Modi took on the responsibility of introducing President Trump as if Mr Modi was the host at this event. His well-prepared introduction had the President smiling and acknowledging the various points Mr Modi spoke about.</div>
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Mr Modi recounted that during his first meeting with President Trump he had been introduced to the Trump family and he said it was now his turn to introduce the President to his family as he reached out to the entire audience in the stadium introducing them as his family to loud cheers of “Modi Modi.” This truly represented what he has always spoken about <em style="line-height: 19.2px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam</em> (the World is one family) as the philosophy of India.</div>
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His comments of “Make America Great Again” and “Abki Baar Trump Sarkar” may have been misunderstood and misinterpreted by the opposition leaders in India who are always looking to score a point without thinking. What they chose not to hear was that Mr Modi was referring to President Trump’s election campaign in 2016. Mr Modi also carefully prefaced these words with “Candidate Trump.” These words struck the right chord with Mr Trump who was standing next to Mr Modi during this introduction.</div>
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Prime Minister Modi clearly knew what he was going to be speaking about and one must appreciate the incredible amount of preparation and thinking that must have gone into preparing his communication. In one speech, he was addressing multiple constituencies:</div>
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<li style="cursor: text; line-height: 19.2px; outline-color: transparent; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">The large number of Indian Americans who had waited to hear him for over five hours along with the 4 million Indian Americans who have been giving him a lot of support since they see in Mr Modi a strong leader who will make them proud of the country of their origin.</li>
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<li style="cursor: text; line-height: 19.2px; outline-color: transparent; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">The multiple representatives and leaders of both Republican and Democratic parties present in the stadium.</li>
<li style="cursor: text; line-height: 19.2px; outline-color: transparent; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">The millions of Indians who stayed up to listen to his speech even though it was very late at night. Among them were certainly leaders of the opposition parties who must have recognised the gap widening with each passing comment.</li>
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After making the introduction of President Trump, Prime Minister Modi was escorted to the edge of the stage by Mr Trump so that Mr Modi could take his chair to hear the President.</div>
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Mr Trump was very expansive and generous in his comments and he more than once talked about the true friend India had in the White House. The President recognised the incredible appeal Prime Minister Modi has amongst 4 million Indians in America. At the back of his mind Mr Trump must have remembered that 77% of the Indian Americans voted for Hilary Clinton, the Democratic aspirant in the last election. It would certainly help if he could swing the large number of these voters to his side if he was able to convince them that he would support India.</div>
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While President Trump spoke about combating Radical Islamic terrorism what was particularly interesting was his mention of the tri-force defence exercises between America and India, a first for these two nations. His second announcement of establishing a Space Force and asking India to collaborate with America was a milestone announcement which seems to have gone unnoticed.</div>
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Mr Modi was then invited to the stage by President Trump. It was interesting to see that there was no third party between these two World leaders. Mr Modi spoke about the accomplishments of his Government at length, understandably to invite investments from American business, but his key communication was about Pakistan and Kashmir.</div>
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Mr Modi is an outstanding orator and in his own inimical style he kept asking questions about 9-11 and 26-11 and the people behind these attacks without naming the country or its leader, getting an overwhelming response from the crowd.. This certainly made a strong impression on President Trump because he repeated the response of the large crowd in his press conference with Imran Khan. Prime Minister Modi was scathing in his attack on terrorism and his comment that time had now come to take decisive action against the perpetrators reverberated with everyone in the large audience and received a standing ovation.</div>
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When it came to the subject of section 370 Prime Minister Modi very clearly stated that in accordance with democratic principles this was debated at length by both houses of parliament in televised debates that who watched around the world and it was only after these debates that the law was passed with the two third majority. In multiple languages, in a matter of fact way, Mr Modi communicated to Mr Trump and other leaders that “all is well” in India. This was also a communication to the few leaders who have been “parroting” the Pakistan line of thinking.</div>
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At the end his speech, Mr Modi walked across to Mr Trump and holding his hand, took the President for a victory lap around the stadium.</div>
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This was Mr Modi’s way of demonstrating the soft power of India with the most powerful man in the universe and getting his implied assent on the various points that Prime Minister Modi raised in his speech. It would not be surprising if we see President Trump and the First Lady as the Chief Guests at India’s Republic Day on 26<sup style="line-height: 19.2px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">th</sup> January 2020.</div>
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Clearly Mr Modi has staked a lot on building very strong bonds with America and Mr Trump. Assuming that Mr Trump will be elected again, he can become for India what Nixon was to China. If that happens, India will be well on its way to becoming a US$ 10 trillion economy and all of us will have Mr Modi to thank for.</div>
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In his second term Prime Minister Modi is a man in a hurry to take all the tough decisions early in his term. Whether we love him or hate him, he has more than 56 months before he seeks election again for a third term.</div>
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This is enough time to implement and see the results of all the changes he has made since 2014 to Make India Great Again.</div>
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Your personal brand is composed of many attributes that help to define you. These attributes are partially how you see yourself and partially how you think others see you. Your thoughts and perceptions are ratified through the people you interact with or the consumers who come in contact with Brand You.</div>
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If you think of yourself as a brand, you are no different from anyone else who believes in leaving their name as a legacy in this world. A strong personal brand must have several attributes. The combination of physical form, your qualifications and your achievements are the skeleton, the flesh, blood and muscles of Brand You. These attributes coupled with your skills, intelligence and wisdom, is your persona.</div>
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Your persona, Brand You, will define how you will be perceived by your audience and in the rest of your world.</div>
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You need to consider the following eight attributes to understand and evaluate your personal brand and to understand how Brand You measures up against each. These attributes are as applicable to the brand of your company, your product, your service as they are to your personal brand.</div>
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<li><strong><em>Relevance.</em></strong></li>
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A strong brand must be relevant in the context of bridging customer expectations and supplier deliverables.</div>
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You need to be relevant for others if you expect them to give you a share of their already cluttered mind. How can you be relevant to someone?</div>
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Within a family or your circle of friends you could be relevant as the head of the family, the primary bread winner or a trusted member of the community. In an organisation, you could be a person who others can trust.</div>
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<li><strong><em>Consistency.</em></strong></li>
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Consistency in a brand is seen when you communicate your message in a way that does not deviate from the core brand proposition.</div>
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While our personal brand must always be seen to convey a consistent message, we are human beings and we will bring in our personal biases in our interactions. It is important to remember that what is consistent for someone could be completely inconsistent for someone else.</div>
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Do you change dramatically between times when you are happy and stressed? Think about whether your behaviour consistent in times of stress and whether you can be relied upon especially in times of stress?</div>
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The consistency of your persona is what others look for in you.</div>
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<li><strong><em>Proper Positioning.</em></strong></li>
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A strong brand should be positioned so that it makes a place in the mind of the target audience.</div>
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Each one of us believes we understand how we are being seen or perceived by others. We are always looking for a reinforcement of these beliefs in our interactions with others. Think of all the times you have looked at your friends and family for a tacit or express approval of your actions. You need to understand why your consumers should prefer Brand You over others.</div>
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Understanding and accepting where our perceptions differ from what we see, hear and experience is necessary for us to work on making changes in the perception of our brand.</div>
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<li><strong><em>Sustainable.</em></strong></li>
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A sustainable brand drives an organization towards innovation and success. A sustainable personal brand will survive in the long run.</div>
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Your personal brand has to be sustainable and ensure the consumer remains attracted to it over time, resulting in repeat purchase or repeat contact. </div>
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You, knowingly or unknowingly, keep sending out signals and impressions about yourself to the people and the World around you. These signals are both positive and negative.</div>
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<li><strong><em>Credibility.</em></strong></li>
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A strong brand must be credible. It needs to deliver all the attributes that it has promised. </div>
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The way you communicate your brand to your audience and your customers should be realistic. It should not fail or appear to fail to deliver what it promises. Do not exaggerate the attributes of Brand You or overstate the performance you can deliver. Your customers want to believe in the promises you make to them and do not want to be disappointed.</div>
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It is better to under promise and over deliver rather than the other way around.</div>
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<li><strong><em>Inspirational.</em></strong></li>
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A strong inspirational brand should transcend the category it is famous for.</div>
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When inspirational people speak, the audience listens with rapt attention. Their communication skills are outstanding. Many corporate leaders and political leaders are very inspirational speakers and have a very large following not just among their employees or their political parties but across boundaries of companies, parties and possibly across several countries.</div>
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The challenge most of them face on a regular basis is how to keep saying inspirational things to keep their brand value consistently high.</div>
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<li><strong><em>Uniqueness.</em></strong></li>
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A strong personal brand should be unique and different from competition. It should set you apart in a clear and unambiguous manner.</div>
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It is important for you to understand all the areas where you believe you are unique before you are able to leverage your uniqueness.</div>
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<li><strong><em>Appealing.</em></strong></li>
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A strong brand should be attractive and appealing.</div>
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Your appeal will have rational and emotional elements. There are people who talk down to you and make it known that they are superior to you. Do you find such people appealing to you in any way and would you make any effort to communicate with them?</div>
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How you choose to present your attributes will determine how your audience perceives you. Perception is what will drive the value of your brand leading to your acceptance or rejection from the community you choose to live in or be a part of.</div>
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The appealing characteristics of Brand You will always attract your audience as you work towards leaving your legacy.</div>
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The Brand Called Youhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397002471635601067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713090647606717603.post-17616890659375623142019-07-31T23:43:00.000-07:002019-08-01T02:04:44.440-07:00Café Coffee Day – Successful Model with a Lonely Entrepreneur<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">“It is a lonely job at the top” is a statement that has been spoken for a very long time over the past few decades and we saw one more example of a distressed entrepreneur taking the extreme step.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Café Coffee Day is a classical example of a successful business model with a high profile and celebrated promoter who was possibly a very lonely human being with no one to share his inner most feelings of distress, loneliness and possibly depression.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">The challenges being faced by the group of companies are not over – by exiting from the scene, Mr Siddhartha has shifted the onus of resolving his challenges to his family and the board of directors of his multiple businesses. He built a very strong brand and created job opportunities for thousands of people. More importantly, he will be remembered by the millions of customers who discovered friendships, relationships, startups, business ventures and the social relationships over a cup of coffee at his stores.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">A lot has been spoken and written about the financial liabilities of the group and the asset base of the business. Allegations have been traded between political parties trying to gain some political advantage out of this tragedy. </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">A few businessmen, possibly facing financial pressures in their own businesses, have started making allegations against the Government because of the alleged undue pressures of the Government agencies. Have these individuals thought of their retraction if actual financial irregularities are found?</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Audits and forensic audits will be undertaken. Investigative agencies will have to do their job. The Board of Directors of the various group companies will need to do a lot of introspection and seek answers. The Private Equity investors who have supported these businesses will have their own perspectives to offer. The answers will emerge in the next few months and it is only after that should our political and business pandits start their pontification and give their opinions.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Nothing can bring back the individual. The loss to the family and the organisation is final. </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">It is important at this time to sit back and think of a much wider malaise that is affecting the entrepreneurial community. Why is it that 9 out of 10 startups fail? How much money do these failed businesses lose? All this money comes from the promoters’ own hard-earned earnings, from friends and family and from Angel investors. A few startups manage to raise money from private equity investors. When businesses fail, all these investors lose their money.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">To the entrepreneurs, failure of their business is a quadruple whammy. </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div>
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<li><span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">First is the loss of confidence since they have not been able to deliver on their dreams. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Second is the loss of all the investment made by each stakeholder. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Third is the pressure from creditors, employees, Government agencies and financial institutions who start to demand their money. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Fourth is the negative coverage of a failure by our revered Fourth estate.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></li>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Where does the entrepreneur go? Bankruptcy, though now available for companies, is a very cumbersome process. Personal bankruptcy commonly accepted in the developed economies is not an option to Indian businessmen. This law needs to be made more friendly for entrepreneurs in distress. Individuals need to feel comfortable to reach out for protection under this law rather than “fear the consequences.”</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Entrepreneurial depression is a serious issue that confronts every Startup Promoter. Let us look at some of the reasons why Entrepreneurs reach such a challenging situation.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">1.<span style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 9.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Business idea is flawed:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> Ideas could be well ahead of their time in a market not ready to accept it or ideas could be significantly behind the stage the market is in. If the business itself is suspect, there is really no hope for the Startup. If the customer does not buy your idea, no matter how smart or good it may be, the startup is doomed from the very start. </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">2.<span style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 9.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Funding is Insufficient:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> Most startups bootstrap their early months / years till they are able to raise funding. The moment funds are received, it has generally been seen that the expenses of the organisation increase in a ratio completely out of proportion of the business of the company. Once overheads are built up, it is very difficult to pull back. A lot of time is spent trying to keep raising funding to keep the business going. When funding starts to dry up, the business starts to flounder. A common reason given for pulling down shutters is “we never had enough money in the bank!” </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">3.<span style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 9.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Diversion of Funds into areas not intended:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> This is a very common reason for businesses running out of money. No one is questioning promoters where all the funds taken from banks as loans has been used. If loans are taken and they are meant for growth of the business, why do businesses reach a situation where they cannot even pay the interest? </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">If there is strong evidence to establish that an entrepreneur has misused, diverted or embezzled funds, the strongest possible action must be taken against such individuals. </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">4.<span style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 9.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Burn Rate is too high: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Most founders underestimate their “burn” rate. Burn, very simply put is the amount of cash you are spending every month. Once the company starts to earn from its business, burn can be classified as spend minus the earnings. Therefore, if there is a constant burn in the startup, funds need to come from equity to meet cash flow requirements. The longer the period of the burn, the more difficult it is to raise new funding.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">5.<span style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 9.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">High cost of Acquiring a Customer:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> Remember that the Cost of Acquiring a Customer must never be greater than the Lifetime Value of the Customer. Most startups believe that this equation will gradually change in their favour. They also wrongly believe that Lifetime Value of a Customer is the top line earned and not the profit from the revenue.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">6.<span style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 9.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Weak Management Teams:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> Many promoters start with friends as their team members instead of bringing in strong management teams. Weak or in-disciplined management teams have weak execution and their insecurity perpetuates the challenge faced by the startup when they bring in even weaker team members down the line. This leads to a domino effect and does insurmountable harm to the young startup.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">7.<span style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 9.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Scaling Up:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> A big reason for losses is when a startup scales up before it has established its business plan in a smaller and more controllable environment. Conversely, startups have failed because they have not scaled up fast enough. There is really no right or wrong answer when it comes to building a startup.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">8.<span style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 9.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Getting a Coach or a Mentor:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> Most entrepreneurs are lonely people and while they have the ability to hire a business coach who could function as a friend, philosopher and guide without any agendas, they are either not aware of this input they can seek or have a sense of “know it all” bravado. The young and abrasive energy of a startup founder needs tempering with the wisdom of an older manager. Bringing together the vision of the Startup Entrepreneur and the experience of an older manager in an unobtrusive and non-threatening manner will prove to be very helpful. In addition to watching the back of the startup entrepreneur and guiding him when the ship hits troubled waters, such individuals will also bring in strong subject matter knowledge, from their respective domains. </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">There is a hot new startup that is being seeded by its founder and breaking out of its incubator every so often each day and yet there is another startup that has had its place in the sun and basked in its glory and is quietly riding off into the sunset.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">We need to create an environment that certainly applauds successes but does not punish failures. Otherwise, people will stop nurturing entrepreneurial dreams and this can be a serious challenge for any economy. </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Unless there is support system for entrepreneurs to handle failure, entrepreneurs will continue to take steps to mitigate their losses and save their businesses. When nothing works, we need to prevent them from taking any extreme steps.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "quot"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div>
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