November 5, 2024  
handling job layoffs
Career Growth

I Got Laid Off! What next? – Tips to Handle Job Layoffs!

“Hey Dilip, Sorry buddy. The company had to make some difficult decisions and we are letting go off some of our good employees. And unfortunately you are one of them”. That was a conversation I had with my skip level manager one fine day. A normal day just became a “not so normal” day for

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February 15, 2023  
two silver chess pieces on white surface
Career Growth

Why should you struggle to Succeed? Shouldn’t Success be Easy?

Success is not as easy as winners make it look nor as hard as losers make it sound” – Orrin Woodward Success isn’t easy and it shouldn’t be easy. Else there wouldn’t be any motivation to succeed. The other day, I was reading the book “Atomic Habits” by James Clear and there was this particular

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November 8, 2022  
person holding burning paper in dark room
Career Growth, Organizational Culture

Don’t define Efficiency by the Number of Work Hours!

The other day I was watching an Instagram video post where a young Founder was seen answering a question from another young man. He was either an employee or, an audience. Since start-ups are a craze these days, you will find a lot of such charismatic young founders on social media helping and supporting other

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September 26, 2022  
attractive businessman busy clock
Self Development

You’ve been lied to. Being on Time is truly a virtue!

It was about 18 years back. I was new to corporates and was slowly learning the tricks of the trade – the art of surviving in a corporate. People around me told me a big secret to success – “Come to the office before your boss comes. And leave only after your boss leaves”. I

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