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    In a world that often feels overwhelming, where the demands of work and family can leave us feeling drained, finding joy through hobbies can be a lifeline. Hobbies not only provide an escape from our daily routines but also enrich our lives, giving us purpose and fulfilment. One of the most transformative experiences for me has been trekking, particularly my recent journey to the breathtaking heights of 14,600 feet. This trek was both challenging and exhilarating, as I faced the daunting reality of sudden altitude gain, which brought with it a mix of fear and excitement. In India, many people hold a deep reverence for rivers, considering them sacred. The Ganges River, personified as the Goddess Ganga, is one such example, where devotees aspire to bathe at least once in their lifetime, believing it cleanses sins and purifies souls. Recently, I had the opportunity to trek to Gomukh and Tapovan, the origin of the Ganges, sitting at an altitude of 14,600 feet. This journey w...

  Earlier this week, I celebrated 20 years with Cummins. Reflecting on my 27-year professional journey, I recognize that dedicating two decades to one organization is a significant milestone, there’s still much ahead to achieve and best yet to come. This journey has not been a case of repeating the same year of experience 27 times. Each role I’ve taken on has brought unique challenges and opportunities, contributing to my personal and professional growth. I’ve truly enjoyed each position, from engine design and development to leading global organization, organizational development, along with full customer-centric roles. Along the way, I’ve had the privilege of developing many team members and supporting their career growth. With these experiences, I can confidently say I’ve formed lasting friendships. Every role within an organization is crucial and every one can achieve excellence in everything, whatever you do. Achieving significant success requires a long-term perspective...

  Build the Life you Want Everyone yearns for happiness, and it's a natural state for humans. To enhance our lives and uplift others, we need to stop waiting for the world to change and instead take control of our own lives. We should act as the architects of our own destinies rather than passive observers. Unfortunately, there is no secret formula for happiness—it's not a destination but a direction. The essential elements of happiness are “Enjoyment, Satisfaction, and Purpose.” Even in the most challenging circumstances, such as during the COVID pandemic, life was still to be beautiful. Negative emotions play a crucial role, guiding our reactions to the world in ways that help us survive and thrive. However, unhappiness can spread rapidly; a negative mood in a meeting can quickly affect everyone in the room and even carry over to our homes, disrupting the entire atmosphere. Make sure to spend time enjoying the things that captivate you. When introducing ourselves, we ...

  THE GIFTED BOSS [ How to Find, Create and Keep Great Employees] – Dale Dauten “Success Follows Doing What You Want to Do: There is no other Way to be Successful”-Malcolm Forbes It’s time for wishing “Happy New Year-2024”.          Today is also a special occasion to thank our “Role Models, Coaches and best colleagues” who played a key role like “God’s Gift” in our life and career by showing right path, holding our hands and challenging us to climb difficult mountains of our career which has resulted in creation of many shining starts in the world around us. Another excellent book “The Gifted Boss by Dale Dauten” provides formula to create high standard of work environment by attacking shining stars (great employees) and retaining them for a long term. The fundamental task of the best manager is not to just manage but to create a magnetic work environment, by attracting great employees who don’t need management, but they lift up their co...

  THE FRED FACTOR - Mark sanborn Passion in your work and life can turn the ordinary into the extraordinary ‘Let us do one extraordinary act each day at home or work’. Let us imagine career without any recognition, promotion, no change in role most part of career journey. In today’s world of fast growth cycle, it is hard to imagine such a career and life.  But such career exists! Think job of “Postman”, in our village, town or city area, we have seen same person distributing letters for many years. As a human being everyone expects some kind of pat on back or some way of recognizing work. Don’t you think that even Postman expect some recognition, but this man keeps working for many years in the same job. Mark Sanborn author of book “The Fred Factor” experienced an extraordinary services from his postman named “Fred” in his simple job of distributing postal carriers. Mark studied qualities of Fred and how he went out of his primary job and created big value for his customer...

  Today is a special day with the year's biggest “Full Moon Day.” Today early morning, while enjoying the rays of the moon on one side of the mountain, another side of mountain beautiful sunrise was experienced in the valley of Sahyadri mountains at Sinhghad, Pune.   This solar system cycle has been consistent for thousands of years. Nature keeps giving free energy to the entire world consistently, those who realize and experience it can transform their lives and make it meaningful.   Many of us keep searching for the purpose of life during most parts of our life journey. The book “ The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by  Stephen R. Covey , provides a simple formula of  Roles and Goals . He is saying, to understand your all roles in your life (Example-me as a son, father, husband, leader in the organization, and many more) and find the highest goal for that role which you will feel proud about. Then split this goal into small achievable time-boun...