LeftBrain RightBrain January 5, 2021 Take the call, to make the call “I don’t know what to say? I will wait for the right time to call. I am bad at these things.” When I think back…
LeftBrain RightBrain December 22, 2020 Career advice from my Grandad that I finally understood this week… Circa early 1996. I had just finished my MBA, and was enjoying my time back home in Madras with my grandparents, getting set to open…
LeftBrain RightBrain December 15, 2020 Follow the trail of digital breadcrumbs and scroll through the online tea leaves After a gap of about 10 years, I spoke to a college buddy of mine, let’s call him Mr. Bee. We have been exchanging messages…
LeftBrain RightBrain December 8, 2020 Why is the travel agent back in demand? Over the last few months, I found myself turning to travel agents of all kinds in search of service. It started when I tried getting…
LeftBrain RightBrain December 1, 2020 What a few cue cards, a white board and two hours of standing taught me A few months ago I wrote a piece titled ‘Five ways to fight webinar fatigue’ , an excerpt of which read “Mr. Bluebeard reminded me…
LeftBrain RightBrain November 24, 2020 In search of a mentor Sitting in my lazy boy chair late one night in August of 2019, I reached out to a few well-wishers, with a simple ask for…
LeftBrain RightBrain November 17, 2020 Running on Empty I found my fuel tank had gone into the reserve zone. You know the place you reach when a little light starts flashing on the…
LeftBrain RightBrain November 10, 2020 Stand tall, while others laugh A farmer in Wayanad, let’s call him Aakash, went against all the conventional ways of growing coffee. He did not follow any of the so…
LeftBrain RightBrain November 3, 2020 A cupboard full of clothes and nowhere to go? Oh the places you’ll go! The day draws closer when the Dey household is going to be an empty nest. We took one step closer to saying goodbye to our…
LeftBrain RightBrain October 27, 2020 Finger painting my way into the future Finger painting is fun. Finger painting is messy. It has a sense of playfulness about it. It’s colourful. Sometimes the end result is awesome, other…