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Life is full of paradoxes. “Familiarity breeds contempt” and “Familiarity breeds Contentment” both hold true. Over the last few weeks, I have been reminded about…

Mistakes are perfectly okay if you don’t miss the opportunity to take something away from them. I made a mistake recently… a really simple one…

“Wow!” stories impress. “Oww!” stories impact. A John Maxwell quote reminds me of this “If you want to impress people, tell them about your successes….

I would presume that the purpose of feedback is to find ways to improve. If not, what is it all about? It’s not just a…

Column centimetres to connecting content. Making a genuine connection through content that connects has always been at the heart of good public relations. We lost…

The holiday had finished too fast as usual. My son was all set to head back to the US of A and then the unexpected…

It is that time of the year when our son is packing his suitcase again and getting set to head out into the arms of…

In PR we often talk about the power of “messaging” and one of the acronyms I love to preach during media training is SPEAR. Short, Personal, Emotional, Accurate, and Repeatable…

A day spent doing absolutely nothing at the Ooty club is a hard earned privilege. We (my wife and I) have waited for this moment…

I recently had the pleasure of spending time at the IIM Nagpur campus, introducing 240 students to reputation management, public relations, and personal branding. They…