Faking Humility is Diminishing Your Trust

Faking Humility is Diminishing Your Trust

Have you met someone who pretends to be humble, but in fact, is giving you signals to be accepted as superior? I notice this very often when I meet leaders in executive positions during coaching sessions and there is no dearth of instances in routine life either....
Are You Afraid of Success?

Are You Afraid of Success?

Did it ever occur that you want something desperately, you have worked hard for months, and you can see the goalpost around the corner? Out of nowhere, you experience a sinking feeling. You doubt yourself and tell one of these: ‘I don’t deserve it.’...
How to Avoid Desperation and Tilt the Deal in Your Favour

How to Avoid Desperation and Tilt the Deal in Your Favour

A few years back, I went to a leading car dealer to sell my Skoda. After the road test and document verification, they offered me 11.2 lakh (hundred thousand) rupees. Their sales team was very well trained to influence. They gave me all the reasons why Skoda has poor...
Judgments Are Limiting Your Growth

Judgments Are Limiting Your Growth

I had an unusual coaching conversation last week. The executive started complaining as soon as I picked up the phone, ‘I was expecting an email before we connected. I have been completely clueless about what would happen here and had nobody to contact.’ I...
Become Fearlessly Authentic

Become Fearlessly Authentic

One quality that I have observed in massively successful executives is authenticity. Without authenticity, it is virtually impossible to display effective leadership. When you pretend, sooner or later, people recognize it and you are exposed and that further impacts...
The Connection of Body Language and Mental State

The Connection of Body Language and Mental State

How do you know whether a smile is fake or real? When you see someone smiling, you get it but if I ask you to tell me the reason you would struggle. When you display a social smile, the muscles on the side of your mouth move upwards. But, when you smile genuinely, two...