A Step A Day – Reaching Out

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A Step A Day, blogging

A Step A Day was started to provide perspective and provoke thought to facilitate self-development across a wide spectrum of issues- big and small- crucial for executive success.

Completing 125 straight posts (every day for 125 days on the trot) on A Step A Day has been for me a landmark of sorts.

As a blogger, I am glad A Step A Day has evoked a fair amount of interest. I realize this not only by the comments to these posts but also by the mails I have received. In them readers have asked questions, raised issues, shared experiences and given suggestions.

I would like to reach out to more of you for your thoughts and feedback on A Step A Day. Likewise, for those of you who may wish to reach out to me, here are my contacts:

Mail: bprao@people1stconsulting.com

Telephone: 91-80-41675083 & 91-9845065903.

It would be great to hear from you:)

Gudi Padwa: Happy New Year

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Gudi Padwa

According to our ancient Hindu calendar, today marks the beginning of the New Year for us GSB Konkanis. For the many who might not know, GSB stands for Gowd Saraswat Brahmin, a Hindu sect and Konkani is my mother tongue. People who speak Konkani are called Konkanis.

The festival is called Samsvar Padwo in Konkani and Gudi Padwa in Marathi.

Here’s wishing everyone the best of health, every success and propserity in the New Year.

Are Soft Skills Hard to Acquire?

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A Step A Day, soft skills

I believe the term “Soft Skills” has become a misnomer. When I was explaining my work to a group of young people, a 20 something cut me short ” Oh, I understand” he said ” You are into soft skilling. Quite easy to teach that. My sister’s friend is the expert in soft skills. She has been trainer for 8 months”.