Enlarge. Excel. Evolve.

Click here to add this blog to your feed and you will not miss out on any story 3E Story Blogathon Post #28 by Deborah Biedronski For Day 28 of the 3E Story Blogathon, Deborah Biedronski shares her story about how she discovered her deepest passion. For some of us writing is just putting words on a piece of paper, but for others it is releasing our souls! When Dr. Amit asked me to write this blog I wondered what I would be contributing. Writers do have a reputation for insanity! Being older and wiser I have learned through my education that families in the seventies raised their children basically on the Laws of Attraction. This style of parenting limited my growth in self-esteem and intimacy. My Christian up bringing limited my passions, in respect for honoring my mother and father, limited by The Holy Bible. This reading led me to a poet named Rod McKuen, of the 60’s and his intensity for writing about love. With my Father practicing restraint and m...

Click here to add this blog to your feed and you will not miss out on any story 3E Story Blogathon Post #26 by Sanjeev Kumar For Day 26 of the 3E Story Blogathon, Sanjeev shares the story about his book. Long time ago, when I was In India, I had a profound interest in enhancing my deep thinking process but my life was totally different. I was engaged much more in medical practice, but along with my practice I used to read wonderful l books. Later on I realized that reading those books created more illusion. As soon as I landed in Canada after immigration (after intense suffering), my thought process got much matured & sharper because it was not hard struggle but rather my evolution. It depends upon us, how we look at things though.  I practiced medical profession in Canada for a while but I wound up my practice very soon due to lack of satisfaction. I never liked this profession ever in my life because I was not made for the medical pr...

A Story of an American Angel and Her Indian Friend “Alone I can SPEAK But Together We Can TALK Alone I Can SMILE Together We Can LAUGH.  Alone I Can ENJOY Together We Can CELEBRATE,  That's the Beauty Of Togetherness”  Anonymous In Hindi, we have a saying that one plus one equals eleven (which highlights the power of collaboration). Jennifer Sertl, (President, Agility 3R , New York ), my personal development coach and collaborator has proved it right. Heartfelt Collaboration  As far as I remember, we connected sometime in 2008. Soon Jennifer emailed me her poem, " Teachers are Artists " which really touched me, since I have been a passionate teacher too. Then we exchanged few emails and she gifted me a copy of her book, " Strategy, Leadership and the Soul ." Now I was curious enough for a Skype chat. In my recent post entitled “ 3 Life Lessons that led to Social Media Success ” I talked about the...

Story 24 When I talk of the necessity for personal growth, to be successful on social media, my audience often gives me a puzzled look. Then I give a smile and begin the explanation of my approach and philosophy, “Enlarge as a Human Being, Excel as a Social Media Being and Evolve as a Personal Brand.”  Background February 2011. As an upcoming personal branding professional, I was creating and curating content from fields as diverse as storytelling, personal development, and social media & online branding on my social networks. And one fine day, Jennifer Sertl, my personal development coach nudged me during a Skype chat and asked me about my focus and context.  It set me thinking and I thought hard. Was there a connection between the topics I was talking about? If yes, how are they connected? I found personal branding professionals across the world try to differentiate themselves from image management professionals, as they talk about persona...

Click here to add this blog to your feed and you will not miss out on any story 3E Story Blogathon Post #23 by Dr Prashant Gupta For Day 23 of the 3E Story Blogathon, Dr Prashant talks about the importance of cooptetion and tells a short story to prove his point. (Do let us know if he was able to prove it successfully) Cooptetion-A necessity today  A new term was added in management jargon years back-cooptetion, which is a combination of cooperation and competition. In the social media age we live in, we often have overlaps of skills with people around us, and how we collaborate with such people is going to be a critical skill in our success. For example, a life coach may be a competitor to a psychiatrist as people with stress or obsessive compulsive disorder may visit either of them.  From cooptetion to mutual admiration  Let me share a childhood story. Dr Amit Nagpal (the organiser of the story blogathon) and I were ...

Click here to add this blog to your feed and you will not miss out on any story 3E Story Blogathon Post #22 by Nihar Sharma For Day 22 of the 3E Story Blogathon, Nihar shares how she discovered her deepest passion and how it has transformed her life completely. Not too long ago, as I got this thumping incessant feeling in my heart, I realized that there was more to it than just the thumping. There was also an occasional rumbling in my gut which often comes along whenever I thought about the outdoors & travelling. These thoughts of travel & adventure frequently invaded my mind throughout the day. And so, on this particular day I tried hard to avoid being distracted by them. I threw myself-more into my work only to find the thoughts attacking me with renewed vigour. So I decided to surrender. I thought “Ok. Just this once let me go.” I took a short trip to the mountains. Though I love my work and cherish no desire to be away from it, this trip breathed new...

Two Perspectives on Personal Transformation Two Perspectives’ is a monthly column with two different perspectives from two different continents, genders and cultures on the same topic viz. Dr Janet Smith Warfield (based in Florida, USA) and  Dr Amit Nagpal (based in New Delhi, India). Dr Janet Smith Warfield's Perspective, USA As I pulled myself up the 20-foot-high pole, one metal support after another, a part of me was thinking, "Janet, You've got to be crazy! What do you think you are doing, jeopardizing your life climbing this pole and placing your trust in those people down below you don't even know!"  Then, I remembered. My intention was to release my anger toward the father of my children who had abandoned both me and our children to spend his life with a woman I once thought was my best friend.  My helmet and harness were securely in place. My belay team were holding firmly to the ropes that would gently guide me back to earth ...