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A Conversation with Dr Uttara Pattanaik Dr Uttara, an ICF certified Coach enables organizations/teams/Individuals to be their best version. Let us find out how. Dr Amit-How does one identify one’s passion? Dr Uttara- Have you heard of “Ikigai”? Japanese say, Finding and igniting your “Ikigai” or a sense of purpose is the key to living a long happy life. According to the Japanese, everyone has an ikigai. An ikigai is essentially your reason for BEING or the reason to wake up every morning. This is similar to passion but holds a strong "purposeful" connotation. Ikigai is also believed to be the union of 4 elements: What you love doing, what you are good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for. According to Ikigai, passion is the outcome of “What you love doing” + “What you are good at (your strengths)” with an overarching purpose, that acts a guiding light throughout your life’s journey. There may be many things that you are good at and also enjo...

"From Fashion to Passion" is a mini-interview series with passionate entrepreneurs from India. The first interview in the series is with Mr Gautam Macker, Co-Founder, The Homemakers The Back Story The Homemakers had a humble beginning in 1998, with a 3000 sq ft showroom in Delhi. The company was amongst the first few in India to enter into the Modular Kitchen Segment. Started by Neeti and Gautam Macker, both highly qualified professionals, the company began with the import of Itallian Accessories. The Homemakers, gradually created its own manufacturing facility in Rajasthan with the latest technology from Italy. The company has created a niche for itself and prefers to do only quality work. From Kitchens, Wardrobes, Beds and other household furniture to doing up complete interiors of home and work place, the company constantly strives to blend quality with thoughtful design leading to products that are aesthetically appealing and extremely useful. Today, t...

Guest Blog Post by Howard C. Fero and Rebecca L. Herman (Authors of the book " LEAD ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME:    Stories And Strategies To Develop Major League Leadership " which uses storytelling in a powerful way) In baseball and in life, the leaders with the most passion   are the ones who will be most successful at inspiring their teams.During our research, numerous players throughout Major League Baseball identified passion   as one of the most important characteristics their managers can have because they want to see their managers excited and with fire in their eyes. There are many behaviors we can adopt from coaches and managers in sports to develop our Major League Leadership © and being more visible with our passion is certainly one of them. What is passion anyway and how can I have it at work? Most simply put, passion is doing something you love. It doesn't need to be a romantic idea of living on an island and writing a roman...

About the series, "Soulmates & Purposemates" 'They were more than 'Made for each other'. They were rather 'Storied for each other'. And together they wrote the world's most soulful story. They formed a strong emotional connect and found their life purposes had a common thread. And as soulmates and purposemates they lived happily thereafter.'' Yes, some people do get the best of both worlds. They have a soulmate who also becomes a life purpose partner. Is it sheer luck or past karma or something mystic? What brings such people together? What are the challenges & joys of this journey?   Here is the first interview/story in the series of true stories about, ''Soulmates and Purpose mates''  A Story of Soulmates and Purposemates, Yenga Sonqo & Cecie Hanza A spontaneous, unedited interview with Healing Artist, Yenga Sonqo, by Dr Amit Nagpal. Yenga was born and brought up in Jamaica and has stayed in...

As a Transformational Coach & a Holistic Leadership Trainer , I assist individuals and organisations write inspiring success stories through energy management & performance enhancement (under pressure) and various tools of reprogramming the mind for the reunion with body, heart and spirit. I am determined to support my clients become inwardly fulfilled and outwardly successful! I firmly believe that the quality of our life is dependent on the quality of our relationships, and put all my efforts to nurture my relationships. No wonder my inspiration came from one of my beautiful relationships. So friends, here goes the story of realizing my deep passion. It was the beginning of the year 2010 and I was pregnant with my second child. At that time, I was working with Mahindra Comviva as a Project Manager. Being already a mother, I was committed to give my very best to my unborn baby in those nine months. I started reading a lot of inspirational and spiritual books in order ...

  Click here to add this blog to your feed (subscribe to Blog) Sometimes a warm hug is the answer to our question and sometimes a gentle nudge is the answer. 'Hug and Nudge' is a fortnightly column with two different perspectives from two different continents and cultures on the same question in personal development area viz.  Jennifer Sertl (based in New York, USA) and Dr Amit Nagpal (based in New Delhi, India). Question- "Passion is generally missing in the corporate world. What can leaders do to ensure employees love what they do and do what they love.” A great question by Nitin Uppal, Asst. Manager-Marketing, Mahindra Comviva Jennifer Sertl's Answer Before I founded Agility 3R , I worked for two large corporations - one in telecommunications and the other in healthcare. I have been in systems where root-cause and corollary have many, many layers. I have been in systems where goals and objectives between teams were in direc...

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...