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Hi
 
Sometimes when we look back at what we did, there is euphoria... The sense of bonding achievement results in ourselves dwelling
 
on the moment that was significant ...
 
A feeling of rok sake toh rok lo....
 
We were a great team ... if we work together again we could still make another significant dent in the universe after the one that Steve Jobs and Apple made ...
 
Now with me on a sabbatical cum moonlighting stint ,Lloyd in Liverpool, Sowmya with Ogilvy & Mather, Srrini in Muscat, Samar on her way to Europe, Vasanthi getting married, Dr Ashish Tripathi joining after the Tata Nen awards and leaving a little later to be with Big Synergy and the rest of the team led by Giri is still there at Greycaps...one wonders if we will
come to work together as a team !!!
well if we do or dont , wherever we are , we will rock on :) as we did during even the photoshoot ... we are fun and were and will be but when it comes to business... we did it Shaan (Yup with Grace and Magnitude)  Se:) 
If you are wondering why we could have made a dent in the universe as "The A team " !!!
 
 

 
Shravan Shetty
Author|Career Analyst|Executive Coach|Facilitator
Twitter: consultshravan
 

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Wed, 13 Oct 2010 10:43:00 -0700 Book Bytes - A email to a coachee for a career in Branding http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/book-bytes-a-email-to-a-coachee-for-a-career http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/book-bytes-a-email-to-a-coachee-for-a-career
Book Bytes - A email to a coachee for a career in Branding

A Career is a journey.

I always use this Quotation which emphasises the fact that reading is critical to be successful

“You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for two things, the people you meet and the books you read.” –Charlie “Tremendous“  Jones

  

In my expereince as a executive coach working with coachees right from MBA freshers to those with experience,i have found that the ones who lead are the ones who read.
Email me for the attachment  and doc which has an email with recommended books that i sent a coachee with a list of recommended  books + excerpts from one of the  books  as she embarked on a career in branding fresh out of a B-School.Its for a beginner.Email me at consultshravan@gmail.com

Cheers!

Shravan
Executive Coach |Career Analyst

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Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:24:00 -0700 Bangalore to Muscat http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/2009/06/bangalore-to-muscat.html http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/2009/06/bangalore-to-muscat.html My first international trip was sometime in April this year on Business
it was neither exciting nor a surprise .
It sort of came to be both a memorable personal and professional trip :)
It was definitely a awakening - a sign of what is to follow : more oppportunities , more hard work
more perseverance
It also made me realise that preparation is good , practise is good but than life can slot you like it did me
for a Business pitch to the vice Chairman of a Media powerhouse in muscat , the CEo , new ventures , the media sales head and his team in front of my Boss and the Tech head dressed in tie when everyone else was informal because i was doing the presentation in a chinese restaurant with a laptop---
Now which B School can prepare you for a venue such as this for presenting a Business idea ?
Only the real world of Business can and a CEO such as mine with a mentor like outlook : even though we had discussed the presentation , we ran it smoothly like a Jugalbandi with him chipping in a few key points brilliantly timed ensuring that the deal was closed with interest being evinced.
what folllowed was a sumptous meal and the Host , the Vice Chairman sharing with us gripping tales of the dune races and expedition of strange people he had taken through the dunes from a chinese women divorcing her husband post the race to a german collecting Camel shit thinking they were rocks in the desert to humoring a american who lost his key in the desert going back miles into the desert searching for it
We stayed at the Radisson met indians and other nationals , visited startbucks and costa coffee, ate at Indian restaurants such as saravana Bhavan , had laban at the shopping malls and....
More details a little later :0

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Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:11:00 -0700 CONFLICT http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/2009/06/conflict.html http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/2009/06/conflict.html CONFLICT
Calm & serene is life on the surface
When it comes to most relationships
There are smiles and pleasant glances on the face
Irritations and provocations never show
We let them simmer
Over the years they boil
Building into a storm through eternity
In retrospect at the brink of extinction we
Realize that we should have freed the voices of discontent
From our chains of captivity………
Isn’t Self restraint of conflict like capping a erupting volcano ?????

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Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:10:00 -0700 Unwind http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/2009/06/unwind.html http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/2009/06/unwind.html UNWIND
The best way to unwind
Is to just let life take its course
Doing what you oughta do
To Be who you really want to be
Once you let this trip begin…
There is no turning back the tide…
For the more you explore the idea of “You”
You are being true to you
That’s when you taste life
Life begins to feel like heaven
You feel joy
You spread the cheer
As you go around saying “cheers to life”
Not worrying about the jeers….
Now you know the Key is to follow the inner voice
“I want to be….”
It started when you begin the journey on an “idea”
An idea called “Unwind”

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Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:09:00 -0700 Fear http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/2009/06/fear.html http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/2009/06/fear.html FEAR
Our Fears rule us
As Deers run for shelter when the predator strikes
Creating worry and hurry
Worry is worse than fire
Since fire consumes the dead
While fire consumes the living
Our fears assumed or real
Disrupt the calm bringing worry to the hearts crest
Upsetting every attempt to rest
Turning vacations into war zones
Our fears invoke the flames of worry
Time and time again the emotional storms
Ravage the calmness of our placid souls
Each time we decide to act in haste
Each time we decide to regret at leisure
Fears rule us
The key to fighting fear is to realize that the key to fear
Is the faith that “we will overcome “
For “ If God be for us , who can be against us ?
After all the Fear of the dark can only be driven through Light!!!
Lets light a candle instead of cursing the darkness in fear

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Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:04:00 -0700 i walk the line http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/2009/06/i-walk-line.html http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/2009/06/i-walk-line.html I WALK THE LINE
A fire is lit within
Robbing me of peace within
Ashes to ashes
And dust to dust
Nothing of the original me remains
This has happened through the passing of time
As my dreams caught fire
As these dreams set me ablaze
The fire began with a spark
A spark from yesterday
That haunts my today and tomorrow
The choice is simple
To douse the fire or to let it burn and shine
Question lies in the spirit of my will
Willingness to challenge change
You wonder as you read
If I am a lost wanderer rambling on
The truth is that God knows
How my heart and soul is trembling as I write
For the spark of yesterday has become a fire
Setting me and everything I know and own
Cherish and seek “Ablaze”
This is it …….
There is no other recourse
No turning back…..
I WALK THE LINE

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Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:33:00 -0700 Connecting the dots http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/2009/06/connecting-dots.html http://shravanshetty.posterous.com/2009/06/connecting-dots.html recently got a call from afriend who returned from Australia after close to three to four years.
when he said : he ’s Back - The song of yester years which i gre up to started rining in my ears ” Mumbai se aaya mera dost ” though i reworded it as ” Australia se aaya mera dost ”
Its funny how the human brain recalls and links two unseemingly conncted links seamlessly —
and now if you have heard steven jobs speech - Your brain will automatically correlate what i have stated to
“connecting the dots” which was the essence of his speech even though it wasnt titled famously as the “Stay Hungry Stay foolish” speech

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