Secrets of Success

There are different ways of handling stress. Based on my experience in dealing with all the stressful situations that I’ve been through over the years, I have come up with, and strongly recommend, a three tiered approach to handle stress.

The three tiers are:
1. Responsive
2. Adaptive
3. Preventive

In this article we will have a quick look at how I define each of these three tiers and some simple essentials to help achieve each of them.

Have you ever been a failure? Almost everyone falls short of ones goals in some way or the other, at some point or the other. Wouldn’t you agree? If you did too, would you agree that you have been a failure then? Well, I wouldn’t. I’ve fallen short, but I’ve never been a failure. Wonder why?

Failure is not to be taken personally
Failure to achieve a goal does not mean that you have failed. It does not mean that YOU are a failure. No one is born with all the knowledge and wisdom to be able to do all the things that need to be done. You must learn everything along the way. Moreover, not all that you would need to know will be taught to you, and those that are not are the things that you would need to learn yourself, theoretically and/or practically. If you try and do not succeed, it only means that you at least attempted to do it. Further, it means that you …

Some people just amaze me with their ability to stay cool and calm amidst circumstances that would otherwise drive a normal person crazy, and I start to wonder what it could be that would be giving them that much-sought-after trait.
I remember one instance when someone called up a professor in the middle of a lecture [...]

In my earlier post, “Handle pressure the assertive way”, I wrote about the importance of being assertive in the context of handling pressure. It is important to note that pressure need not be only of an explicit kind, like for example, a manager pressurizing a subordinate to satisfy unreasonable demands, or a constantly nagging counterpart [...]

We all encounter situations wherein we are being pressurized into doing something against our wishes, or doing something beyond normal limits. Pressure from managers at work, family at home, customers at business, friends and colleagues every now and then,… there are so many different types of demands and associated pressure. Do you feel overpowered by [...]