(The best policy in any relationship: husband and wife, friends, boss and subordinate or any other.) It is a fact that arguments weaken a team. It is best to avoid it. Come to think of it. It never takes you anywhere, except to get even further apart. I don’t know why, but that is …
Aren’t my blogs turning into text books? I hope not! I have to be careful, I’ve been an educationist for too many years. My blog on transitional phases in life is actually all about change. One’s ability to do it well revolves around the skill in change management. As they say, the only constant thing …
Getting aware of the pitfalls that can happen, and knowing how to avoid them. “I’ve witnessed a lady lose nine million rupees, and nothing could be done about it!” My bank manager Umer Malik mentioned. Immediately, I decided to learn more about this. The remark made me realize how vital it is for us to …
I’m talking to all of us smart phone holders. Our minds have been taken over by forwards, quotes, jokes, pics, and what not. Just like our phone starts ‘crashing’ due to so much useless stuff being stuffed into it – our minds do too! Then there are Whats App groups with their barrage of forwards. …
“Faizan, can you come with me to see a car?” “Why not, but I don’t know anything about cars.” “You can pretend that you do! Just keep quiet and go with me.” “Ok, I’ll go with you.” we were anyways going to the ETO office to try to find a way out of the …
The home office will become a reality in almost every home. The world is changing. Well it has been changing all along. But more so now … within ten to twenty years, the following drastic changes would be seen more prominently:
When you are trying to do what you really want to do! Abbas Husain my mentor and friend often uses this terminology which is so blatantly true about our lives today. How can we focus? “Nothing can be achieved unless you allocate a time and place to it. –even if one of these is …
(My fifteen points of happy living.) We all love to celebrate our birthdays. But we don’t want to get older. We want a long life, but we don’t want wrinkles. We want to eat our (birthday) cake, and have it too. So what’s wrong with it? It is the most human perspective after all! …
This happened last week… I am sitting in this strange office, in a very familiar building in Islamabad. I’ve finally signed a peace treaty and have what is mine. The man in this office, who used to help me, is no longer in this world. I’m suddenly feeling insecure. As I feel insecure, I shake …
