Chaos Has a Silver Lining and It’s Called House Hunters International

I don’t watch a lot of TV but I absolutely love with this show called, House Hunters International. It’s on Home and Garden TV (HGTV) and it is about people who work with a local real estate agent to find a place to live. The show has a simple formula: a couple (usually Americans, sometimes Brits or Canadians) visits 3 houses – that’s it just 3 houses and at the end of the show, they have to pick the place […]

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George is Not a Commodity

Over a catch-up dinner last week, a friend confided something I did not expect to come out of his mouth. An executive with a big firm he said, “I’m starting to feel like a commodity.” Are we all becoming a commodity? Are we so easily replaceable? Is this what the chaos, uncertainty, unpredictability and complexity is causing us to feel? That we’re no different from anyone else. Is this the root cause of stress and anxiety at work? I went […]

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Ahh Those Were the Days

I’ve never heard anyone say, “I’m glad things are more simple now than 5 years ago”. We just don’t say that. In fact, we talk of how simple things “used to be”. In my research on a new book, I came across an interesting concept called Entropy or the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics. There’s a lot of science behind it but essentially it says that: Things get more complex not less. We go from simplicity to complexity. We go from […]

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Get Out of the House to Deal With Uncertainty

You can’t thrive in a new, more global world, if you don’t get out of the house and actually see it for yourself. I met my friend Ben a few years ago. He’s a successful entrepreneur who has created and sold businesses. He lives in Manhattan and is a great example of someone who’s realized how important it is to say YES to new opportunities. Ben has never been to India and doesn’t necessarily have a specific NEED to go […]

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I Pledge…to Embrace the Chaos

I pledge to Embrace the Chaos By Expecting and Accepting Chaos. I Choose to Think and Act differently. I am Grateful and will make positive choices everyday. I will say Yes and Do new things. I will Put Purpose to Work, Be Present, Build Deeper Bonds and Trust Myself. I will focus on the important things in life and expect nothing except that which emerges from my own choice –Bob Miglani Feel free to use on Facebook!  

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