The Light the World needs Today
As the world dangerously moves to a catastrophic war against Iran, I am reminded of the play about Gandhi's life and his key messages about peace. At the end of the play, after Gandhi's assasination, India's prime minster, Jawaharlal Nehru went on the air and...
If No one Walks with You, Walk alone
On Sunday evening, I wrote about some key messages about peace from Gandhi after watching an inspirational play in London about his life. At the end of his life Gandhi felt he had failed as he could not avoid the partition of the Indian subcontinent into India and...
Lessons in Peace from Sammy, Masquerading as Gandhi
What would it be like to see Gandhi come alive right in front of your eyes? This evening, I was privileged to watch on stage the acclaimed production of Sammy! - A word that broke an Empire" - a superb tribute to the life of Gandhi. Sammy - derived from the Hindi word...
Valentine’s Day – Make your Relationship even Better
If you are in a relationship, is it what you always dreamed about? In a dream relationship, you bring out the best in one another and make yourself stronger together as a team than apart. Such a relationship helps you become a better person and provides you with the...
Valentine’s Day – Enjoy Life as a Single Person!
Around Valentine's Day, many single people are often left feeling inadequate and missing out due to the fervent commercialisation all around them. It is almost as if you are incomplete or there is something wrong with you, if you are single. The pressure to be out...
Find your Valentine at Last!
Valentine’s day is here again. And are you still single? Do you want to attract a dream relationship? Well, make 2007 the year you do just that! You still have almost 11 months left to make sure that you spend next Christmas with THE one. If you are single, then you...
Valentine’s Day – a Time for Self-less Giving
Valentine's Day is a celebration of love, an opportunity for us to truly reconnect with the real meaning of this day. It is about LOVE, sharing and giving. Rather than just focussing on what fancy gift we can give to our loved one, or how elaborately we can celebrate...
Go Out of Your Way for Other People – You Know It Makes Sense!
Last Friday, I drove up from London to visit my parents in Coventry. My journey had begun with a wonderful and surprise lunch with some new family friends. But what is normally a journey of less than two hours took almost four as I drove through some of the worst...
Leadership in the Current Climate of Change
The world is today changing rapidly and this is affecting the world of business as never before. Globalisation, the Internet and emerging economies such as in India and China are bringing huge challenges to businesses in the UK and the western world. Organisations are...
What the World Urgently Needs Today
People often ask me about how to train to become a coach etc. At one time, I used to immediately connect them with a couple of coaching schools. But now I tell them that what the world needs today is not more coaches or even more New Year resolutions to have more, do...