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Keep cool:   a moment’s hesitation can prevent a lifetime of regret.   Give yourself time to think. Be aware of your angry feelings.  Do not ignore, or deny them, for emotion influences what we perceive, think and do.  Don’t suppress it, but don’t act on it. Ask yourself: ‘Why I am angry?’  This is the key.  Let life question you.  Often the issue is not   serious one and it can pass off if only you let it go!  Nurture a sense of humor. Take responsibility for your anger.  Have the courage to find reasons to come out of it. Talk about your emotions.  The ability to talk truthfully and fully about yourself is necessary for effective communication. Talk the matter over with someone who is close to you.   Anger not expressed does not disappear. Keep and ‘anger journal’.  Write down your feelings.  Don’t let them boil inside. Have an outlet for your energy. Let go the things that make you feel clutt...

If there is one single intervention that could tell who you are to the outsiders, perhaps it is the group discussion.   This process is inescapable in any selection/admission process.   To have to work in teams is the quintessential requirement of company assignments or business positions. Many a personality traits come into play in a group discussion scenario. Our personality dynamics take an altogether different mould when we deal with a group of people. In a one to one interaction, you could predict at least a couple of things and plan your move in advance. But, facing a group of people with diverse views and making an impact is no easy. You have to evolve and emerge. What do others look for in a GD? How good and deep you are in a given area of discussion? Are you able to move up the level with fresh thoughts and value addition?   Do you have the innate quality working in a group?  Are you flexible with opposing views? How good and empowering yo...

As students you often have to face the audience and communicate. But remember, you do not have so much of time as you may wish. Completing a communication task in just a flash is what makes you relevant, efficient and effective. This does not mean that you don’t have to talk at length. There are times when you have to elaborate depending upon the nature of assignment and availability of time. Be prepared for both types of talks - at length and in short.   There are many such instances where you need be crypt, concise and direct. What are these occasions when you have to just come, make a big impact and be gone! As a master of ceremony   While introducing a guest while asking a question in the middle of a talk while participating in a competitive game with time prescription while proposing vote of thanks when a speaker asks you to ‘say something’ while making an announcement   and so on. Having to talk in brief is never easy as many people seem to ...

This quote by Aristotle should be the watchword for our management students.   Excellence in life is a matter of   not just one act or even a few of them. Resorting to multiple actions should become your habit such that it is impossible to separate it from your life time goals. Goals are best achieved when you play multiple roles and activities. An alignment among goals , roles and performance is enabled though habitual good work, persistence and ‘stick-to-itiveness’. We at Nitte School of Management , Bengaluru are committed to drive you towards your cherished goals through our ‘A-S-K’ approach.   Through our undivided attention we help   strengthen your Knowledge, Skill and Attitudes. The fourth dimension is Performance which will be the by-product of ASK.   How do you develop such winning habits as students? Habits are to be formed with direction, dedication, discipline and deadline. Habits should lead to positive focus, thinking, attitudes an...

Change your Mind ... It's often said that change is the only constant in life. Yet humans are evolutionary predisposed to resist change because of the risk associated with it. Despite this resistance to change, it is more important than ever. Napoleon once said, "One must change one's tactics every 10 years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority." In today's society the pace of change is immensely faster, and it will only continue to accelerate. Organizations and people that don't embrace change are bound to lose ground and stagnate. Albert Einstein once said, “The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” There is nothing as powerful as changed mind. You can change your Clothing, your hair, your address and your residence, but if you don’t change your Mind, the same experience will perpetuate itself over and over again because everything will change outside but nothing intern...

If a guest speaker ever made a special request to the organizers that he would introduce himself to the gathering rather than being introduced, there may be a sound reason for that. One of compelling reasons could be that he was not happy the way he was introduced on previous occasions. I used to observe a senior colleague of mine in my earlier banking service, insisting on self introduction as a pre-condition for delivering talks. Once I asked him whether this kind of insistence did not amount to disrespect to the organizers and especially to the one who would be looking forward to doing this job. My colleague shared with me the reason that evening. He is a highly qualified person with four MA degrees in the string of at least a dozen qualifications. It seems the introducer went on to say,   ‘ …. I am happy to say that so and so appeared for his MA degree four times!’ My friend who was the Personnel Manager must have felt humiliated in front of new batch of officers who were ...