by Gaurav Bhalla | Aug 21, 2020 | Blog
Since the publishing of my last book, “Awakening A Leader’s Soul: Learnings Through Immortal Poems,” scores of people have asked me the reasons why I decided to build a bridge between poetry and leadership. Two main reasons: I firmly believed then, as I do now, that...
by Gaurav Bhalla | Jul 24, 2020 | Blog
Abraham Maslow once offered an ingenious insight, “For a hungry person, heaven is a place with bread.” Countless businesses battered by COVID-19 are in a similar place as the hungry person; heaven would be achieving results they were accustomed to pre-COVID. Which...
by Gaurav Bhalla | Jul 16, 2020 | Blog
Have you heard the expression, “Help Kills?” No. Then let me tell you a story. A monkey was sitting on a tree at the edge of a river, preening and grooming himself, admiring his reflection in the sparkling waters flowing below. Suddenly, the monkey sees a fish. He...
by Gaurav Bhalla | Jun 28, 2020 | Blog
Recently, as part of a global summit, I was asked, “What’s your #1 tip for coping with adversity?” This is how I answered the question. My #1 tip for coping and overcoming adversity is provided by my favorite wisdom poem: Watch your thoughts, your thoughts become...
by Gaurav Bhalla | Jun 20, 2020 | Blog
Juneteenth is a celebration of hope, freedom, and emancipation. It should also be a time of reflection. A time to stop our busy worlds and express deep gratitude for the value and blessing of freedom – a priceless gift that many of us take for granted. A time to step...
by Gaurav Bhalla | Jun 5, 2020 | Blog
You Haven’t Moved An Inch Uncle Sam If USA were searching for a dramatic way to broadcast its progress in white-black race relations, the headline of the award-winning Virginia Slims ad, “You’ve come a long way, baby,” won’t work. Because, while USA’s...
by Gaurav Bhalla | May 17, 2020 | Blog
Greetings Dear Reader, Yesterday’s blog was about listening to COVID-19, for no other reason that it’s talking to us. Provided of course we aren’t taking ourselves too seriously to dismiss COVID-19 talking to us as imbecile and absurd. You can read it here, in case...
by Gaurav Bhalla | May 16, 2020 | Blog, Category1, Category2, Category3
Time for a Saturday story. About COVID-19 and listening to what it’s saying. Remember Carlos Castaneda? The man Time magazine described in 1973 as, “…an enigma wrapped in a mystery wrapped in a tortilla.” For good reason. Because, by then he had been exposed as...
by Gaurav Bhalla | Apr 25, 2020 | Blog, Category1, Category2, Category3
Recently, during my program on “Mindful Leadership,” a CEO shared this with me: We Owners/CEOs are very lonely people. We are constantly listening to the problems of our team members and others in the company. BUT we have no one to talk to – no one who...
by Gaurav Bhalla | Apr 22, 2020 | Blog, Category1, Category2, Category3, Leadership
Today is Earth Day. At a time when COVID-19 has wracked our hearts and homes with physical, emotional, and economic pain, and as many grieve the loss of loved ones, it’s important to ask ourselves an extremely uncomfortable question: “Do WE…human beings…want to be a...
