Critical thinking

According to modern psychology, there are 10 types of toxic people who you can meet and cross paths in life, and in most cases, you will not even realize it. For your information, the categories are the following: the manipulator, the victim, the temperamental, the envious, the dementor, the twisted,...

Sri Lanka is famous for a number of reasons, such as its warm and welcoming people, magnificent nature, broad wildlife, rich culture, etc., which are enough to magnetize tourists from all over the world, but what about living in Sri Lanka post-retirement? Haven't you thought about it? If not, do...

A colleague of mine tells a difficult story about the ethics troubles of a multi-billion-dollar Canadian pharmaceutical company I’ll call pHarmX. It exemplifies an incredibly poignant lesson about the ethical choices in our personal and professional lives.  Several years ago, pHarmX developed a drug that safely lowers the aldehyde levels...

The saying goes, “An unaimed arrow never misses.” As I travel the country, I find one consistent theme: most executives, managers, and employees are “unaimed,” meaning they don’t know their company’s Vital Goals or how they contribute to those goals. How do I know this? I ask. I’ve asked hundreds...

Working from home was a must during the pandemic, and it’s now a choice that many people are making as part of their new work normal. The challenge with having a hybrid and distributed workforce is that the cues that help create cultural norms are diluted, patchy, or even missing...

Arguments are often when we have difficulties in communicating our needs and feelings. The less communicative we are, the more possible it is that we will end up fighting. Today we focus on how to ''win'' a fight without having to become aggressive: Follow and lead It is funny, but...

Neighboring countries have always been a challenge for those who deal with the external politics of the government. If you look at the global map and history, you will notice that in most cases, hate has been developed between countries with common borders and many similarities. While someone would expect...

Some people prefer to be social, and some people prefer to be lonely. Today more and more loneliness dominates. Generally, three pillars will determine our interactions: ourselves, others, and the circumstances. Today we see how people feel and why they finally prefer to be alone. When you are the best...

Participation is not about being a social person. Participation is about actively existing in a particular situation and being willing to interact. It is an attitude that can be adopted on many occasions, and it only comes with positive outcomes. One can be a participant student as a kid in...

Ask any C-Suite leader how often they get to focus on the ‘The Strategy’ and they’ll tell you about 5-10 days a year.  Ask them how often they are being strategic and they’ll look at you funny – it’s every minute of every day.   I work with the C-Suite and...