Author Archives: Surekha R

Kansha: Being Grateful

In our lives we  may come across many situations where we do not know how to react or respond. We do not know what would happen the next day and all that’s left in our hands is too give our 100% efforts and hope that everything goes well. Most of us have experienced this atContinue reading “Kansha: Being Grateful”

All you want to Know – Mental Wellness (Episode 1)

In this video on “All You Want To Know”, I interview Sahana Rabindranath (Founder, SwitchNov). Sahana is a professional therapist, transformational coach and trainer. Watch this interesting interaction between Sahana and me in which Sahana shares her mantras on how to cope better in these Covid times and on the importance on mental wellness. https://youtu.be/oGQM4n1YonY

Kintsugi : Golden Repair

Kintsugi – Golden Repair Kintsugi is a Japanese Art form of repairing broken pottery by  mending the areas of breakage with lacquer mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum.  Here they treat the breakage and repair as part of the history of an object. The idea is not to disguise the breakage but to restore it. The art believes thatContinue reading “Kintsugi : Golden Repair”

Inculcate Habits that you can sustain

 I was thinking  what should be my first post of this new year. Then I realised that since I am in the process of inculcating some good habits, it would be a great idea to share the same. Today the world over we are in the process of recovering from the pandemic and getting backContinue reading “Inculcate Habits that you can sustain”

What I learnt in 2020

This is my last article for this year and I wanted it to be full of fun, little inspiring, showing a feeling of gratitude and learning from our past. Thus decided to share my takeaways from this bizzare year 2020. I call it bizzare, as there have been highs and lows, happiness and sadness ,Continue reading “What I learnt in 2020”

Persuade to Win-Part 6:Social Proof

The last in this series on the Psychology of Persuasion the 6th principle that Robert Cialdini talks in his book is called “Social Proof”. People tend to  copy what others do to make their decision making process simple. According to Robert, Social proof refers to humans correcting / reflecting on their behaviour based on theContinue reading “Persuade to Win-Part 6:Social Proof”

Persuade to Win: Part5 – Scarcity

Continuing this series on the Psychology of Persuasion the 5th principle that Robert Cialdini talks in his book is called “Scarcity”. People will tend to value resources that are scarce. People feel products or services that are available for a limited duration have more value and hence in more demand. It is based on theContinue reading “Persuade to Win: Part5 – Scarcity”

An Iconic Day…

Today it has been 7 years since the The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (“PoSH Act“)  was enacted as a measure to provide a safe and healthy work environment to all working woman in India. It is just sad that instead of us celebrating the success of this ActContinue reading “An Iconic Day…”

Persuade to win: Part 4: Authority

Continuing this series on the Psychology of Persuasion. The 4th principle that Robert Cialdini talks in his book is called “Authority”. People will tend to confer authority on those who possess the trappings associated with power or knowledge such as clothes and titles of positions, especially in areas where we tend to have little orContinue reading “Persuade to win: Part 4: Authority”