Guru Nanak Dev Ji is the founder of Sikhism. A wise and calm person he lead a simple life. His way of life inspired many. He is thus highly revered not just by the Sikhs but many others around the world. Today on the occasion of Guru Purab I want to help you recall the […]
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Listening Skills
Use the following Rating Scale to score your responses, mark the appropriate choice in the box to the right of each question. Be honest! Rating Scale: 5 = Almost always 4 = Usually 3 = Occasionally 2 = Seldom 1 = Almost Never
Time Management Personality Profile
by Debbie Seid and Kim Piker Instructions: Please answer each item according to how often that statement is true for you. Select the answer using the following scale: 4 = Almost Always 3 = Often 2 = Sometimes 1 = Almost Never
Eysenck’s Personality Inventory (EPI) (Extroversion/Introversion)
The Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI) measures two pervasive, independent dimensions of personality, Extraversion-Introversion and Neuroticism-Stability, which account for most of the variance in the personality domain. Each form contains 57 “Yes-No” items with no repetition of items. The inclusion of a falsification scale provides for the detection of response distortion. The traits measured are Extraversion-Introversion […]
Lesson # 9: Celebrate small wins
Navrun comes to an end. 9 km on all 9 days of Navratri done and dusted! It is time for some celebration. Every year after my Navrun, I have a feast. I treat myself at my favourite restaurant for completing this feat. One of my friends once asked me, what’s there to celebrate about this? […]
Lesson # 8: Stand Tall
Look up, maintain a straight posture, and breathe in as much fresh air as you can! During a marathon, as I had slowed down a fellow runner gave me this advice. I followed. And all my runs after that have been a breeze. So once while running a marathon, I was exhausted. I was dragging […]
Lesson # 7: You are your own competition
Run faster, overtake and win over! When I used to see other runners running, I naturally had this feeling. But then I soon realised that it isn’t the way to peak performance. How? Read on… I want to do better than the others. So during my runs, when I saw other runners, I naturally picked up […]
Lesson # 6: Make best friends
When people see me running barefoot they are in awe! They come and talk to me, and then they become friends. And that has taught me a wonderful peak performance lesson. Running barefoot is no mean task. And that attracts attention from many people. Sometimes people stop me to ask how I do it. Sometimes […]
Lesson # 5: Run in the right direction
While running on the road, I always run in the direction opposite to the traffic. But I have seen many runners run in the same direction suggesting I should do the same too. Today something happened, and it proved me right. An interesting anecdote coming up shortly. So while I was running today, I saw […]
Lesson # 4: Understanding the law of marginal returns
With my peak visualised, energy managed, today on the 4th day, I was truly enjoying my run. And when I came back home and checked he run stats, I was up for some interesting revelation. What was it? Read on – Today I had truly enjoyed my run. I had run at a constant pace, […]