Like each and every year, the curtains opened up on 2019 with lots of pump, beautiful hopes, dreams and great expectations. In retrospect, for many it's been a beautiful year. For others, it has been a challenging year. For most, I dare say that it's been a mix. Taking stock, it is important that we truthfully answer the hard questions that stare us right in the face. What did we plan to do and what did we actually get done. Were the goals for the year S-M-A-R-T goals, that is, Specific, Measur

What do you write about when you do not know what to write about. Thoughts all over the place refusing to converge into a single idea. Whoever said writing was easy - maybe typing is but writing does not quite seem to be. I suddenly realize that writing is not only a skill, it also requires a presence of mind.Good news is that this gives me a new perspective about writing. I have often found it easy to write, and that was because I used to write when I had a thought, more out of leisure rather

Okay! Sitting down reading through blog posts and trying to follow up on my trainings, I decided to refresh my page to see ... I switched page pretty fast and thought for a second, wait a minute, seems the hour waited for just came by ... almost unannounced. I skipped back excitedly to verify what I thought I saw and ...Yes! I saw right, alright! Yipee! The goggled one, Google, has found and indexed my website.But wait, my website is barely ready. It is still in training mode with just a few pa

The sands of time are very generous, to the prolific as much as to the beginner. Like timestamps on the pages of life, it acknowledges every passerby.Since upgrading, I brew for myself a hot cup of sizzling learnings; studiously drinking from the knowledge base on this platform. My "tea breaks" were taken visiting blogs and profiles of many, taking notes, observing do's and dont's and learning best practices. It's been rigorous especially as I still have a full time job that I return from each