Nathan SV

The world is full of choices. Some made by us. Some made by others for us. The happy spot is when you feel comfortable with either. Life is beautiful.#LifeTruths

In the most difficult of situations, perhaps it is best to stay calm and collected. Time for strategy to weigh in more and keep the rising emotions in check. Even this shall pass. #OfficeTruths

Remembered Issac Newton this morning. ‘Every action has an equal and opposite reaction’. When it comes to people, the reaction could be disproportionately more so. Sometimes we forget this #OfficeTruths.

Dear professional, so you had a bad day. Painful. Don’t let the pain linger as that would cause sustained suffering. The pain happened at that instance. You don’t have to carry it along. Move on. All it takes is a mindset change. Not easy though. #OfficeTruths

Dear Manager, just sometimes all you have to do is to ‘show up’. Maybe participate in the normal day to day events. Perhaps a birthday party for a team member, a team lunch, a marriage or a bereavement. Even a group wellness run. It all adds up. #OfficeTruths

Dear Manager, in any conversation giving space is important. Space for the person to speak instead of interrupting. Hold off your thoughts and listen and pause the compelling need to speak. Will work wonders for you. #OfficeTruths

Dear Professional, the greatest gift you can give yourself is the gift of ‘switching off’. From devices, from work, from irritants perhaps. A detox that releases your creativity and adds life to your life.#OfficeTruths

Dear Manager, when you have your connects with your team member, the focus is on them. Not you. Listen to them. Listen to what is said and not said. Your being ‘listening’ makes the big difference. #OfficeTruths

Expressing your thoughts with without fear is not easy. Especially when you have four opinions from seniors against it. Needs courage and conviction. And a conducive environment. #OfficeTruths

Just sometimes, the result is not in sight. You keep plodding and see nothing ahead. Just remember, each brick on brick makes a beautiful home someday. Keep going. You are making progress that you don’t know. #OfficeTruths

When things don’t go as per plan plus a sudden jolt to your financials, you get worried. It is best to remain calm, reassess the situation and move ahead with a purposeful response. Sans emotion. Things will fall in place eventually. Always does. #OfficeTruths

Dear professional, sometimes all that gets done is the so called ‘urgent’ and not the ‘important’ tasks. Much owed to the insecurities of managers at one end and the politics of the managers they report to. #OfficeTruths

Dear Manager, it is okay to not feel okay. Sometimes you can share this with your team members too. Humanises you. The bridge of trust gets stronger. #OfficeTruths

Dear Manager, when you find a normally quiet team member suddenly speak up with a burst of confidence, beware. There is a good possibility that the person may leave, perhaps having secured a job. The opposite is also true. #OfficeTruths

Philosophical Mondays-‘ Just sometimes i feel that we are prisoners in a cage of our own making. Assumptions unverified, pain unmitigated, imagining the worst. Not realising we have the keys to freedom within us.’ #OfficeTruths

Mentor musings - ‘I have learnt that you can’t manage time. You can manage yourself at best. And the trick is to manage the attention you pay in whatever you do.’ #OfficeTruths

Some things are valuable, some invaluable. The value you believe it is and the value your manager thinks it is, may be different. Say,time with family, a weekend, time off for a friend’s marriage, even your own. Then starts the negotiation for your time at work. #OfficeTruths

Dear Professional, the best of carefully laid plans can go south. You see it fall apart in front of your eyes. Happens. Replace anxiety with acceptance. Your mind will find a plan B. Calmly. #OfficeTruths

Being bold and courageous is one thing. Being reckless is another. A matter of judgment. One is career enhancing and the other, career limiting. The difference is in the pause that you take where that little voice within will tell you something. #OfficeTruths

Careers are built slowly and steadily owed to hard work and focus. Careers streak upwards owed to perhaps luck and a tea spoon of risk. And hugely to someone who gave a helping hand. #OfficeTruths