Professor Carol Dweck, Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford talks about her groundbreaking work on developing mindsets. She emphasizes the power of “yet” in helping students succeed in and out of the classroom. What a beautiful concept!
Category: career
Growth feedback
Positive feedback makes us feel good. We feel like we’re walking on air when we hear good things about ourselves. Yet positive feedback does not help us get better or grow professionally. We need constructive feedback. Here’s a good article How To Take Constructive Feedback Like A Boss
“Rest at the end, not in the middle”
A must watch interview with Kobe Bryant. Kobe talks about his greatest teacher, greatest challenge since leaving the game, passion for storytelling, his greatest weakness, excitement for failure and so much more.
Are you putting a man on the moon?
The story goes like this: President John F. Kennedy was visiting NASA headquarters for the first time in 1961. While touring the facility, the President introduced himself to a janitor and asked him what he did at NASA. The janitor replied “I’m helping put a man on the moon!” What I got from this was…
Chasing success (Published in Republica)
Having grown up in two distinct cultures—Nepali and American—I have had the opportunity to learn the best from each of them. Values such as hard work, humility, and respect are beautiful attributes of Nepali culture. From my work experience in Nepal, I have come to realize three qualities that we can strive for a better…
Delegate responsibility not tasks
To make a team strong, you have to empower them, trust them, and provide feedback. As a manager/leader, you will have a lot on your plate. Decisions have to be made. If you delegate tasks, the team members will do just enough to complete it. They won’t feel ownership or empowered enough to do their…
Few thoughts on school curriculum
How about teaching young minds about character, purpose, and spirituality while they are in school? We teach students a wide variety of subjects in a span of 18-20 years. They add layers of knowledge on various subjects as the years go by. By the time they graduate, they would have the academic knowledge, mastered test…
Managers and Leaders
Is there any difference between a manager and a leader? I believe there is. Managers focus on getting the tasks done by their team. His/her main role is to be efficient and use the resources to get results. Leaders focus on getting the tasks done by motivating and inspiring the team. Managers mostly rely on…
Ready to work (Published in Republica)
Thousands of Bachelor and Master’s graduates enter Nepal’s job market to hopefully land the job of their dreams with a handsome salary and unbelievable office perks. Yet, the current job market values skills and knowledge over degrees and a college or university degree is not enough to land the job that you hoped to get….
Making a global impact
There are certain moments in your life when you get a chance to make a global impact. You’re excited to embark on that journey and see where it will go. You’re thrilled about the process itself as much as about the results. That moment for me now is with the Artificial Intelligence Scholarship Program powered…
Starting a business (while working full time)
There’s no “right” time to start a business. It’s never too early or too late to start one. I believe what’s most important to consider is timing of launching the business. When you’re working full time, you get to understand the challenges, problems and opportunities of working in a particular field/industry. Using that domain knowledge…
Internal leadership
Each company has a culture. Some cultures are lead by senior management, others lead by the employees and some lead equally by the management and employees. In any company, I believe there are a few people who aspire to lead, want to do new things and make a bigger impact in the company/society. Some company…
Skills blog series: Language skills
Welcome to the Skills blog series- Language skills The most widely spoken languages in the world are Chinese, Spanish, English, Hindi and Arabic respectively. If you are a native speaker in any of the languages above, that is great. If not, then knowing one or two of them would be the way to go. Being…
When you have…it all
When you’ve achieved success in your activity or task, it’s a great feeling of accomplishment. But that sense of emotional high wanes down after a few hours, days or weeks. To continuously relieve that moment (those moments), I think each individual has to push his/her own boundary and go outside the comfort zone. I believe…
Rebranding the concept of "Nepali time"
Last month the Prime Minister of Nepal was in New York for the UN General Assembly. In his weeklong visit he took the time to speak at the New School in Manhattan and at The Chian Federation in Queens. Both places drew a crowd and the concept of “Nepali time” seemed to get rebranded. At…
Prabal Gurung: A Cultural Icon
Prabal Gurung is a recognizable name in the fashion world. His success is even more remarkable when you consider that he is from Nepal where most people are encouraged to pursue careers in the sciences rather than the arts. I could only hope that his success gives everyone to believe in their talent and pursue…
Ascend Semi-Annual Newsletter 2011
I recently worked with a team to prepare the first e-newsletter for Ascend. Here it is: Semi-Annual Newsletter 2011.
Join Ascend. Be Involved. (Published on Competing in a borderless world – Ascend blog)
Ascend’s vision is to enhance the presence and influence of Pan-Asian business leaders and to serve as a collective voice for those business communities. Ascend is very active in putting programs that benefit both their student and professional members. I have derived a lot of value by being a Professional Ascend member since joining the…
Living with a Purpose
I might need Oprah’s help on this one. Perhaps she can help me answer some of these questions. How do you find your purpose in life? How should one go about finding what they are meant to do? Then there is that one question that I would personally love to discover is How can one…
Networking Your Way To Success
On December 9, 2010, I walked into the Barclays Capital auditorium in New York to find professionals and students gathered for an ALPFA event. After a few hours, I walked out with a handful of business cards and a sense of motivation and inspiration. ALPFA stands for Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting….