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Pahalgam-Kashmir Kaleidoscope: Beauty, adventure, chaos and resilence.

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Pahalgam-Kashmir Kaleidoscope: Beauty, Adventure, Chaos, and Resilience Our planned Kashmir adventure promised breathtaking landscapes, but the reality delivered so much more – an intense tapestry woven with stunning beauty, heart-pounding adventure, moments of genuine fear, unexpected kindness, and profound reflections. This is the story of our first seven days, a journey that tested our limits and deepened our perspectives. Day 0: The Long Haul to Paradise The anticipation was high as we began our journey from Bangalore, fueled by a good airport dinner in the lounge. Kids love lounge spread. We travelled to Ahmedabad from bangalore flight was at 1am.  Our excitement soon met the reality of travel fatigue. Landing in Ahmedabad around 3 AM for a nearly 5-hour layover without comfortable rest spots was draining; sleep felt like a distant dream. The airport lounge at 5 AM was a welcome refuge, offering a fantastic breakfast spread that lifted our spirits before the final 8 AM flight ...

Fostering Likability

Regardless of your age, gender,   sexuality , or physical and mental health, you and everyone around you needs love and affection.    Receiving love and affection has benefits for the mind, the heart, and society. Your confidence and self-esteem significantly increase, in addition to aiding you in maintaining satisfying, long-lasting relationships. So being likable has a certain advantage. How can one become lovable? Everyone possesses both lovable and imperfect qualities. There are moments when it seems like some people are just affable by nature. What are those endearing qualities, then, and what flaws exist?   Happiness and Positivism are Contagious : Everyone is looking for getting infected. Be that Personality who can spread those. According to Fowler, happiness of an immediate social contact increases an individual's chances of becoming happy by 15%,  The happiness of a second-degree contact, such as the spouse of a friend, increases the likeliness of...

Leadership : Born out of a Rightful Intention, Feed on Energy and Persistence, Sustain on Values and Supported by Intellect

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The subject of leadership is multifaceted. There are a variety of personality traits and qualities that make someone a true leader. The best way to nurture these qualities is a topic matter of great debate. But four of them standout to me. Righteous Intention, Energy and Persistence to Execute, Values, and Intellect are those. If a person is able to possess these four qualities, the other traits will follow. Born out of Rightful Intentions Most of the people often start thinking about Leadership from their perspective "How do I become a Leader".  This is where failure of a Leader starts. Selfishness cannot be the foundation for leadership development. The correct motivation, such as "How I can make a difference" (or) "How should I make this happen" (or) "How can I enable others to accomplish this" (or) "How can improve profitability or gain more business," is the primary factor in a leader's success. A leader cannot be developed if ...