Vanshika Kharbanda

The Ultimate Guide To Confidence “To establish true self-confidence, we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.” — Denis Waitley I know what you’re thinking … easier said than done, right? Nobody is born with high or low self-confidence. Confidence is a feeling that people develop and work on over time. For most people, confidence is something that comes and goes. Think about it in terms of a cycle: When someone is at the top of the cycle, they are focused on their successes and accomplishments, meaning they might feel confident and strong. But when they are at the bottom of their cycle, they are focused on their failures and may feel low self-confidence or even defeat. If you can identify with the feeling I’m referring to at the bottom of the confidence cycle, know you’re not alone. Everyone struggles with self-confidence every now and then. The key is realizing that confidence is like a muscle — the more you work...

Honesty: The Plain and Simple Truth What would happen if lying were the norm? Spouses wouldn’t be able to trust one another; leaders wouldn’t be credible; and the news would be meaningless. Everything, and I mean everything, depends on honesty. That’s why it’s so critical to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth. The truth is . . . we can’t build relationships if we mistrust what friends say; we won’t follow leaders if we mistrust what they do; and we can’t make good decisions if we doubt the accuracy of the information that we receive. Absent truth, instead of taking action, we’d spend our time looking over other people’s shoulders, second-guessing their intent, and unraveling the facts from the falsehoods. The result is that trust is shattered, reputations are damaged, and suspicion rules the day. So, why do people lie? The reasons are countless. People lie to make themselves look better, steal the credit, cover up poor performance, conceal mistakes...

3 Things You Need to Stop Doing to Get Started “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” George Eliot Getting started with doing what you deep down want to do in life can be hard. No matter if what you want is to start exercising, create your own business on the side, write a book, see other parts of the world, improve your relationship with yourself or something entirely else. But often we make getting started a lot harder than it needs to be by standing in our own way. So in today’s article I’d like to share 3 things you need to stop doing to step out of your own way and make it so much easier to actually get started instead of just keep dreaming about it. 1. Stop making it a huge and vague thing in your mind. The more you think about whatever you want to get started with the bigger it tends to become in your head. And as you keep thinking about the various ways this could go it tends to become scarier and scarier. So do this...

Look In The Mirror: Improving Your Self-Awareness Being self-aware, understanding how we are perceived by others, and seeking feedback about how to improve our contribution to the business are important components of personal growth and leadership success.. Self-aware leaders have clear knowledge of their strengths and weaknesses and are committed to continually enhancing their skills. They take charge of their personal growth and development because they know that it will help them maximize their potential in their current role and prepare them for future opportunities. One of the keys to self-awareness is proactively seeking out helpful feedback from others and keeping your mind open to their opinions in terms of how you could improve your effectiveness in the organization. The other key is engaging in thoughtful self-reflection—“holding up the mirror,” so to speak—to hone strengths that you can leverage and become more aware of your personal opportunities for imp...

You might have guessed it right,today's topic is related to important life skills required in a teenager. Communication Skills  – This session idea contains many different activities to explore how people communicate, looking at both non-verbal and verbal methods of communication. Financial awareness – No matter how old your young people are, it’s never too early to start teaching them financial life skills. This post contains some ideas for how to help teenagers set a budget based on income and expenses. Job Interview Techniques  – Given the problem with youth unemployment around the world, it’s important for teens to know how to conduct themselves in job interviews. This post has a free and downloadable “Retweet able Interview” resource to use with your youth to help them be concise in interviews. Vicious cycle   aggression management technique    – This activity is a creative way to get youth looking at the choices they mak...

Critical Thinking India History has it that people who have exhibited ability to differentiate fact from opinion, shun personal biases while problem solving, and take decisions objectively have been great leaders. Today these people are acknowledged to be critical thinkers as well. The success of an organization depends on the quality of the thinking and the decisions made by everyone for the business. Organizations that are able to attract, retain and develop the best critical thinkers have a significant and measurable competitive advantage in the business world. When more than 400 senior HR professionals were asked in an SHRM survey conducted in US, to name the most important skill their employees will need in the next five years, critical thinking ranked the highest – surpassing innovation or the application of information technology. Similar results were noticed in Pearson Talent Lens's  survey conducted in India. Such responses reflect that the business community tod...