Every successful person has their own formula

I had written an article on self development and wanted to share the same with you because the core message is very relevant to Retail, especially Indian Retail.

There are no universal success formulas, but every successful person has their own formula. Similarly, a one size fits all approach to retail will not work, especially in India. Walmart, one of the poster boys of Retail has reportedly opened a 3,200 sq. Ft. Convenience format store in China. The chain whose stores are big, bigger and biggest is experimenting to find its success formula in a new country. Similarly there are several stories from India about Innovation and Success. For example, “Heart Mart” is an interesting Retail innovation in rural and semi urban markets of Gujarat.

Please do read the article at this URL and I hope you enjoy the same.

- http://tickledbylife.com/index.php/why-most-success-formulas-fail/

Facing Fallout From The Downturn

Amidst conflicting news of the downturn having bottomed out, while yet another company is sacking employees and the more optimistic of the lot talking about leveraging the turnaround - one point seems to be falling between the tables.

What about the fallout from this downturn and how will it affect employers, employees and the overall economy in the coming years?

Catch some views of mine about this @ http://tickledbylife.com/index.php/counting-losses/

The Wallenda Factor

While chatting with a friend about keeping one’s self alive and well, he mentioned the term “Wallenda Factor”. I had to look it up in Google as it was a new term to me and what I found triggered some interesting thoughts in my mind.

Just in case there are others like me out there who have not heard of this, the Wallenda factor refers to the fear of falling or failing.

The full article can be read on this URL - http://tickledbylife.com/index.php/the-wallenda-factor/

Perspective - Why Am I In Facebook?

In an article "The Three Email Challenge" The author, Abhijit Bhaduri makes mention about how many teenagers continue to express deep angst at the enhanced generation who have now taken over as Facebook users.

The statement struck a deep chord of identification with me as I experience it everyday. My son who is experiencing the very best and worst of teenhood at 17 is the self-proclaimed champion of teenagers. Facebook was his independent fiefdom till my wife discovered it and shortly thereafter I also signed on.

Please see this link for the complete article - http://tickledbylife.com/index.php/why-am-i-in-facebook/

India Needs You

In spite of a high decibel public awareness campaign about voting, it is disheartening to see lower voter turn outs in most states. Of course, there is an increase in the young voter numbers. But the larger voter turnout among this group seems to have been canceled out by the smaller number of voters from other segments.

Why can’t we realize that voting is not optional?

Please read the complete article on - http://tickledbylife.com/index.php/india-needs-you/

Tickled by life

This is an interesting site with lots of general interest articles about motivation, life lessons, etc. I could relate to this immediately as Retail is all about people. In fact, Retail is possibly the only industry where one can have such an amount of human interface and learnings. I write for this site and would like to share it with all of you, as there are learnings everywhere if we choose to see!!

Please look up my first article about parenting and children. Is it not very similar to managing a really young work force which has very different orientations!!!

http://tickledbylife.com/index.php/growing-up-with-my-children/