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Announce your Success, Not your Plans

An interesting gentleman (aged 33) approached me last year. His problem was that he was never able to complete his tasks/ Goals in life. He planned big, but was never able to implement most of his plans. I found him reasonably intelligent, well educated, and his family atmosphere was also cordial. H…

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Optimum Power Mix

Chanakya says that Power is of three kinds, and so is the success resulting from its use. Intellectual power gives the person right sense of direction, Prosperous Treasury and a Strong Army (read wealth in current environment) provide physical power, and valour is the basis for morale and energetic …

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Never Reveal Your Loss of Wealth

Among all my Strategic Marketing assignments, the most challenging have been the one involving Business Takeovers. Many entrepreneurs approach me for selling their existing Businesses. And what’s common factor? Almost all of them have approached me when their Business is on the downside curve. Any B…

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Smart Life Sutra

Amritsari Desi Ghee

Amritsar is known throughout the country for its delicious food. If we talk about sweets and Vegetarian food, Desi Ghee is a key constituent of Amritsari Dishes. Many people have tried to Franchise this category of Amritsari food, and almost all of them have failed. My first client in this category …

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Increase Your Luck

Chanakya says that Fate makes a beggar a King and a King a Beggar. Fate can make a rich man poor, and a poor man rich. 
I analyze fate in a different fashion. What’s the difference between Lucky and Unlucky people? Lucky people are the ones who get more opportunities in life. By a simple law of prob…

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Wealth Begets Wealth

Chanakya says that a Man without Wealth doesn’t get it even after a hundred attempts. Just as Elephants are needed to catch Elephants, Wealth is needed to capture more Wealth. In this article, I have made an attempt to analyze the above statement of Chanakya in terms of the way people invest/trade i…

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Machiavelli, Changing with Times

Chanakya is often compared with Machiavelli, an Italian thinker/Politician. “Machiavellian tactics” is a term often used in negative terms. Some people also brand Chanakyaneeti in the same negative shade. I have read the works of Machiavelli in detail, and found many positives in the same. For insta…

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The Right Franchise

Franchising as a concept has become a popular trend in Indian Business Environment in the last 10-15 years. People are flooded with Franchise proposals of all types of Companies. Which Franchise proposal is the right one? Many clients approach me with this dilemma. 
Should one go for a popular Brand…

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