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With Commonwealth Games concluding today, it left behind many incredible moments. One memorable moment for me happened on Day 9. On Day 9, Anish Bhanwala won the Gold in 25m Rapid fire Pistol event. Anish is a 15-year-old athlete (yes you read it right, 15 years). On the same day, Tejaswani Sawant won the Gold medal in 50m Rifle shooting event. Tejaswani is an 37-year-old experienced shooter. Shooting is predominantly a precision, skill based sport. A 15-year-old winning a Gold is stunning given the maturity, calmness, nervelessness needed at the very moment you are competing. A teenager exhibiting such poise is phenomenal to say the least. The sport also requires a sharp mind and vision and that makes a 37-year-old winning Gold very special. During interaction with another exceptional medal winning teenager, Mehuli Ghosh, Tejaswani seemed to have said “You are 17 years of age and my shooting experience is 18 years”. I feel these stories are important to be told and reflected upon beca...

I recently blogged about this in detail, but for those of the readers who prefer brevity, here is a concise version of the blog. This speech got a sizable traction in social media with 15000+ views on LinkedIn and 500+ on YouTube. The key points that I shared during my speech are summarized below, followed by a Sketchnote. 1. Stay in the present "Just block all the future thoughts and bask in the glory of current moment." "Embrace this time with all your senses." "Seize the moment." 2. Think Big: "Let this not be the defining moment of your life." “Educational Qualifications are not the ends in itself, they are the means to achieve something greater.” 3. Embrace Non-linearity "Skills do have an expiry date and this expiry date is shortening by the day." "Continuous learning is not a differentiator anymore, it is a mandatory." “If we do not change the way we teach, 30 years from now we will be in trouble."- Jack Ma "L...