Sashank Purighalla Blog

Well directed sustained aggression….

Well directed sustained aggression….

An attitude stemming from supreme confidence…. an attitude that is based on years of hard work…. an attitude of ‘I do not want to spend a minute on it if it does not matter to achieving my goals’…. an attitude that prompts the others to watch their asks…....

Leadership requires high Emotional Intelligence…

Leadership requires high Emotional Intelligence…

And I deliberately do not call it just Emotional Quotient or Intelligence Quotient. A man’s understanding is always a factor of his age, his nature of work, his upbringing, his social seasoning, his place of livelihood, etc…. Good communication is being able to understand the level of understanding...

You may be shrinking your tribe….

You may be shrinking your tribe….

If you constantly create an ‘other’ to oppose, your tribe gets smaller… If you constantly take the position of “I cannot be wrong”, your tribe gets smaller… If you have not learnt to bend down to the needs of the other, your tribe gets smaller… If your self...

Be strong….

Be strong….

Cruelty is a sure sign of weakness… of an incapacity to deal with a situation that is not in line with your hopes… of not being able to control your negative emotions…. Gentleness, even in adversity, can only be expected from the strong! Be strong… Stand tall in...

Staying consistent with your self-image…

Staying consistent with your self-image…

How do you picture yourself??? Just an ordinary person finding his way in this world… a really smart man that can take on any challenge… a gentleman that is respected… a cool or funny guy that people love… a leader or a preacher who is taken seriously… a...

You hold the key…

You hold the key…

There are many things that went wrong in your life… You got the raw end of the deal several times… Things just didn’t go as you had hoped… And you had to endure it all… struggle through it… and you made it through albeit some bruises!!! It was...

Know what you know and what you don’t…

Know what you know and what you don’t…

Know what you know and what you don’t… If you know something, you can explain it… if you are unable to explain it, it means that you do not know what it is… Knowledge is the only imperishable asset…. Build your life around what you are sure about…...

Sashank: Before-After

Weight loss and fitness… A case study…

Weight loss and fitness… A case study of how I lost about 50 pounds over 18 months and have been maintaining it over the past 3 years! About three and a half years back, I weighed a little over 90 kilos (over 200 pounds). Life was moving on...