June 2014 | ManipalBlog

For a Happy and a Successful life – KISS

KISS is an acronym for the design principle articulated by Kelly Johnson, Keep it simple, stupid!. Variations include "keep it stupid simple", "keep it short and simple", "keep it simple sir", "keep it super simple", "keep it simple or be stupid", "keep it simple and stupid", "keep it simple and straightforward" or "keep it simple and sincere.”

Continuing from where I had left in the last post, I had closed that post with a question – Do Motivational lectures help. Every teacher or trainer has his favourite teaching aids. Mine is Mnemonics. It is a device such as a pattern of letters, ideas, or associations that assists in remembering something. Acronyms form… Continue reading For a Happy and a Successful life – KISS

ManipalBlog Guide to Survive Placements at MIT Manipal

Students at a pre placement talk.

Well, you must have asked all your doubts to a scores of seniors. Still, the excitement is imminent. So, I may not add anything other than what your seniors might have already told you. I don’t think I am the right person to talk about placements. But being in the placement process for a long… Continue reading ManipalBlog Guide to Survive Placements at MIT Manipal

The 11 Step Guide to Highlighting Textbooks

Avoid excessive marking. Highlight only those parts of the textbook that are relevant to your level of understanding required.

Highlighting Textbooks In the process of selecting important information from what you read, highlighting is the first step. There are several advantages of taking this step. For some students, it is difficult to write in books because we are conditioned not to do so. But for a college student, it is a necessity. The main… Continue reading The 11 Step Guide to Highlighting Textbooks

Manipal Student Doesn’t Lose Umbrella For 3 Weeks During Monsoon!

Quintessential Manipal - The Umbrellas tell the story of the Monsoons at Manipal! Colorful and Ubiquitous

Gaurav Kode, a student at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal has just come out with a startling piece of information. He has claimed to not have lost his umbrella during the three weeks of Monsoon this year. This in Manipal, where Umbrellas are lost in the blink of the eye, especially during the rainy season that… Continue reading Manipal Student Doesn’t Lose Umbrella For 3 Weeks During Monsoon!

A Dummy’s guide to Personality Development

The nature of one’s thinking and emotions is now regarded as the basis of his personality development .

I was in the large office of a Dean who was interviewing me before hiring for training. I am now a freelancing coach. “How good are you?” “Sir, if I had mentored myself 30y ears back, I would have been a different person.” The joke fell flat. Before that I had told another reverend that… Continue reading A Dummy’s guide to Personality Development