Shilpi Singh

Changing Gears : Part 2 – Behavioural Trends 2016

Its been a long pause from my end. It just reinforces, if you stop doing something for a while, its difficult to restart. So, today I decided to come out of this Inertia of Rest and change gears for the new year. With the end of the year passing by...

Self Drive: Part 1 – Changing Gears, Changing Fears | Shilpi Singh

For those who drive and can still recollect the time when they were learning to drive, changing gears was always like a nightmare on wheels – tough and complicated. Taking a simple analogy of driving and placing it into our career, changing gears is still tough, its still complicated. Times...

Putting Static Mind into Motion – Gaining Momentum in Life | Shilpi Singh

There were numerous theories and laws I came across in physics. One law which just stayed with me was, ‘Law of Inertia’. Put simply, it states that a body will remain at rest or in motion unless acted upon by an external and unbalanced force. Interpreted by me, if there...

The Power of ‘I’ | Shilpi Singh

I grew up in an altruistic environment where ‘I’ was not considered to be good. ‘I’ was equated with selfishness, lack of empathy and insensitivity towards others. I remember the first time I read The Fountainhead, I almost hated the author Ayn Rand. I found the protagonist full of everything...

Business Lessons from The Bead Woman of Varanasi | Shilpi Singh

Varanasi has become my second home, and WATC India members may have deciphered my love for Varanasi by now. The city is full of turns and twists, interesting hidden facts and stories. It has never, ever failed to surprise me. It was one of my early visits to this mystic...

Don’t hang Up Your Boots!! Coach Shilpi’s Corner

Five steps to wade through tough times on your entrepreneurial journey. The whole world is celebrating. Why am not I? Did I have to do this to myself? I was at least stable in my corporate job… When the going gets tough in an entrepreneur’s life, the mind gets cluttered...

There’s no right or wrong time for a new beginning | Coach Shilpi’s Corner

I wrote this piece sitting in my salon. It flashed to me that we take great efforts to look presentable, look new, look different, look impressive and we should be doing it. Our physical presence talks a lot about who we are. We are constantly experimenting and reinventing our physical...

Confidence: Is it the Hormones or the Mind? | Coach Shilpi’s Corner

Low confidence in women (including myself) has always intrigued me and I have often wondered is it to do with hormones or the mind? Much research has been conducted, numerous debates floated but we still are looking for the answers. Sheryl Sandberg, in her book, ‘Lean In’ makes some pertinent points...

Time for Me | Coach Shilpi’s Corner

This one is specially for women blessed with the love and responsibility of a family. I have always believed one can never have it all. So you have to learn to choose and enjoy what you can and want to have. a quiet, relaxed cup of tea in my very own ‘me time’. It...

Dreams are a collaboration between you and your Ecosystem

A good number of educated, smart women still feel chained by the lack of support as far as their homes and kids are concerned, and very often every such woman who is not working would give this reason for being a stay-at-home-mom. Now, there is absolutely nothing wrong in being...

By