Mukul Deva

International bestselling author. Successful entrepreneur. The Change Maker. The only things I own are my Confidence and my Karma.

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Published today in the #Year2019 Pound Of Flesh by Mukul Deva | Book Review
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@MrVijayVarma It's very sad... unfortunately a certain 'industrialist' needs help urgently... so everyone is busy.
The consequence of voting stupidly

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When things go wrong, we do not rise to our higher selves... instead, we drop to our level of training.

That is why smart people and smart teams ensure they TRAIN OFTEN, TRAIN HARD.

Training is not something we do when we get a break from our business..…https://t.co/cjYEB70XOl

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Do you struggle to manage or work well with 'difficult' people?

I am sure you have heard people say that you 'YOU CAN'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER'.

This metaphorical phrase is thought to have originated in the 1860 novel The Mill on the Floss by George…https://t.co/Od3YYdspt6

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The idiom, WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE originates sometime in the early 1900s... it is obviously, a metaphor for something that never returns... and is often used to describe something from the past that is no longer significant.

There is also an identical ex…https://t.co/yIEQzGhT4c

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You would often have heard people talk about WALKING THE TALK.

The origins of this idiom are rather murky, however would probably be from Richard III, one of Shakespeare's plays, staged in 1594... where it is used by a character called The First Murderer…https://t.co/z8OOwTzUim

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DEI and Empowerment of Women in Leadership have always been high on our priorities @InfluenceSolutions

Especially for me... perhaps because I was brought up by my mother as a single parent... and have single-parented two young ladies... who, despite my r…https://t.co/TPChP10OTx

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We all know that STILL WATERS RUN DEEP.

This phrase is of Latin origin, but possibly popularized by William Shakespeare, in 1590, in "Henry VI,
It is used to deserving a person with a calm appearance has, or may have, considerable inner emotion, characte…https://t.co/HfQ0THeeLW

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I am sure you have heard the phrase BEARD THE LION?

As you probably know, it refers to confronting a danger... or taking a risk.

It was originally a Latin proverb based on a Biblical story... about the shepherd David, who pursued a lion that had stolen…https://t.co/EomsR5dQLD

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Yet another energising F.I.R.S.T. LEADER keynote session with the regional leadership team of probably the world's leading financial advisory firm.

I love such keynotes, mostly for the challenging and thought provoking points that the audience brings up…https://t.co/57euRKpsXQ

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Have you ever been told that you are 'BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE'

This idiomatic expression became popular in 19th century America when hunting with packs of dogs was fashionable.

Cunning prey like raccoons would trick the dogs into believing they were…https://t.co/RNhxRfxf5R

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Our pride.... :) https://t.co/p93JdS1ITI

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One when is in Salzburg, the city of salt, one cannot help but talk about the phrase 'THE SALT OF THE EARTH.'

This phrase derives from the Bible... Matthew 5:13 (King James version)

It was first published in English in 1386 by Chaucer in Summoner's T…https://t.co/FWy3bgj2Ms

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I am sure you have heard the expression EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING.

The origin of this idiom is most likely traceable to 1634... to John Milton's masque COMUS. Here the quote appears as “Was I deceived or did a sable cloud turn forth her silver lini…https://t.co/uuWNhCqSUJ

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I am sure you have heard that 'A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS.'

This is a pretty popular adage in many languages.

It means that complex and / or multiple ideas can be conveyed by a single image.

The adage first appeared in print in the early 1900…https://t.co/Rp14827xl7

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I am sure you have heard the phrase, ADD INSULT TO INJURY.

It comes from one of Aesop's fables, 'The Bald Man and the Fly,' where... a fly bites a bald man on the head... and in an effort to kill the fly, the bald man slaps himself on the head so hard th…https://t.co/2uNMbqcqhF

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@amitmalviya You should worry about Manipur... 😞

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And what a wild ride it has been...:)

Our #FIRSTLeader is a fine example of what a #HighPerforming team can achieve :) https://t.co/F7tF3hsXIG

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At some point in our lives all of us have been told to TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM... which means to make a sacrifice on behalf of the team.

This expression dates back to 1970... it was used in baseball... where a player would take a pitch on the body in order…https://t.co/nILwEAr1Tx

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Of all the keynotes I am requested to deliver, the three topics that resonate with me the most are
- FOLLOW THE SHADE
- MAKE SUCCESS A HABIT,
- BREAKTHROUGH THINKING and

I find them fascinating because all three are about making small, intuitive and prag…https://t.co/h8MXqRode5