@TrumpSaveBharat Exactly ! Rest everything can be defended , the war asset in background, the love gesture in uniform in public . But how do we ignore kneeling down in uniform in public glare !?!
One reduced anxiety.
The other expanded possibility.
From the Navy to corporate life, both helped me navigate pressure, uncertainty, setbacks, and ambition with a calmer and more positive mindset.
Sometimes, one good book does not merely inform you.
It quietly rewires you.
Two books quietly changed the direction of my life.
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living taught me that most fears exist longer in the mind than in reality.
The Secret taught me the power of belief, optimism, and mental conditioning.
Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan, appointed as the next Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command, headquartered in Mumbai. He is presently the Vice Chief of Naval Staff
@san_x_m Good bad or ugly …. Govt which may be just a babu …. is superior to the military in India and Admiral Bhagwat should have been aware that he is not in Pakistan.
Leadership is not about being right every time.
It’s about being responsible every time.
Many such real situations are captured in Humour Beyond Borders.
Leadership is not about giving orders.
It’s about making decisions when information is incomplete.
At sea, you rarely get:
perfect data
perfect timing
perfect clarity
Yet decisions cannot wait.
Delay is also a decision.
And often the worst one.
The best leaders I’ve seen had one trait:
They were calm under pressure.
Not because they knew everything—
but because they understood consequences.
And owned them.
Interestingly, humour often diffused tension in such moments.
Not to trivialise…
but to stabilise.