I read a blog post this summer that changed my whole perspective on what it means to be truly creative, as well as what it means to be a parent, and a leader. Sounds like a high order, and indeed it is.

The post was by a woman named Mica Angela Hendricks, an artist and illustrator. She told a story on her blog, Busy Mockingbird, about how she learned an important and surprising lesson in creativity from her 4 year-old daughter. The lesson was this: You can increase your creativity by letting...

"You canÂ’'t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever.”

What a very blunt, real, big-picture, if somewhat humanistic, perspective! Way too often we spend time focused on the rearview mirror instead of dreaming about what is ahead. Whether fear, lack of confidence, or resistance to change restrains us, we must...

To me travel is life, am very passionate about going to those small undiscovered places where you get to understand different perspectives…very different cultures. And with culture comes adapting onself to various changing situations happening around. I deeply believe that a hike or a trip would definitely help us grow as better professionals in the long run. Here’s how: TRAVEL (Team Spirit, Reach, Adaptability, Vision, Extend creative boundaries & Learning on your own) will help us...