Womenlines takes pleasure to share about Neha Dhingra Saraf, Head of Business Development APAC in Singapore, as a guest writer. She is sharing a very interesting article highlighting from her real-life experience that if you don’t allow emotions to take over the mind under challenging circumstances, things can really turn out to be ok –

Someone once told me that the minute you think of a backup plan, you admit that plan A is not going to work. We had an interesting long conversation where we agreed to disagree.

I was recently given an opportunity to deliver a presentation on social selling to a room full of forty senior executives from across the world. I was excited and prepared for the session.

Plan A

Present the beautiful deck and deliver a 1-hour session. Prepared for it well in advance and was confident that it will go well.

Twist

The night before the session I was told I only had 30 minutes and the presentation would start at 8:30 am, fairly significant changes to happen at short notice for an important senior leadership session. The more challenging part, however, was that I was asked to do something I had never done before – deliver a TED-talk style talk without slides!

Plan B

It was challenging to cover the same content in half the time but I had the whole night (with lots of coffee) to prepare. All that was need to be done was tweak the presentation, rehearse again, think of props to use in absence of slides and wake up super early after a long day and a long night. Sounds fun? Read on.

Dinner ended around 11 pm and by midnight I was halfway through BUT dozed off on my laptop soon after. Not being a morning person, woke up early to prepare (Thanks to my tired brain having the foresight to set an alarm for the next day). I said to myself – All is well, don’t panic. I rehearsed the whole thing and was clear on the action plan. Things still appeared to be somewhat under control.

Next morning from 7:30 – 8 am there was a team fitness session in the same room so I went to the venue well before that and noted my points on the whiteboards. There was another gentleman in the room who was supposed to present after me and hence I had to politely request him to not use the three boards that I put my notes on. We smiled and nodded at each other. After the session at 8 am, I rushed to my room, quickly took a shower and came back at 8:20.

Another twist

To my horror, all the whiteboards had been wiped clean!

With 5 minutes to the presentation and no visible talking points, I had two options – to be angry with the gentleman and panic OR relax, gather my thoughts and improvise.

Plan C

I chose the second option, took three deep breaths, downed two quick espresso shots and started at 8:30.

The session went well. I shared what happened with some of the colleagues over drinks later that night. Interestingly, the feedback was that they couldn’t spot any anxiety or nervousness during the session.

What to do when Murphy’s Law strikes?

Few things that helped me tackle the situation:

• Fortune favours the prepared mind – Being very familiar with the topic, had already delivered similar sessions over a hundred times ranging from 30 minutes to a whole day.
• Do it with passion or not at all – Being extremely passionate about social selling, the topic often comes up in conversations with colleagues, new hires, students and sometimes acquaintances. This helps provide diverse perspectives on the topic which actively promotes lateral thinking on the subject.
• Don’t let fear tell you that it is protecting you. Fear is a liar! – At 8:25, the worst thing I could have done to myself was panic and cloud my judgment with fear. Being given an opportunity to present to senior leadership at an offsite with a packed agenda, rescheduling was also not an option. At that moment, I had nothing to lose except facing the challenge head-on.

Getting back after being hit is a choice. It takes courage and perseverance to get back up.

Like what you read? Please feel free to share your experience in the comments section, like or share the post and reach out to me in case you have any feedback. Follow me on Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram.

Neha was born and raised in India and now calls Singapore home. She leads a team of business development professionals across the Asia Pacific at Oracle. Neha designs and delivers workshops, virtual training, webinars and initiatives to educate sales professionals and small businesses on how to use social tools to engage via various social channels. Intertwined in this activity, she loves to travel, make friends, drink wine and collect and upcycle glass bottles – normally empty!

 Senior Physiotherapist Shubhangi Gaikwad from the United Arab Emirates, an  Influencer for health and fitness at Womenlines panel is a dedicated Physical Trainer having 7 years of acute-chronic care experience; a history of “exemplary” ratings on performance reviews; solid credentials that include, BLS/Dry needling/Manual Therapy certifications /certified FMT and a master’s degree in physical therapy in Neurology. Shubhangi’s background includes work with pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients. This month Shubhangi is sharing incredible insight to motivate readers to adopt exercise routine at home as a daily activity-

One of the commonest excuses I always hear for not following regular exercise regime is that – I don’t get time to do my exercise.

Why is it so hard to take out time for yourself?

WHO recommended only 150 min of moderate aerobic activity per week to maintain a healthy lifestyle. It’s not hard to take out 20 -25 per day to be engaged in any form of physical activity.

One of the biggest reason why we get distracted from maintaining an exercise routine is we set unrealistic goals.

I highly believe no goal is unattainable but we fail in choosing the correct measures, the right regime and we ignore the fact that everybody body is different and respond differently.

Don’t do exercise only to see changes in the weighing machine. This is the wrong approach. See the tiniest changes you feel in your body when you do regular exercise.

The minutes when you are indulging in any kind of physical activity, that moment, you are living for yourself. Your mind is distracted away from all the stress & worries.

The energy you feel throughout the day, the confidence and positivity you gained through a workout cannot be measured by any scale. These are most precious add on of exercises.

The day you stop following the weighing machine and start enjoying the process of feeling the well-being, then you never come up with the problem of time management for adding a few minutes in your day for a workout.

No one can encourage you to adopt a healthier life more than yourself. Self-motivation is the strongest driving force for maintaining a healthier lifestyle.

So ladies, do exercise for fun not just to stand on weighing machine!! You are beautiful and exercise makes you gorgeous!!

Have any question on what and how to start your exercise routine do write to me and I’ll help you move.

If you have any query regarding any exercises, don’t hesitate to ask in the comment section. 

Shubhangi Gaikwad, Shubhangigaikwad06@gmail.com,

Instagram- sgfitnessguide

Follow Womenlines on Social Media

Follow Womenlines on Social Media

Womenlines takes pleasure to share about Subah Jain, an Influencer for Food and Nutrition on Womenlines panel!

This dynamic young woman has already established herself as a sought-after wellness speaker and educator. Her YouTube channel, Satvic Movement. is quite popular and is delivering holistic, ageless and timeless knowledge of purifying the body and hence getting rid of all health problems without medicines. Subah wants to create awareness about how a plant-based diet can be helpful in getting rid of medicines and diseases!

Womenlines is sharing various tips and recipes by Subah Jain to lead a healthy life. This month sharing is about how to prepare healthy salads. This is the second part of the series-

Both salads are super easy, quick, and entirely vegan! The first is a Thai Papaya Salad and second is a Brocolli Bean Salad. The ingredients are all-natural and easily available in the market. The salad dressings add a creamy, flavourful touch to the salads.

To watch the first part of the series click-

https://www.womenlines.com/healthy-salads/

Follow Satvic Movement on Instagram-

Instagram: http://instagram.com/satvicmovement

(Content credit Satvic Movement Channel Youtube)

Womenlines takes pleasure to welcome Shirley Taylor as a guest Influencer at Womenlines panel. Shirley is a leading authority on business writing and communication skills and an international bestselling author. In her article, Shirley is highlighting how important it is to give a human touch to your emails-

And there lies the key. As humans, we have the one quality that robots and A.I don’t have, and that is the very quality that we are human!

Let’s face it, online every day we’ve all been asked to “tick the boxes showing which photos include traffic lights. Other online forms get straight to the point and ask us to prove you are human.

Surely this should also apply when we put our fingers on the keyboard to write emails?

Proving we are human in our business emails means we must:

• write like a warm, friendly 2019 human being
• write appropriately for the situation and the reader
• be courteous and professional always
• keep messages simple, clear and understandable
• make messages easy to scan
• let readers know exactly what to do and how to reply

Proving we are human means we should NOT:

• write like a boring, monotone, 1920s template
• send rushed messages with poor sentence construction
• use jargon, acronyms and emojis in business emails
• write long-winded messages
• make readers hunt around trying to figure out how to reply
• leave readers wondering how to reply

In our fast-paced, ever-changing, high-tech world, it’s up to us as humans to make a

human difference.

So… are you proving you’re human?

Shirley Taylor

Shirley Taylor is a leading authority on business writing and communication skills and an international bestselling author. She lives in Singapore and conducts popular business writing training programmes. She also speaks globally on making a human difference in our high-tech world. www.shirleytaylor.com – www.sttstraining.com

It is always a pleasure to keep bringing empowering content to Womenlines viewers and followers!

I am super excited to share various updates from Womenlines!

We are looking forward to reaching out to all deserving people across the world who are having amazing achievements and want to share their story with the world through our ‘SUPER ACHIEVER STORY’ Show.

‘Books for Excellence Show’ is the other segment which will be featuring authors who will be sharing the story behind their books and how their book can help people.

Empowering Content on how to keep cancer away from experts is the one other exciting segment we are starting and my long-time dream to start ‘WORK FROM HOME’ tab is also coming up!

Let Excellence be your brand!

Charu Mehrotra

Founder Womenlines

(www.womenlines.com)

Womenlines takes pleasure to share about Ms Ketki Vinayachandra as an ‘Influencer of Health’ at Womenlines panel. Ketki is sharing articles and videos related to excellence in health through Naturopathy at Womenlines on first and last Thursdays of every month. The first series ‘Flab to Fab’ is a must watch as Ketki is sharing incredible tips to reduce weight. Ketki is a trained Naturopath and she is quite passionate about creating awareness about Naturopathy across the world. Listen to Ketki in this episode 5 of ‘FLAB TO FAB’-

• Antioxidants are important for weight loss.
• We are exposed to free radicals and toxins in everyday life
• We need good amount of nutrition via diet and supplements to give us sufficient antioxidants to counter disease, enhance immunity and help weight loss

Here is a simple experiment to see if your supplements are really giving you enough amounts to fight daily stress.
Stress increases weight gain.

Ms Ketki Vinayachandra, BscM (Hons), ND, AND, Dip Nut, ( Aust), NHAA Member Naturopath, Herbalist, Nutritionist, Iridologist

“As a Naturopathic health practitioner, I strongly believe that we need to invest wisely in our health. The everyday choices we make in terms of our lifestyle and how we treat our body can either create healing or disease. While ageing is inevitable, diseases are not. Talk to me to customize a treatment plan for you today!

Please visit www.askketki.com!

Are you a Solopreneur Super Achiever?

Speak out your story at Womenlines!

Womenlines brings exclusive opportunity for all super achiever solopreneurs across the globe to speak out about their entrepreneurial journey, all ups and downs, vision, passion, straight from their heart and share with the world. Solopreneurs can get digitally branding for themselves and their work at Womenlines by sharing details about their work.

Digital branding has multiple benefits-

• Having a strong digital brand allows businesses to spread out on different online platforms
• It will set you apart from the rest by bringing together all your business’s strengths and successes
• It can help you to connect with your target audiences from across the globe
• It can help you to show your authenticity to the world
• Video is the most popular and fantastic way to gain publicity and promote your brand
• Video can help you to be in the public’s eye, the more chances of your remaining in their memory and gaining trust from people

Email contact@www.womenlines.com to know the details about the service!

Let Excellence be Your Brand!

Charu Mehrotra

Founder Womenlines

Womenlines takes pleasure to welcome guest contributor  Vijayalakshmi Veluchamy, founder, Public speaking mentor @ Jump Out Kids – a venture in building a confident next generation. She is also a Senior Recruitment Consultant by profession. This month Vijaya is sharing a very insightful article on why parents should prioritize developing Public Speaking Skills in their children-

In today’s digital world children at an early age are exposed to a wide range of information through computers, television, mobile phones, tabs and their social circle, so with every child being so well informed, aware and knowledgeable what makes a child stand out?

Yes, it’s their ability to express and communicate to the world. If you can speak you are heard, looked upon and recognised. If you can’t speak up, no one knows what u know.

So Let’s see the benefits of developing Public Speaking Skills in children:

• Starting the Journey early:

Public Speaking is a life skill like swimming and life skills are best learnt at an early age. The earlier they acquire the skills the lesser the opportunities they lose. By their teens, they get very conscious of being judged by people, so when this skill is developed early, they gain the confidence to face the world. So start early and get the fear out of the child.

• Building Connections:

Effective Communication plays an important part in building relationships. Kids who can better express themselves have lots of friends around them. A healthy social life is an essential part of growing up. Connecting with people is a skill they develop which is vital in every stage of their life.

• Increased Self-Esteem and Confidence:

When children are able to fearlessly express their views and ideas to the world they feel confident, identified and accepted. Every time the child stands up and speaks, it creates positive self-esteem and with every following attempt, their confidence levels increase much fold.

• Leadership Qualities:

­Great orators have always drawn great admiration and support. Many are still remembered for their remarkable speeches. Children who can speak up and influence other children are always looked upon and given leadership roles. This is a great morale booster for the child.

• Academic Benefits:

Schools provide immense opportunities to showcase their public speaking skills, be it reading aloud a passage, reciting a simple show and tell or presenting a class project. These little opportunities when taken up by the child creates immense confidence and helps them get noticed. Those who stay away from these opportunities are unfortunately left behind and this gap grows with age unless any positive step is taken.

• Art of Persuasion:

Getting people to listen to you and convincing them to agree on your ideas is the main goal of delivering a speech. So kids automatically develop the art of persuasion through public speaking. The power to influence others through your speech is a great potential. Leaders are great persuaders. Acquiring this art at an early age is a priceless gift.

 Hence public speaking skills would help them to bring out their best, shine and stand out in the crowd. So help them develop the skill at an early stage, to cherish its benefits throughout their liFE.

Vijayalakshmi Veluchamy

Founder, Public speaking mentor @ Jump Out Kids – a venture in building a confident next generation. I am also a Senior Recruitment Consultant by profession. I love following my dreams and passion as I believe if we can dream,  we can do it.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1769851159935761/?ref=share