Blog by Arif Batra

 BLOG: 3 SECRETS OF RESILIENT PEOPLE A Person is not born with resilience, its something we can learn. Dr Lucy Hone shares three simple but powerful strategies: accept that hard times happen, focus what you can control and ask yourself that is it helping or harming you. Her message is clear and inspiring. Instead of feeling sad, she teaches how can we take small steps to move forward.  I learned the idea of where to focus attention. Life is not the bed of roses, but we should have the power to decide how we respond. Everyone cannot find it easy to think this way and some people need extra support. Hone teaches us that we can build resilience by practice. No matter what happens but we can find ways to live a happy life.

 BLOG 4: The gift and Power of emotional courage. In this video, Susan David shares an important message about emotions. She explains that we should not see feelings as good and bad instead we should see them as a form of an information. I also agree with her that if we hide sad emotions with false positivity then they do not go away but becomes stronger over time. Her personal story makes the message more accurate and clear. Growing up in Africa, she witnessed injustice and she lost her father at 15. To appear strong she hid her sadness even though her family condition was not good. This experience taught her that ignoring emotions can lead to more pain. This made me think that we try to push away difficult feelings instead of solving or learning from them. Most important thing that I have learned from the video is that naming emotions correctly is very important. Instead of saying I'm stressed, we should recognise the feelings like sadness and this will help us to take the right ...

 THE FUTURE OF TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY: The tourism and hospitality industry is changing fast. Travelers prefer eco-friendly options, so hotels and travel companies are reducing waste and are supporting local businesses. Modern technology is also improving experience of the travelers with AI chatbots and check-ins. People want very good travel experience, so businesses use customer data to offer excellent services. However, finding skilled workers is very difficult. Also, economic problems and pandemic can also affect the industry , so businesses should prepare for the tough times. To succeed, tourism and hospitality industry must focus on long term growth, growth of technology and great customer service. And by adapting to new trends, they can offer better experience to their guests and can grow in future.

Public speaking would feel hard in the beginning but you could master it with the practice and the tips, you could be really a very good speaker in a very less time. I have watched a video on the Youtube which was recommended to us by my Professor in the class. And I came familiar with 5 interesting tips from the video about public speaking. And the tips are:   1. Master silences: Use silence in a way that make your presentation attractive to the audience and the it also keeps the audience engaged with your presentation.  2. Master filler words: Use silence in place of the filler words. It would take some time to master it but when you have mastered, then it would be an asset for giving public presentations. 3. Master your audience: There are three things that are to be determined before crafting the presentation. 1st is to determine the goal of the audience. 2nd Know the need and desire of the audience. 3rd Use the audience relating stories to give the presentation to ke...