"Always be aggressive"

Shiv Inder Singh, MD Fire Fox, expresses his model of work life balance as follows:

• He emphasis that -- so long as you are able to achieve your objectives both in your family/ social life, you should not worry about whether you have achieved the correct balance.
• He believes that a life spent in aggressively pursuing your goals -- whether in business or sport will give the person the satisfaction of a life well spent.
• To be effective in your work, you have to be mentally fit; physical fitness plays an important role in mental fitness.
• Energy and happiness are two sides of the same coin and are associated with achievement.
• take calculated risks at times;
• To handle failure, believe that failure is temporary look for -- what went wrong and what lessons can be learn't: most important is to look at the new opportunities any failure throws up;
• Coming out of a failure strongly defines character;
• For handling crisis -- compartmentalize the crisis; assemble your trusted teams and start thrashing out options.

 His final word: "Always be aggressive and positive."

Source: Times Life, November 2, 2014