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About Sandeep Atre

Dr. Sandeep Atre: • Counseling Psychologist and an internationally recognized ‘Emotional & Social Intelligence’ Expert, with experience of more than two decades in helping people ‘sort out’ and ‘excel in’ intrapersonal and interpersonal matters. He holds a PhD in Management and a Master’s degree in Psychology (www.dratrecounsels.com). • Founder of Socialigence – a venture specializing in development of ‘Social & Emotional Intelligence’ and its offshoot interpersonal skills through workshops and an award-winning online course rooted in neuroscience and psychology (www.socialigence.net). • Author of two books related to his domain, namely - “Understanding Emotions Logically” and “Observing Nonverbal Behavior”; and third book on various aspects of life, named “Two Paras of Everyday Wisdom”. Moreover, the collection of his Nazms and Ghazals is published as a book titled “Baat Jazbaat Ki”. • Corporate Trainer, with experience of close to two decades. Has conducted 150+ workshops/sessions for 50+ organizations & institutions like CSC, Cummins, Piramal, Ranbaxy, Lupin, Bridgestone, Michelin, Eicher, Maruti, Force, Idea, Airtel, NBHC, SBI, HDFC, L&T, Zydus, Thapar University, Banasthali, Narsee Monjee, Symbiosis, IIFM Bhopal, Azim Premji University, Nirma, Welingkar & IBS Hyderabad. • Co-Founder and Director of CH EdgeMakers – a leading ‘Coaching and Training’ organization of central India for more than 24 years. He has trained close to 100 thousand students for ‘Soft Skills’ & ‘Entrance & Recruitment Preparation’ (www.ch-india.com). • ‘Management Speaker and Orator’. Has featured at platforms like TEDx, IIM, IIT, NIT, CII, YI, CII-IWN, TCS, IMA, ICAI, ECA, ISHRAE, NEN, Sahodaya, Aditya Birla Education Academy, Round Table, LinkedIn Local, Rotary International, MP State’s Teachers’ Training, Academic Staff College DAVV, Police University Rajasthan, Police Training Academy Indore & more than 100 institutions. • Member of noted associations and boards. Has been an ‘Executive Committee’ member of Indore Management Association. Associate Editor of IMA publications. Governing Council Member of Banasthali University’s SBBJ Centre for Research in MSME & Promotion of Entrepreneurship in Women. Executive Member of IMS, DAVV Alumni Association. Member of Rotary International’s ‘Group Study Exchange’ team to Minnesota, USA. ESI Coach with FWSA Australia. Note: For glimpses of work, watch YouTube Channel ‘Dr. Sandeep Atre at Socialigence’.

An XYZ learning ABC!

The best way to balance one’s ego-state is to start to learn ‘something new’… ……………………… As luck would have it, I am made to learn a lot about research these days – that too the quantitative approach…and inhabiting a world … Continue reading

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The relative permanence…!

A death in Karachi on 13th August 1947 would have made us sad that someone ours has died…And…a death in Karachi on 16th August 1947 would not have hurt as much! ……………………… It is absurd…A page in the Calendar flips, … Continue reading

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Work is work…not worship!

No one has ever said at deathbed…“I wish I had given more time to office”! ……………………… So true…! In our world, we have given an overblown importance to work! Our idea of a normal person is someone who daily spends … Continue reading

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Sportsman Spirit!

My fascination with Tennis started a long way back…The reasons were: Its knack of always producing legends in duos, and thus treating us with the most famous rivalries of all times…in each era; and its being one of the loneliest … Continue reading

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A letter to Sachin…!

Dear Sachin, Congrats!!…on getting back ‘your life’! You were just a kid who just wanted to play cricket…only because he loved it…! You didn’t play it to invite interviewers, attract sponsors, demand photo-shoots or pitch for press-conferences…you never wanted to … Continue reading

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What went wrong??

Pre-Script: The subject matter of this long-post is more fit for mature readers! So, please have patience to read it ‘fully & meticulously’; and have maturity to understand the point-of-view that you have all the right to disagree with.   … Continue reading

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But why don’t you understand?

‘Expecting someone to understand your feelings’ is the surest way to suffer… ……………………… How we feel is a function of three variables – the situation we are in, the way we perceive it and our sensitivity-level! At best someone can … Continue reading

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Silence Please…

Words are overrated! ………………. “From where do you attain the weight of your words?” asked someone at a seminar… “From my moments of silence” was my answer! Though an uncharacteristic (and modest 🙂 ?) thought from someone who lives around … Continue reading

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Two is company…three is a crowd!

“If they care so much for each other then why did they get separated; and if they couldn’t stand each other then why did they fall in love in the first place! What a drama? How stupid?”  …said the RJ … Continue reading

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To hell with heaven…!

When I dance… angels up there come out of their adobe, fairies glimpse through the window of clouds, pious souls disown the bliss of heavens and they all kneel down and join various Gods & Goddesses to scream only one … Continue reading

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