refine + focus

Remember the eye-opening 2007 statistic that we spend one-third of our lives working? In the era of remote work where the line between our professional and personal lives have become increasingly blurred, we can no longer pretend that our purposes are entirely separate too. Investigating and reflecting on your why is critical to feeling fulfilled in your life and it can even make you a better employee. Yet many of us don’t know where to start. Here’s our actionable roadmap to

With COVID-19 causing a mass shift to remote working for the majority of businesses, could working from home be the future? What was once a limitation, could render a fruitful and creatively liberating professional path. Carolina Fowler, a member of the refine+focus team for over 10 years now who has built her entire career from home, shares the benefits of working from home. Tune into this episode of Empowered Women Series to learn how to make your work from home work life p

Chitra Lele is a world record-holding author of 40 books, who has won over 70 awards and certifications. All before the age of 30. A multitalented, busy woman, Chitra can be found wearing several hats at any given point- either working as a software consultant, churning out books, writing research papers, or inspiring people through her well-followed LinkedIn. To most of us, balancing all this might sound unimaginable or overwhelming. But with the help of mindfulness, she has

Most of us have been a mentees and some of us have been mentors, too. Mentor-mentee relationship helps us achieve our career and life goals, develop our strengths, and most importantly, the best ones create friendships that will last a lifetime. Dr. Bhakti More gives most effective tips on how we can create and maintain these relationships and have them work for us. Dr. Bhakti More is a master at this art. She has developed a mentorship program at Manipal Academy called Manip

Most of us wish we could write well, many of us want to write a book. Not many of us know how-to and where-to start or what-to-do. That’s why award winning author Jody Seay, awesome person that she is, shares her experience of writing. So that we can learn and may be write a book on our own. One day. Jody credits her late mother for kindling her love for storytelling. As an accomplished author, she takes every opportunity to learn more about the people who inspire her essays