Rakshabandhan
11th August, 2022 Raksha Bandhan has been celebrated by Gods and men alike since ages. Rakhi fables abound around Gods like Lord Yama, the Goddess Lakshmi, and Indirani (wife of the God-king Indra). One of the most popular stories is that of Queen Draupadi and Lord Krishna. Queen Draupadi is often credited with having tied […]
‘Lessons from Failure’
10th August, 2022 The first among the many life lessons by Henry Ford is to treat failures as opportunities. Before his rise to success, Henry Ford had initially encountered failure during the creation of his first automobile. His investors had backed out of the deal, which left Henry Ford without any sustainable funding for his […]
‘Embroidery & Life!’
09th August, 2022 When I was a little boy, my mother used to embroider a lot. I would look up from the floor & ask what she was doing & she would inform me that she is embroidering. As from the underside, I watched her work within the boundaries of the little round hoop she […]
‘Perfection’
08th August, 2022 On the first day of class, Jerry Uelsmann, a professor at the University of Florida, divided his film photography students into two groups. Everyone on the left side of the classroom, he explained, would be in the “quantity” group. They would be graded solely on the amount of work they produced. On […]
Mind Your Business
07th August, 2022 A young boy was sitting on a park bench munching on one candy bar after another. After the 6th one, a man on the bench across from him said, “Son, you know eating all that candy isn’t good for you. It will give you acne, rot your teeth, and make you fat.” […]
‘The FCG Routine’
06th August, 2022 Several years ago Ben Graham, the famous investor, then almost 80 years old, expressed to a friend the thought that he hoped to do every day, something foolish, something creative and something generous. Foolish – The word “foolish” often carries a negative connotation, but the implied meaning here has more to do […]
‘Crab Mentality’
05th August, 2022 There once was a man who sat on a fishing dock and observed how a bunch of live crabs, in a bucket, behaved. While all of them squirmed at the bottom, every now and then, one crab would crawl up the side in an effort to reach the top and escape. But […]
‘Shift Your Perspective’
04th August, 2022 I once heard a story about a man who uses a wheelchair. When asked if it was difficult being confined, he responded, “I’m not confined to my wheelchair—I am liberated by it. If it wasn’t for my wheelchair, I would be bed-bound and never able to leave my house.” This shift in […]
‘Normalization of Deviance’
03rd August, 2022 Dr. Diane Vaughan of Columbia University coined the term “normalization of deviance” in her analysis of the Challenger space shuttle disaster. In her book, she explains that “normalization of deviance” is the process by which deviance from correct or proper behavior becomes normalized in a corporate culture. On January 28, 1986, six […]
‘Be Grateful’
02nd August, 2022 Lewis Howes, in his book ‘The School of Greatness’ talks about creating a grateful mindset which he calls an ‘Attitude of Gratitude’. He goes on to say that ‘Life is better if you develop an attitude of gratitude’. I just love this line, which comes from a quote by Melodie Beattie: “Gratitude […]