Think Long term
20th November 2024 As evolutionists tell us, our ancestors were living in jungles for millennia before they started agriculture and building societies. The agrarian society is only 12,000 years old compared to the human race’s history of 2.8 million years! For that long, the human race focused on the immediate –movements in the bush, unknown […]
Find your true desire, then live it
19th November 2024 According to the French thinker René Girard, “We unconsciously mimic the desires of others rather than engage in a process to identify & pursue what really matters most to us. Where instincts fail, we look to other people to show us what to want.” In a thought-provoking lecture many years ago, British […]
Success is the best revenge
18th November 2024 Frank Sinatra once said, “The best revenge is massive success.” In Steve Jobs’ Commencement Speech at Stanford University in 2005, he spoke of his challenges in life, of Apple, the company he started, fired him. A few years later, Job went back to run Apple. Rather than take revenge on those at […]
The three stages of life
17th November 2024 Recently, I had an interesting conversation wherein someone shared an interesting idea related to professional progression. He shared that there are three stages of your professional arc: Get Fed: You receive opportunities to execute on. Feed Yourself: You create and execute on opportunities for yourself. Feed Others: You create opportunities for others […]
Rise above the Negativity
16th November 2024 The last few days I have been preparing to pass on the baton as the venerable institution I was heading, gets ready to elect a new team. Some elements contesting the elections were hell bent in spoiling the family ethos and camaraderie that our institution represents. Allegations were made, baseless complaints filed, […]
Happy Gurupurab!
15th November 2024 “Satgur Nanak Pargateya, Mitti Dhund Jag Chanan Hoyeya” (With the emergence of the Holy Guruji, Guru Nanak, the mist cleared and the whole world was illuminated. It was as if the Sun had risen and the darkness was dispelled.) These words of Bhai Gurdas ji in praise of one of the greatest […]
Happy Children’s Day
14th November 2024 The owner of a farm asked his child to work every day at the farm. His friend said to him, “You do not have to make your son work so hard. The crops would grow just as good.” The farm owner replied, “I am not cultivating my crops, but my child.” A […]
Choose your Echo
13th November 2024 A man was taking his son on a walk in a nearby forest. Suddenly the boy tripped and feeling a sharp pain, he screams “AHHHH!” Surprised, he hears a voice coming from the mountain, “AHHHH!” He was taken aback as it was his first experience of an echo. Filled with curiosity, he […]
Self-Perception
12th November 2024 In my Book, ‘Dear Son -Life Lessons from a father.’, one of the most important chapters is titled, “Talent is not enough” Most people feel that if they have talent, they will surely succeed, but there are enough examples of highly talented people who have not succeeded and that is mainly due […]
Are you choosing to see your full worth?
11th November 2024 There’s a simple story that I love: A professor stood in front of his class, held up a crisp $100 bill, and asked, “How much is this worth?” “$100,” the class replied in unison. The professor then crumpled the bill into a ball, held it out in his palm, and asked, “How […]