Meaningless Goals
17th May 2025 A farmer had a dog who used to sit by the roadside waiting for vehicles to come. As soon as one came he would run, barking and trying to overtake it. One day a neighbor asked “Do you think your dog is ever going to catch a car?” The farmer replied, “That […]
Stop Comparing
16th May 2025 Comparison is the thief of joy.” ~Theodore Roosevelt I’ve lived most of my life comparing myself to others. At first, it was school and sports. But as I got older, I began comparing other metrics: work, income level, house size, and worldly successes. I have discovered there is an infinite number of […]
International Day of Families
15th May 2025 ‘Saath Hai toh family, bikhar Gaye to patthar ke tukde’ Today is the International day of Families, a day to commemorate the strongest part of one’s household & what gives every individual a sense of belonging & affection. The family is what keeps us all together & elevates us towards a brighter […]
Cut your losses
14th May 2025 The film was dire. After an hour, I whispered to my wife: “Come on, let’s go home.” She replied: “No way. We’re not throwing away three hundred bucks.” “That’s no reason to stay,” I protested. “The money’s already gone.” This is the sunk cost fallacy at work—a thinking error! She glared at […]
If you don’t ask, you don’t get….
13th May 2025 The idiom “crying baby gets the milk” holds true in all aspects of life. There’s a story about Apple founder Steve Jobs that I love: When he was 12 years old, he cold-called Bill Hewlett, co-founder of the pioneering technology company Hewlett Packard to request spare computer parts for an electronics project […]
Let’s Be Grateful!
12th May 2025 The last few days have been demanding & challenging for all of us. It reminded us that there are moments in life when everything feels fragile. You wake up to news of conflict, war, tragedy, or chaos. Even if it’s happening far away, or on a screen, it seeps into your system […]
Thank you Ma
11th May 2025 In a school bag, the Rough Book will have the worst condition because it bears the load& responsibilities of all other books. Only because of the presence of Rough Book, Fair Books of all subjects are found very neat & tidy, well maintained & decorated. In our family also, Because of the […]
Whatever happens is for good
10th May 2025 In life, with all the problems we face, we fail to realise that most problems are a blessing in disguise. We will never know, we will never feel it because our mind isn’t trained to see the best in the worst. Everything is a test, and each of them teaches us a […]
Keep perspective and celebrate what’s good.
9th May 2025 We are facing a challenging time . Turbulent times have come before. Much of what we’re experiencing is NOT “unprecedented.” Many of us have just forgotten past events. “History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme,” advised Mark Twain. These hard times our world faces, will eventually give way to another […]
Doing the thing
8th May 2025 The only way to get stuff done is to do the work. We spend too much time in collecting information and data, on how it can be done, the easiest way to do it etc etc, but not the effort required in actually doing it. We all look for a quick fix […]