‘Don’t Underestimate Yourself’
23rd May, 2022 Michael Jordan was an African American, born in 1963, in the slums of Brooklyn, New York. He had four brothers and his father’s wages were not sufficient to provide for the whole family. He grew up in a poor neighborhood which was full of discrimination, to the point where he could not […]
‘The Theory of The 3 Whys – A simple but Powerful way to get Better Answers’
21st May, 2022 The 3 Whys is precisely what you think it is–asking the question “why?” three times to get to the real root of a question or problem. A few months ago, I read the book Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple’s Success. This was well-timed, as we were finalising the SOPs and […]
‘The Imaginary Rope’
17th May, 2022 A farmer was taking three of his donkeys for sale to the market. On the way he saw a river and decided to have a dip. Since he had only two ropes to tie the donkeys to a tree, he looked around wondering how to tie the third one. He saw a […]
‘Peaks and Valleys’
13th May, 2022 Just finished reading for the nth time, my go to book during any crisis, “Peaks & Valleys” by Spencer Johnson, the author who wrote “Who moved my Cheese”. This is a short book that uses a parable for explaining how to handle ups and downs in one’s life. Peaks and Valleys is […]
The Power of Words
05th May, 2022 In his best-selling book ‘Awaken the Giant Within,’ Anthony Robbins devotes an entire chapter to the way in which our vocabulary affects our emotions, our beliefs and our effectiveness in life. Robbins is keenly aware of how certain words impact our emotional intensity and gives examples of how you can lower the […]
‘Think Positive’
02nd May, 2022 Some people, especially what we read or see in media feels that things could not have been worse. We read everyday of the gloom, the economic problems, the wars & the bleak future we are going to be facing. We have also read about the great achievements, the scientific breakthroughs, the technological […]
‘The Law of Least Effort.’
30th April, 2022 The fourth spiritual law of success expounded by Deepak Chopra is ‘the Law of Least Effort.’ This law is based on the fact that nature’s intelligence functions with effortless ease and abandoned carefree. This is the principle of least action, of no resistance. This is, therefore, the principle of harmony and love. […]
Overconfidence
10th Dec, 2021 In a wonderful book I read recently, Factfulness by Hans Rosling, he did a small survey and asked some simple questions about Global trends and questions like, what percentage of people around the world are living in poverty, how many girls in low income countries finish primary school, what is the life […]
Firgun
09th Dec, 2021 You tell your friend how much he deserves the prize he just won – and you really mean it. Or perhaps your colleague comes up with such a great idea that you can’t stop going on about how much you like it. Or the pride you feel when your relative becomes the […]
Don’t Judge
10th Nov, 2021 I was recently reading, Daniel Kahneman’s book, ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ and came across a real nugget, “It is easier to recognise other people’s mistakes than our own.” It’s easier to blame other people’s mistakes on stupidity and greed and our own on bad luck and circumstances. That’s mainly because when someone […]