Law of the Garbage Truck
18th November, 2022 The other day I read the story of the ‘Garbage truck’ and learnt a great lesson. “One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport. We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of […]
‘Stop Being Cynical’
11th November, 2022 Another major reason for falling into the ‘Mediocrity Creep’ is cynicism wherein we ridicule others success & justify our failure. One of the most common places one can see this is with regards to people’s attitude towards others success and money. You can often hear people call the rich and successful “crooks” […]
‘Stop Giving In To Fear’
10th November, 2022 “The key to success is for you to make a habit throughout your life of doing the things you fear.” ~Vincent Van Gogh The second major reason for falling into the ‘Mediocrity creep’ is we give in to our fear. Fear is like skin — we all have it. It’s a universal […]
‘What Goes Around, Comes Around’
06th November, 2022 One day a man saw an old lady, stranded on the side of the road, but even in the dim light of day, he could see she needed help. So he pulled up in front of her Mercedes and got out. Even with the smile on his face, she was worried. No […]
‘Mediocrity Creep’
04th November, 2022 “Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.” ~Gordon B. Hinckley What is mediocrity? According to Google: “Of only moderate quality; not very good.” Here’s another definition: Being less than you can be. Mediocrity preys on us all, and it’s primarily a pathology of thought—as the saying goes, ‘as we […]
Humility
01st November, 2022 Once the River became very proud of the tremendous flow of its water. The River felt that I am so powerful that I can wash away everything with me – the mountains, houses, trees, animals, humans, etc. One day the River proudly asked the Ocean, “Tell me, what should I bring for […]
Hope
31st October, 2022 Once a king announced a death sentence to two convicts. One of them knew that the king is very fond of his horse. He went up to the king and told him that if you spare my life, I will teach the horse how to fly in the next one year. On […]
Make Things Happen
27th October, 2022 Diwali is about the start of the new Year, about the New Samvat, about new beginnings, about new opportunities, about planning and making things happen. Whenever I think of opportunities and making things happen, I always end up recollecting an instance. It happened some years ago but I can recall the evening […]
‘Believe’
04th October, 2022 There are two kind of people in the World. One, who say “If I see it, I will believe it.” And second group, which says, ” To see it, I have to first believe it” Which type are you? Everything in this world was achieved by those who believed, Edmund Hillary believed […]
‘Why Some People have all the Luck?’
30th September, 2022 Why do some people get all the luck while others never get the breaks they deserve? A psychologist, Professor Richard Wiseman, says he has discovered the answer. “Ten years ago, I set out to examine luck. I wanted to know why some people are always in the right place at the right […]