The Importance of Religion
30th Nov, 2021 My concept of religion is very simple. When I do good, I feel good and when I do bad, I feel bad. Religion for me has always meant synchronisation between what you feel, what your heart says and what you do. This is my simple religion. To illustrate what religion does for […]
Heroism
29th Nov, 2021 Heroism is less about “pre-installed bravery” and more about what you do when you’re petrified. The women and men we see as heroic are mostly good, ordinary people who found strength they didn’t know they had in moments of difficulty, threat or danger. We all have untapped courage within us. We absolutely […]
Meaningful Life
28th Nov, 2021 ‘Tuesdays with Morrie’ was a great book I read some time ago. In one passage, the author wrote something that resonated well with me – “So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they’re busy doing things they think are important. This is because they’re chasing […]
Golden Buddha
27th Nov, 2021 This is an old yet true story. Thousands of years ago, Located in Wat Traimit, a temple in Bangkok, existed the Golden Buddha weighing about five and a half tons of solid gold. The monks would pray before it, people would behold its beauty and all passer-by’s would revere the remarkable masterpiece. […]
Learn from Failure
26th Nov, 2021 Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly ~ Robert Kennedy It’s important to remember that everyone makes mistakes, and that everyone who makes mistakes has regrets. When you make a mistake, don’t regret and call yourself ‘stupid’. You are not stupid. You are just human! My mentor once […]
Miracles Do Happen
25th Nov, 2021 An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money left. They were moving to a smaller house because they could not afford to stay in the present house after paying the doctor’s bills. Only a very […]
Normalization of Deviance
24th Nov, 2021 On January 28, 1986, six astronauts and one schoolteacher boarded the Challenger space shuttle as millions of Americans watched the events unfold on live television. 72 seconds later, the spacecraft exploded midair leaving an entire nation stunned in its aftermath. The Challenger disaster as it was soon dubbed by the press, garnered […]
Gratitude
23rd Nov, 2021 A Construction Supervisor from 16th Floor of a building was trying to call a worker on the ground floor. Because of noise the Worker was unable to hear his name being called. To draw attention, the Supervisor threw a 10 Rupee note in front of the worker. He picked up the note, […]
The 10,000 Hours Rule
22nd Nov, 2021 ‘Outliers: The Story of Success’ is a wonderful book written by Malcolm Gladwell in 2008. In Outliers, Gladwell repeatedly mentions the “10,000-Hour Rule”, claiming that the key to achieving world-class expertise in any skill, is, to a large extent, a matter of practicing the correct way, for a total of around 10,000 […]
Celebrate Life
21st Nov, 2021 Remember the movie, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, where after the Tomatina Festival, Hrithik & Katrina are taking a walk & katrina asks, ” What do you want in life” & he replies, Earn money till 40 & then retire & enjoy life” and she replies, ” How do you know, you will […]