Dr. Dan Goodman once performed surgery on a middle-aged woman whose cataract had left her blind since childhood. The cataract was removed, leaving the woman with near-perfect vision. A miraculous success.
20/05/21 The patient returned for a checkup a few weeks later. The book Crashing Through writes: Her reaction startled Goodman. She had been happy and content as a blind person. Now sighted, she became anxious and depressed. She told him that she had spent her adult life on welfare and had never worked, married, or […]
During my school days I was one of those shy & distant kids who would just sit in the corner. For me, my books were my only world. Even during breaks, I used to just sit in a corner of the ground and see others play.
19/05/21 It was not like I wasn’t interested in joining others or making new friends, I always felt myself below par when compared to my peers. I always had a preconceived notion in my mind that my advances towards new friendships would be restricted & I just didn’t want to suffer a rejection. Once during […]
It’ll-get-worse-before-it-gets-better fallacy
18/05/21 A CEO is at his wit’s end: Sales are in the red, the salespeople are unmotivated, and the marketing campaign sank without a trace. In his desperation, he hires a consultant. For Rs 50,000 a day, this man analyses the company and comes back with his findings: “Your sales department has no vision, and […]
Hope Once a king announced a death sentence to two convicts.
17/05/21 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 hearing this the king became very happy that he will be the […]
AS TIME GOES BY …..
16/05/21 As time goes by, You will loosen your grip on that rock, The one you always thought was home, And you will realise that home is not a place, It’s a state of mind. Let it go … As time goes by, You will learn to see yourself more clearly, The person who was […]
Saath Hai to family, bikhar Gaye to patthar ke tukde
15/05/21 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 & better future. Remember that you don’t choose your family, they are […]
Sunk Cost Fallacy
14/05/21 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 me, I […]
The happiest people in the world are not those who have no problems, but those who learn to live with things that are less than perfect.”
13/05/21 A group of graduates, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups – porcelain, plastic, […]
Have Faith
12/05/21 Do you know the legend of the Cherokee Indian youths’ rite of Passage? A father takes his young son into the forest, blindfolds him and leaves him alone. The son is required to sit on a stump the whole night and not remove the blindfold until the rays of the morning sun shine through […]
What’s your “4-minute mile”?
10/05/21 Every game in life is actually played on a 6-inch ground – the space between your two ears. We don’t live in bungalows, duplexes or flats. We live in our mind which is an unlimited area. Life is great when things are sorted and uncluttered there. Keeping the mind messy ruins this real home. […]