‘Embrace the sweetness’
31st August 2024 We have enough worries for the week, the weekend is here, Leave the worrying for Monday & enjoy the weekend. I love this Zen parable I read recently: ‘A woman is being chased by a tiger. She runs as fast as she can, but the tiger is catching up. She comes to […]
‘Just Start’
30th August 2024 “You will never be ready, just start.” As Martin Luther King Jr said, ‘Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.’ Take that step in faith and the Universe will conspire to help you achieve your dream. Whether you’ll end up […]
‘The Ikea Effect’
29th August 2024 How did IKEA become a $40 billion company selling furniture? Essentially, By exploiting a cognitive bias called the Labor Perception Effect, Aka the “IKEA Effect” wherein people value products more when they’ve assembled them themselves. From Swedish mail-order business to a global giant, IKEA’s success hinges on this simple psychological trick. We […]
‘Troubles are teachers’
28th August 2024 Our small and large troubles are teachers, hard and bothersome as they may be. The old saying “A bad day for the ego is a great day for the soul” really resonates with me. Sure, it’s the human condition to wish difficulty away. We all want sunny skies and rosy days. But […]
‘Do your part & Trust God to do the rest’
27th August 2024 In continuation of the Janamshtmi theme, sharing a wonderful parable I came across recently. A night before the day of Matsya Vedh (Piercing Fish Eye) competition, Krishna and Arjuna were conversing. Krishna said, “Arjuna, take care, put your step forward and concentrate on the eye of the fish.” Arjuna laughingly says, “Dear […]
‘Happy Janmashtami!’
26th August 2024 Krishna was born in the darkness of the night, in the locked confines of a jail. However, at the moment of His birth, all the guards fell asleep, the chains were broken and the barred doors gently opened. Similarly, as soon as Krishna ( Chetna, Awareness ) takes birth in our hearts, […]
‘Let yourself Rest’
25th August 2024 You can make the world a better place by making yourself a better person. I’m reminded of my favorite line in Cal Newport’s Deep Work: “When you work, work hard. When you’re done, be done.” The answers you seek, never come when the mind is busy, they come when the mind is […]
‘The Cathedral Effect’
24th August 2024 In 2007, researchers from Oxford published a study that found that ceiling height impacted creativity and focus. Specifically, higher ceilings promoted creative problem solving, while lower ceilings promoted logical problem solving. These results were later confirmed by an experiment that took MRI scans of participants’ brains as they were shown images of […]
‘Act Now’
23rd August 2024 In our world today, Advice is overrated and Action is underrated. People look for all kinds of excuses to delay taking action. There’s a famous story about Mozart that I love: A young man asked Mozart how to write a symphony. Mozart replied, “You’re far too young to write a symphony.” The […]
‘Trust’
22nd August 2024 Trust when you don’t have the answers. Trust when you can’t find the way out. Trust when you don’t know what’s happening. Trust when it defies your logic. Trust when everyone tells you it won’t work. A newly married man was returning home with his wife. They were crossing a lake in […]