‘True Friends’

11th August 2024 Many years ago, just after I had got married, I was sitting on a couch on a hot, humid day, sipping a chilled drink and talking to my father. As I talked about adult life, marriage, responsibilities, and obligations, my father thoughtfully stirred the ice cubes in his glass and cast a […]

‘The Fosbury Flop’

10th August 2024 In most fields, you need to do things differently, to complete and win, whether in Sports, Business or life especially when the environment changes. Breakthroughs — whether personal, or for an entire domain — often start with individual experimentation, and only later do the principles of why it obviously worked become clear. […]

‘The carrot, the egg, and the coffee bean’

9th August 2024 A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed that, as one problem was solved, […]

‘The Ceramics Class’

‘The Ceramics Class’

8th August 2024 We all have goals that are important to us. But is it our drive to achieve a certain outcome that makes us better? Or something else entirely? In the book, “Art & Fear” authors David Bayles and Ted Orland share a surprising story about a ceramics teacher. This story just might reframe […]

‘Choose your battles wisely’

‘Choose your battles wisely’

7th August 2024 After all, life isn’t measured by how many times you stand up to fight. It’s not winning battles that make you happy, but it’s how many times you turned away and chose to look into a better direction. Life is too short to spend it on warring. Fight only the most, most, […]

‘Marshmallow Challenge’

‘Marshmallow Challenge’

6th August 2024 Imagine a room filled with people, divided into teams of 4 persons each. Each team gets 20 sticks of spaghetti, a yard of string, strips of scotch tape, and a single marshmallow. They have 18 minutes to build a free-standing structure that will enable the marshmallow to rest on top. This is […]

‘Clear the Cobwebs’

'Clear the Cobwebs'

5th August 2024 Once upon a time, there was an unfortunate poor man. His lived in a small, empty house & Unclean house full of mice  and spider webs. People tried to avoid coming into his house – why should they stick their nose into those poor ruins? And the poor man thought that poverty […]

‘Happy Friendship Day’

‘Happy Friendship Day’

4th August 2024  The greatest gift in life is friendship & I am thankful to God that I have received it in abundance. To have a friend & to be a friend is what makes life worthwhile. A lot has been written about friends & friendship but, This one’s one of my favorites by Charles […]

‘Mind your business’

‘Mind your business’

3rd August 2024 How many times have you got or given unsolicited advice? On most occasions, it gets an unfavourable response. There can be positive or negative reasons why people like to interfere in other people’s lives. Sometimes they want to help. Some people may see themselves as helpful or supportive, and they may genuinely […]

‘See the positive in every situation’

‘See the positive in every situation’

2nd August 2024 I once met a man who uses a wheelchair. When asked if it was difficult being confined, he responded, “I’m not confined to my wheelchair—I am liberated by it. If it wasn’t for my wheelchair, I would be bed-bound and never able to leave my house.” This shift in perspective completely transformed […]