‘Sometimes… Beautiful lines by Robert Drake’
7th July 2024 Sometimes, I feel I want to go back in time… Not to change things, but to feel a couple of things twice… Sometimes, I wish I was a Baby for a while… Not to be walked in the pram but to see my mother’s smile Sometimes, I wish I could go back […]
‘Make yourself a priority’
6th July 2024 Are you the most important person in your life? How often do you make time for yourself? Conventional wisdom centers around giving more of yourself to others in your life, than you would to, what you want to accomplish. You’re taught to make sacrifices and put your needs secondary because that’s how […]
‘Don’t stress about things you can’t control’
5th July 2024 Scientists estimate people have about 70,000 thoughts per day. Many of those thoughts incite feelings of self-doubt, fear, and discouragement. There’s a brutal truth about life that some people refuse to accept—we actually have no control over many of the things that happen to us. People who resist this truth fall into […]
‘Hemingway’s Lost Suitcase’
4th July 2024 In 1922, Ernest Hemingway was a 23-year-old aspiring novelist working as a foreign correspondent in Paris for the Toronto Star newspaper. The young Hemingway, who was recently married and embracing the culture of Paris, would work for the paper during the days and then work on building his body of fiction work […]
‘Gaman’ – The Japanese way of facing hard times’
3rd July 2024 Life always brings with it the ups and downs, the peaks and valleys. True character is revealed during both the occasions. Abraham Lincoln said, “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power,” But, adversity too brings out the best in some & […]
‘Focus’
2nd July 2024 Steve Jobs was once asked, what he thought was his most important creation, most thought, he would answer the iPad or the Mac. Instead, he said it was Apple the company. Making an enduring company, he said, was both far harder and more important than making a great product. How did he […]
‘What it takes to win a Billion Hearts & a Billion Rupees’
1st July 2024 The feeling of elation & the Hangover of the amazing victory by Team India still persists. While wondering & reading about what made it possible & how it was done perfectly, it was definitely something that goes beyond talent and attitude. Gary Kirsten, the former India team coach, spoke about it long […]
‘Indiana Indiaaah’
30th June 2024 This Indian cricket team is special, not just for the runs they have scored or the wickets they have taken, but for the quality of their wins. Every time they have been challenged; a team member has raised his hand to be counted. I rank this team very high not for their […]
‘Choose your worth’
29th June 2024 Once a disciple of Guru asked him about the ‘Aim or the purpose of being born a human and what is life worth ‘ The Guru opened a closed fist & gave the disciple a beautiful red coloured stone and said to the disciple, “Go, get the stone valued from different people […]
‘Pray to lose’
28th June 2024 A Saint was once asked: “What do you ‘Gain’ from praying to the Lord regularly?” He replied: “Usually, I don’t gain anything, but mostly I lose many things.” And he quoted everything he lost praying to God regularly: I lost my pride, I lost my arrogance, I lost greed, I lost my […]