Am I doing enough?
20th July 2025 Someone recently shared this with me: “I have this productivity anxiety that everyone else is working harder than me and I’am going to be left behind because I’am not working fast enough, long enough and I’am wasting my time” Doesn’t this shine a light on the behavior so many of us exhibit—even […]
‘What is Success?’
19th July 2025 Yesterday, on my birthday, A dear friend asked me “How were the last 12 months,” Was it a “successful” Year? I sat back & reviewed the year gone by and that got me thinking, “What is success?” What does “success” mean to me. Success for me is definitely not about the assets […]
Via Negativa – Subtract, Subtract, Subtract
18th July 2025 I remember, I read somewhere that we spend the 1st half of our lives adding things, and the 2nd half subtracting most of them. As I cross another year, I realize that the answer to most of our problems is indeed found in subtraction, not addition. Bruce Lee got it dead right […]
I wish you enough
17th July 2025 Someone recently shared this wonderful story with me and it touched a chord, hence sharing. “Recently I overheard a father & daughter in their last moments together at the airport before their departure. Standing near the security gate, they hugged & the father said, ‘I love you, and I wish you enough.’ […]
Leave it to him
16th July 2025 Whenever someone asks me, ‘What should you ask for in prayer from God,’ I am reminded of a story: A king was once roaming the streets of the city as part of an annual religious procession. He saw that some people looked happy while others looked tense and forlorn. The king suddenly […]
Action Bias
15th July 2025 Prioritizing action over inaction, without sufficient reasoning to support it, can lead us to mishandle a situation. Action is normally an automatic response based upon impulse instead of logic. In a penalty situation in soccer, the ball takes less than 0.3 seconds from the player who kicks the ball to the goal. […]
Just keep showing up
14th July 2025 The key to life is to just keep showing up. Your entire life will change when you realize that everything matters. You don’t get to pick and choose when to show up, because the world will ignore your best and judge you for your worst. The tiny thing you choose to ignore—the […]
Put the glass down
13th July 2025 Every now and then one come’s across the perfect article or story at the perfect time in our life. That happened for me recently. I don’t actually know who wrote this story or where it came from, but it had such an impact on me that I just had to share it […]
Be Busy
12th July 2025 The weekend is the best time to be busy. Busy with family & friends, Busy creating memories, Busy improving yourself, Busy doing things for your soul. Busy doing what your heart desires, Busy spending time alone, Busy slowing down, Busy relaxing, Busy refreshing & reviving yourself, Busy reading something inspiring, Busy practising […]
White Belt Mentality
11th July 2025 In this Guru Purnima week, let’s talk about the concept of learning. To grow, it is better to adopt a beginner’s mind. In martial arts, new students wear a white belt. It symbolizes that the wearer is an empty vessel ready to be filled. Georges St Pierre, one of the greatest mixed-martial-artists […]