‘Willingness to listen’
4/29/26 Viktor Frankl, one of the greatest psychiatrists survived the death camps of Nazi Germany. His little book,“Man’s Search for Meaning”, is one of those life changing books that everyone should read. Frankl once told the story of a woman who called him in the middle of the night to calmly inform him that she […]
Make Some Mistakes
4/28/26 I love the quote, “People who don’t make mistakes, usually don’t make anything.” Often, we hear the saying, “ He makes mistakes.” But what we don’t hear is that it is through these mistakes, we learn. It is normal to stumble as we try to reach for our goals. It is how we surpass […]
One Day….
4/27/26 While going through my past blogs, I came across this blog I posted exactly five years ago on this day. And the only feeling I had was of gratitude. The despondency of those days came through and reminded me of all that we went through in those trying times. The things we prayed for […]
Let bygones be bygones
4/26/26 The phrase dates back to at least the 15th century, and it appeared in John Heywood’s Proverbs in 1562. It signifies closure and a conscious choice to not allow past negativity to affect the present or future. Carrying a bygone is like carrying an extra load through your life and repeatedly getting hurt by […]
‘Ahhhh Saturday’
28th February 2026 Every Saturday is your day to feel as free as a bird, to feel as free as you did when you were a child. Play! Have fun! This is the day to find your bliss and live it. Do the things that makes you feel wonderful. Do the things that make you […]
The Fear of Mistakes
27th February 2026 Fear of mistakes, or Atelophobia, is an intense, anxiety-driven, or perfectionist fear of failing or being imperfect. Most of us are stuck in the area between the paralyzing side of the fear of making mistakes and gathering the courage to give it a shot. I say, make those mistakes even with your […]
Via Negativa
26th February 2026 In the 19th century, a German mathematician named Carl Jacobi developed an interesting insight: Many hard math problems become easier to solve when you flip them around and work backwards. He famously preached to his students, “Man muss immer umkehren.” Translation: Invert, always invert. As it turns out, this idea echoes across […]
Learn to let go
25th February 2026 One of the best lessons on How to Let Go come from this incident & how the mightiest let go. On January 19, 2017, Barack Obama’s final day as president, Bill Clinton showed up at the White House at 6 AM with coffee and bagels for what Obama later called ‘the most […]
The power of progressive overload
24th February 2026 Milo of Croton was a six-time wrestling champion of the ancient Olympic Games in Greece. He was known for his otherworldly strength. But the legend of how that strength was built is one can learn from: According to the lore, one day, a young Milo saw a small, newborn calf near his […]
Bluebird Event
23rd February 2026 Bluebird is a lucrative opportunity that you come across unexpectedly, without much effort. The term is often used by sales professionals when talking about inbound leads. As the buyer arrives without you knowing or making any effort, those might indeed seem like they come out of the blue. In particular, Bluebird is […]