‘Identity Capital’
14th Jan 2024 The phrase was popularized by Meg Jay, a clinical psychologist, in her 2012 book, ‘The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter — And How to Make the Most of Them Now’ where she talks of ‘Identity capital’ as “anything you do that adds value to who you are. It is how we […]
‘The Eagle & the Raven’
9th Jan 2024 Have you ever let the “little things” in your life get you down, make you mad, or take the joy out of your life? Let me share a little parable that may help you handle the ‘little things’ differently. The only bird that dares to peck an eagle is the raven. It […]
“New Year’s Resolution”
2nd Jan 2024 Someone once asked Osho: “If one were to make only one New Year’s resolution, what would you suggest?” Osho replied: “This and only this can be the new year’s resolution: I resolve never to make any resolutions because all resolutions are restrictions for the future. All resolutions are imprisonments. You decide today […]
Are you missing out on life?
7th Dec, 2023 In Washington, DC, at a Metro Station, on a cold January morning in 2007, this man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, approximately 2,000 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After about 3 minutes, a middle-aged man […]
Why Not You?
4th Dec, 2023 Someone will do something fresh, new, and brave today…. Why not you? Someone will befriend a stranger; deliver hope to the hopeless and model decency… Why not you? Someone will turn pain into power, fear into fortune, and confusion into clarity… Why not you? Someone will be recognized for their mastery, celebrated […]
‘Don’t judge’
2nd Dec, 2023 In our adult life, we assume that the other person is not as smart as us and we can fool him easily. A young boy enters a barber shop and the barber whispers to his customer, “This is the dumbest kid in the world, watch while I prove it to you.” The […]
‘Life is all about Balance’
26th Nov, 2023 Life is like one of those races in nursery school, where you race with a marble in a spoon kept in your mouth. If the marble falls there is no point coming first. The same is true with life, where health & relationships are the marble. Coming first counts only with the […]
‘Climbing down Mt. Everest’
22nd Nov, 2023 Stories of Tenzing and Hillary have inspired generations of mountain climbers to push themselves to take on the challenge, brave adversity and get to the top. Not everybody who starts the climb to Mount Everest makes it back alive, though, and that only adds to the lure of the challenge. A recent […]
‘Prepare your children for the road’
14th Nov, 2023 An avid Gardner, saw a small butterfly laying a few eggs in one of the pots in his garden. Since that day he looked at the egg with ever growing curiosity and eagerness. The egg started to move and shake a little & the gardener was excited to see a new life […]
‘10th Apple Effect’
31st Oct, 2023 A hunter once lost his way deep inside the jungle while chasing a deer. He used all of his navigation skills, but neither did he find any way out of the jungle nor could he find any food to eat for 3 days at a stretch. He lost all hope & thought […]