‘Keep Kicking’
4th Oct, 2023 A crisis is a true test of character, they say. Ups and downs are a part of of life but how you tackle the downs holds the key to the highs that might occur later in life. A business you started could run into trouble, you could find yourself laid off, You […]
‘Work – life Balance Cont’d’
26th September, 2023 What does work-life balance actually mean? Ask five different people, and you’ll get five different answers. None of us want to become slaves to our work. We want to live our lives to the fullest, and we like to think that if we seek “balance,” we will find peace, contentment and perhaps […]
‘Walk away’
17th September, 2023 Sometimes walking away is the best move you can make in order to grow and evolve. “Walking” is the best exercise…! 🚶 🚶 🚶 🚶 🚶 🚶 🚶 🚶 🚶 🚶 🚶 ‘Walk Away’ 🚶from arguments that lead you to nowhere but anger. ‘Walk Away’ 🚶from people who deliberately put you down. […]
Challenge The Traditions
14th September, 2023 A little girl was watching her mother prepare fish for dinner. Her mother cut the head and tail off the fish and then placed it into a baking pan. The little girl asked her mother why she cut the head and tail off the fish. Her mother thought for a while and […]
‘Let’s teach our children’
6th September, 2023 I Recently came across this beautiful article, ‘The story of watermelons’ supposedly written by Manohar Parrikar: “I am from the village of Parra in Goa; hence we are called Parrikars. My village is famous for its watermelons. When I was a child, the farmers would organise a watermelon-eating contest at the end […]
‘The Winners Mindset’
22nd August, 2023 Sport is a terrific metaphor for life, and there are several sporting stories that inspire and motivate us. One of the most inspiring stories is the tale of Károly Takács who was a sergeant in the Hungarian army. In 1938, the 28-year-old was the country’s top pistol shooter, having won most major […]
‘The Salmon Run’
10th August, 2023 All major animal groups including birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians, mo insects & crustaceans migrate hundreds and thousands of miles and the trigger for migration my be local climate, availability of food, the oppressive season or for mating purposes. It is only we humans who are afraid to change and tend to […]
‘Which Fish Are You?’
9th August, 2023 Three fish lived in a pond. Their names were “Plan Ahead”, “Think Fast” and “Wait and See”. One day they overheard some men making a plan to go fishing in their pond the next day. They also mentioned about casting a net and selling fish in the market. “Plan Ahead” said, “I […]
‘The revealing powers of seeming irrelevant details’
8th August 2023 The world-famous chef Heston Blumenthal was once asked, before trying the food, can Heston tell if a chef/restaurant is good? “Yes, almost immediately after I sit down,” he said. “As soon as the butter is brought to the table.” Butter, he said, is an indicator of whether or not the chef has […]
Don’t be Paranoid – Be Pronoid
4th Aug, 2023 I got introduced to a new word – Pronoia in psychologist Adam Grants book I read recently, ‘Give and Take’ in which, he writes about pronoia. Pronoia describes a state of mind that is the opposite of paranoia. Whereas a person suffering from paranoia feels that persons or entities are conspiring against […]