The Biggest Enemy of Your Future Success
30th January 2025 Who do you think is the biggest enemy of your future success? A competitor? A lack of resources? The market? No. It’s your current success. Success is comforting, It feels good, It validates your hard work. But it also makes you complacent. When you’re successful, the urgency to improve fades. You start […]
The Salt Shaker theory of leadership
29th January 2025 Danny Meyer, a New York Restauranteur was facing an issue managing his staff & ensuring they meet the standards. He learned a wonderful leadership lesson about leading people from Pat Cetta, the owner of Sparks, a steakhouse located in New York. Cetta came to visit Meyer at his restaurant, and Meyer was […]
After failing twice
28th January 2025 Edmond Hillary, the great mountaineer said looking at Mount Everest: “I’ll come again and conquer you. Because as a Mountain you cannot Grow… But As A Human I Can Grow.” That is the attitude to have. Believe Where Others Doubt. Work Where Others Refuse. Save Where Others Waste Stay Where Others Quit […]
The Right Now Test
26th January 2025 We all face difficulty in saying No – not only to others but also to ourselves. Success is more often determined, not by the things we do but by the things we decide not to do. I was recently I introduced to a wonderful Framework for saying no more effectively: There is […]
Telic vs. Atelic Activities
25th January 2025 Telos is a Greek word meaning purpose, end or goal. From this root, philosophers have conceptualized that there are 2 types of activities in life: Telic: Activities with a purpose, end, or goal. Atelic: Activities with no purpose, end, or goal. Telic activity is like reaching a destination, where the goal is […]
Change yourself
23rd January 2025 There was a king who was bothered by severe eye pain. He consulted many physicians, consumed heavy loads of drugs and took hundreds of injections. But the ache persisted with even greater vigour than before. At last a monk was called who immediately diagnosed his problem and said, for sometime the king […]
Two seeds lay side by side in the fertile soil.
22nd January 2025 The first seed said, “I want to grow! I want to send my roots deep into the soil beneath me, and thrust my sprouts through the earth’s crust above me. I want to unfurl my tender buds like banners to announce the arrival of spring. I want to feel the warmth of […]
Are you holding onto something that you no longer need?
20th January 2025 Here’s a story that I love A man on a long journey comes to a wide, rushing river blocking his path. With no way around it and no bridge in sight, he chops down a tree and uses the wood to build a small boat. The boat is remarkably sturdy, and the […]
God’s piece of cake….
16th January 2025 Sometimes we wonder… ‘What did I do to deserve this ? ‘Why did God have to do this to me ? Here is a wonderful explanation… A daughter is telling her Mother how everything is going wrong, she’s failing her exam, her boyfriend broke up with her and her best friend is […]
Brrrr…It’s cold!
12th January 2025 It is said that Winter is not a season but a celebration. Snuggled in my duvet, after another round of hot tea, I started thinking about the extreme cold wave we are currently enjoying & these thoughts came to my mind. “Whether the weather be fine, Whether the weather be not, Whether […]