Shower Effect
4th July 2025 I have always wondered, ‘Why do I get my best ideas or solutions to problems I have been tackling while take a shower?’ I rehearse imaginary arguments, devise witty comebacks and come up with the best ideas in the shower. Newton might have discovered gravity when the apple fell on his head, […]
Owner’s Mindset
3rd July 2025 When I was a kid, my father once asked me to tidy up a few bookshelves in his room. I rushed through the task, sloppily stacking the books so I could get back to playing. When I told him I was done, he looked at the bookshelves, smiled, and told me to […]
Decision Fatigue
2nd July 2025 When you reached home in the evening after a hard days work, and were asked by your spouse, “What would you like for dinner?” Have you ever responded by saying, “Whatever, you decide.” You are most likely tired of all the decisions you had to make during the day & suffering from […]
Build Resilience..
1st July 2025 Success is never linear. We all face failure at some point. Life is all about handling the peaks & trough. Resilience is one ability which helps us recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change. It’s the capacity to adapt to stressful situations and bounce back from adversity. Resilience is a […]
Learn from failure
30th June 2025 While discussing inventions, Thomas Edison’s associate, Walter S. Mallory, once said to him, “Isn’t it a shame that with the tremendous amount of work you have done, you haven’t been able to get any results?” Edison replied, “Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results! I know several thousand things […]
Leave a little sparkle….
26th June 2025 The divine force which has created the Galaxy, the earth, the mountains, the oceans and all the wonders; looked at you & said, ‘The world needs one of you too for it to be completed.’ Understand your worth, Value your life, Appreciate your blessings. You have been sent here for a greater […]
Fallacy of Rituals
25th June 2025 Do Rituals need to be followed unquestionably or do we need to examine the logic behind them? I increasingly believe in the ‘Fallacy of rituals’ as most rituals, I feel, were formed for convenience & given a religious connotation so that they were followed strictly. This is more so on the occassion […]
‘Start with Yoga’
21st June 2025 uɐsɐɐɥsɹıɥs sı sıɥʇ ˙ʎɐp ɐƃoʎ Ɩɐuoıʇɐuɹǝʇuı uo sǝɥsıʍ ʇsǝq I love this quote, “If You Can Pose for a Photographer, You Can Pose for Yoga Also” Like meditation, yoga is an extremely popular & effective method for becoming a more relaxed & easy going person. For centuries, yoga has been used to […]
‘The Gordian Knot’
19th June 2025 According to a famous legend, the ancient land of Phrygia (in what is now modern-day Turkey) was without a king. An oracle proclaimed that the next man to enter the city in an oxcart would become its king. Soon after, a man named Gordius rolled into Phrygia on an oxcart with his […]
This Too Shall Pass
18th June 2025 Life gives you a fair share of Joys & sorrows. Nothing is permanent. Once a king called upon all of his wise men and asked them, “Is there a mantra which works in every situation, in every circumstance, in every place & at every time? In every joy, every sorrow, every defeat […]