Own My Growth

Helping folks with practical tips to manage themselves better

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Month: March 2020

Know Your Emotions

Whenever I have a passionate argument about something(most times it’s about Cricket) with my son, he uses a powerful comeback- “you are getting emotional.” When my son makes the statement, he may be implying that I am not emotional in Read more…


Be At Peace

“When I run after what I think I want, my days are  a furnace of distress and anxiety; If I sit in my own place of patience, what I need flows to me, and without pain. From this I understand Read more…


Nature Is Giving A Signal

This morning I was looking at a flowering tree in my backyard as the early sun rose from behind it. The rays of the sun filtered through the gaps in the branches and leaves, creating a beautiful picture of a Read more…


Life Is Good

All human endeavor is towards having a feeling of well being. When I want to work, more than the work, it is the feeling of being productive that is driving me. When I want to go out to earn money, Read more…


Illusion Of Control

From when all of us were children, it is ingrained in us that we should have ambitious goals, we should work hard, and we will get the results we deserve. Most times, we get the results, and this reinforces the Read more…


Random Quotes

Clarity*Effort = Result What will you aim for if you don’t have a target ? Its hard to aim if you can’t see the target clearly. Don’t mistake activity for accomplishment When you think of success, think 3 dimensionally- Home, Read more…


What’s In Your Control?

What is within our power- Our Intentions, opinions, motivations, desires, effort. What is not within our power- How others react, their opinion of us, results. If I were an archer trying to hunt a Deer. What is in my control? Read more…


Que Sera Sera

Once upon a time there lived an old farmer with his son and a horse. One day the horse ran away, and all the farmer’s neighbors came over to console the farmer. “WE are sorry that your horse ran away, Read more…


What Should I Do? Nothing.

The burnout of the markets continues unabated on the back of the Covid-19 Black Swan event. There are many who are struggling to come to terms with this. As the full implication of the pandemic is taking hold, the markets Read more…


Attachment, Detachment & Giving

Life is strange. Whenever I get attached to something desperately, it has a way of getting away from me. I am desperate for the purchase order – something or the other comes in the way. Things get delayed. I want Read more…