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Month: May 2020

The Parent And The Child

There is a toddler who has just turned two years old and has recently started asserting itself. The baby is very excited about anything and everything it sees. When it sees its elder sibling of five years eating something, it Read more…


Subject Of Life

There are three ways in which we learn anything- With the help of a teacher, through Self-study, and by learning from experience when we do something. As students, we gain knowledge in academic subjects like Sciences, Mathematics, Languages, History. We Read more…


Be Happy For No Reason

“If I get a promotion, it’s an achievement. When I get this achievement, I will be happy.” “I always wanted to own that car. When I buy that car, I will feel good.” “I have not achieved anything substantial in Read more…


Your Tone Matters

Becoming effective in communication is a significant area of personal development for me. Why do I say this? The real test of good communication is not when things are relaxed and comfortable. It is how one communicates in a situation Read more…


Life Lessons From Coach Wooden

Without really planning for it, in the last couple of days, I have quoted John Wooden in my blogs.Who are you on the inside. focus on the process Coach Wooden, as he was popularly known, has been and continues to Read more…


Who Are You On The Inside?

It is human nature to be concerned about how we look and appear to others. When we live our life affected by what others think about us, we are worried about our reputation. Reputation is how others see our outside. Read more…


Focus On The Process

My son was thrilled yesterday. He had a top score in one of his internal assessments. He had genuinely put in a lot of hard work preparing for this internal assessment. As a family we celebrated his achievement. While appreciating Read more…


Dealing With Cockroaches

“Dad, come here, urgently,” my son shouted out from the kitchen suddenly. Fearful that something terrible happened, I rushed into the kitchen. My son was cowering in fear, looking at a big cockroach that was crawling about in the kitchen. Read more…


Everyone Evolves

When my elder son was a child, I used to deal with him in a certain manner. When he became a teenager, he was no longer the innocent child that I could cuddle and play around with. He had evolved. Read more…


The Boy With One Arm

There was once a young boy born with only one arm who wanted to learn Judo. So, he went to an old Japanese Judo master and asked him to take him as his student. The Judo master taught the young Read more…