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Month: March 2021

Your Actions Matter More Than Your Words

The words we speak usually convey the intention we have. However, it is the actions we take that convey the truth about our intentions. I promise my wife that I will be home by 6.30 pm to drive her somewhere. Read more…


Don’t Shoot The Second-Arrow

Second-Arrow

There are many times in our lives when “shit” happens-an an arrogant boss, a break-up, mounting debt, a pink-slip, etc. It can feel like life is an unending parade of one shitty problem after the other. The standard template advice Read more…


Do The Right Thing Even When No One Is Watching

Do the right thing

I am sure many can relate to this. You are in a meeting with your teammates. A colleague is presenting something, and everyone is doing their own thing. Someone is checking emails while someone else is checking Instagram on the Read more…


Are You Contributing?

Contributing

All of us look at success from the standpoint of career growth, money earned, and assets accumulated. That said, we cannot define success only by what we have. It can also defined based on who we are. Successful people are Read more…


Stick To Decisions Made

Decisions Made

Practise makes perfect. Anything we do consistently becomes a habit, a skill, and a strength. If I run every day, I become an efficient runner, or If I cook every day, I become an accomplished cook, or if I practice Read more…


Are You Living Someone Else’s Desires?

desires

From the time we move into adulthood, most of what we want in our personal and professional lives is picked up through the society we operate in. What my friends are doing, my parents wish for me, or what my Read more…


It’s Ok To Feel Guilty

guilty

A weekend contemplation: Guilt is the voice of your conscience. When you feel guilty about something, it means that somewhere deep down, you have a regret about what you have done. Guilt is the rudder in your mind that helps you Read more…


Be A Child

I am sure all of us have noticed this. When a child is unhappy or sad about something, we ask the child, “what is wrong? Why are you unhappy?” In contrast, if we come across an adult(your spouse, sibling, or Read more…


Peace Is What We Desire

When we think of stress in the context of a physical object, it comes from opposing forces that act on the object. Imagine a rope being pulled in two opposite directions; it is under stress. As individuals, stress happens when Read more…


What’s Your Operating System?

A computer, for it to function, needs an operating system. The operating system’s purpose is to manage the computer’s memory, processes, and all of its software and hardware. Without it, the computer is useless. If the Operating system is corrupted, Read more…