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Month: August 2022

Living Up to Your Own Expectations

Expectations

Too often, we let someone else- our parents, boss, investors, co-workers, society- define our success. I want you to get to the best college, and your life will be made. Parents say to their kids. You should look to grow Read more…


That Moment

Moment

Reproducing below one of my favourite blogposts by Seth Godin. That moment When you are sitting right on the edge of something daring and scary and creative and powerful and perhaps wonderful… and you blink and take a step back. Read more…


Clarity Comes From Action

Carity

A common problem I observe is people struggling to take the first step because they worry they aren’t ready. In their minds, there’s always something more they need to learn, think about, or plan for. Because of this, they put Read more…


Weekend Story-UBUNTU

Ubuntu

An anthropologist once visited a tribal village in South Africa. He spent the day engaging with the tribe members. Then, in the evening, he gathered all the children in the village and proposed a race.  He placed a basket full Read more…


As A Man Thinketh

As A Man Thinketh

In his 1903 literary classic As A Man Thinketh, James Allen alludes to the power of our thoughts in shaping the reality of our lives. If I had to condense the book’s wisdom into one simple sentence, it would be- we Read more…


Trust Yourself

Trust Yourself

A colleague recently shared with me his struggle with taking decisive action when dealing with complicated issues. As I worked with him to uncover his underlying issue, it became apparent that he was trapped by the fear of making the Read more…


Life Is Short-Live It Fully

Live Life

“You live as if you were destined to live forever, no thought of your frailty ever enters your head, of how much time has already gone by you take no heed. You squander time as if you drew from a Read more…


Focus On the Essential

Essential

Recently, I was speaking with a young mentee who asked for some advice on how to be more productive at work. I felt it was important for me to leave him with a tiny byte of wisdom that he could Read more…


What’s Inside You?

What's inside

One of the common disempowering beliefs many of us carry is that other people can hurt us. This belief manifests as a victim mindset where we blame or criticize others for how they make us feel. How do you feel Read more…


Ten Witty Quotes

Some quotes never cease to raise a smile while making you think. Here are ten such quirky yet insightful quotes from my collection which I am sure will make you chuckle. Don’t blame a clown for acting like a clown. Read more…