Most of what we desire is mimetic (mi-met-ik) or imitative, not intrinsic. We want to buy an iPhone because so many people have it. We want to go on…
Life School Message
Why Am I Often Expecting The Worst?
“I notice a lump on my leg. It looks a little strange. Has it grown? Is it discoloured? I keep looking at it and wondering. I think it’s definitely grown…
Everybody makes mistakes. Not everybody knows how to respond to a mistake.
Is that the difference between a life well lived and a life lived in a well (remember the story of the frog in the well?). What has been my…
The Wolf, the Announcement, and the Hero
Just when life is going on smoothly, along comes a setback, a #pandemic, a huge numbing loss, a heartbreak. Just when our fairy tale seems poised to come true, a wolf…
Handling Difference of Opinion
Once Mahatma Gandhi was visiting Shanti Niketan, the abode of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore. At the end of the visit, before he left for Kolkata, he wrote in the visitor’s…
Fear of failing, rejection or making fools of ourselves.
We have fear of failing, rejection or making fools of ourselves. Solution: Most fears are born out of our imaginations and nurtured without any roots. It often has…
Did you know about the 4 major strengths to live a great life?
1. Problem-solving – Problems are always going to be there. Most in the world focus on problems. A rare few focus on solutions. These few who focus on ‘solving problems’,…
In pursuit of goals, how to overcome obstacles?
– You want to become a professional dancer, but your parents do not support you. – You want to become a celebrity chef but you do not have enough…
Who are the ‘Will Get Things Done’ people
Philip II of Macedon was conquering Greek city states left, right and centre. Sparta stood isolated, relatively weak and without walls. Philip sent a message to the Spartans saying “If…
Pain is a Consequence, Suffering is a Choice.
At the ripe young age of 96, Sadhu Vaswani slipped in the bathroom and broke his hip bone. The pain was excruciating yet he lay on the hospital bed…