Insincerity is exhausting

The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere. Anne Morrow Lindbergh Insincerity could take many forms; be it succumbing to laziness, being unfaithful, remaining ungrateful, lacking earnestness or simply being tardy and casual in what we do. Simply put insincerity is being disloyal. When objectively analyzed, the act of being insincere takes a lot [...]

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Value of time

A man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life. Charles Darwin The challenge for us with respect to utilizing our time effectively is to define what waste of time is. For a person who enjoys his/ her sleep, sleeping more than the norm of8 hours is never [...]

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Work holds the key to success

Success comes before work only in the dictionary. Anon There is a mistaken notion carried by many that the rich and famous have been very lucky to get the success they enjoy be it financial rewards, fame and / or fan following. True, some of them are fortunate to have a lineage or the benefit [...]

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Trust begets trust

The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him. Henry L. Stimson Human nature being what it is, we tend to have strong likes and dislikes largely based on our perceptions which in turn are deeply influenced by our biases and prejudices. One of the most  common bias pertains to assuming that [...]

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Step by step

I recommend you to take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves. Lord Chesterfield Look around and you will find that people are scurrying around, frantically trying to meet some deadline; be it catching the pubic transport or finishing an assignment or speeding up their physical exercise routine because they [...]

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Do your best

Nothing of worthy or weight can be achieved with half a mind, with a faint heart, and with a lame endeavor. Isaac Barrow Observe children playing and you will notice, that they are enjoying with gay abandon their pursuits. If we analyze this phenomenon, you will realize that it is not just that they are [...]

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Work

What I do, I do very well, and what I don’t do well, I don’t do at all. Anon Many of us are palgued by the bad habit of biting off more than what we can chew. Partly,  it is because we are forced into it by superiors but mainly because we have a misplaced [...]

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