Finding your way in life

Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.  Howard Thurman Many of us meander through life with a sense of regret that we have neither achieved anything nor made our mark in this world. One reason [...]

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Confronting difficulties

In time of difficulties, we must not lose sight of our achievements. Mao Tse-Tung Difficulties are found in every walk of life be it in personal life, in the work environment, in the family, in business, in sports, in social communications etc. Obviously in an ideal world, we would hate to be faced with difficulties [...]

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Discovering the real YOU.

Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. Thomas Jefferson Many of us spend a lot of time pondering over the future and going around in circles confused and fearful about our fate. We shy away from finding out answers to some fundamental questions like Who [...]

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How to make best use of criticism

“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.”  Winston Churchill Most of us are natural critics but very few of us accept criticism with an open mind and the right attitude to learn from [...]

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Activating intelligence

Action is the real measure of intelligence. Napoleon Hill Without exception, each and every normal individual is blessed with some skill sets and intelligence. Yet when we look around we find that there is a very small minority that has actually utilized their knowledge, their intelligence and their abilities to grow and make a mark [...]

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The art of being smart

Half of being smart is knowing what you are dumb about.Solomon Short In our own way, each of us would have some competencies that give us the edge over others but that does not necessarily mean that we are smart. When we can recognize our competencies and simultaneously be aware of our deficiencies and work [...]

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Acknowledge limitations to learn and grow

The person with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection. Johann von Goethe As human beings we are all prone to make mistakes, tend to stray from the acceptable norms and succumb to our personal limitations and weaknesses.  Some mistakes could be trifles like overlooking the niceties in a social situation, others [...]

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The key to learning

He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning.  - Danish Proverb It was Rudyard Kipling who wrote the Poem that began as follows I keep six honest serving-men (They taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When And How and Where and Who. Almost all of us have [...]

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The power of example

Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it is the only thing. – Albert Schweitzer Our initial learning is from imitating others particularly our parents, grandparents, neighbors, the au pair or nanny and those with whom we are in close contact. Obviously we end up learning both the good and the bad from [...]

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Playing second fiddle

We cannot all be masters. William Shakespeare The reality that we can aspire to be someone we crave to be does not lessen the pain of realizing that we may not realistically achieve it. The human ego, human temperament and human thinking often conspire to fool us into believing that we have it in us [...]

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