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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Destiny is NOT a matter of chance…

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. William Jennings Bryant If you are one of those who tend to lapse into bemoaning the ill luck that seems to constantly shadow you, now is the time to pause and have a relook at events that apparently seem to have spiraled [...]

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Walk the talk…

“I must do something” always solves more problems than “Something must be done.”  Author Unknown How often do we find ourselves wringing our hands in frustration and loudly proclaiming that something must be done. It could be some trivial issue at work or home or it could be something that evokes nationalistic pride but far [...]

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The little things add up

Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things. – Frank A. Clark As you read this post, notice that it is actually alphabets put together to form words which are placed logically to form sentences. The sentences in turn are arranged sequentially to ensure that a [...]

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Duty Calls

The habit of doing one’s duty drives away fear. Charles Baudelaire Many of our fears stem from our tardy and lethargic behavior which results in us postponing our work, avoiding work and taking our duties casually. As a result suddenly the piled up work, the extensive rework that we have to do and the unavoidable [...]

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Using our potential

Why should I deem myself to be a chisel, when I could be the artist? J.C.F. von Schiller The one thing that many of us have great difficulty in is really understanding our own potential. In the first place we cannot really identify our interests in life. Then we find it hard to really identify [...]

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Kinship

Acceptance is the truest kinship with humanity. G.K. Chesterton Kinship is relationship and while we would like to believe that we have no personal biases when it comes to interacting with people, and that all of humanity is one, ask your conscience if it is really so. We may not make out preferences apparent, but [...]

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Generosity in Practice

Generosity gives assistance, rather than advice. Vauvenargues The temptation to give advice (some of my posts are testimony to that) is looked upon as a right mainly because it is given free, does not have tangible responsibility attached to it and the consequences if adverse are faced by those used the advice. There is also [...]

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Perseverance

They who are the most persistent, and work in the true spirit, will invariably be the most successful.  Samuel Smiles For many people starting a task is tough, but for most people, the real difficulty is to persist and complete a task. The problem starts when our initial enthusiasm is dampened by obstacles in the [...]

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