Making the best of holidays

Just as a puppy can be more of a challenge than a gift, so too can the holidays. John Clayton With the Divali season around the corner, a sizeable section of the people in India are already in a holiday frenzy. Soon thereafter Christmas would be around the corner and practically three fourths of the [...]

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Shaping your future

When did the future switch from being a promise to a threat? Chuck Palahniuk The average person is always fearful of the future and unfortunately almost everyone who is reading this identifies with this. Part of our fear stems from a subconscious reality called death which we know will overtake us in the future and [...]

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Making the best of holidays

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell. George Bernard Shaw For those who are wondering why this blog has not been updated, let me clarify that I was on a holiday in Mysore and Waynad (Kerala). While it was a  well planned and refreshing break, I did occasionally feel guilty that I [...]

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The secret to your future

Your future depends on many things, but mostly on you. Frank Tyger All of us, me included have a hundred different reasons and excuses to justify why we haven’t realized our full potential. The reality though is that nothing absolutely nothing is going to chance the past. Yet irrespective of one’s age, social status, financial [...]

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Dont let tomorrow mess up today

If you are afraid for your future, you don’t have a present. James Petersen There are times, when each one of us has got this sudden unexplainable feeling of fear, panic and helplessness when thinking about the future. Such fear when it comes occasionally is useful for us to be aware of our own mortality, [...]

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Make the most of today

Make the most of today.  Translate your good intentions to actual deeds. Grenville Kleiser Every one is born good and so for the vast part of our early life at least, each one of us gets up with a feeling that the day will be wonderful and that there is a lot of joy for [...]

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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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See the silver lining

Too many people miss the silver lining because they’re expecting gold.  Maurice Setter For almost all of us, counting our blessings is tough because our focus is on what we covet and we take for granted what we have. In such a scenario each day brings more frustrations than good cheer because when one of [...]

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Personal Progress

The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving. Oliver Wendell Holmes Many of us must be reasonably happy that we have a comfortable life, possibly a reasonable bank balance and a harmonious family life.  Yet there could be times when we find ourselves [...]

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Plan and be ready

Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success. Henry Ford No one can emphasis the importance of planning for it is the most critical step in the preparation process which in turn ensure that we are ready to start anything.  Preparation goes a very long way in ensuring that we are successful in [...]

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