Working on your strengths or weaknesses?

Strengths are our trump cards. We already have an edge over them. They make us start ahead of everyone else. Weaknesses are our jacks. We will have to work more than everyone else to even be at par. Then why is it that people are told to work on their weaknesses and...

What if our work won’t stay forever?

In Japanese culture, there is a painting technique called Buddha Board. We paint with watercolours. As the painting dries, the colours fade away, so does the painting. The work, no matter how beautiful, is no more. What if every work of ours was on a Buddha Board? It...

Are you a student? Forever?

Given how rapidly everything changes now, I often wonder what is the most important skill of the 21st century? Is it to code? To become an AI expert? To be a storyteller?  I believe the most important skill of the 21st century is the ability to learn something new,...

Find the artist within

Have you ever heard an artist say, “I would love to work less.” “I wish I could get away with doing less.” “Let me figure out a way to bypass the hard work” An artist, truly in love with their work, would never think of their work like that. Because for them, their...