The lie we were told as kids

Most of us had a childhood of competing with others. Get more marks than your competitor. Higher rank. Go to a better college than them. These were (and unfortunately still are) the parameters that defined success for us as kids. Except: Everyone is running their own...

The best thing about childhood

Of the entire childhood of waiting for summer vacations, having crushes, that little pocket money and having nothing to worry about, what do we reminisce about the most? That when we were we, we were free. That when we were authentic, life never brought in anything...

Self-imposed feelings

There is always a reason behind how we feel. If the reason for that feeling is someone else, why blame ourselves? It will pass. If we are the reason, why blame someone else? It’s time to fix it. The key is to find the source. Our feelings are self-imposed. If we...

Should you be a good human?

I recall during my first job, unable to understand why things functioned in a certain way, I asked my boss: “How is it that some people have so much work and some hardly have any work?” She said, “Good people pay a far higher price for being good, than bad people pay...

Is it incorrect to make mistakes?

We’ve all made mistakes. We still do. We will continue to. However, the first mistake rarely brings any harm. Ignoring the mistake and not learning a lesson from it causes real harm. Because we’ve wasted a learning opportunity. Because we might repeat the same mistake...

It’s risky

To go for the career of your choice. It’s risky.To choose your happiness over society’s validation. It’s risky.To leave the comfort and chart for new territories. It’s risky Of course it is risky. But isn’t not taking that risk a bigger risk?