Chasing validation

The cool kid will always have opinions of you.The boring kid within you will ache to do anything to get their validation.It is going to be fascinating to leave who you are and be what they are. Except, that isn’t success.If changing yourself could bring you...

Focus, and lack of it

Focus is something we choose for our own selves. For the life that we have chosen. Our career. Focus makes us accountable.  But there is another perk of that focus: The right kind of focus leads us to stop focusing on what others are doing wrong, and start...

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...

A comfort worth seeking

Comfort is a trap.It’s worth sacrificing – for your happiness and for your growth.It sadly seduces us into believing that we don’t need to try. However, one comfort is worth always living with: Comfort in your own company. The world is designed to tell us to...

“Nothing” is powerful

Of the many lies we were sold as kids (and upon growing up), this one always triumphs: Something is better than nothing.Selling a part of your soul is better than your soul making no money. Except that when we are empty, we feel our truest emotions. It is in solitude...

Why do people change?

Someone was kind to you for a long time.Now, all of a sudden they’ve become rude. This leaves you questioning.  How could they change? Why did they change? Did I do something wrong? Somehow it has started affecting your self worth in that relationship. ...