I almost gave up hope

Class 6 Dad had just lost his job. We were under severe debt. Desperate for money, he started working at a corporate gifts biz.  That night, we had to fill ball pens with refills, to be paid per 100 pens. The room was full of pens. And I asked “how will we...

Money is NOT the root cause of all evil

??From an early age, thinking about money was not encouraged. It was the unsaid rule that money is important, but thinking about it is evil.After all, money was the reason behind the fights, the wars, the disagreements. Now I know, it is not money that is the cause.It...

Routine and self respect

An underrated impact of having a routine is self respect.  Think of all the promises you made to yourself and broke.And what it did subconsciously to your self respect.  And think of all the promises you made and kept.And how that made you feel you could...

The power of reading

I read every day.For 30-45 minutes, early in the morning. Only non-fiction.No specific topic.Anything that intrigues me. How it has helped me is to connect the dots from multiple fields, personalities, and experiences. I remember how Stoic Philosophy helped me design...

What I learnt from Ma

Ma always stood for perfection.But she has a very interesting and inspiring definition. Perfection is when you do something with such finesse that people are left amazed at how you even did it.But for you, it is not a big deal.  It is a habit.It is natural. I...