Respect

When I had dropped out of my PhD and came back to India at the age of 24, I had no plans, no goals, no direction, and no money. Ma and Papa weren’t too happy, however, I didn’t give them a chance to express their unhappiness. I still remember that day.I was brushing...

Your marks do not define you

If you scored well, it is not your grades, but your hard work that will help you continue to succeed in life.Focus on your work, not your marks. If you did not score well, remember that life is much bigger than your grades.They are NOT going to define your life. Do...

The chains that stop us

A man was visiting an elephant farm. He got there, to see massive (almost wild) elephants. But they weren’t caged.There was nothing holding them, except for a weak iron chain tied to one of their legs! To express his surprise, he went up to the owner. “I must...

7 things I wish I knew before my first job

Just because someone is good at their work doesn’t mean they will become good managers.Managing oneself is very different from managing others. You grow professionally by making your boss’s life easier. What counts is 5 years of experience.Not 1 year of...

How to find motivation?

We are motivated to do things ONLY under 2 circumstances. 1. We like what we have to do! ?Think about it – we rarely require motivation to do the things that we like doing, things that we want to do. It just happens.Without any push. You could just as much be...

What do you want to do?

Not a single day goes by where people write an email or send a message, with a question they are struggling with. More often than not, these questions are around their present situation and how they are not happy with it. Someone is tired of their job.Someone hates...