Yesterday, I was listening to James Clear (author of Atomic Habits) speak to students at Ohio State University. One question and his answer really stuck with me. The question was about short-term and long-term goals and how we manage both. Personally, I’ve never been a great goal setter. I am trying to change that.Without goals, achievement is never an issue because there’s nothing to measure … Continue reading Having a Decade View of our Life
Recently I read something. I don’t even remember where, so apologies if you’re reading this and it was your idea. The point was simple yet powerful: “Have a good attitude for no reason.” It made me pause and reflect. We always have reasons for being in a bad mood, things that frustrate us, disappoint us, or make us sad. As human beings, we’re constantly influenced … Continue reading Having a Good attitude for no reason
I have lived in United States for close to 25 years and Thanksgiving has been a tradition I came to know after coming here. Infact Father’s Day, Mother’s Day and Halloween were all alien to me till I came here. I had some sense of Valentine’s Day but not at the scale as it is popular across the globe today. Thanksgiving has over time become … Continue reading Thanksgiving to New Year!
Dan Heath’s book ‘Upstream’ starts with a story which has come to my mind over and over. And every time it hits hard… Two people standing next to a stream see a baby floating. One of them jumps and saves the baby. Immediately they see another baby floating. The other person jumps and saves. Then another one and one after other more come… They cannot … Continue reading Stories that hit us hard
A few years back I was driving back after going to an Elementary School to judge some literary work by small kids. My 9 year old son who is now 15 was sitting in the car behind me. We were having some father son time together driving back and forth. I had NPR playing and it was a discussion about the Private Prisons for illegal … Continue reading 362/365 The essence of being human is to never leave humanity out of our sight just like we never leave our kids from our sight
We all have different ideas about who a friend is, or who we consider to be a friend. I am sure we also do not go to the dictionary to find it out. Because we all are very sure about what we know. Oxford Dictionary says a friend is “A person with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically one exclusive of sexual … Continue reading 361/365 – A Friend is someone who will show you the mirror without worrying if you will take offense
There are so many bad things happening around us. So many things that you want to be involved in as well. It is like you feel guilty if you do not speak up. One after the other, the issues you want to speak about never end. And then a point comes when you think, why is the world so bad? The other day I was … Continue reading 331/365 When do we choose Hope
I recently bought a pair of slip ons. That is what I have been wearing often. But I also have a pair that have laces. The few days back I picked that up and I put in the right shoes and started tying the lace. I felt something was not right. Not as it should be. But I carried on and put on the other … Continue reading 281/365 Tying my shoe laces
For those who don’t know who Ginger is. She is our 5 months old Puppy. We got her from a shelter in January. My panic when I figured out how tough it was to take care of a Puppy, I returned her back to the shelter. They have a 90 days return as many owners find out they cannot handle it. I did that return … Continue reading 269/365 How is Ginger doing?
I often find it amusing when I sometimes think to myself that I cannot change. I have also heard that from people. In this world even when change is inevitable and we know it… a resistance to change exists in every walk of life. So a strong call for change need to come from inside. Maybe we all have a different perspective of change. ‘How’ … Continue reading 264/365 Our Ability to Change
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