Humans are social beings. But being social is often mistaken to being dependent.
A self-reliant and self-assured person can make better connections with others. Connections that meaningfully resonate, last a lifetime and are fulfilling to both parties.
In a nutshell be thy best friend and companion – no one’s coming to rescue you.
Lazy are the people who have enormous energy and ambition. It’s just that they channelize it just right. Precise utilization actually makes them more effective and efficient than most others. These spurts of productivity leave others with amazement.
So now you know how that GenZ employee brought in the brilliant idea at the eleventh hour or how that pot-bellied, 9-5 routine following middle aged accountant cracked the formulae just in time for the CFO review. Laziness can lead to accidental greatness 😉
Empathy is quite a buzzword for leadership. Does it mean being sensitive and warm rather than uptight and cold? Would too much empathy be mistaken for meekness and indecisiveness?
The gift of empathy tends to make one emotional but the lack of it is worse as it makes one mechanical. So make small talk, check on an ailing colleague, loop back on the favor you promised – let empathy complement your talents and skills. Afterall people matter 🙂
Don’t believe it? Let me prove how.
Earning your own money gives you financial independence to have saving-spending-splurging habits on your own terms. Bringing in a paycheck helps build security for your future & a retirement nest for your sunset years.
Apart from direct monetary benefits, being a breadwinner empowers you to have a say in major decisions of your family. It’s gives you strength and confidence to prioritise your time & resources the way you want. So dearies, keep earning not to build just your finances but also your confidence, self esteem and the courage to be your true self.
Whatever your mode of work; stay wary of the propoganda that retirement is the period to fulfill one’s dreams. I am fully supportive of retirement but since life is here & now why wait. Rather live your dreams today onwards.
A lot of our time (& resources) would be drained by the time we turn 60 – loss of muscoskeletal strength, cognitive alertness and even finances which would have been aptly spent in raising a family. One thing in plenty would be time at hand and the will to spend it your own way; but the folks to spend it with maybe handful, or sadly even none 💔
Let’s start living our passions, dreams, hobbies and endeavours from today. Better start a 10% today than wait a 100% for later!
Yes they come haunting; the demons; more often than not. To uproot your present reality, remind you of the past scars and sometimes promise you unreal future.
But you can be stronger than you think you are. So spin them around to reinforce your past – good, bad or ugly. Emerge resilient to face the decisions you took and own them. Living up a 100% to your decisions is a myth, so, stay rooted in reality and give yourself a pay on the back for achieving even 50%. Afterall, no one can live in your shoes permanently, save you!
That’s where beauty lies, right? Similarly, being able to enjoy the arts is also a subtle art in itself. Here appreciation stems from the refined taste of the one consuming it – whether it’s by listening, viewing or reading it. Appreciation for art especially the classical forms can be a lesson in patience. Ever yawned while reading a well known classic book and blamed the weird English or slow pace of the storyline – been there, done that.
Try slowing down and seeing through the beauty of how a few carefully placed brush strokes can create a wonderous marvel on canvas. Or how striking co-ordinated notes can bring music to the ears. Or how stringing words together can bring out the emotions in a prose.
It’s about looking beyond the everyday chaos and tuning in beyond the daily noise to be able to find art in mundane. I won’t say it’s refined or acquired taste but prioritization of where one wants to spend their idle time
Or the art of killing time? Allowing your mind to wander and not be occupied with something. Staring across an expanse of blue sky or warmth of your home’s ceiling – not filled with sadness but a subtle warm glow of peace and contentment.
For a working mother like me, such moments are rare and precious. Away from the calling of work or the duty of parenthood, I find myself surrounded by existential questions like ‘What’s my purpose?’, ‘What do I identify as?’ and so on.
I now think life’s a journey of such questions stringed around the fielding of daily chores and duties. One can either be a hermit by renouncing it all and answering them or keeping up with the family ties and stealing those ‘me-time’ from all the busyness. There is no perfect answer so choose the one that suits your bill.
Stuck in a rut? Or molded by habits?
Disciplined or dull? Stability or Stagnation?
Being in a constant state of flux is inevitable – each day is different and we always have choices to make. You may choose to be a fixated person and a (wo)man of routine yet inflexibility doesn’t yield much good. Like they say a rolling stone doesn’t pick much moss, so staying open to embrace change helps in the longer run.
From a mathematical lens, life’s a complex equation with multiple variables, so choose your constants and keep adjusting for the unknowns. After all going with the flow, never hurt anyone.
Beauty has become skin deep – literally. From injectables, fillers and intravenous infusion of essential ‘skin nutrients’ the beauty business has been booming thanks to ever-increasing standards of beauty and the omnipresent desire to be youthful forever. While it’s an essential for folks in the business of beauty, more and more regular folks are also opting for their dose of vitamins. Either as a means of self love or to stay presentable in their domain of work (read CXO etc). Afterall social media has hyped splurging on oneself as the equivalent of self love – if you can, why should you not!
So here’s the myth-bursting for poor you who is doing resistance training thrice a week & 150 minutes of cardio, getting the prescribed dose of beauty sleep and eating clean. Yet you are left wondering why your signs of aging aren’t in reverse as those insta-worthy snaps of the modern day celebrities!
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