The 90/10 Principle

This will change your life. Atleast the way you react to any situation from now on ! Lets pass it along and try to adhere to it shall we?
Author: Stephen Covey
What is this principle? 10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you choose to [...]

Words to think about

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” –Maya Angelou
Beautiful words aren’t they?
This is one of the reasons why I love to cook and eat. The reason I love animals and being around them. The reason I like [...]

Imperfections

Why does all meaningful thinking that I do, come in the shower???
A thought crossed my mind about imperfections. I am always amazed by the arrogance of humans (including myself) about our overstated optimism and confidence about our abilities, luck, looks, sex appeal and brilliance. The thought rose up in a context of business when I [...]

Life Lesson

I’ve learned that no matter what happens, how bad it seems today, life goes on and it will be better tomorrow.
Too rosy and ideal to believe? Yup I always thought so too, until recently.
Whenever I had a bad day or in my case, bad few years(!) , if someone quoted the above statement to me, [...]

Irony of Life

I write about the irony of life because we are told that the only person one can change is oneself. YET, it is the most difficult task to shake off a habit like smoking or an addiction like overeating. Think about it.
If you’re the only person you can change, then why is it so hard [...]

Perception

I love this picture because it is very important to visualize and see what matters most.

and the ONLY thing that matters most is how you see and perceive yourself.

Essence of Life

Read the words beyond this literal translation in english and the raw words. There is a sense of pure bliss and a huge sense of relief that creeps up when it truly hits you and when you really get it.

You are who you are

I really enjoy this quote which beautifully captures the essence of the important concept of being who you are, and being true to yourself  in every decision you make and at every moment in your life.
If you want to be someone you are not, you would’ve been created that way to begin with!
“Be what you [...]

I smile everytime I read this story

Here is my favorite story/quote from one of the most interesting books I’ve read. I have mentioned this story ( in the ”How Happy are you” post)  and reviewed the book previously. The book is “The Practice and Philosophy of Decision making : A Seven step Spiritual Guide” by Neeraja Raman.
Here’s how the story goes :

A big cat [...]

True Bliss

“We must like what we have, when we don’t have what we like.”
- Roger de Bussy-Rabutin