Paddle with the Current
Thoreau wrote: “You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land, there is no other life but this.” A couple of years ago, while my husband and I were on vacation,...
The Magic of Gratitude
Educating oneself to make gratitude mean something that cannot be taken for granted, and always eager to seek out and value the kind that will stand behind the action. Nothing that is done is a matter of course. Everything originates in a spirit for the excellence, which is directed at you. Train yourself never to...
The emotionally intelligent way to success!
Emotional intelligence is the intrinsic potential to feel, use, communicate, recognize, remember, learn from, manage and understand emotions. To do this well one must also learn to manage emotions to extract the maximum benefit. Raising your EQ is not just another theoretical concept from Goleman, but an effective arsenal for one’s upward progression. As a...
Passion brings out the best in us
Passion is the fact that brings out the best in us. Aristotle wrote: ‘All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion and desire.’ Passion is not very difficult to define. It is clearly about two words “I can”. If reaching the top is the aim, then...
Life’s Momentum
Have you ever seen the clouds? What will happen if they always have the same shape and are always in the same place? Richard Bach rightly said that ‘if perfection is stagnation, then heaven is a swamp!’ Change and momentum give life to living. There are three keys to creating unstoppable momentum in your life....
There are no secrets to success
We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents. Whatever be the route, to be successful is everyman’s dream. The mind is constantly seeking definitions of success and the elements responsible to get nearer to it. When a...
Step into the IIM of your choice!
Performance is the doorway to results. If you wish to MBA your dreams, the day to give your best performance has been decided. The door which opens to the world of fame, recognition and success is awaits your knock. Yes, we are talking about CAT 2006 which is a dream of all those who’ll be...
The Power of Dreams
Years ago, two normal guys got together in their garage and came up with an idea. They wanted to build the world’s first personal computer. All the “experts” told them that they couldn’t do it – and IBM was the “only game in town” – but they listened to their hearts and they launched –...
The DNA of Personality
Jean Piaget wrote: “The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done – men who are creative, inventive, and discover.” It is important to lay emphasis on activities that add value to learning. The academic pursuit of a student must...
Success through analytical and calculation skills
‘CAT 2006’ notification is out and once again CAT has changed its colour. This time the most prestigious management entrance exam is going to be of 2½ hrs with some more minor changes like percentage criteria in graduation etc. One goes to the extent of saying it is the most prestigious exam, and enough evidence...
