Watch out for boredom in your career if your heart is not involved. Imagine you have an uncle you don’t like. But you need him. Imagine you are new in town and he is the only one who can get you a job and his place is the only place you can stay for a …
6 Effective Communication Habits Most People Forget
Conversations are not about “winning.” They are about learning. Everybody wants to be granted the gift of feeling understood. Everybody wants to be listened to. Everybody wants someone who does not attempt to “help” or “make” the other person feel better. Who does not try to fix a problem or thinking about a solution. You …
How To Be Successful By Taking The Negative And Finding Something Even More Profound
A positive outlook is an engine that accelerates your success in life. We all face negative things in life. You may have a boss who constantly belittles you. Maybe you have a family that doesn’t support your life choices. Or maybe your friends are not on board with what you want to achieve in life. Some …
A Law Of Change That We Usually Forget
Change doesn’t happen in grand gestures. You change by making ordinary that which you once thought was impossible. And that is a slow ride. It is progress. The journey is not a 100 meters sprint. It is a marathon. It takes time for change to materialize in your life. There is a saying I like: …
How Lasting Love Looks Like
Lasting love allows you to get rid of the mask. A rock was weighing on my soul for the past few days. No light and a twinkle in my eyes. All because a colleague stole my idea and presented it to my boss. I curled up like a fetus and sobbed uncontrollably. My partner drew me …
Open Your Heart Until You Hear It Crack ( Love Lessons)
Love is the biggest risk you can ever take, but like all the most dangerous ventures, it comes with the biggest payout. “I love you,” he tells me after he tightly clenches the toy I gave him to his chest. After a long day at work, I have taken a taxi to take me to an …
Why Emotional Intelligence Makes Us Better Humans
Lack of emotional intelligence is holding you back. Many times, we are dragged backward because we are not emotionally intelligent. You have a degree but you are afraid of how you are going to nail a job interview. You have a talent that you want to harness but you don’t know how to believe in yourself …
Keep Building Your Relationship Boat So That It Doesn’t Get Blown Away To Smithereens (Love Lessons)
Good relationships are consciously designed. “Forever” is built on a million little “now’s” Relationships are built when you value what it is rather than what you imagine it to be. There is love in your silly attempts to make things better when all you imagine and wish for is grasslands and green pastures. You work on …
Relying On Motivation For Your Work Is Like Relying On An Unfaithful Partner
Action begets motivation — not the other way around. “Show up for yourself, for your work, for your dreams, for your goals every day.” — Shaunta Grimes Hector Quintanilla, in an article he wrote about how to be motivated, says that motivation is like an unfaithful partner. You would not depend on such a person, would you? You have got …
Don’t Pursue Something Because “You Want To Be Great” (Lessons on Purpose)
Pursue something because it fascinates you, because the pursuit itself engages and compels you. “The fastest way to pass your own expectations is to add passion to your labor.” — Mike Litman Once upon a time, I had a co-worker who had no interest or dedication to a job of training others. Until we parted ways, I saw no …