The last day

The other day, after a couple of drinks with friends, I was asked a seemingly innocent question which was along the lines of ‘What would you do if you knew you had just one more day left to live?’. I answered that I’d workout in the morning, have a hearty breakfast, call the few important …

Here’s to a great life!

What do you mean by ‘a great life’? Or rather, what makes a life ‘great’? This question has been bothering me for the past couple of days and I decided it was time I wrote down what I felt about it and hopefully try and arrive at a decent answer. Is the greatness of a …

Do virtue and success go hand in hand?

How often have we heard that good things happen to good people? As if, being virtuous guarantees success in life. Sure, it is good to be good but to believe that being good entitles you to good things in life is ridiculous and bordering on delusional. Bad things happen to 'good' people just as much …

Perfectionism

How often have you heard someone say that their biggest weakness is that they are a perfectionist? Being in the HR field, I know that I sure have heard it enough times to write a blog post about it! Perfectionism is quite possibly the most favorite flaw of people. In fact, so much so that …

Moving on

After writing about death and perceptions, it is only fair that I write about something else that is close to my heart, grief. How often have we been asked to ‘move on’ after the loss of a loved one? When this happens and after the socially acceptable period of grieving is over, you are often told …

The curse of the perfect start!

How many of us have kept postponing something just because the time wasn’t right? I know I have. In fact, I am pretty sure that I am not the only one who takes the saying ‘A job well begun is half done.’ way too seriously. In my desire for starting off on the right note, …

Approval Seeking

We thrive on approval. Whether it is a 5-year-old who shows his latest artwork to his parents in anticipation of their adoring applause or a 35-year-old who dresses to impress, we are constantly seeking approval, though often unknowingly at times. This may even be traced back to our times as hunters and gatherers when often …

Nepotism

Nepotism is quite a heated issue of contention these days. Almost everyone is up in arms against it and rightfully so. Nepotism usually entails the blatant misuse of power and/or authority and it has enabled people of lesser abilities to reach positions that would have otherwise been inaccessible to them. It has over the years …

To tell or not tell?

A wise person once told me that an unpleasant truth was best left untold. It is something that had made a very deep impression on me. In fact, I believe that many of us might have unknowingly followed the same advice at times. How many of us have hidden a nasty truth from someone we …

Perceptions

I’ve always believed that we see what we are, as in, who we are, colors our reality. Our beliefs, culture, religion, nationality etc. shape the way we view the world. In simpler terms, they decide which shades of color we see the world in. For instance, ‘A rolling stone gathers no moss.’ is a very …