Don’t Let Negative People Bring You Down

It is so difficult to remain focused on achieving your goals with all the noise around us from family, friends, colleagues and even strangers! Some people are just big balls of darkness who never seem to see the positive side of anything and who are very vocal about the problems they perceive. Being around aContinue reading “Don’t Let Negative People Bring You Down”

The Power of Admitting a Mistake

Admitting that you’ve made a mistake can be a hit to your ego. But arguing with or blaming others or trying to dodge by saying something vague like “Mistakes were made…” will only make things worse. It’s much better to take responsibility for the situation so that you can clear the air and move on.Continue reading “The Power of Admitting a Mistake”

When Ignorance Screams, Intelligence Shuts Up

The donkey told the tiger: The grass is blue. The tiger replied: No, the grass is green​. The discussion became heated, and the two decided to submit the issue to arbitration, and to do so they approached the lion. Before reaching the clearing in the forest where the lion was sitting on his throne, theContinue reading “When Ignorance Screams, Intelligence Shuts Up”

Make yourself your TOP priority

I believe we should all be a bit more selfish. We should all prioritize our own needs. We should take care of ourselves before taking care of other people. In his book “12 Rules for Life”, Jordan Peterson has a full chapter about how most of us are actually better at taking care of other peopleContinue reading “Make yourself your TOP priority”

What Hard Times Teach Us

While difficult times can feel like a deep dark hole that we can’t escape and we often wonder “Why is this happening to me?”, there is a silver lining to tough times. It’s through difficult times in our life, that we are able to grow. It’s when we are tested that we are able toContinue reading “What Hard Times Teach Us”

How to Stop Running and Start Living

It’s difficult to pin down the moment you joined the rat race. It just sort of…happened. I remember when I just started working I didn’t have much money. I split the rent for your crappy apartment with roommates, got a second-hand old kinetic, and sustained myself on maggi noodles quite often. Yet, I, like mostContinue reading “How to Stop Running and Start Living”

Going Against the Flow

In life, we’re often told to “go with the flow.” Meaning, the flow of energy, the flow of events as they unfold. The implication here is that we shouldn’t struggle against forces beyond our control. To do so is to expend valuable energy that’s better exerted elsewhere. It’s my feeling that people who are passiveContinue reading “Going Against the Flow”

Oshun – The Goddess of Love

In an ideal world, relationships would be easy. We would give love freely and generously, and receive love with ease. We would be upfront with our wants and desires and rationally communicate with one another if our needs aren’t being met. We would not try to coerce someone to feel a certain way — includingContinue reading “Oshun – The Goddess of Love”

Fill up your cup

You can’t pour from an empty cup. Do you intentionally fill up your cup? With careers, businesses, and families, we’re high-performing achievers that always try to give our best to everything – and this takes a lot out of us! Many of us understand that we need to fill our cup, but we don’t. SomeContinue reading “Fill up your cup”

Wabi-Sabi – The Beauty of Imperfection

Centuries back, in the height of the Japanese autumn, in one of Kyoto’s majestic gardens, a tea master asked his disciple to prepare for tea ceremony. The young man trimmed the hedges, raked the gravel, picked the dried leaves from the stones, cleared the moss path of twigs. The garden looked immaculate: not a bladeContinue reading “Wabi-Sabi – The Beauty of Imperfection”