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There’s No Such Thing As Overnight Success

Overnight successes don’t happen overnight. Stories of overnight success are a myth, or greatly exaggerated. And no great thing is created suddenly. Rome wasn’t built in a day. No great thing is created suddenly Epictetus Steve Martin, the famous comedian, summarises his stand-up career in the following words: “I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. TenContinue reading “There’s No Such Thing As Overnight Success”

The Four Re’s

Chasing our dreams and goals is never going to be an easy ride. We are bound to get exhausted, overwhelmed, frustrated and even have thoughts of giving up. When I go through this gamut of feelings, I know it is time to take a break to reset, readjust, refocus and restart. Dale Carnegie used toContinue reading “The Four Re’s”

Priorities

Keeping the main thing the main thing makes sense only if you know what’s the main thing. Many a times we are drifting like a falling leaf, going where life takes us, blissfully unaware of where I’m going and what I’m doing. Many years ago, during my Jesuit days, I was introduced to the ‘4-Square’Continue reading “Priorities”

Mistakes do not define you, they refine you

Mistakes do not define you, they refine you. It’s easy to lose focus on the big picture, on your future when your day to day life consumes all your time and energy. There is no doubt that living in the present is important. However we tend to look at the past and dwell on eitherContinue reading “Mistakes do not define you, they refine you”

It’s so easy to get disheartened, demotivated and dejected when we look what everyone else is doing and then compare it to what we are doing. We only see one side of the story. We don’t know the full picture. At the same time, it’s important to understand that each one of us is uniqueContinue reading “Focus”