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Three Steps that can help you achieve Financial Freedom
Financial freedom -one of the most sought-after financial goals in life Personal finance is mystified by financial advisors assessing your financial situation. They would not agree on what financial freedom means, but the phrase “Financial freedom” itself gives a clue about what it is. It is, in plain english, being financially free. It is building […]
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Ring the bells that still can ring
Leonard Cohen crooned, rather perfectly:Ring the bells that still can ringForget your perfect offeringThere is a crack, a crack in everythingThat’s how the light gets in These are the kinds of lines that set you free. Free from the compulsion of producing something perfect. Free from the obligation of creating something that can not be […]
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Can Flow be a worthwhile goal?
People all over the world report being frustrated with their job. In this report about the office workers in UK, 97% of people reported frustration with work. When you ask people why they continue to work in the job that cause them being frustrated, the most common reason is that of money and security. In the modern […]
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The Vast Sea of Ignorance
When one feels overwhelmed and demotivated by looking at someone else’s knowledge or skills, it is a great strategy to put things in a perspective. This strategy is based on reality of individual limitations and capabilities. The sphere of knowledge in the world is vast. One may say infinite, but that may not be true. […]
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Book Review – Your Money or Your Life
“Your Money or Your Life” has such a simple message, that you may end up thinking, “Why didn’t I think of this before?”, yet, behind that simplicity is a profound truth about the role of money in our life. Most of us take the value of money for granted, with that also the message, the […]
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When was the last time you did something for the first time?
Staying in the comfort zone is … well, comfortable. You do something that you have done many times before, and you do it better. You are comfortable, you have the confidence, and you do it well. Why would anyone try anything new? You try something new because you have to. When your current strategy, current […]
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The realities of pleasure and pain that drive the enjoyment of daily life
In this article Mark Manson ruminates about the joys of ordinary life. Some of the examples he gives impart another lesson – pleasure and pain are relative. An ordinary cup of tea on an ordinary morning would taste like the best thing in the world when you have experienced a debilitating illness previously. On the other hand […]
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Arguments about transient issues do not deserve your time
One of the major drains on one’s productivity is the time spent in arguing about transient issues. You will find people who are passionately on either side of an argument and would go on for hours, when the resolution of the issue is already there somewhere or is going to manifest itself in some time. […]
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Ask Atul : How do I stop the compulsive desire of helping others when they do not seem to need the help?
You are in a WhatsApp group and someone asks a question. It is directed to specific people – you are not included in the list of those people. You somehow feel you should have been asked. And probably the person who asked the question did intend to ask it to you. It is just that […]
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Ask Atul : What has been your biggest career mistake?
The biggest career mistake I have made is to assume that there is something called career mistake. Let me explain. When we use the word “career mistake”, we are referring to an incident in our lives when we took a certain decision that turned out to be “wrong” later. It may be that we rejected a […]