The Pickpocket..!
This was a piece I wrote while in college, after being pickpocketed and losing the princely sum of ten rupees. I sold this article for fifteen later and remember making a profit out of a catastrophe: ‘Pickpocket!’ shouted the crowd at the other end of the station platform. I watched…
Being Bored Again..!
After yesterday’s column on the Gift of Boredom, I decided to delve a little more on the benefits of being bored: Enhanced creativity: Boredom can force your mind to wander and explore new ideas. When you’re not focused on specific tasks, your brain has the opportunity to come up with…
Enthusiasm Starts with Appreciating Others..!
“Enthusiasm makes ordinary people extraordinary…” … Bruce Barton A man had died and the whole city mourned his death. At a club everybody discussed his life and also reminded each other of one characteristic or other that had made the departed one loved by his friends. Finally a…
The Power of ‘Pause’..!
It’s been nearly a year since I walked into a plane to Goa, sat next to someone who was busy on her laptop, and then heard her say, “We both are speakers for the same event you know!” Ridima Wali, the same leadership consultant and communication coach it is, who’s…
Turn Your Motor On..!
A property owner was looking to buy a saw to cut down a lot of wild forest trees on his property. He goes to a chainsaw shop and asks about various chainsaws. The dealer tells him, “Look, I have a lot of models, but why don’t you save yourself a…
Robert Clements is a newspaper columnist and writes a daily column, which has graced the pages of over 60 newspapers and magazines, from a daily column in the Khaleej Times, Dubai, the Morning Star, London, and in nearly every state in India, from The Statesman in Kolkata, to the Kashmir Times in Kashmir to the Trinity Mirror in Chennai.