Say Yes, to No..!
Something that happens to many writers is to discuss a plot or story line, before they’ve written it. The first thing that happens in such a discussion is that you have given the other person leave to shoot down something brilliant, before it has taken shape on paper. Also you…
Hearts On Fire..!
A few years ago I was asked if I’d teach the art of public speaking to some people from an economically poor background. That day, I looked at a motley set of people and as I began to speak my heart sank; they looked anything but people who would one…
The Joy of Work..!
If you’re waiting for a windfall, you may go to the grave waiting, because fortune favours the man or woman who plods and puts in hard work every day, and that work should become a joy to us, not a drudgery! William Feather, publisher and author, said: “In the hundred-yard…
Opportunity at Our Feet..!
There are many of us who sigh and wish opportunities would come by. Lecturer Charles Hobbs talks about a woman who lived in London over a century ago. She saved what little money she could working as a scullery maid and used it one evening to hear a great speaker…
Adjust Your Sails..!
I notice that on certain mornings I get up worried, “Worried about what?” I ask myself and realize it is just a habit and most people get out of bed worried every morning! We are worried about ourselves, our jobs, children, health and just about everything, and a little later…
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.