The Art of Being Bored..!
Something I remember with a smile is walking into my children’s rooms years ago, and seeing one or the other staring out of the window listlessly, “What’s up?” I would ask, and knew what they were going to say, as they yawned in my direction and said, “Daddy, I’m bored!”…
Choosing Good Friends..!
In my book, ‘DARE’ which should come out quite soon, I have a chapter, ‘Dare to Make and Keep Friends’, but today I’m not going to quote from my book but about choosing friends! As the old adage says, “A Man is known by the company he keeps” and so…
Scared of Rejection?
Most of us are scared of rejection, aren’t we? I remember years ago, when I worked as a salesman in my dad’s company. So, there were times when I nearly made a sale but the customer would say that he would call the next day and confirm the order. I…
Vikram’s Moon Landing..!
What did you think of our attempt to land on the moon? Disappointed? Or did you feel we are not big enough to attempt something so huge? I’m going to quote from my own book DARE, which is to be launched in a month. The chapter I’m quoting from is…
Laugh at Yourself..!
One of the biggest remedies to any situation is the ability to laugh at ourselves. We don’t have that ability and, so, half or more than half of the problems in our country arise out of the fact that not only can we not take a joke, but we cannot…
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.