Murthy, and Learning to Chill..!
“Throughout my life, I worked over 14 hours daily for six and a half days a week,” Narayana Murthy Was just speaking to a childhood friend who mentioned sadly that he never knew his dad, because his dad was a workaholic, which inspired me to write this piece: In today’s…
Choose Good Friends..!
In my book, ‘DARE’, 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 it is prudent to choose your…
Battles are Lost Everyday..!
Something I tell my would-be writers is that editing your story or article or letter is as important as crafting the piece. In fact, I am also party to such a fault, and have a cousin of mine who regularly corrects my mistakes. I am thankful to her for patiently…
Cultivating Stillness..!
Yesterday I had written on ‘pressing the pause’ button, but how do we press ‘pause’? How do we cultivate the habit of stillness? According to Karin Lawson, a psychologist, you can even cultivate stillness while walking on a busy street, even while chaos swirls all around you. Some spots could…
Golden Rules for Career Success..!
Here’s some interesting tips to all those who are intent on making a success of their careers” Says Richard Moran: Business is made up of ambiguous victories and nebulous defeats. Claim them all as victories. Keep track of what you do. Be comfortable around senior managers. Never bring your boss…
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.