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…
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…
No Prophet from Galilee…!
How famous Galilee is today! From Galilee came Jesus, who changed the world and changed our lives. But what did the scribes and Pharisees think of Galilee? In John 7: 52, they said with disdain about Jesus, ‘Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.’ That’s it. They…
Unlock Your Fearful Mind..!
Suddenly little online ads are appearing on social media, telling us what to eat, what not to eat and the illnesses and diseases you can get by eating the wrong food. It doesn’t stop there, other ads mention wrong ways of exercising, the wrong way of sleeping and we are…
Reservations for You and Me..!
Today, in our country, everybody wants reservations, with some leaders in the country who have divided the people saying that even our beloved country should only be reserved for those who worship in one particular way! And as the word, ‘reservation’ gets bandied about, my thoughts go to ‘reservations’ on…
Learning from Mr Kapoor on the Terrace..!
I watched as my wife trudged across the living room with a bucket of clothes to be washed. I watched again as my younger daughter also trudged across with a bucket of water to water the plants. “Hey,” I shouted, putting down my newspaper. “What’s happened to our maid?” “She…
Those Cheap Cars Around Us..!
“Our engineers burned the midnight oil to produce this car,” said the MD as he showed me into his factory in the outskirts of the city, “and after the lockdown, we thought this was just the car for your highly strained pocket!” “And this car will cost less than a…
Give Me A Path of Ease..!
“Oh Lord,” I prayed this morning when I woke, “Give me a path of ease!” I had slept badly last night, thinking of a meeting I had with troublemakers who were bent on creating a disturbance at an AGM, and I longed for ease and calm, till I remembered the…
Forgiveness With God’s Help…!
As a rule I don’t look at horoscopes, but found one literally jumping onto my face, saying that my star sign, which is Scorpio, doesn’t allow me to forgive easily. “Aha!” I said. Because something I find very hard to do on my own is to forgive. I try but…
For Want of a Nail..!
So, you have a dream of a start-up business in mind? One that will revolutionize the industry? You feel it is the need of the hour and one that will certainly earn you millions! Wonderful! But how much time have you put into research? No, not research on developing your…
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.