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Is it possible to distill wisdom from ancient times to present day across all cultures into practical insights for achieving success? Tom Morris, an American philosopher, author and former p…

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The 7 Cs of Success

The 7 Cs of Success

  Is it possible to distill wisdom from ancient times to present day across all cultures into practical insights for achieving success? Tom Morris, an American philosopher, author and former professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame presented all the valuable insights into a simple, comprehensive, and logically connected framework of seven universal conditions for achieving…

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Can You Make An Hour?

Have you come across anyone who has not felt or said, “ There is so much I want to do. So little time to do it.” If you too feel that you don’t have enough time to accomplish whatever you want to, …

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Can You Make An Hour?

Can You Make An Hour?

Have you come across anyone who has not felt or said, “ There is so much I want to do. So little time to do it.” If you too feel that you don’t have enough time to accomplish whatever you want to, ask yourself:

Can I make, squeeze-in an hour a day?

If you wonder what could you do with an hour a day, consider what Orison Swett Marden said in his highly inspiring book, Making Life A Masterpiece,…

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Are You Willing To Pay The Price?

Are You Willing To Pay The Price?

  What do you want to achieve? Do you believe you can achieve it?

There is a good chance that you can achieve whatever you want to achieve if – and this is a big if – you are willing to pay the price. Consider what Scot Raymond Adams, the famous American cartoonist and the creator of the Dilbert comic strip and author says in his book, How to fail at almost everything and still win big: “ If you…

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Do you know that you are always noticed That you are constantly being observed? Your children are watching everything you say and do. Often,They may not do what you tell them to do. But they would …

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When You Thought I Wasn't Looking...

When You Thought I Wasn’t Looking…

Do you know that you are always noticed That you are constantly being observed? Your children are watching everything you say and do. Often,They may not do what you tell them to do. But they would always do what you do. You set an example and what lousy and do has an impact. You make a difference when you walk the talk. Making a difference is a great responsibility. Love always and know that you…

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Dying Slowly

Life, as someone wisely said, is a brief journey between two points namely B (birth) and D (death). What is between ‘B’ and ‘D’? It is of course ‘C’ (choice). Life, therefore is all about a matter of choice. Choice between living fully and dying slowly. How does one know whether one is living fully or dying slowly?

Here is a poem that is mistakenly attributed to the famous Chilean poet, Pablo…

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What I Wanted and What I Needed

What I Wanted and What I Needed

Here is wonderful poem that is often attributed to Swami Vivekananda, but no authentic source for this attribution is yet found.

When I asked God for strength He gave me difficult situations to face

When I asked God for brain and brawn He gave me puzzles in life to solve

When I asked God for Happiness He showed me some unhappy people

When I asked God for wealth He showed me how to work hard

When I…

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What Can We Learn from the Eraser?

What does the eraser tell us and what can we learn from it? Listen to this conversation:

Pencil: I’m sorry.

Eraser: For what?

Pencil: I’m sorry, you get hurt because of me. Whenever I make a mistake, you’re always there to erase it. But as you make my mistakes vanish, you lose a part of yourself and get smaller and smaller each time.

Eraser: That’s true, but I don’t really mind. You see I was…

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What Do You Make?

Taylor McDowell Mali, an American Slam Poet, Humorist, Teacher and Voiceover Artist wrote the very famous poem – What Teachers Make in 1999. The poem got copied, pasted, and sent by email by well meaning teachers and fans, wrote Mali sometime ago. Soon enough the poem became anonymous.

Even Thomas Friedman, the New York Times columnist quoted one of the anonymous versions in its entirety as part…

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Who Is Your Constant Companion?

Who Is Your Constant Companion?

I am your constant companion. I am your greatest helper or heaviest burden. I will Push you onward or drag you down to failure. I am completely at your command. Half of the things you do you might as well turn over to me and I will do them – quickly and correctly. I am easily managed – You must be firm with me. Show me exactly how you want something done and after a few lessons, I will do it…

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George Orwell's Six Rules of Effective Writing

George Orwell’s Six Rules of Effective Writing

  Eric Arthur Blair (1903 – 1950) is better known by his pen name, George Orwell. He was born in India.

An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in the twentieth-century literature. Animal Farm, his unique political allegory was published in 1945. And it was this novel, together with the distopia of Nineteen-Eighty-Four (1949) which brought him…

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If I Had My Life To Live Over...

If I Had My Life To Live Over…

  Here is an inspirational article – If I had my life to live over - written (also known as ‘I’d pick up more daisies’) by Don Herold (1889-1966). It was first published in the October 1953 issue of Reader’s Digest. He was an American Humorist, writer, illustrator, and cartoonist who wrote and illustrated many books and was a contributor to national magazines.

If I had to live my life to live…

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One Year to Live...

One Year to Live…

Anthony Burgess (February 25 – November 22 1993)

Anthony Burgess was 40 when he learned that he had only one year to live. He had a brain tumour that would kill him within a year. He knew he had a battle on his hands. He was completely broke at the time, and he didn’t have anything to leave behind for his wife, Lynne, soon to be a widow.

Burgess had never been a professional novelist in the past,…

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