Category Archives: Applied Philosophy

How to rise & shine when life knocks you down…

Do you like to fail? Would you like to fail? No way! “The secret of life is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.” -Paulo Coelho. Failure is another bitter truth of life. We need to accept it with open arms. Nobody wants to fail. All of us want to win and achieve […]

Adversity, the best teacher!

Adversity is a part and parcel of our lives. There is not a single soul on this planet who has not faced adversity. Even if you are very successful, moderately successful, or not so successful, handling adversity in life determines you. It is not that successful people have not faced any adversity (as perceived), they […]

Think you are AWESOME!!

“You are a firecracker in everything you do. Celebrate yourself every day.” ― Hiral Nagda  It has been noticed that in our conversations with our family members or friends, whenever we talk about people, we say, “He is just awesome!” But do we ever say, “I am just awesome!” which you are? It is not considered […]

Are you bogged down by expectations?

“Expectations” the word churns mixed emotions in all of us. Sometimes we feel nice and happy about having some expectations from a loved one, whereas sometimes we are thinking about expectations that we have unmet. Life swings between these two situations. Here, we need to strike a balance between met and unmet expectations. Having expectations […]

Invest in yourself…

To begin with, what do we mean by investment in yourself? In the Indian milieu, as parents we invest in our home (where our family lives), children, higher education, instruments, gold, car, etc. but never in ourselves. Our needs and desires take a backseat when it comes to us. We keep on postponing investment in […]

Communicate Effectively!

Once, an extremely clever guy said, “A fool is made more of a fool when their mouth is more open than their mind.”  I think most of the problems in life emanate from the fact that we do not communicate effectively. The best example of this scenario is political debates on national television where nobody can […]

Chains are in your head!

You want to break free but cannot because you cannot or you would not?  You need to decide, how you want to live your life – Chained or Free! Obviously, everyone wants to be free like birds, but is this a possibility? Rarely! “Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? […]

Are you able to find your purpose?

Do you often ponder what is the purpose in life? What are you working for so hard? Would you be able to achieve what you want? Do you doubt whether you will be able to achieve your purpose in life? Are you bothered being surrounded by these questions? You need to seek answers! Many of […]

Value friends, value friendship!

Value friends, value friendship! Friendship, the term evokes many emotions. All of us become nostalgic about the friends we had to leave in our life’s journey. There are many types of friends like neighbourhood friends, colony friends, parent’s friends’ kids, school friends, school bus friends, college friends, office friends, pen friends, virtual friends, and in […]