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 […]
Category Archives: Applied Philosophy
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Sep
Sep
“Busy is the new Stupid” – Warren Buffet He said in a conversation with Bill Gates about time. Being crazy busy has become a badge of honour and a message to your colleagues and friends that you must be very, very successful. WRONG!!!! It has been found that the most productive and successful people, we […]
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Jul
Jul
Going through a rough patch in your life and wondering how to be happy? “Life may not be going well for you now, but as long as you are here, as long as you press forward, anything is possible. Hold on to hope.” – Motivational speaker, Nick Vujicic What is a rough patch in life? These […]
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Jul
Jul
Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours. – Dale Carnegie Monotony, Boredom, and Frustration are buzzwords in today’s work life. Are you the one who […]
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Jun
Jun
Are you bogged down by expectations? Expectations of others Expectations of your own Expectations of circumstances Expectations of surroundings You are not the only one! The day we are born, expectations start chasing us, so much so that we start growing up under the weight of expectations of our parents, grandparents, siblings, friends, teachers… Sometimes […]
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Jun
Jun
If you have regrets in life, then you are not alone or an exception. All of us have regrets in life. Understandably, what is gone is gone, there is no point in crying over spilt milk. Still, we do it despite being warned by our elders. “I am not a product of my circumstances. I […]
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May
May
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” Ferris Bueller Just as everyone has their definition of success, we all have slightly different ideas of what constitutes a high-quality life. However, there are some steps everyone can take to make life more enjoyable. Just taking […]
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May
May
Why failure is a great teacher? It teaches us about ourselves. When we fail, we learn things about ourselves that we would never have known otherwise. We learn what we are good at, and what we need to work on. This self-knowledge is invaluable, and it can help us to be our best selves. Thus, […]
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Apr
Apr
I live in Mumbai, which has a tropical climate and you do not experience extreme weather here. Hence, it works well for not-so-young people like me or old people like my mother. This January, I visited my mother in Greater Noida to experience some severe cold there. It was in a long time since I […]
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Mar
Mar
A company in MP’s Indore is in the news for a different reason. It wants its employees out – no not the way of laying off, but leaving the office at a stipulated time every working day. Sounds strange? Yes, it does! Probably, the times are getting passe when working rather than sitting late was […]