#5 Suffering is not holding you. You are holding the suffering. — “Don’t be jealous with anyone. Don’t compete with anyone. Just focus on becoming the best version of yourself.”-Buddha Are you feeling stuck in life? Are you fed up with what you bring to the table every time you show up? Are you fed up with being the same person all…

#You use their trust to blackmail them — I was in the middle of an intense discussion with my colleague when he inadvertently diverted the topic to welcome another colleague. The three of us were good friends and mostly shared our time together so I didn’t understand the need to hide what we were discussing earlier. I got…

And missing one of the biggest joys of life. — That was a Booker prize-winning book and I wanted to finish it at any cost. So in spite of getting bored and frustrated with it, I gave it one more chance every few days. …

#1 - You don’t keep your words — Your family and your close friends will always love you no matter what. That is the bond they share with you. But the respect which they have for you will not stay forever. You have to earn that and constantly work to sustain it. And if you don’t understand that…

These mistakes can spoil a conversation even before it started. — The world is busier than ever. But also, reaching people has never been so easy. And that has made social etiquette a must-have. On top of that, there is no dearth of people with fickle egos who are looking for reasons to put someone down. With cutthroat competition everywhere, you…

The best exercise to make sure your life is on the right track. — “I want to be a disco dancer.”- I replied to the uncle at my birthday party who asked about what I wanted to become when I grow up. It stayed with me till my college life. I loved dancing. Then in college, the acting bug bite me and I did…

#3- Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. — The world has changed rapidly in the last two centuries. Before that, it has spent centuries developing the way society and we as humans function. But, still, the ideas given by the Greek philosopher Socrates tens of centuries ago have withstood the test of time. One of the great pillars…

Signals to know that you are living a life by others’ defined rules. — “If possessing everything is the ‘everything’ of my existence, maybe losing everything is the only ‘thing’ that I really need right now.”― Craig D. Lounsbrough I remember while growing up I had a dream of buying a watch of a particular brand which I did in my first year of…

And made me realize the superpower all of us have. — “Busy your mind with the concepts of harmony, health, peace, and good will, and wonders will happen in your life.”- Joseph Murphy “I have some internal clock within me. I can wake up whatever time I want.” There are certain incidents, certain moments, and certain words which have an ever-lasting…