Coming from an engineering background, I didn’t have any idea about psychology. I knew some things vaguely. I had seen some people were effective than others but I didn’t know why.

I had never read about it or thought about it properly.

It was the interest in investing in financial markets that led me to read about it. Why? Because I had initial failures. I wanted to figure out what was going wrong and that led me to read about behavioral finance.

I understood that success in financial markets doesn’t depend so much on how intelligent you are, but on…

Isn’t it amazing how life just takes over and we don’t even realize it?

Sometimes we get so busy that we forget what is important in life. And then one day, you get that feeling — perhaps I should have slowed down a bit.

It is easy to get going pursuing dreams, goals, and whatever excites you, day in day out, and burnout. Just like the engine, our body and mind work the best with optimal use. Neither too much use nor too much rest is good.

Deep down, you know, you need to relax. You need to take time…

So much happened in the last year. I have been working in an IT services company since 2002. I had not expected I would experiment and innovate in the ways I work as much as I did in the past year. I am sharing with you one recent innovation I did in this article.

I have been through those days when I used to work on desktops. I would have to travel to the office if I had some urgent work over the weekend because I didn’t have the laptop. Just imagine. So much had changed in recent years.

Until…

You might have wondered about your purpose in life at some point in your life. Maybe when you are unhappy after a day’s work, or maybe when you were sad for some reason, or may be when you are alone.

With each birthday, you might feel a year has passed. When you see grey hairs, you might even wonder, the time you have left is less. Do something. You circle around and think:

• What exactly I want to do in my life? What is my goal? What is my passion?
• What am I here for? …

Two years back, one Friday evening, my 7-year-old son asked me to buy Rubik’s cube. He had seen someone trying to solve it in his school and it looked cool. He was eager to solve it.

So, I bought him one while coming back from the office. It was a 3*3 Rubik’s cube. He was so happy to hold it in his hands. He moved the edges and corners. Soon, it got scrambled. He tried to align all the colors but couldn’t do it. It was hard.

So he asked me to teach him how to solve it. I had…

It is hard to feel good when you lose anything. Even a simple game. But it can be a blessing in disguise.

That’s what I learned from a simple table tennis game I took part in. It was a small tournament, organized by local clubs, with participants from in and around Philadelphia. Little did I expect to learn an important lesson on that day.

It was a Sunday morning. I reached the venue by 9 am and enrolled myself. The tournament had players of different skill levels. So after the initial enrollment, the tournament organizers divided the players into 5…

From time to time, I come to a point when I realize — perhaps, I should have slowed down a bit.

Have you felt that way before?

It is easy to get going pursuing dreams, goals and whatever it is that excites you, day in day out, for months together and burn out.

Energy oscillates like a pendulum. When you have high energy, you produce something from that energy. You spend it. Sometimes you go overboard and burn out. When energy moves from high end to the low end, you feel the need to rest.

Just like the engine, our…

Recently I visited my native. My father, 80 years old, told me this story.

It is from the ancient text, Ishavasya Upanishad.

I was impressed how these mythological stories told in a simple way can have deep philosophical meaning.

This is the story of 2 Artists and a painting.

I found it to be interesting and could take away a few lessons that I am sharing in this article. The story goes something like this.

There was an artist who came to King’s palace from some other country. …