Monday Morning Musings

One big network

I am writing after a long long time. I mean I have written captions and some other stuff but this long format ‘Monday Morning Musings’ type of an essay- after a long time. And this has definitely been inspired by Pious writing his blog with such involvement- The Scenic Route.

Leaders don’t make followers

If you want to be a leader- in any field in your life- don’t make followers. Create leaders!

Reason #1

You will learn so much more in sharing your craft/skills than you will in hiding them in the fear that no one can else…

Money and the things that matter

Make a list of everything that makes you happy. That sounds like a lot of work. Fine, make a list of the top 5 things that make you happy.

Now see how many of these things can be bought using money?

Open to everything; tied by nothing

This is the state of mind (read: being) that I function my best in: Open to everything; tied by nothing.

When I find myself in this state or more accurately put when I go through life in this state and later reflect on it; I realize that the…

Two kinds of prescriptions

There’s the kind of prescriptions that work and the kind that don’t work. By prescriptions, I refer to a recommendation or a note that a person in authority puts forward.

When you go to a doctor for a viral fever that is bugging you and you get handed a…

My problem with identities

Today marks one month of me starting a new consulting assignment as the Health and Wellness Officer of a diagnostics lab.

This morning just as I clicked on the compose button to write what was to be this today’s original musing, I got a call pertaining to…

A kind experiment

Let’s do a quick exercise before I share the experiment with you.

Close your eyes and assess how you feel right now- at this exact moment. Try to be objective about it- don’t be self-critical for feeling whatever it is that you find yourself feeling. Just close your eyes…

In-flight announcements

Most of us would have taken a commercial flight at least a few times and heard their in-flight safety announcements (or heard other similar announcements in life- at a traffic signal, railway station, etc)

Wounds of Owing

In my continuing research on how I could live a more authentic life, I came across the concept of ‘Wounds of Owing’- it resonated with me and I believe most of you will be able to come up with examples of having experienced this in your life.