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I was asked on Quora – How do I rebuild my life after getting ruined almost fully due to a bad marriage? This question rings a bell with lot of people who suffered due to a bad marriage, financial losses or another catastrophic failure. Many of us get too focussed on something that we know […]
Keep ReadingI found this question, “How to overcome depression?”, so relevant that I also put up this answer on my YouTube channel. Watch it here: Someone asked me this question: I am 22 and I feel stuck in life. I don’t know what I want. What should I do? My answer is as follows: There […]
Keep ReadingMeditating and cleaning your mind are the same things. Cleaning your mind begins with meditation and continues till your mind is perfectly clean. A perfectly clean mind is also ‘No Mind’. In yoga, it is referred to as Samadhi. However, before even talking about Samadhi, one must start meditating. First steps in meditation are like […]
Keep ReadingMy personal favourite must read books that I tell youngsters to read are listed herewith. I have had the pleasure of mentoring and coaching many young people (in 20s) and their feedback on these books has further cemented my belief in their motivational power: The Richest Man in Babylon by George Clason – The reason […]
Keep ReadingSomeone asked me this question recently on Quora.com, how do toppers study?. Here is what I came up with. Just like one size doesn’t fit all, top students also have different styles of studying. I will share some of the styles that I have come across at IIT Delhi and XLRI Jamshedpur: Phodu. Simply cracks […]
Keep ReadingSomeone asked me this question – why should I develop the studying habit? The person who asked this was a student. First thing I told her was to broaden the question to cover not only studying but reading habit as well. Studying refers to what we do as students but reading is something that we […]
Keep ReadingDuring my recent vacation to the mountains in Himachal Pradesh, India, I had the pleasure of reading about Elon Musk. I can safely claim that if there is a superman alive today, it is Elon Musk. I have always followed news about him with great interest and consider him a true visionary. This is because […]
Keep ReadingFirst of all, let me clarify. I am not confident all the time during public speaking. Sometimes I am and sometimes I am not. So, what makes me confident at certain instances of public speaking? Preparation. Preparation. Preparation I gave a talk in front of 50 odd managers of a Multi-national company based on my […]
Keep ReadingThis topic is very close to my heart. I used to be a night person throughout my student life and during early professional life as well. However, being a banker, I am supposed to be alert during day time, with long working hours and uncertainty in the length of working day. So, being a night […]
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The story of Kavita The whole of my life, I have looked for inspiration from the super-achievers. But after reading every biography of the super-heroes, somewhere you feel that they must have had extraordinary talent. Of course, hard work played a role but maybe I don’t have that talent. But for last few years, I […]
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