I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else
I was recently re-watching the series, House. There is this episode featuring a doctor who gave up on her cancer research when she was quite close to figuring a cure. She decides to drop it all one fine day – to become a sous chef and attend book clubs. There is a lot of discussion …
Have you heard Baz Luhrmann’s Sunscreen Song? “Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young”, commonly known by the title “Wear Sunscreen” was written as a hypothetical commencement speech by columnist Mary Schmich As relevant today as it was 10 years ago. Probably the only thing I had stuck on my walls when in …
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Are people happier by changing their environments? A new job, a different car, moving countries, maybe a more receptive spouse, a better behaved kid or investments that grow at 14%? For the longest time I assumed so too. Asked myself pointless questions – should I have done an MS instead of an MBA? Should we …
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I took up this course called Semiotics during my post graduation. If the subject was a person, we’d stand on two extreme ends of a football field, for the left-brained person I was. I remember the professor showing us an image of a pipe, titled “Ceci n’est pas une pipe” French for “This is not …
Do you know that feeling of Guilt combined with Fear? The kind that envelops you when you know you are wasting time glued to your screen instead of studying for an impending exam. That probably is normal [and requisite] if there is a exam to write the next day. I felt that almost on a …
What would I recommend to my 20 year old self? Someone I mentor asked me this recently. Counter-intuitive as it sounds, I would say invest in holistic personality development vs. only stellar academic credentials. Being the nerd that I was, I spent every spare minute poring over books, fighting with professors over the 2 marks …
What do you think are the ingredients for Happiness? Sonja Lyubomirsky, a psychology professor and a popular author on the topic of Happiness summarized the common elements we usually consider on what it takes to be happy – A comfortable income– Robust health– A supportive marriage and– A lack of tragedy or trauma She noted …
Life is not happening to you – life is happening for you. This is a powerful shift in our attitude. This morning, the topic of my meditation was highly relevant to our times. On resilience. The guide narrated a story that was simple yet thought provoking – one I have recounted below. Given than most …
“If you can raise somebody’s level of positivity in the present, then their brain experiences what we now call a happiness advantage, which is your brain at positive performs significantly better than at negative, neutral or stressed. Your intelligence rises, your creativity rises, your energy levels rise” Shawn Achor, as per Wiki, is ‘an American happiness researcher, author, and …
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One lazy evening, sitting by the window, I was thinking about the diplomatic, contentious statements we tend to hear all the time. Things like this – Money doesn’t buy happiness People don’t judge you based on Race (or if you are an Indian, insert ‘caste’) Looks don’t matter Parents don’t ever play favorites among their …