Carrying the baggage of people

Carrying the baggage of people with substandard thinking, unsettling behaviour, and ego-driven motives is deeply exhausting.Sometimes we are bound to such people through relationships, contracts, or long-term commitments. Despite our best efforts to change...

Speed and efficiency always come at a cost

More, faster, cheaper, more efficient should not be the answer to everything. Speed and efficiency always come at a cost. Often, that cost does not need to be paid. In fact, there are situations where slowing things down is not a weakness but a strength. Think of a...

Scarcity drives expansion

We are constantly navigating between two optimisation modes on the resource spectrum. When resources are scarce, the constraint is production. Our focus is on creating more.When resources become abundant, the constraint shifts. The focus moves to extracting more value...

Business of making complexity look simple

DIY is the business of making complexity look simple—so simple that it convinces us anyone can do it. From recipes and cookbooks to leadership advice and software implementations, solutions are packaged to appear effortless. Buy the product. Follow a few steps....

The Cost of Losing the Child Within

The Cost of Losing the Child Within Perhaps we lose more than we realise when we lose the child within. We lose the curiosity to learn and grow, while staying busy proving ourselves.We lose joy by trying too hard to appear serious, mature, and grown-up.We lose...

The choices we make today

We are often told that the past creates regret and the future creates anxiety. The antidote, we are told, is to stay fully awake in the present—to observe our thoughts and actions as they unfold. But the present does not exist in isolation. Our past experiences...

Happy New Year

As we close 2025 and step into 2026, we celebrate and welcome the year ahead. New plans, fresh hopes, and quiet aspirations begin to form. But a year becomes new only when we sow something new today. A seed of clearer thinking. A seed of deeper observation. A seed of...

Suffering is deeply linked to our blindness

Our emotional suffering is deeply linked to our blindness. Often, we do not know what we do not know. Even when others try to point things out, our default response is to keep navigating in the dark. We continue to suffer, adjusting to problems and challenges that...

10 Ways to Stay Unhappy

10 Ways to Stay Unhappy Have expectations from others that they are not aware of.Expect people to read your mind. Feel disappointed when they don’t. Quiet resentment is a reliable source of unhappiness. Keep your mind open to whatever comes first.Let every distraction...

Transformative moments!

Small observations and seemingly insignificant incidents can change our direction and transform us completely. Think of a prince who encountered sickness, old age, and death—ordinary sights for the world, yet powerful enough to make him walk away from a life of...