Our best friend may become our worst nightmare. The things we actively avoid might one day become our favourite collectables. Even highly organised people might decide to go with the flow. Life plays with us in mischievous ways. Nothing is certain or for sure. Nothing...
With every response, we are either being lifted up or dragged down from our intellectual level. When I retaliate blindly to teach others a lesson, I lose immediately, as they succeed in pulling me down to their level. But when I return kindness, I win, having elevated...
Perhaps it is within my control to be happy. I can respond to my environment by choosing happiness, allowing my emotions to support that decision and sustain a sense of contentment. Yet, the reality is more complex. In certain situations, it may not make sense to...
Don't let those mean people take your goodness away. They want you to be like them. They want you to act like them. They hope one day you’ll mirror their mean actions. But don’t let them. Keep your goodness intact.
We all make assumptions, and while it may not be practical to validate everything upfront, the real trouble arises when we are unaware of these assumptions. When we don’t consciously recognise our assumptions, we risk believing them as truth. Sometimes, it is too late...
How do you influence others? How do you provide feedback? How do you get others to make decisions? How do you make a sale? There are thousands of these "how to" questions, and millions of tactics preached by countless experts. But in my opinion, much of it is noise,...
Life is not fair, and there’s no inherent logic within the randomness that surrounds us. Events unfold without necessarily having a reason, and nature neither works for us nor against us. When we place ourselves at the centre of the universe, we fall into the trap of...
On autopilot, we often make assumptions about outcomes, judgments about others, and decisions about future events. More often than not, we convince ourselves that we know what we're doing. However, if we were to keep a log of our thoughts and decisions, we might be...