Tag: Nature
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Why best of partners part their ways in worst manners!
George Clooney, famed Hollywood actor was adjudged as one of the most eligible bachelors in the world, until he decided to tie the knot with Amal Alamuddin, an international and human rights lawyer, in September 2014. Press has written lot of love stories and quotes for the couple; but, it has now reported that their…
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Are modern day science n stress making us more sick or superstitious?
Current US President Barack Obama has revealed in a recent interview that he always carries in his pocket a statuette of Lord Hanuman, small Buddha, silver poker chip etc. and seeks inspiration from same when he feels tired or discouraged. But, he has said that he is not that superstitious. He is not alone; he…
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Nature demands balancing; else we end up paying through our nose!
US was recently hit by one of the severest snow storms, affecting 80 Million people across 20 states and causing serious disruptions and damages. On 26-December- 2004, world was shaken by great Indian Ocean tsunami, which had released energy equivalent of 23,000 Hiroshima type atomic bombs, as per U.S. geological Survey and killing more than…
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Biggest blunder in our world – dealing with “wrong” by going wrong!
To deal with what has gone wrong, we tend to adopt wrong ways! Most of us feel justified in doing so and in that process, we go more wrong and commit more blunders!! Above self-justification usually comes in 2 ways: Justifying what one does is in our DNA. Therefore, we generally don’t care whether our…
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What simple and sincere employees or people can do to prevent being manipulated!
To be simple and sincere are invaluable qualities; but irony is employees or people in general, possessing these, are often at the receiving end! I have witnessed and I am sure, several or most of you have experienced how simple and sincere people suffer and complex personalities succeed. The latter walks over the former and…
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Throes of a dilemma – to be thick or thin skin!
Consciously or unconsciously, everyone faces predicament that in a given situation, to be sensitive (thin skin) or insensitive (thick skin)! Trend of sensitiveness is set by one’s genes; but it is very much possible to alter it by making conscious efforts and practice. A right degree of sensitiveness helps a lot in your relationship, liaison,…
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Strange but true – good writing, speaking and execution skills seldom coexist!
You need ideas to write, you need ideas to speak and you need those to execute; yet research and surveys show these 3 skills normally do not exist together! Pick the names of great authors, barring few exceptions, by and large they were not great communicators. Take examples of effective corporate mentors, they make poor…
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Why on becoming wealthy, you tend to work either for Greed or God!
Let us first understand meaning of wealthy here. It means anything which is in excess of your needs – be it money, means, wisdom, talent or skills. There are very few, who inherit wealth in all forms. If someone inherits lot of money, he/she could be short of wisdom or skills, or vice versa. Dearth…
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Can Real World ever be an Ideal World?
All of us dream of an ideal world! Can it ever become a reality? Or what we consider as ideal is only a dream, a piece of fiction or imagination? Is it that our definition of ideal world needs to undergo a change? These are valid and natural questions, which do come in the minds…
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Tallest truth of our time – Nobody knows what is Nothing!
“Nothing” is one of the most commonly used words; but paradox is that none of us knows what it is! Our conventional understanding is that “nothing” means “absence of anything”. Scientifically, spiritually and philosophically, nothingness has great significance. Though scientists are still grappling to understand or discover correct theory for origin of Universe, one of…