Ideas and practices to unlock the genius in everyday life
“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.” ― William Wordsworth Writing can be a wonderful way of self-expression and telling your own story. Whether you write a journal, pen a few lines daily or if you are wanting to write your book, the art of writing confronts many of us at some time […]
“Only when we’re brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.”― Brené Brown, Daring Greatly A few years before, I came across a book called The Gifts of Imperfection and it immediately captured my attention and I wanted to learn more. I had been grappling with recovering perfectionism and […]
“I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.” -Walt Disney What do highly optimistic people do differently? Have you ever asked that question before? You may be highly enthusiastic and optimistic at times but at other times it may […]
“Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past.” – Douglas Horton Are you constantly comparing yourself to others? Does the comparison to others stack you favorably or does it make you feel bad and generate unhappiness and discontent? Let me tall you a story from my past. There was a time when […]
“Habits of thinking need not be forever. One of the most significant findings in psychology in the last twenty years is that individuals can choose the way they think.” – Martin Seligman It may not be inaccurate to say that one of the major goals of humans is to be happy and increase the levels […]
“When life does not go our way or we inadvertently make a mistake, it is so easy to make excuses, place blame on others, or argue that circumstances were against us. But we only progress in life to the extent that we take responsibility for our actions and attitudes, and put forth the initiative necessary […]
“The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.” ―Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Marcus Aurelius Augustus was the emperor of the Roman Empire from 161 to 180 AD, and one of the important stoic philosophers. Marcus Aurelius wrote the famous work Meditations in Greek. Meditations is widely regarded as an exceptional work on […]
“You do not need to be the designated driver of someone’s intoxicated ego.” ~Dodinsky Do you get frustrated by people and events that thwart your progress by getting you side tracked and distracted from what you really want to be doing? Do you feel like whenever you put out your work out there, you always […]
“I know not what I appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore” – Sir Isaac Newton This is part-2 of the 2 part series on how to be creative like a child. Read part-1 here. Here is a summary of Part 1: […]
“I wept because I was re-experiencing the enthusiasm of my childhood; I was once again a child, and nothing in the world could cause me harm.”― Paulo Coelho, The Pilgrimage This is part-1 of the two part series on how to be creative like a child. Children are endlessly curious, creative and express an unhindered […]
“love the life you live. live the life you love.” ― Bob Marley What makes you happy? You may be relatively happy in your life but you may still have small annoyances and issues that take away from experiencing enhanced and sustained happiness. What are some of the small tweaks, the little changes in direction […]
“Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all is a form of planning.”― Gloria Steinem Many of us go through life feeling like we should not expect the very best. You may be cautious and careful about what you expect from your life. You may also feel like […]
As a creative person, you will have to continually try new things and stretch your limits of imagination and venture into uncharted territory. I believe that every single one of us is highly creative but some of us have forgotten that we can rekindle the creative fires and unleash our creative adventures in new ways. Here is […]
“Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.” ― William Shakespeare Have you ever felt really excited about a new venture and wanting to take big action but then the self-doubt begins creeping in? Do you really want to do something or take up a […]
“O ka makapo wale no ka mea hapapa i ka pouli.” If you’re going nowhere, you’re guaranteed to get there. The ancient beliefs and practices of the Hawaiian people have been practiced for a very long time. They were brought into the mainstream by Max Freedom Long who went to Hawaii in 1917 as an […]
One of the side effects of a busy life with many choices and decisions is the nagging feeling of overwhelm. Can you think of a time when you had so many things on your list that you did not know where to begin? I think that overwhelm can be described as the numb feeling of […]
“That inspiration comes, does not depend on me. The only thing I can do is make sure it catches me working.” ― Pablo Picasso What are some of the myths of creativity and creative people that just do not seem to go away? Have you heard the following before: Creativity is only for artists. I am not […]
“Among the mechanisms of human agency, none is more focal or pervading than the belief of personal efficacy. This core belief is the foundation of human agency. Unless people believe that they can produce desired effects and forestall undesired ones by their actions, they have little incentive to act.” – Albert Bandura, Exercise of Human […]
I recently published a post: 8 Actionable Steps To Mastery! Here is the presentation form of the same post. Since some of us learn better with images and most of us love to see inspiring pictures, I decided to make a presentation of the post. Here is the Slideshare: 8 actionable steps to mastery from Harish […]
“Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.”― Ayn Rand Image: Vocalemily via Flickr CC Learned Helplessness is the psychological state experienced by people when they feel that they have confronted something that is beyond their realm of expertise and control, something that feels unpleasant to them, and they […]
