One Phone Call: “I Don’t Have Time”
Reading time: 5 minutes “Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.” — William Penn In just three days, the number one reason or excuse I heard from people was “I don’t have time” for everything. Whether it’s to workout, to visit loved ones, or…
Vulnerability, A Hero In Disguise
Reading time: 5 minutes Vulnerability, I used to associate it with being weak. Throughout my life, I’ve been taught that being invulnerable is a virtue preferred by many as a sign of strength. After all, who wants to get hurt or be exposed to any unpredictable things that happen…
The Bitter Taste Of Being Right
Reading time: 5 minutes As the famous quote of Auliq Ice goes: “Be sure to taste your words before you spit them out.” I had been given countless opportunities to choose between being kind and being right. I had chances to point out someone’s mistakes, how they could’ve done…
An Ear, A Heart, And A Silence
Reading time: 4 minutes “Thank you for listening.” And I forgot what I wanted to say next. In my teenage years, I wasn’t the most social person. I had one best friend and that was more than enough. He was and today he still is one of the most social…
Undo The Lie Of Not Being Good Enough
Reading time: 5 minutes Through life, you’re going to meet people who will knock you down. Sometimes, they are good people, and sometimes they aren’t. Sometimes, they are angry and quick to judge, or sometimes you just caught them on a bad day. Sometimes, they just suck in that…
Skills I Underestimated At My First Startup
Reading time: 4 minutes Knowing well of the risks and challenges that involves having a start-up, got me excited to face risks head on and overcome challenges. I’m sure every would-be entrepreneur and many actual entrepreneurs have this one question: “Do I have what it takes to be an…
Kindness, A Language I Misunderstood
Reading time: 4 minutes Kindness is a contagious quality. When people witness others being kind, they become inspired themselves to act alike. I found myself wanting to do the same. I wanted to make someone’s day. I wanted to be the reason that someone is smiling. There’s nothing more rewarding. At…
To Hear The Silence, Stop The Noise
Reading time: 5 minutes What was I doing again? Right, recently I had a conversation with a friend about the struggles of staying focussed. We’ve all had moments where we can’t seem to focus on the tasks that we planned to do for the day. For some of us,…
Unmemorable Days Made Memorable, See Value In Each Day
Reading time: 4 minutes Nobody wants to be nagged into self-improvement — it’s something that must come from within. And true enough, many big moments are focussed around trying to get better, trying to be better. I was either focussed to get a tremendous meaningful work done or trying…
What If You Knew You Couldn’t Fail?
Reading time: 4 minutes What came to your mind when you read that question? Don’t make excuses about why you shouldn’t do it. Nowadays, we make all kinds of excuses to prevent us from doing. “I’m too busy, I’m too old, I’m not smart, I don’t want to disappoint…
I Gave Up Many, Gained Even More
Reading time: 5 minutes Nothing is worse than missing an opportunity that could have changed your life. However, with every opportunity that you take, another opportunity must be sacrificed. This is a fundamental concept called ‘opportunity cost’ in economics — once you spend your money on something, you can’t spend…
Patience, A Form Of Action I Tend To Forget
Reading time: 7 minutes “Patience sucks!” That’s what I used to think. As I grew up, I was told to have patience, but I never knew why. I hesitantly let patience in and try to hurry it out. In that hurry, I tripped and fell, literally and…
