It is never easy to handle criticism. Even though others may not have understood our motives or may themselves be guided differently, the truth is our ego gets hurt when we are criticised. We experience anger, and if it is someone very close to us, from whom we expect...

Thoroughness is an attitude which can exponentially make a difference to our life. It differentiates between doing something and doing something well enough so that we don’t need to revisit it. We don’t realise it, but much of our challenges arise because we were not...

We often make plans and resolutions only to find they were well begun but often not sustained. And before we know it we find ourselves making the same promises to ourselves repeatedly. It’s not that we don’t know what we should or shouldn't do. It’s our will power...

We all value our independence. As individuals, we want the freedom to make our decisions and choices in life. This need is deep and natural because in essence, we are free spirited, and anything restricting our freedom is resisted. We don’t like others deciding for us...

Our goals and ambition drive us to move ahead with speed and enthusiasm. Our need for speed comes from the inner urge that if we are not quick enough, we will lose out in life. It is true that procrastinating over things can come back to hurt us. In our dynamism in...

We take so many things for granted in life. Sometimes we don’t appreciate the value of what we have because it is easily available to us when we want it. It’s only when we lose something, do we realise its value. Taking things for granted comes from a limited...