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Are you an imposter?

Imposter syndrome is real. Many people go through this phase of feeling like an imposter especially if they are put in a position or have reached a status which they don’t feel they deserve. I went through this feeling in…

Mentor the receptive ones

Not everyone is going to be receptive to hearing your brilliant thoughts, your ideas or learning your skills. No matter how much you believe how beneficial it can be for them. If they’re not open to receiving it, nothing will…

Exploring the inner self

We as humans are mesmerized by space and by the depth of the oceans. Astronauts and aquanauts are constantly trying to push the boundaries to explore further and deeper than anyone else has done before them. To find what’s really…

Stop trying to control. Surrender

Many of us go through life trying to control everything and everyone around us. Trying to bend the universe to our will. It never works and it is exhausting at the same time sucking up all of our energies. So…

Repeat yourself

People who produce content whether it be the written word or multimedia worry needlessly that they might be repeating themselves. That they might have created the similar type of content before and their audience is going to call them out…

Step out of the line

There was an experiment that was conducted in Las Vegas where they put up ropes like you see in a line. No sign, no instruction, no promise of a reward or anything. Just the set of velvet ropes where in…

Why college is Not a waste of time

When I was in college, I often used to wonder if I was going to ever use the things I was learning at an actual job. Things like the Fortran programming language or differential equations or organic chemistry. I had…

Prevent your second death

Do you remember your great great great grandfather or grandmother? No? Do you have a living relative who remembers them? If not, do you have your pictures or any writing from them or anything else that would tell you, remind…

Happiness before success

It’s a common assumption for most of us that we will be happy once we achieve success – financial or otherwise. Even though this sounds logical, this is a myth. Success is the result of happiness, happiness is not the…

Compassion starts with the Self

Give yourself permission to be selfish. I believe that compassion does not start at home as the famous saying goes. Compassion starts with ‘the self’. Only when you put your own oxygen mask on first that you can help others…