We don’t need degrees
because we’re uneducated.
We need them because
we’re looking for validation.
The executive shared the development with his wife, who happens to be a professor at university.
She suggested that rather than jumping the gun, he should reframe his problem so that the problem is turned on its head.
After having a deliberate discussion with his wife, he got an idea.
The real risk in life is the risk of inaction. Ironically, the riskiest thing a person can do is to play it safe. “If you do what everyone else is doing, you will get what everyone else has.” We are living in an unpredictable future, where it’s impossible to play safe and thrive. You can …
As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance. The way to do really big things seems to be to start with deceptively small things while having your ego in check. There is a widespread tendency to think that success in the future is just the natural next part of the …
If individuals are poorly informed, confused, or downright inconsistent – as all of us are most of the times – the notion of “what we want” isn’t always so clear. Our positive opportunities in life often matter more than the amount of cash in our bank accounts. The omnipresent fast food offer is manipulating our …
You already know all that you need to succeed. You don’t need to learn anything more. Small, seemingly insignificant steps completed consistently over time is capable of creating a radical difference. More than 95 percent of everything we feel, think, do, and achieve is a result of a learned habit! Write out the half-dozen small, …
We perceive the world not in any objectively accurate sense but through the lens of our own needs, goals, and prior experience. Still, we take a lot of pride in being a rational person. This is evident in our endeavour to get the highest degree of educational qualification from topmost educational gatekeepers — a signaling …
We profess indifference to what we secretly long for but do not have. It’s advisable to revisit the erroneous notion that the world has a great deal to offer us. We prefer to quote rather than speak and think for ourselves. Anger results not from an uncontrollable eruption of the passions, but from a basic …
Have you ever been bitten by a shark? How about a mosquito? It’s the little things in life that usually bite you and keep you in discomfort. Although the duration of discomfort may differ, you can never be sure of the next bite that may be coming your way that could create a totally unwarranted …
We often look back on the things we’ve just learned and assumed we knew them or believed them all along. The origin of certain emotional states is unavailable to us, and when pressed to explain them, we will make something up. We are far more likely to believe something is commonplace if we can find …