Personal Development
Personal Learnings from the Life of Steve Jobs
- You can make a dent in the world – Decision then Focus and Determination.
- Stay Hungry Stay Foolish
- Keep it Simple
- Much can be achieved in a mere 56 years.
- ‘Health is Wealth’ and no amount of wealth can buy health.
– OTE
Do we place too much value in monetary success and professional prestige?
It is no wonder, once a perfect fit with your talents and interests, ultimately becomes boring, or a career loses its power to take you where you want to go. Nor is it a surprise that in even the rewarding and successful work life many people come to points where – often unexpectedly- they find themselves in transition. Continue reading
A Lifetime of Transitions
What animal walks on four feet in the morning, two feet at noon, and three feet in the evening, yet has only one voice?
– The riddle of the Sphinx
The human being
– Oedipus’s solution to the riddle Continue reading
Why me?
Arthur Ashe, the legendary Wimbledon player was dying of AIDS which he got due to infected blood he received during a heart surgery in 1983. From world over, he received letters from his fans, one of which conveyed: “Why does GOD have to select you for such a bad disease”?
To this Arthur Ashe replied: The world over — 500 million children startplaying tennis, 5 million learn to play tennis, 500,000 learn professional tennis, 50,000 come to the circuit, 5000 reach the Grand Slam, 50 reach Wimbledon, 4 to semi final, 2 to the finals, *When I was holding a cup I never asked GOD “Why me?”. And today in pain I should not be asking GOD “Why me?”
Marriage and Relationships
” It takes a long time to be really married. One marries many times at many levels within a marriage. If you have more marriages than you have divorces within the marriage, you’re lucky and you stick it out”
– Ruby Dee Continue reading
Steve Jobs – 1955-2011
“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.”
– Steve Jobs
Customer – Mahatma Gandhi
“A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. Continue reading
Cultivate the habit of doing service deliberately
“Do not worry in the least about yourself, leave all worry to God,’ – this appears to be the commandment in all religions. Continue reading
Wise Thoughts from Mahatma Gandhi
“We do not inherit the earth from our parents, we borrow it from our Children. Continue reading
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