You don’t need a rarified job, you need a rarefied approach to your work.
Photo by Jordan Donaldson | @jordi.d on Unsplash We hear a lot of people who are looking to become someone rare or make something rare. As we all know,it’s not rare nowadays to be good at making and shipping almost everything, and since the world is not limited to one’s neighbourhood, and everyone has access to the whole…
We who cut stones must always be envisioning cathedrals
Photo by Dominik Kuhn on Unsplash Most of us are not presidents or CEOs of big companies. We are either freelancers or owners of small companies, small entrepreneurs, or we have a job in a narrow part in a company. What we actually do is likely to be quite “ordinary” or “mundane”. Here is where the story…
Options destroy us. Can we destroy some options intentionally to regain some wellbeing?
Photo by Kris Atomic on Unsplash It used to be very easy for men to buy “workwear”. That’s the stuff regular people who went to regular offices wore. Shirt and trousers (pants). Trousers were especially easy for men. Just choose from black or grey. Style? Just choose from tight or loose fit. Everyone wore the same. Most…
Our quality of life depends on what we focus on.
Photo by Saffu on Unsplash Do we choose to spark joy and contribute to our community? Or do we choose to run after every little bread crumb promiscuously? It’s a zero sum game! When we choose to run after bread crumbs, we are focussing on bread crumbs. We are ignoring the higher level opportunities that are available to…
Deliver elite level quality
Photo by m0851 on Unsplash When we deliver something, whether a product, or service or just offering our presence or help to someone close to us, we have a choice. We always have a choice. WE can choose to deliver mediocre, or we can choose to deliver elite level stuff. We are the boss of this decision,…
Have a great day! Thank you, I get to decide what a “great” day is.
Photo by Tom Morel on Unsplash People wish each other a “great day”. Really? Thanks! What does a “great” day feel like or look like? For most of us, a “great’ day is a day made up of only “good” moments. I would argue that this a recipe for unhappiness, since the world will not deliver only…
Each distraction is not a big deal. But little by little, they add up to destroy you COMPLETELY.
Photo by Jacob Ufkes on Unsplash Distraction is BIG! Starting with getting up in the morning, we run towards distractions in the form of social media and checking messages coming from 5 different apps and emails. Some of us switch on the 10 different sports channels and news channels. When you open the gate of social…
Want true fans? Start doing this now.
Photo by Jan Střecha on Unsplash True fans are great. They are the ones who appreciate you so much that they will buy anything and everything you produce. That’s what they say anyway. I don’t know if I have any true fans or not by that definition as I have never had any evidence that any of…
Today is not a rehearsal. Act as if it’s your last day.
Photo by Jakob Owens on Unsplash It’s easier to tell ourselves that what we do today is a rehearsal. In reality, the past has gone and the future is uncertain, unpredictable and has not come yet. So today is the only day we have that we can touch. It is a wonder we are living today.…
Let’s stay “unplugged” from social media when we get up, and keep our appointment with our real life!
Photo by Cathryn Lavery on Unsplash Is Facebook the last thing you see before you go to bed, and the first thing you check as soon as you get up? From my observation, it appears that one can either make one’s dream a reality, or choose to check Facebook/ Other social media first thing in the morning?…