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Part of your wisdom portfolio We presented a proposal recently. It was an intense session, and the customer probed us on many aspects of the solution and financials. It went well, and when we gathered for a debrief afterwards, our leader said, ‘I think we did a good job. We had all the answers!’ In …
Part of your wisdom portfolio [All right, all right, I am also fed up with listicles. But I couldn’t help it. It was sitting there begging, with a ‘please, pretty please’ expression, and I just had to pick it up. But forbear and continue, dear reader. It’s worth it, I promise you.] I am a …
5 Great Reasons to Eat Slowly (pardon the listicle!) Read More »
Part of your Wisdom Portfolio (Please recite aloud slow as you can with the cadence — di-dum di-dum di-dum di-dum di-dum.) Dodging the Bullets of Anger and Fear Whenever I see my rage arise afar,I show it out my mind’s door ajar.I am for sure aware a lot lately,I think, reflect, and meditate; you see. I …
On Dodging the Bullets of Anger and Fear (a poem) Read More »
Part of your wisdom portfolio Humour is a trait unique to humans. It strengthens social bonds, gives our minds a break, and increases emotional intelligence. It’s also crucial in making life feel worth living, as our reflective minds can otherwise realise its futility and fall into ennui, indifference, and fatalism. Joking is one of the …
Meditations on meditation A successful and happy life is about saying yes to good things and no to bad things. Evolution has designed us to be largely successful as normal life forms in our usual ecosystem. Our problems arise primarily due to deviations from healthy behaviour. We have several innate imperfections and a tendency to …
Part of your wisdom portfolio Speech is a distinguishing feature of our species and an integral part of our intelligence. Its importance is evident from the pride of place it’s given in religious scriptures. The extract above from the Mandukya Upanishad of Hinduism, written somewhere between the fifth century BCE and the second century CE, …
Dismissals by my mortality I am neither fatalist nor nihilist. I am not even stoic. I believe in enjoying life. But I lay store by perspective and detachment, which makes me often get the thought patterns below. Or perhaps it’s my age and seeing two parents and one parent-in-law pass away in succession. Whatever the …
It’s emotional wisdom My mom was in a hospital for just under two weeks before she passed away six years ago. Those few days were not easy, with multiple trips every day to visit her, rush for medicines, discuss treatments with specialists and my dad, and everything else that this stage involves. One day I …
Emotional wisdom is the subject of Chapter 13 of ‘Philosophy of Life Instinct’. It’s even better than Emotional Intelligence. Have a look at why and how.
