This article is about what constitutes intelligence. I have a very simple and basic answer to this question. Intelligence is being able to understand – at all points in time – the situation that you are facing both internally and externally There is a Tibetan saying: If you are too clever you might miss the […]
Category Archives: Self Help
Free Yourself of Yourself
I do some reading from time to time related to topics I want to write about in my blog. Just now I was thinking of writing about charisma but my book talked about celebrities, politicians and revolutionaries and the like. I don’t fall into the category of a would-be leader or celebrity so I decided […]
Need for Sex Education
I sometimes think of myself as a genius. I hope I am not wrong. I think that it is definitely true that I am smart in spots as Tom Watson said of himself. The exact quote is below: I am no genius. I am smart in spots. But I stay around these spots. That is […]
Why I Spent 9 Years in a Cafe
The headline might interest you. I have behaved foolishly for long periods of time in my life. None of them lasted as long as when I spent 9 years in cafes in Mumbai and Pune post the year 2006. You must bear with me. I may well be an eccentric genius. I am capable of […]
My Benefits of Reading
I had in my previous blog written about the perils of reading serious books in India. That blog was about external factors. This present blog is about the changes internally that I experienced in my life through reading good books. So to summarize my advice – read for enjoyment, read good books repeatedly and imbibe […]
The Perils of Reading in India
The books I have read have affected my life internally and externally. Regarding the internal changes I will write another blog. The external changes are also interesting and I think you can learn something from my experiences. I remember a visit to a lady psychiatrist more than 20 years ago. I had retired at the […]
F*** you money and your sanity
In my previous blog I recounted my adventures on the job front that partially led to my contracting a mental ailment. In all fairness I was not completely balanced to start with but that is another story. Link to my previous blog is below: Here is another tip that may help you save your sanity. […]
Save your sanity, Quit your Job
This is an article on when to quit your job. This article is based on hard experience. I have been wounded in battle and I am still carrying the scars. Not physically but mentally. So give this blog your due attention. It can save you your reputation and an enormous amount of anguish to you […]
Some Basic Mental Hygiene
Here is a practice that I have found to work every time I try it out. Basically it consists of never thinking while you are upset and dealing with the negative feeling skillfully so that you are free of it. Then you can do your thinking. Before I stumbled on the technique much of the […]
The Benefits of Arrogance
This is the second of two articles on arrogance. Link to the first article that was published on 21 May 2024 is at the end of this blog. The first of these two blogs discussed why arrogance is such a cardinal sin in Indian society. This article will explain the causes of my being arrogant. […]