Self Help – Insights and Experiences

Save your kids from Disaster

I suppose all people of a certain age have contemplated suicide at some point in their lives. Or been tempted by drinks or drugs. Much of the distress and upset which causes such drastic action is fear of public opinion. Public opinion – if it turns against you – can make life really miserable. I […]

Dealing with Difficult People

Everyone meets people who don’t like them and whom they don’t like.What should be done to deal with unpleasant people and social situations? According to me the answer lies in three parts: Point three involves exposing yourself to constructive role models and learning from them. This article is about points one and two and it […]

The Sort of Work I am looking for

I remember a meeting I had with a well regarded member of my community who moves around in high society. He is the sort of person who could easily have found me some work simply by calling in a favor from one of his high society friends. This was a social occasion in which many […]

Still More Life Skills

I’ll end this series of 3 blogs by writing about something I have never been good at – interpersonal relations. Links to the previous two blogs are at the end of this article. I remember being desperate for friends when I was young. My very desperation caused me to behave in eccentric ways and I […]

More Life Skills

This is part two in a series of essential life skills. Link to parts 1 and 3 are below: This blog is about knowing yourself and learning thinking skills. I came up with my own method of knowing myself based on my reading. I was prone to a lot of self deception when I was […]

Essential Life Skills

I had initially thought of this blog as being about essential career skills but now I think that these skills are critical to living life as well. So I changed the title. These skills can be divided into 4 aspects: Knowing yourself, Human relations, being detached and thinking skills. I’ll start with some sales talk. […]

I can be trusted – Here’s why

I’ll start by explaining my motives for publishing this blog. Simply put, I want to earn some money and not be dependent on my family. I also want a more active social life. I am hoping this blog will allay the suspicions of people who are in a position to help but do not want […]

You are not here for a Popularity Contest

I am facing a lack of respect from society. I made my choices and they were bad ones (in some respects) and now I simply have to live with the consequences. But there is one guiding principle which helps both to make sound decisions and to live with lack of respect from people you meet. […]

Here is an Aid to Sound Decisions

I turned 60 recently. I am telling myself now that becoming a senior citizen starts at age 65 haha. I was in an introspective mood and I started wondering whether I was where I had wanted or planned to be in life. Flat broke, no family or career, no social life and a dependent on […]