The name of this website is Insights and Experiences but – in truth – I have not written too many posts about my personal experiences. This post is going to be an exception. I am about to describe my reasoning process that I used in order to decide whether or not to take up an […]
Category Archives: Self Help
Evergreen Career Advice
I am reading a Bertrand Russell classic, The Conquest of Happiness, and there is a chapter in the book relating to Work. I think this book is a classic of Self Help and any and all youngsters should read it. Not only is Russell a master of English prose but the advice and suggestions that […]
Life in Old Age – the View of Socrates
I will soon be counted amongst senior citizens and like most people I am not looking forward to the experience of being old. I think many of my family and acquaintances will be of a similar age and will find the following passage of The Republic by Plato interesting and instructive. It is about being […]
Why is it that People never learn
This is going to be a short article but I think it is very relevant and insightful. The question is, ”Why is it that people never learn?” I am going to answer the question based on what I myself have experienced. I know that doing what I recommend will produce results – in other words […]
How to save yourself from Financial Ruin
In this blog post I will do nothing more than to point you to two of my answers to questions on the website Quora. These answers contain tips which will guide a person to business success. More importantly it will help you decide whether to go into business or not. This might save you a […]
When should youngsters first have sex
I hesitated for some time before writing this article. The prudish attitude of people in India to the subject of sex is well known. But I think I have something worthwhile to say and who knows possibly someone in the situation where they have to decide on this question posed in the headline may be […]
Where to invest in the age of COVID19
I’ll start by saying that my view (as stated below) is not that of an expert and I would love to be proved wrong by scientists finding a cure for COVID19. But here are the facts relating to the virus as best I understand them. COVID19 is a sort of flu and is a viral […]
Learn to Think like Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes is definitely one of the most admired and loved characters in all literature. The short and long stories featuring him are classics and deservedly so. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote these stories while he was waiting for patients for his medical practice. But people world over still think that he was a real […]
Stop reading Newspapers
I read this piece of advice in not one but two books – one of which is a classic on self-help and the other which might possibly come to be regarded as a classic in time to come. Let me start with recounting the advice of the second book. The book is The Art of […]
The Moving Finger Writes
My mother suffered a fall this New Year’s eve and fractured her hip bone. Luckily the joints were not affected. While she was lying on her hospital bed after her successful surgery she was feeling low and depressed. I think she was blaming herself for not being alert enough to avoid the accident. There was […]