I have six articles already written out and I thought today that I would publish one of them. But in the meantime I read a few pages of Lin Yutang’s classic book – The Importance of Living. And I came across a passage that is so relevant and meaningful that I decided to make that […]
Category Archives: Self Help
The Advantages Of Being Useless
I have been fascinated by Chinese philosophy ever since I read Lin Yu Tang and Bertrand Russell in my early twenties. The Chinese were isolated from Europe and the rest of the world for many centuries and thus they had to and did come up with independent responses to the challenges of human life. Theirs […]
Advice to all 20 Year Olds
Having survived and reached the age of almost 60 years (more by luck than by judgment and by the unfailing generosity of my family) I am in a good position to know what mistakes I made and what I would tell a 20 year old version of myself. The life lessons (not in any particular […]
I almost got my hand chopped off
In the 1990s, for various reasons, I wanted desperately to go and work in the Gulf countries. My career was not going too well in India and I was not enjoying my work. In addition, I had offended powerful people in Mumbai who wanted me out of the city. I had been diagnosed with a […]
What we can learn from Diogenes
Everybody knows who Diogenes was. There is a famous anecdote regarding him and Alexander the Great that is related in Plutarch’s Lives: … While Alexander stayed here many public ministers and philosophers came from all parts to visit him and congratulated him on his election, but contrary to his expectation, Diogenes of Sinope, who then […]
Don’t Judge Scoundrels Harshly
I have admitted in various articles in my blog that I am cunning and devious and also tell lies and am not a man of my word. I don’t have integrity. I am also arrogant. I want – in this article – to make the case that people like me should not be dealt with […]
Do you have a philosophy of life?
What do I mean by a philosophy of life? I mean that out of all the things in life you might pursue what is the most valuable to you? Why is that important you may ask. Because if you lack a grand goal in living, you lack a coherent philosophy of life. Why is it […]
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How to become a Genius like Napoleon Bonaparte
The impression I have of Napoleon’s genius is that he was able to see into the heart of whatever problem or challenge – military, administrative or otherwise – that he was facing and come up with a rapid solution in very few words. He was able to see the point (understand the situation facing him) […]
This Mistake ruined my Career and how to Avoid it
I read this quotation in Sogyal Rinpoche’s book. The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: If you are too clever you might miss the point entirely. This is a Tibetan saying, obviously. I wish I had come across this quotation when I was a teenager. As it turned out I only read Sogyal Rinpoche’s book […]