Here are two more quotes from Emerson’s essay on Compensation. Link is below the quoted text: Experienced men of the world know very well that it is best to pay scot and lot as they go along, and that a man often pays dear for a small frugality. The borrower runs in his own debt. […]
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Disasters can help you. Here’s How
I first read Emerson’s essay of Compensation as a teenager. In those days I wanted to be a millionaire (it was the 1970s and being a millionaire in dollar terms was to be very rich). I bought some books by Napoleon Hill and read them. And Napoleon Hill introduced me to Emerson. Specifically Ralph Waldo […]
The Benefits of Being Socially Ostracized
What are the benefits of being socially ostracized? I have experienced these benefits myself and so can speak about them. I will list them below: I used to read a lot of self help books when I was young and one sentence in a book by Napoleon Hill really stands out. He says, “Every adversity, […]
All Job Aspirants – Beware
What I am about to relate are exceptional events and will not be repeated in the lives and careers of most people. But these events really happened in my life and may serve as a warning and a guide to young and ambitious job aspirants and professionals. These events took place many decades ago and […]
Are we too sensitive to what people say?
I have had the reputation of a controversial person, maybe even a scoundrel, for a major part of my life. I might have changed but the reputation about me didn’t. Only now, perhaps, are people beginning to treat me with respect (at least in Khar, Mumbai where I live). Believe me it is not too […]
Our Duty in Life
It is not my job to tell you what your duty in life is. As Emerson says in his essay on Self Reliance there are always people who think they know what your duty is better than you know it yourself. I do not wish to add myself to that number. I am assuming you […]