Recently I read another Seth Godin book titled “The Dip: The extraordinary benefits of knowing when to quit (and when to stick)”. Though I would not classify it in the same category as ‘The Practice’ or ‘This is Marketing’, it nevertheless is a very good book with a lot of wise one-liners that are typical … Read more
Swami Vivekananda on Intellect: Intellect can never become inspired; only the heart when it is enlightened, becomes inspired. An intellectual, heartless man never becomes an inspired man. Follow the heart. A pure heart sees beyond the intellect; it gets inspired; it knows things that reason can never know, and whenever there is conflict between the … Read more
Swami Vivekananda on Attachment: Be “unattached”; let things work; let brain centres work; work incessantly, but let not a ripple conquer the mind. To attain this unattachment is almost a life-work. Attachment comes only where we expect a return. If working like slaves results in selfishness and attachment, working as master of our own mind … Read more
I read this much-celebrated book ‘The 4-Hour Work Week’ by Timothy Ferriss lately. Perhaps it is intended for a younger audience but for me, a writer close to fifty after twenty five years of corporate life, most of the details in the book were too much work to read. I found only the last section … Read more
When I first started writing, more than the actual writing, I spent a lot of time on reading about writing. Later, after reading a lot about writing, I realised that my time is best spent in the actual writing, going forward. But at that point in time, when I was new to writing, publishing and … Read more
Swami Vivekananda on Misery: All thought of obtaining return for the work we do hinders our spiritual progress; nay, in the end it brings misery. Never will unhappiness or misery come through work done without attachment. Misery comes through attachment, not through work. As soon as we identify ourselves with the work we do, we … Read more
Swami Vivekananda on Freedom Be at rest, be free, and work. This kind of freedom is a very hard thing to attain. Give up all fruits of work; do good for its own sake; then alone will come perfect non-attachment. The bonds of the heart will thus break, and we shall reap perfect freedom. Wherever … Read more
Swami Vivekananda on Knowledge Spiritual knowledge is the only thing that can destroy our miseries for ever; any other knowledge satisfies wants only for a time. It is only with the knowledge of the spirit that the faculty of want is annihilated for ever. The highest men do not seek to get any name or … Read more
Excerpts from ‘7 Divine Laws To Awaken Your Best Self’ by Swami Mukundananda The Law of Incremental Growth – Personal excellence and life mastery can only be achieved by consistent small steps of incremental improvement. As you strive to improve yourself, the velocity of your self-transformation keeps speeding up. The reason is that any learned … Read more