Monday Motivation: Boring but Faithful
A friend and I were talking sometime last week, about how she’s often viewed as a calm person and people get surprised at the magnitude of what she’s achieved so far. She said: “The sun, moon and stars are saddled with monotonous work, which though boring, they faithfully do. They show up when they should […]
Monday Motivation: Little Efforts
“Little drops makes an ocean.” Big impacts often start with small things. As they say, “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” What little efforts are you making in an attempt to be a better person, employee, partner, spouse, friend, artiste? The extra mile you go for yourself or another person often […]
Monday Motivation: Before You Do…
I bet your mind took you on a journey of dating and marriage. Not today! We will leave that matter for another day. But truly, before you do, you need to plan your strategy very well, plot the layout and understand the dynamics to ensure that for everything that goes out from you, you can […]
Monday Motivation: Sources of inspiration
Watching life happen to you or another can easily form an avenue to inspire an article, a painting, a symposium or hangout of some sort. Daily, life offers us opportunities to write a script about an aspect of the chapter in the drama we witnessed – sometimes we do and it becomes a masterpiece. Other […]
Monday Motivation: Draw it out from within
My 6-year-old child is blessed with a very creative mind, which enables him to draw pictures of animals and landscape from his mind and equally tell you the story behind each picture. My older child tried drawing too and to our amazement, she did quite well, though she’s more of a writer like me. However, […]
Monday Motivation: Building Your Think Tanks
I read something weeks back that made me realize we truly need to be accountable if we are going to make any difference in our lives, on the job, in our world, in our relationships etc. We often hear of world economies being ruled by a few and I got thinking, so why are we […]
Monday Motivation: Someone is watching
That almost sounds like a line from a reality show and gives the feeling that you’re under scrutiny. Are you not? Our action or inaction is daily weighed and given scores. Sometimes the scores are positive, other times negative and worse, comes out like criticism. When we live a life that gives back to the society, […]
Monday Motivation: Re-energized by vision
The lines flow from one verse to the other as she quickly pens down every word, drumming the pen against the cheek and she thinks through the next verse waiting to burst through her pores. A moment of respite and she wonders why on some days, inspiration comes easier than others. With these thoughts and […]
Monday Motivation: The Gatekeeper
I pondered and wandered into the mind of The Gateman and these were his thoughts…. Peace and trouble pass by me In different shapes and sizes I can see Some easy to dictate and halt Some so gentle without a “fault”. I try hard to sieve Sometimes I get deceived Hmmm …it’s a daunting task […]
Monday Motivation: Learning from the L
On our way to work the other day, we noticed that cars were moving away from us and some had that ‘pity look’ on their faces. Then we realized it was the ‘L’ attached in front and behind the vehicle. Apart from that, the bumper behind had been bashed in seriously on the left. So […]
Monday Motivation: Meeting Deadlines
Deadlines are appointments we need to keep, whether we set them for ourselves or another sets them for us. Having deadlines should keep you focused and poised for victory. However, it has been proven to put the unprepared under pressure to meet up or keep a promise. Deadlines should be set based on well-thought out […]
Monday Motivation: Moving On
Everyone was once a child, so it is safe to say that we all had friends in the neighborhood or school. Even if you were an only child, chances are you still had friends or cousins to play/hangout with. But a time came for you to leave your environment, school or family or your friends […]
Monday Motivation: Going the Extra-mile!
I went on a trip recently and several incidents played out and I thought to myself, see how going the extra mile could earn someone some Brownie points and they just let it slip by clueless of the rippling effects. Scenario 1: You meet a client you’ve been trying to secure a deal with and […]
Monday Motivation: Play your Part
In every play or orchestra, we have the director/conductor whose work is basically to create synergy between disconcert parts and bring out a seamless play or Harmony of the different instruments. Hmmm. For the piece to become a masterpiece, each actor or member of the group has to play their part/sound the way they’re expected […]
Monday Motivation: The Other Side of WORDS
In Communication, we were taught that “the pen is mightier than the sword”. Trust me, we had heated arguments over it in class, as some took a stance for and others against it. Suffice to say, over the years, it has proven to be true. But I’ll paraphrase it to read ‘Words are mightier than […]
Monday Motivation: Attitude
Yesterday and over the weeks, so many incidences made me have a re-think about people and situations and as much as I try not to compare them, when you see a pattern – it is easy to tell if there’s change coming or we are in for a long horrible ride with that person. Bad […]