In our super busy lives, when we don’t get time for ourselves, does it make sense to find time to serve others? Are you among those who work full time and then need to find time for everything else? Be it time for family and friends or time to go to the gym. Moreso, if […]
Category: Self-Actualization
“Your own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world.”
– Ramana Maharshi
Self actualization is the realization of one’s fullest potential. Achieving our fullest potential is a journey. And this is the journey we undertake throughout our lives. It is the highest human need, as defined in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. So when we are in our death beds, this is what most people look back and ask: did we achieve our full potential in our lives? Did we live a fulfilling life? Did we follow our calling in life? And did we make any impact on the world or leave a legacy? Or just did we do all our duties sincerely with our family as son or daughter, siblings, spouse, parents or grandparents? Many also relate self-actualization to finding the ultimate truth of life or finding god.
What Living in Poverty Teaches You
If you are thinking this post is about idolizing poverty, then you are wrong. Rather, this post is about what living in poverty teaches you. Sounds surprising? Can we even learn anything from living in poverty? Isn’t poverty vicious and we should try to stay away from it as much as possible? If we don’t […]
Can We Go Back to Our Roots?
Can we go back to our roots? I am an immigrant to the United States. Moved here to the States about five years back from India after a short stint of two years in China. Although I am a permanent resident here, but often brood over the thought of moving back to India. We live […]
How to Break the Circle of Money
Just as we have the circle of life, there is also a circle of money. So what do I mean by circle of money? The circle of money is the vicious cycle of living to earn money so that we can live our life the way we want. It might sound complicated. So let me […]
Pursue Your Calling or Money?
This is one of the greatest questions of all times. Pursue your calling or money? Is your calling and your means for livelihood always the same? Because this is a hard question. As I kid I always wanted to do engineering and work in industry. I am very grateful for everything I got in life. […]
5 Steps to Find Fulfillment in Life
Do you know what the meaning of the word fulfillment is? Well, fulfillment essentially has two parts to its meaning. First is a sense of happiness or satisfaction. Second is a sense of accomplishment that one would have yearned for. Then the question that arises is why do we care about fulfillment? Does it matter? […]
Why I Pursued an MBA?
Recently I watched the Netflix series “Maid” and was very much moved by the story. If you have not seen the series, it’s based on the true story of Stephanie Land. She broke the vicious cycle of poverty and domestic violence to become a writer. They based the Netflix series on her New York Times […]
20 Secrets to Find Fulfillment in Life
What is fulfillment in life? More so, why does it matter? Because we live only one mortal life. We come into this world naked and also depart naked. This segues to if only there were a report card of of life published, it would be a narrative of how we lived our life. That also […]
9 Ways to Find Peace During Unsettling Times
Covid-19 pandemic has been testing humankind for over a year now. And it is still rampaging with increased ferocity in many parts of the world, especially India. With so many people is distraught, it is hell. To make matters worse, there are not enough hospital beds and oxygen to save lives. As a result, people […]
3 Top Ways to Give Back to Community
This is a topic that is very dear to my heart. We live in a materialistic world. Would you agree? Don’t we need more than we have? Don’t we try to get more and more from the world? We also live in a competitive world. Don’t we try to get it before others? Then how […]