Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows by itself – Zen Proverb

In a world that favours being busy doing something over Doing nothing, close observation would reveal that much could be achieved by that forgotten art of Doing Nothing.

We strive to achieve results, to get ahead in life and our accomplishments are no doubt made the sweeter by our toil and efforts. However, as in nature, there is a season for everything – a time to be busy and a time to be still. And when all your efforts seem to bring no results, it is not the time to double your efforts, but to be still and do nothing.

A wise woman once told me that when Nothing works, Do Nothing!  Here are some instances when doing Nothing is the most expedient thing to do! Read More→

Spectacular Achievement is always preceded by unspectacular achievement. – Robert H. Schuler

Have you ever found yourself expending a lot of time and effort on something and find yourself getting nowhere? Do you find yourself giving up on something you deeply want to accomplish, just because  you gave up halfway though the process when you hit a few early obstacles?

There is some truth in the oft repeated message to us, there is nothing you cannot achieve if you want it badly enough and if you stick to the achievement of the baby steps with complete discipline and Focus. Great oaks are felled with little strokes! Read More→

A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labour with both hands at sections of time.  Annie Dillard.

As we start to approach the year’s end, we begin to reflect on whether we achieved the goals of the past year? How much progress did we make? How many new excuses have we made to defend the lack of progress.

A couple of years ago I attended a seminar by a young man who was wise beyond his years. As we grow older, time seems to fly by and we don’t seem to know where it went, and its another year gone, never to return, without us having realized our dreams.

But this young man had realized the importance of capturing the moment and of making it work for him. And achieve phenomenal success before he was 25 years old!

Few do. That is why so few are able to stand up for what they truly want and achieve it. We have heard it oft repeated that Time is the one commodity that everyone is given equally – whether rich or poor, educated or not, privileged or less favoured. How we spend it determines our future. Read More→