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To fear to do something is normal. And temporary. Justifying makes it permanent. “I feel nervous to speak on stage” is normal. You can feel afraid and speak anyway. You will sweat a little, tremble a little, and then say what you have to say. But if you add “…because as a kid, I was …
Have you been in situations where your loved one is hurt, you feel bad, you try to change, but nothing seems to be good enough, and you cannot help but wonder if the problem is you or them? When someone is in pain, empathy is feeling bad FOR them. Guilt is feeling bad ABOUT MYself …
One of the biggest lies sold to us is that the meaning of life is to to be ‘found’. ‘Discovered’. This would mean that the meaning is out there. Lying somewhere. Unchanging. Static. Waiting to be found. And yet, we are meaning creation machines. Reality just has a bunch of a neutral events. Like scattered …
Have you ever laughed at someone’s stupidity? On how they failed to see something? For example, in 2000, Netflix founders Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph offered to sell the company to Blockbuster for $50 million. Blockbuster turned them down. Netflix is today worth a $25 BILLION! Do you feel like laughing at Blockbuster? Even feel …
We analyze, think, over-think, obsess, mull, debate, argue on what is the right decision. As soon as we see the possibility of undesirable consequences, we assume the decision is not good enough. And we think more. We forget that the consequences are absolutely not in our control. Including the emotional consequences. For others and for ourselves. More …
As a father, mother, partner, employee – have you found yourself saying… “Why can’t he be a little disciplined and wake up early! I am tired of re-heating his breakfast!” “Why can’t she do it herself and not be so damn lazy?! Why do other people have to do her work?” “Why can’t he …
“Don’t worry…women just cry. Makes us feel better” My wife kept saying this. So did other women. I had a very hard time wrapping my head around this statement. Why would someone cry?! Isn’t it something to be avoided? Why would someone not share?? Was it something I did? Then I am ready to solve …
“I want to learn singing, but I am afraid I am really bad at it” “I want to open my own business, but I am afraid to take a risk” “I want to profess my love to her, but I am afraid she will say ‘No’” So the big question before doing anything big or new is how to overcome …
Have you found yourself stuck and saying this: “I wanted to do blah blah…but my parents don’t support it.” “I wanted to pursue blah blah…but it is not acceptable in my community” “I wanted to try blah blah…but my spouse doesn’t agree.” You get the pattern. We see these as the causes for not being …
I have been very sick for past two days. And had to ask my wife to oversee some service installation job at home, so I could rest, sleep. She agreed. But as the service guy rattled away with his tools in the other room , I lay on my bed worrying incessantly if this would …