A ploy overused by interviewees, over countless job interviews and employee appraisals, has been to disguise a strength as a…
In 2008, a young Google employee named Kevin Systrom was overcome by the feeling that he needed a larger canvas…
A piece of advice that I often give aspiring writers is to put pen to paper and make a beginning,…
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We live in an era where “finding your passion” has almost become a religion. According to a popular adage, “Do…
Everybody wants to hop onto a bandwagon that is taking off, yet few of us are prepared for the toil…
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During the last days of 2004, as a giant tsunami-ravaged a dozen countries, killing almost two hundred thousand people, researchers…
The biggest reward of playing the long game is that your focus is on the journey rather than the destination.…
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The concept of the ‘forgiving’ minute, the minute, which is free of the burden of goals and preconceived notions. When…