My take on why we do not manage our OWN finances well: there are many things in our lives which are in the ‘to do’ list. And largely we can classify them as follows: Habit must do: brush your teeth, make your bed, take bath, – not terribly exciting, but we do. Pain must do: […]
When an athlete does ultra running – or takes part in the Tour De France, does he not know about the pain that event will cause? of course he does. Then why does he do it? Well it is like meditation. When you start doing meditation for the first time, it becomes very difficult to […]
Only a person who has slept hungry may be able to appreciate this. While writing about the first incident I get goose pimples – and the incident is etched in my mind like it happened yesterday. It happened in 1988 or 1989, not sure about the year. I will not name the participants as most […]
Suppose you are hungry while roaming around in a mall (or a road), what do you do? Largely you eat at the nearest attractive joint. Correct? Well if you had a ‘food planner’ he would advise you – See your Goal statement. You are hoping to lose weight, so curb the hunger. This hunger is […]
It is customary for a tight fisted individual to get badgered for being tight fisted. However, if a person is liberal with money he is normally liked by everybody around him. (Needless to say him includes her). I was in the gang of people who would rag people who were tight fisted. Till I had […]
I met a person over lunch on Saturday. He works miracles. He is a part of a movement called akshayapatra. They do have a website and is http://www.akshayapatra.org. The amazing things this organisation does is actually very simple – they feed upwards of 8.5 million children EVERYDAY. Come to think of this. 8.5 million children […]