Being confident takes effort. It is a state of mind that fluctuates as we react to our circumstances, mood, physical health, and a whole host of unknown subconscious factors. My life’s work is about understanding how to maintain this powerful mindset. Based on the theory that true ‘happiness’ is really about feeling self-confident, I have devised all sorts of ways to build and maintain high self-worth. Here’s a few […]
Ever since the United States rolled out the red carpet for Narendra Modi in Washington and President Barack Obama made a surprise personal gesture of accompanying the Prime Minister to Martin Luther King Jr memorial, the days of Modi being a persona non grata were forgotten and given a quiet burial. The credit for this goes first to Modi, who showed that he would not let personal belittlement come […]
We all fall in the trap of comparison wherein we inevitably compare ourselves with others. This comparison does more harm to us than good. This does not mean we stop looking up to others. But there is a difference between learning from others and simply comparing yourself with them and then feeling, ‘Oh! Wish I was like her!’ This comparison is the main cause of inferiority complex. We compare ourselves […]
Google boss Eric Schmidt predicted on Thursday that the Internet will soon be so pervasive in every facet of our lives that it will effectively “disappear” into the background. Speaking to the business and political elite at the World Economic Forum at Davos, Schmidt said: “There will be so many sensors, so many devices, that you won’t even sense it, it will be all around you.” “It will […]
Jaipur: After Nobel Laureate V S Naipaul penned books on India with titles such as “An Area of Darkness” and “A Wounded Civilisation,” his mother asked him to leave India and write on other subjects, the Nobel Laureate said today. The Indian-origin British author, who was born in Trinidad narrated what his mother had to say to him. “The only Hindi word my mother carried from India was ‘beta’ […]
Eerie fluorescent blue patches of water glimmering off Hong Kong’s seashore are magnificent, disturbing and potentially toxic, marine biologists say. The glow is an indicator of a harmful algal bloom created by something called Noctiluca scintillans, nicknamed sea sparkle. It looks like algae and can act like algae. But it’s not quite. It is a single-celled organism that technically can function as both animal and plant. These type of blooms […]
Air Force One is the world’s most sophisticated aircraft; the Beast – the armoured limousine for the world’s most powerful leader – is no slouch. President Barack Obama arrives in Delhi on Sunday morning. The Beast – and a stand-in – have arrived in a special aircraft and are parked at Delhi’s international airport. Here are 10 facts about the Beast: It looks like a Cadillac, but that is it. […]
What are Green Peas? The term ”pea” originates from the Latin word “pisum“. Pea plant is botanically an herbaceous annual vine, belonging to the Fabaceae family and commonly referred to as english peas, sweet peas, garden peas, pease, etc. Peas are one of the few members of the legume family that are cooked fresh rather than dried unlike other legumes like including lentils, chickpeas, and beans. Starchy, and sweet, green […]
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At Planet Fitness, the first thing that hits you is the colour. It’s unlike any other gym on first impression, but that has nothing to do with the place’s ethos (we’ll get to that later). It’s sensory. You don’t get the smell of sweat, the sounds of exertion or the feeling of heat, hung in the air by a room full of fast-moving, hard working bodies. The first thing that […]
