The Indian Ten Commandments for the World Today
A while ago someone sent me these “Indian Ten Commandments” – these are from the North American Indians (and not the Asian Indians). The Ten Indian Commandments are a set of ethical instructions purporting to be the Native American equivalent of the biblical Ten...
How to Live Like It’s Your Birthday Every Day!
Whilst I was writing about my father’s 80th birthday a while ago, I was reminded of a phrase I used with a friend – "it is your birthday every day". Then for the following few days, we texted each other happy birthday wishes. What would YOUR life be like if you lived...
14 Simple But Powerful Tips to Take Total Self Care of Yourself – Before It’s Too Late!
How well do you take care of yourself? Do you sleep like a baby at night or do you fret all night? Are you vitalised, energetic and sparkling with good health? Your health and well being are the foundation of your life. You can have all the money and time in the...
How to Age 3 years in Just 3 weeks!
Last Saturday was my father’s 80th birthday! He is a cool dad and has recently mastered the internet and is forever surfing Indian newspaper websites. He has been a prolific writer most of his life and is a walking encyclopedia about Hindu culture and religion. He has...
How to Win the World Cup of Your Life
Sport is one of my passions and I especially love the football World Cup as it brings people together in a glorious celebration of colour, pomp and ceremony. Then there are the matches themselves - a supreme example of individual and team skills - and what human...
Give Someone the Gift of Life One Day
What’s the greatest gift you can give a stranger? It is probably the gift of an improved life or even the gift of life itself. I recently renewed my passport. Amazingly it was 10 years had flown by since I last renewed it – only seems like yesterday. Funny thing is I...
Tell Your Children Every Day Just How Much You Love Them
In one my recent posts, I wrote about letting people know just how much they mean to you. On the same theme, sometime ago, I was sent the jumbled passage below – please read through it and grasp its powerful message:- “Tell your children you love them everyday” “tell...
How to Handle Emails the Smart Way
Are you drowning under a barrage of emails? Have you forgotten what it is like to have some fun?! Over the last few weeks, I have adopted some simple but smart ways of handling emails. Most of it is common sense, but all of us nowadays have to be come more discerning...
Why Service to Others Is The Ultimate Buzz
The greatest thing of my life in the last few years has been to be able to be of service to others. Whether this has been through my newspaper articles, books, coaching, charity work, public talks or even just by directing someone to the train station, there is a...
Peace in My Time
On the anniversary of Gandhi's death, it is pertinent to focus on peace in the world today. A couple of year ago, I bought the domain name at PeaceInMYTime.com . There's no website there currently, but I feel the time is right for me to launch it soon. The phrase...