My seatmate on an evening flight was a woman from Switzerland. As soon as the meal was served, I noticed that she heavily salted and peppered her dessert – a mouth-watering piece of chocolate cake. The flight-attendant, somewhat taken aback, explained that it wasn’t necessary to do this.
“Oh, but it is,” the woman replied, smiling, “It keeps me from eating it.”
Schools, colleges or universities may teach us how to make a living, but they don’t teach us how to live. Most of us learn many things about life by the trial-and-error method, which comes at a cost. Time teaches, but at the cost of mistakes. No matter how much advice we read or the warnings […]
An anthropologist studying the habits and customs of an African tribe found himself surrounded by children most days. So, he decided to play a little game with them. He managed to get candies from the nearest town and put them all in a decorated basket at the foot of a tree. Then he called the […]
“High value” doesn’t mean a man with perfect grooming and ten books on his shelf he hasn’t read. Chanakya wouldn’t have wasted two seconds on that kind of man. He didn’t teach charisma. He taught control. He didn’t talk about being alpha. He built kings. His words weren’t written for influencers. They were written for […]
