Parth Sawhney
choosing impact over making money
In our culture, making more money is equated to success. And countless people choose their vocations and later navigate their professional lives based on this belief alone.
But working just for the sake of making money is a hollow pursuit, and an absolute waste of your precious resources.
Let’s
our happiness lies in the happiness of others
Once a group of around 70 people was attending a seminar. Suddenly the speaker stopped and started giving each person a balloon. Each one was asked to write their name on it using a marker pen. Then, all the balloons were collected and put in another room.
Now, these attendees
come join the 5-week minimalism fest
Autumn is here, and it’s a good time to create some outer order in our homes and in our lives. So, how about we have a festival that focuses exclusively on simplifying our lives? I’m calling it the 5-Week Minimalism Fest.
Here’s how it goes:
Each person
choosing discipline over procrastination
If there’s one crucial difference between the superachievers and those who never end up living their true potential is that the former do those things that the latter don’t like doing — even though they might not enjoy doing them either.
You must embrace the pain of discipline over
understanding the four personality types (part 2)
understanding the four personality types (part 1)
the ancient babylonian law of tithing
Through several records, historians have learned that the ancient Babylonians were astute financiers and traders. These records also demonstrate some of the principles of wealth accumulation and management for which the Babylonians became widely known.
The Babylonians followed the discipline of setting aside at least one-tenth of their income and
be like a lotus leaf
“Work becomes pure when it is done as service to me. And he who performs actions, dedicating them to me, becomes like the lotus leaf that, while being in the water, is still untouched by the water.” — The Bhagavad Gita
Ancient Hindu and Buddhist scriptures have numerous analogies of the
changing the dominating thoughts in your mind
“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” — Abraham Lincoln
You are a product of the dominating thoughts that you allow to occupy your mind.
In truth, you are not too different from a magnet — you attract toward you whatever you feel from the