A friend recently asked me why and how I am especially passionate about my work (web/graphic design and creative writing). Another one complimented me on my profound Facebook and Twitter updates, and made an informed guess that I must be a dude who reads a lot. Which is true.
Earlier today, I was watching Charles Leadbeater’s [...]
Sir Richard Branson
Besides Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs, Richard Branson is one of those individuals I hold in very high regard. The Virgin Group Chairman is a maverick, a legend and a genius. His avant-garde way of doing things is world-renown, and it has won him as much respect as it has put him in [...]
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.
The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
- Steve Jobs (addressing Stanford University students in 2005)
For a long time, there has been [...]
“Don’t waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour’s duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Fear is one of the greatest hindrances to achievement and progress. The fact that you [...]
I have always loved music by John Mayer, since my college days.
The other day, I decided to increase my John Mayer music collection, and added over 50 tracks to the dozen songs I already had.
And boy, some of the tracks are simply mind-blowing.
A clear favorite is ‘In Repair’, from John Mayer’s third album ‘Continuum’, which [...]
Over a decade ago, I stumbled upon the first stanza of the following poem by Madeline Bridges. She is the Associate Dean for Academic Studies and Professor of Music Education in the School of Music at Belmont University.
That alone changed my life. It has been a principal source of motivation as I continually seek to [...]
“Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime
And departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time
So let us be up and doing
With a heart for any fate
Still achieving, still pursuing
Learn to labor and to wait.”
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Every once in a while, life presents us with people or situations that [...]
I have just watched Jacek Utko’s TED talk, where he sought to answer the question: “Can Design save the newspaper?”
Jacek Utko is a polish designer who suggests that it’s time for a fresh, top-to-bottom rethink of the newspaper. In his work, he’s proved that good design can help readers reconnect with newspapers.
Despite being a little-known [...]
“A bond was created
Doctors, health workers and volunteers from 30 different countries
of every race, religion, color, culture, and nation
worked together and fought alongside each other
fought against a common enemy
not against each other.
How can that not make you feel optimistic for the future?”
Larry Brilliant, Head of Google.org gave this compelling talk about how smallpox was eradicated [...]
Life sometimes presents challenges and situations that blur our focus. Sometimes, these situations slow us down.
The good thing however, is that these setbacks never last, only tough, forward looking, hopeful and positive people do. These are the people who eventually get to see the bigger picture. Their reward is a crystal clear view in life. [...]
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