Things That Teach Us

How To Live More Intentionally

http://www.ebook-of-the-week.com/blog — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:08:16 +0000

Intentional living is hard. And is about the only thing that separates us from animals… and from our own animal instincts. What is intentional living Intentional living is: - In the words of Abraham Lincoln “…adding life to our years and not years to our life”. It is about not wasting our most precious gift, [...]

Steve Jobs

http://www.ebook-of-the-week.com/blog — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 22:50:09 +0000

You heard these before. Old maxims such as following your passion, having faith in yourself, surrounding yourself with the best. In Steve Job’s story you see all these in action. His story is inspiring not only because of the scale of what he achieved but because he faithfully applied the above success fundamentals. Strength of [...]

How To Make Smart Decisions

http://www.ebook-of-the-week.com/blog — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 20:16:06 +0000

Some moments in our life matter more than others. The choices we make at such pivotal moments have far reaching consequences. We have different ways of coping with the pressing need to make the right decisions. Some revert to relying on gut feelings, some look to the advice of people they trust such as mentors, [...]

How To Think Creatively … Whether You Feel Like It Or Not. 3 Tips.

http://www.ebook-of-the-week.com/blog — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:49:07 +0000

A story on The Wall Street Journal drove home the importance of innovation. The story profiled Milliken a textiles company based in South Carolina, USA. Like several other textiles companies in the US its prospects became very bad when cheap textile imports started ravaging the industry. Many factories had to close down. Yet Milliken not [...]

11 proven ways to gain unstoppable confidence

http://www.ebook-of-the-week.com/blog — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:30:45 +0000

This is a DIY job, one that never ends. Even for the more successful amongst us. #1 – KNOWLEDGE IS POWER Those who know are ultimately much more confident in any arena than those shrouded in ignorance. Use your spare time to read up on the things that interest you, on the things that you [...]

How To Take Charge Of Your Life

http://www.ebook-of-the-week.com/blog — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:24:15 +0000

Now that you discovered the truly important things (read the previous posts) in you life how do you plan them into your schedule? Here is a story that will shed some light. It is worth reading even if you know it. It illustrates a very powerful principle. At a class one day, a professor took [...]

How To Have No Regrets – Decide On The Truly Important Things In Your Life

http://www.ebook-of-the-week.com/blog — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 18:22:20 +0000

An important factor in effective time management is deciding on the truly important things in our life. Achieving the wrong thing in the right time is a recipe for an unfulfilled life that lacks inner drive. In this post I show you how to decide on the truly important things in our life. It is a [...]

The Main Thing Is To Keep The Main Thing The Main Thing

http://www.ebook-of-the-week.com/blog — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:31:53 +0000

As time management books go “First Things First” by Stephen Covey, Rebecca & Roger Merrill stands apart from every other book that I read in this category. Someone once said that you don’t manage time you manage your life. Time transcends us mere mortals. The best we can do is to manage ourselves. Unlike time [...]

What Happens Here Sure Does Not Stay Here

http://www.ebook-of-the-week.com/blog — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:56:15 +0000

I am talking about our thoughts. This is what my entire blog is dedicated to. Our thoughts rule our lives from relationships to work. As knowledge workers we rely more on our critical thinking skills than anything else. Critical thinking is the only thing keeping us from becoming commoditized. The problem with most people is [...]

Paying Attention To Details – Why It Matters

http://www.ebook-of-the-week.com/blog — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:31:38 +0000

Years ago I recall reading a book called ‘Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff – And Its All Small Stuff’ by Richard Carlson. I was on a flight from Singapore to Chennai. It was a short easy to read book and I finished it in no time. As I reflected on its message about how everything [...]