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There is a difference between passion and obsession. Passion is a positive word that leads to growth, self-improvement, and perhaps one’s purpose in…
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In the early 40s, a guy by the name of José Silva, developed an interest in psychology to see if it could help him increase his children's IQ. He had…
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Back in November 2018, I had the worst day of my working life. It also turned out to be the best day for the rest of my life. As a middle manager, I was…
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Yesterday, I had an insatiable desire to read something good. Something that could take me in its arms and rock me as a mother would. I needed the words…
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The hardest thing is not writing, as I figured out this week, it is figuring out what to write. Is it a good story? Can I pull it? Would anybody want to…
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“James Patterson is a terrible writer who became very very successful.” - Stephen King. He has sold over 425 million copies of his books. Today, out of…
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At an altitude of 2,134 meters, Darjeeling was the jewel in the British Crown and is still known as the “Queen of Hill Stations” in India. It was…
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I have come back from an eight-week trip from India. It was a great break from the routine, one I desperately needed. I got to the point where I was so…
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“Neera is being Passepartout and travelling the world in 80 days,” said a friend of mine in a web forum of 160 participants. Jean Passepartout was a…
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I spent most of the last week in Chandigarh, where my husband’s younger sister lives with her family. Chandigarh is also the place where I did my PhD at…
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This week I visited my hometown, Amritsar. Amritsar is an aged old city, founded in 1574 AD, on the banks of a holy pond from which it got its name…
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In the second leg of our travel through India, we visited the Khajuraho temples. Built between 950 AD and 1050 AD, these temples are spread in 20 square…
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