REFLECT WITH HEMANT

                                                         YOU ARE AN ATTITUDE AWAY FROM HAPPINESS   “The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind”.   (James Adams)   So true! Life is as we perceive it. Just look around us – happy people – have a positive attitude towards life. It is not the situation; our reaction to it defines our state of mind.   Arthur Ashe – a Wimbledon champion – ended up with a serious disease from which he was dying. Some fans asked him why GOD must select him for such a nasty disease. His answer was – “World over five crore children start playing tennis, 50 lakhs learn to play tennis, 50000 can enter the professional circuit. Five thousand reach the grand slam, and 50 reach Wimbledon, but only one lift...

                                                                               TRUST – A MAJOR CRISIS "Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships." ( Stephen Covey) The most crucial element for a lasting healthy relationship is Trust. It is like a fuel to a car. Trust is the foundation on which we build all our relationships. Whether it is relationships, organizations, nations, teams or civilizations, only Trust can bind everything together. The strongest of associations, powerful countries, powerful governments, and thriving economies have witnessed destruction due to breach of Trust.  Trust is a crucial link for effective communication. Our co...

                                                                                  THE MAGIC OF SILENCE   “Listen to Silence. It has so much to say.” – Rumi.   Silence comes from the Latin word silens, which means still, quiet or at rest. By and large, Silence is perceived as a period without speech or sound. However, Silence is not merely an absence of sound but a state of mind where one can disentangle from the  external milieu and focus within to contemplate what matters.    A lot of us are scared of Silence. Many of us interpret Silence in a conversation as “awkward” or somehow relaying a message that the conversation is not going well or that the relationship is not strong enough to keep the conversation going. As Sar...

                                                    PROCRASTINATION – THE THIEF OF TIME         "Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week." – Spanish Proverb.   Procrastination has been a habit for many. Things that must be done now are postponed to tomorrow and even later. It is not uncommon to see people postpone what they need to do. A typical example is the resolution to do regular exercise – walking, running, cycling or going to the gym. Every day, we decide to start exercising regularly, and when morning comes, we postpone it to the next day!    We must remind ourselves that 'someday is not a day of the week'. What can be done 'any day' will never be done. Someone remarked –  ‘Procrastination is like a credit card: it's a lot of fun until you get the bill.’ Procrastinat...

    POWER OF CHOICE   Holocaust survivor and Psychiatrist Dr Viktor Frankl wrote in his epoch-making book, Man's Search for Meaning –  "Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way."   God has been very kind in gifting humans with the power of CHOICE. Every day, consciously or unconsciously, we continue to make small and significant decisions ranging from what to eat to what to wear to WHAT TO BECOME. At every step – we exercise our choice. Attitude is a choice; Happiness is a choice; Optimism is a choice; Kindness is a choice; Giving is a choice; Respect is a choice – Life is nothing but the sum of our CHOICES. Essentially, life is a series of continuous choices we make every day.   I am a medical professional. However, I had a choice to go either to IIT or Medicine when I cleared my Prep Examination (I was fortunate to secure good grad...