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Now Is The Time

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 There is no better time than here and now to work hard, to be actively listening to others, to be paying attention to whats happening around us, to get out of your shell and to set yourself free of all limiting beliefs and decisions you have made in your past.  Now is the time to think how to leverage technology and artificial intelligence to your benefit. Now is the time to feel more connected to the world and reach out to like minded. Now is the time to understand divergent thinking and acknowledge perspectives too.  Now is the time to empower your children to think and feel what you dint back in your childhood. To let them know they are stronger when they think positively, they are empowered because of the world of opportunities open to them, they are in control of what they want to shape their destiny to be. For all those who struggle with answering the question 'Why is this world changing at such a rapid pace?'. Change your question to 'How can I prepare to face it a

The Real Treasure

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  The real treasure of your life. What is it?  Most of us feel at the first instance that its our job, house, car, jewellery, savings, investments.  But then if we reflect these are the things which give us hedonic happiness. That is when they are there or we get more of it, then we are happ. In absence of these, our happiness reduces or vanishes.  In reality these material items are just instrumental in providing a good life, health, peace of mind, and loving relationships.  Going even further, once we have all of this we still strive to achieve meaning and purpose, flourish in life, make life beautiful for others and make use of our existence. This is eudiamonic happiness. That is it comes from within and we can have it inspite of the kinds of turns external events take. Treasure has different connotations for different individuals, depending on their lifestyle, their experiences, their stafe of living, their stage of evolution and maturity. For some it may be all of the above and al

How Society Thinks we should Fit the Bill

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  We live in a society with presumptions and assumptions of things. We can't help but have so many of them held by ourselves.  Things which are to be done in a particular way, should be that way. My child was painting and drawing in her colour book. Although it was messy art, I loved her idea of not colouring a zebra black and white, and not giving a cow the white colour. I know that does not fit the bill, but it does give her a chance to show her creativity. I let her do it. In my mind I was arguing, is she learning the right colours of the animal, but in my heart I wanted her to include all colours in her drawing and be open to using her creativity. In everything we do, we look at how to do it, what is the right way. Be it dressing, eating, or even making new things. We are conditioned to seek symmetry and be one with the crowd. This is social psychology is called conformity bias, the idea of confirming to everything others say, do, in order to be liked, in order to be an in-grou