Who is the greatest meat eater in the world? Not the lion! Who has one of the most sophisticated communication systems in the world? Not the Pentagon! Whose strength lies not in individuality but collective efforts? Not the army! Who is the heaviest weight lifter in the world? Not Paul Anderson! Who is stronger than […]

Knowledge is everywhere if we care to notice. Everything around us teaches us a lesson if we choose to be observant students. We can learn a lot by observing. We must begin to ask the right questions and pay attention to our environment; more often than not, we will find our answers there. We sometimes […]

I’m so excited that we made it to 2017. What a joy that once again, we have an open book before us with blank pages. As we begin to write our success story for 2017, here are a few valuable quotes I believe will help us put things in perspective. Please enjoy them: “Cheers to […]

He felt a slight touch; then another touch. It appeared someone was trying to wake him up. As he struggled to open his eyes, he heard the most surprising words of his life, “Your Highness… Your Highness your ride awaits you”. “If those words are meant for me,” he thought, “I must still be dreaming. […]

Several years ago, I read a book about a man who was visited by an angel. Among other things that were discussed, the angel drew a picture frame on a plain sheet of paper; he put a little black dot at the centre of the frame. The angel then explained to the man that all […]

Several years ago while I was in junior secondary school, I would join my mum in her office after school so that I could ride with her home. Her office was on the fourth floor of the building and I usually enjoyed the view from up there. One day, when we were already at the […]

Motorola is a world class brand, no doubt. The company started as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation in 1928 after two brothers, Paul V. and Joseph E. Galvin, bought over the battery-eliminator plans and manufacturing equipment of the bankrupt Stewart Battery Company at an auction. When its first product, battery-eliminators, became obsolete due to advancement in radio […]

A few years ago, I made a presentation at an entrepreneurial workshop. Among other things, my task was to help the participants see possibilities that had erstwhile eluded them. So, I decided to engage them in a little exercise. I gave them the following instructions: “I want you to close your eyes and imagine the […]

Human beings appear to be in a permanent state of dissatisfaction with their lives. We don’t like who we are or what we look like. We don’t believe what we have is good enough. We don’t think what we can do is adequate. To make matters worse, we tend to prefer what belongs to someone […]

One of the greatest burdens we bear in life is that of lost opportunities. Scattered here and there in our lives are several “If only” stories. It is not uncommon for our hearts to be filled with questions of why we didn’t see an opportunity coming or why we missed an appropriate time. We wonder […]