During the World War II, American armed forces were constantly researching how to make breakthrough improvements in-order to become victorious. The following two examples of breakthroughs will enlighten us as to how to move beyond the obvious....

A great book to read for all of us is `The case of the bonsai manager` authored by Mr. R. Gopalakrishan. The main learning, I have derived from the book is that one should keep challenging oneself to grow. The more challenges one faces, the more one learns and thereby achieving growth....

Developing a positive bias towards life, thereby facing the uncertainties, in a certain way. Positive psychology started by Dr. Martin Selligman at the University of Pennsylvania, USA focuses not only in eliminating the ills of the mind, but also teaches how to think and live well....

I am always inspired by people like Shakib Sheikh, a developer working with Microsoft, who lost his eye sight at a young age. As he was growing up, he encountered computers that could talk. He took this as an opportunity and went on to study computer sciences and has been working successfully in Microsoft for over a decade....

Scientist have discovered that with a broad range of active intellectual interests and a vigorous lifestyle, your body, mind and spirit can keep unlocking hidden capacities and there`s a great chance that we can be as sharp-or sharper- at age 70,80 and even 90 as we were at 20....

Every day top executives of Tata Motors used to take lunch together but from some days, Sumant Moolgaokar used to take his car and go out during lunch hours and come back as soon as the lunch break was over....

Every day is a brand-new day. Money saved in the present can be utilized in the future, but the time that we have in the present must be utilized in the present....

Students at an elementary school were asked to write an essay about what they would like God to do for them. At the end of the day, while grading the essays, a teacher read one that made her very emotional....

`Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can`t practice any other virtue consistently` Maya Angelou...

I have been observing the practice of leadership and parenting, which in many ways are similar. As a parent, I have come to realize that I need not teach my son or my daughter how to be a better son, or daughter; rather I have to be a better parent....