Tag: discipline

  • Hit the road running

    Hit the road running

    What is it that drives a man to excel? What if we make that the goal of our lives? To excel. Even if you are running in the right direction, you will lose the race if you don’t run fast enough. So if you want to win the race you don’t just have to run…

  • Three Fundamental Laws

    Three Fundamental Laws

    Doing something well, once can be an accident. A fortunate one but still an accident. To do it well over and over is the meaning of quality. Expertise is repeatability. That happens with thoughtful practice. Not just practice. But thoughtful practice. Practice doesn’t make perfect. Practice makes permanent. Thoughtful practice makes perfect. Think about what…

  • To beard or not to beard

    It is very interesting to note the judgement regarding the Muslim IAF officer who claimed that keeping a beard is his religious obligation. The Indian Express reported that the ruling given was, “Emphasising the need to “maintain discipline” in the Indian Air Force (IAF), the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Muslim personnel cannot keep…

  • Tomorrow also has only 24 hours

    Tomorrow also has only 24 hours

    Good intentions are not a substitute for systematic action.  Neither is enthusiasm a substitute for discipline.  Noise is different from music We all have the same 24 hours and no, tomorrow won’t have more. All tomorrows have only 24 hours. ‘Tomorrow I’ll have more time,’ is the biggest self- deception line of all time. The…

  • If it can’t make you cry, it can’t make you work

    If it can’t make you cry, it can’t make you work

    I know only one way to live and that is to live passionately.  When you live passionately, you are alive, happy and have no stress. You can work hours that leave others exhausted. You don’t need holidays because your whole life is a holiday and you actually get paid to do what you would have…