Any meaningful AND significant pursuit will involve a huge learning curve. Some pursuits are “safer” than others as your long struggle can be private before you ultimately expose yourself in public. Examples of such pursuits are some kinds of music or some kind of sports where a large part of the training can happen in… Continue reading
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Mini Saga #126 – Artist
Mini Saga #126 – Artist Frank was an artist. At least he thought he was. Four years, nothing had worked. Concerned, his friend Jim asked him, “Do you fear that nothing might click for the next few years?” Frank nodded. “So, how will you address that fear?” Jim asked. Frank smiled, “By creating more art…”… Continue reading
When the going gets tough…
Remember the old adage – “when the going gets tough, the tough get going.” Have you ever thought what will the others do – the ones that are not tough? By sheer logic, the “not so tough ones” don’t get going, right? Wrong! They do something else – they will find the best excuse (excluding… Continue reading
Handling Irrelevance
Almost every month one or the other “Yellow Pages” book lands up in front of my door. All these “Yellow Pages” books look the same from outside. I don’t know how they look inside because I have never opened one in the recent past. There was only one time, my son brought one of the… Continue reading