April 5th, 2013 
NeoBluePanther 
The most common advice that you can expect from any motivational speaker is this : Do what you are passionate about.
If everyone knows that, it should be easy. Right?
Only it isn’t.
Very few are able to identify what they are passionate about – for the rest, the search for passion is a lifelong exercise. Sometimes, by the time a person knows for sure what he is passionate about, it is too late to do anything about it.
March 18th, 2013 NeoBluePanther 
Let’s say you want to start something new. Something you have never done before.
What do you do?
You read a few “how-to” books on the subject, you seek help from friends who are already doing it, and you visit a few websites that deal with the subject at hand. Chances are if you are serious about doing the thing, whatever it may be, you will soon be doing it well enough.
But, what if you want to get better at it?
December 13th, 2012 NeoBluePanther 
Most people I know have a difficult time getting up early in the morning. Getting up early becomes especially difficult in the winters, when the warmth of the bed is too alluring to be left behind.
As a child getting up early was a necessity, as school for most people started at 8, and one could not afford to miss school. But as one grew up the necessity to get up early in the morning vanished, and so did the habit of getting up early. The famous adage, “Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise” was left behind at school as well.
About ten days go, however, I decided to change that. I decided to start waking up early in the morning again. Though I am sure I have not chosen the best time to do that, because winters have arrived here, and it is dark outside till around 7 AM. But, anyway, I have decided to have a go at it, and here are the five things I am doing to help me get there:
September 13th, 2012 NeoBluePanther 
“The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once.” - Albert Einstein
I am sure every day you hear at least one person say, “How fast is time flying” or “I can’t find the time to do the things I want to do.”
The clock keeps ticking at its own steady pace, but our perception of time keeps changing. Time is nothing but perception. If time is a result of our perception, then it can be said that it is our perception that makes us think that we are short of time. If that is so, then we can easily find time in our lives by merely changing the way we perceive time.
Would you agree with that line of reasoning?
Whether you agree, or not, I would exhort you to stay with me and continue reading.
May 24th, 2012 NeoBluePanther 
Today’s generation is an educated lot. The literacy rate is increasing all across the globe, and so, by default, it should be expected that we have more smarter people today, than we had, say, 50 years ago.
While it would be difficult to decide one way or another, it can be safely said that today we have more knowledgeable people than 50 years ago.
But, does having more knowledge make you smarter?
I don’t think so. Having knowledge is a necessary, but not a sufficient condition for smartness is what I say.
Here is a little story from the great Indian epic, Mahabharat, to illustrate what I mean:
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