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This ‘riddle’ beautifully describes the reality of being. If you are asking ‘who am I’ or ’what are we’ these slides are thought provoking. To me they seem to be a simple statement of fact. #wellbeing #spiritualawakening #lifecoaching

Sixty-nine THANK YOUs, one for each of the years i've been around on this planet. Little did i realize the extent of goodwill that would be showered on my birthday (30th July 1955) from so many 'contacts' in LinkedIn, many of whom i know and have interacted with directly earlier, and many whom i wish to interact with and know. As i embark on the 70th year of my life, i should share some of my observations, experiences, and knowledge (ideally SILENCE, which marks the supreme stage of learning and knowledge) in the true spirit of an active teacher. OK, here's my stuff (rant?  Maybe, but please spare a few minutes of your precious time). I’ll share the whole content in instalments to ease the time. 1.    For any human creature, there are only, and only, four contexts of existence in this world. They are, ‘Me Alone’, ‘Me at Home’, ‘Me at Work’, and ‘Me in public’. 2.    The greatest collective human challenge is “how can less perfect humans work with themselves and with each other to create a more perfect world in the four contexts of life?” 3.    The greatest individual human challenge is answering the question “Am I struggling to make efforts to fulfil my ‘Dharma’ (chosen duties and responsibilities) independent of the outcomes, which are NOT in my hands?” with flawless and fullest integrity. A few more thoughts will follow.

Was just reading the foreword by Doug Tallamy...WOW! Here's a small sample... “Every once in a while, a book comes along that meets an important need most people don’t know they have. Sarah Jayne’s Nature’s Action Guide is such a book. Sarah could have called her book Conservation for Dummies—not that she wrote it for true dummies, but because she has identified a subject everyone needs to know but almost no one was ever taught: how to share our spaces with the natural world.” … “Sarah wrote Nature’s Action Guide as a complement to my book Nature’s Best Hope. My last chapter suggested 10 things homeowners could/should do to help share their property with nature. After reading my book, Sarah set about trying to enact each of these suggestions in her own yard but quickly realized that, even as an experienced gardener, she didn’t know enough to be successful. And if she didn’t know enough, many other budding conservationists were likely to struggle as well. Sarah’s solution was to write Nature’s Action Guide, a step-by-step, easy to use manual that explains how each of us, regardless of our background or gardening experience, can accomplish all of the goals I propose in Nature’s Best Hope, as well as several I only hinted at! Restoration biology is a relatively young scientific discipline a few decades old. Practicing restoration in human-dominated landscapes, in comparison, is in its infancy and we are still learning what works and what doesn’t work. One of its many distinguishing features is that Nature’s Action Guide is current, explaining state-of-the-art conservation in suburbia with the most up-to-date best-practices available. Even a half-hearted attempt to follow Sarah’s action items is guaranteed to improve the biodiversity potential of your landscape and thus the productivity of your local ecosystem. For this, we all owe Sarah Jayne our heartfelt thanks and gratitude—because, whether we appreciate it or not, we all depend on those same ecosystems.” Douglas W. Tallamy

This is so Profound.

RIP an original thinker. Let me share a brilliant insight from Daniel Kahneman which I heard on the The Economist podcast Boss Class. When he got his team together to develop new thinking and write the book Thinking Fast and Slow he asked them all how long they thought it would take. Estimates coalesced around 18 months. (For those that don't know the book, it popularised the idea of System 1 and System 2 thinking, the basis of much behavioural science.) He then went to the principal at his college and asked how long such projects usually take. He said only 40% ever finished a book and the range was 7-10 years. Which was exactly how long TFAS took to complete. The lesson he took away: don't trust gut instinct! Optimistic planning is usually an inside view rather than an objective outside view, reality checked and based on hard evidence.

I rarely read books, but upon the recommendation of Vijay Panpalia, I picked up "How to Win Friends and Influence People" and was truly captivated. The principles it offers deeply resonated with me, and I will try my level best to incorporate them into my life to the best of my ability. Thankyou Vijay Panpalia.

Keep Dreaming and Working for a More Equitable Future https://lnkd.in/eu7W2Kzd 4 WAYS TO LIVE THE DREAM! 1. Renew your dedication: Living the dream is a life-long commitment to stand up for justice and speak out about inequity. Let us continue the fight for Civil Rights, for diversity and inclusion, tor the beloved community King dreamed about. “We must work unceasingly to lift this nation that we love to a higher destiny, to a new plateau of compassion, to a more noble expression of humaneness.” 2. Keep on serving: King saw service as the path to greatness. By serving others we empower ourselves. MLK day is a day of national service. Ask yourself, “How might I best serve? Where can I make a difference today and every day?   “Everybody can be great because anybody can serve...You only need a heart full of grace and a soul generated by love." 3. Expand your reach: In today’s political and economic divide ask yourself, "How can I reach out to others? Where is the common ground? Can we unite around a vision of a better world for our children and future generations?. “Let us stand with a greater determination...In these days of challenge , let us make America what it ought to be. We have an opportunity to make a better nation.” 4. The Urgency of Now! Today there are so many issues to tackle: gun violence, global warming, economic inequity, immigration,. We can get overwhelmed. But each one of us can make a difference. What are you passionate about? where can you make your mark.? King urged us to act NOW! “We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of NOW.” 

As a bonus ⬇️ Thank you for your interest in my content As a bonus here are 8 more smartest quotes ever said, reflecting deep wisdom: Albert Einstein: “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution.” Mahatma Gandhi: “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” Socrates: “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” Isaac Newton: “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” Martin Luther King Jr.: “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Marie Curie: “Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” Lao Tzu: “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Carl Sagan: “Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” Come with me on this journey of motivation Check out the link in my bio

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