Slow down, pause and reflect!

 Life is more than performance and delivery. Pause, reflect, and slow down your running to appreciate small things, enjoy the bounties of Nature, beauty of things around you (including human behavior!). Enjoy and cherish time with loved ones. There is nothing more rewarding than these! 

Constant seeking of external recognition, wearing a mask to belong to a group, forcing yourself to the level that you lose your self-confidence and self-esteem - are all NOT worth this life!! 

Just be YOU; savor every moment and create memories consciously!! 

Self-doubt

One might think that as one ages, self-doubt vanishes. How I wish that could be true!

The year of 2024 has seen me officially operating in the leadership category for one full year now. The journey has been one of self-discovery - including becoming aware of self-doubts and strategies to overcome it.

There was a brief and intense period of self-doubt during this year, particularly with respect to my leadership position. I have been fortunate to have mentors to help me out. The key help was to give assurance and point out three kinds of categories of people – those whose self-assessment and their
worthinessness match, those who estimate themselves more than their worthiness and those who estimate themselves less than their worthiness. . But what was interesting and useful was when my mentor pointed this to me and said that I fall into the last category and the anxiety that I might slip into the second category was enough to cripple. That, I think is the most insightful thing that I am keeping in my mind – helping me to sail through.

Cannot Not Do

I was aware of the idea that some people say that there are things that they cannot not do. It was not until this December 2024 that I realized that there are things that I cannot not do - it is so inherent that I seldom realized it. And this realization came in a discussion with a friend - both of us sitting in a Buddhist cave in Lonavla! Should I say, this is a Buddha-kind of revelation! :-D