Tid Bit from My Diary

This week Indi-blogger inspires us to ponder whether “ we think inspiration books are really useful ?” I need to get the ambiguity out of my way and therefore the first question I ask myself is “ How do we define the genre Inspirational Books in this context”?   Let me adopt the simplistic path and consider those to be a subsection of wide variety of inspirational literature that are promoted aggressively by the marketers. Let me start with the books that made their authors not only very famous but rich as well. This genre include books like following along with their prequels and sequels. Chicken Soup for the Soul The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari Rich Dad Poor Dad Think and Grow Rich You Can Win I believe those became bestsellers for a reason and that being marketed differently. People have either fallen for celebrity endorsement, followed their peers or impulsively got motivated to buy it. As we understand sales make books a best seller while reading tho...

Break Free - Image source A mighty elephant possessing the strength to large trees cannot gather the strength to free itself from a flimsy chain tied to a peg. It’s not the physical chain that ties the elephant but the invisible restraints that tells its brain that there is no point in trying to break free. It is the perception of this elephant’s personal reality that makes it feel weak and feeble with respect to the binding chain because it was created through earlier failed attempts. Unfortunately this is not limited to elephants. We too find ourselves restrained with our beliefs embedded through earlier experiences or teachings and we created our own reality around those. We are so strongly programmed that we cannot even distinguish between possible and the impossible. Human brain weighs only 3% of our body weight but it consumes 20% of our energy. This tells us something about its capability if we decide to put it to use, we can move mountains. Many peo...