A couple of weeks ago, we were on our way back from Montreal and got stranded in Philadelphia. Three hundred flights were cancelled, and there were no hotel rooms. After being on a tiny flight with three seats per row, circling the airport for hours takes a toll on your tolerance...
I was a born rebel—one of those rebelling without a cause. Do not ask me why, but if you ask me to do something, my first instinct is not to do it, even though I will do it eventually. I have always been making my own rules - rules are meant to be broken sort of mentality. Undern...
I need a taste of my own medicine. The old saying that the advice we give others is often the advice we need ourselves is true. All this great wisdom that I spout in my blog is evident proof of that. So, today I decided to make that the purpose of this blog.
The advice that I ne...
It is time for my annual Vipassana retreat blog.
Like all things this year, Vipassana retreat centres(http://dhamma.org) have been closed in most places. At the beginning of the year, I thought I might be able to do it in a centre - but as the year progressed that possibility...
I recently finished reading the book - 'Girl On The Train' by Paula Hawkins. She is also the author of 'Gone Girl' which is also a movie. She is one of the rare authors who use unreliable narrators in her stories and does it well too.
This book is also very similar. I got caught...
I gave a talk on Leadership yesterday at an undergraduate class, my first ever talk as a leader officially. The students asked a lot of questions at the end of the, and on my way back I was thinking about the talk and life in general. That's when I realized the difference between...
Adam and I were walking to a coffee shop downtown. I saw this lanky young man with a head full of thick curls walking towards us. He was talking non-stop and was holding onto his pants. As he walked past us I realized that he was talking to himself and not on bluetooth as I had a...
I am reading this book called 'Ego is the enemy(http://egoistheenemy.com/).' One of the speakers at my work mentioned this book and like all things that are on your path call out to you - this book did too. I have been fascinated by ego and always wondered if I have a big ego o...
Let's take a scenario: You have a early morning meeting at work. And for some reason you slept late the previous night and woke up late. You forgot to make your lunch and it's your turn to take the puppy out for a morning walk.
I am sure all of us have experienced the following ...
The story goes - Abraham Lincoln's brother wrote him a letter stating that he wanted to move from his current location because he didn't like the people, didn't like the place. His brother moved places and after a few months the same story and the same letter to Lincoln. Lincoln ...
In one of my previous blogs(https://www.anumorris.com/?p=15715) I had talked about the 10 Paramis or Virtues. Today I want to talk about one of them which is
6\. Khanti: Patience May I ever be patient. May I be able to bear and forbear the wrongs of others. May I ever be toler...
In my current role I have to manage a team of people - mostly project managers. And every month we have a strategic meeting and some kind of a fun activity either within ourselves or with other teams we work with. If I chair a meeting it has to be fun at least for me - otherwise ...
Let's say you have a poisonous tree in your backyard - it is infected by some insect which is causing it to be poisonous. The infection is in the roots of the tree. You keep cutting the tree down and telling yourself that the problem is solved. At a superficial level it does look...
At a CPM(https://theraoinstitute.com/) reunions, one of my friends suggested the idea of a improv - one of the first things he said is that you have to start with an Yes. I found that exercise very difficult because it meant I needed to put the BIG "I" behind and go with the fl...
As some of you know I have started learning swimming. I can swim now - except the breathing part. I still use a swimming snorkel but I am more comfortable in water and have more stamina. When I first started off I couldn't even take 2 strokes and I was swimming next to little kid...
For a while I was into these quotes thing and I had picked up this greeting card at the yoga studio - it called out to me at that time. _"I beg you, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms ...
I remember when I moved to Columbus from London - it was an identity crisis of sorts. The first step was to recognize that my identity was tied to working as a Project Manager in British Telecom and having a MBA degree from London Business School. I identified myself with these t...
This blog follows the last one(https://www.anumorris.com/?p=15938) where I talk about the different ways in which we can accept or not accept other's judgements/opinions.
In this blog I am going to talk about how to increase the "effort" factor in implementing the different wa...
This blog follows the last one(https://www.anumorris.com/?p=15932) where I talk about the choice we have in accepting or not accepting the judgements from others.
In this blog I am going to talk about how we can exercise that choice. I will start with the quote from Ramana Mah...
In the 10-day Vipassana(http://dhamma.org) courses Goenkaji tells us some stories during the discourses. The one below is similar to the one Goenkaji narrates during the course.
_There once lived a great warrior. Though quite old, he still was able to defeat any challenger. Hi...
As some of you might know I run a small business on the side which is teaching Bollywood Dance. As a part of that I got contacted by Bollywood Musical Company Taj Express(http://www.tajexpressthemusical.com/bollywoodmusical/) asking if I wanted to partner with them.
It was on ...
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It was summertime and I remember very vividly that my dad who is usually very fit kept sleeping for an entire weekend - non-stop. He had just made a trip to Delhi or some other city for business and when he came back all he did was sleep. His...
Raymond Fiest(http://www.crydee.com/), one of my favorite fantasy authors writes in his book, "The Magician"
> we are the architect of our own prison
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What does he mean by that? Let me tell you a story.
A rich couple are blessed with a baby boy aft...
Let's start with a scenario simulation. You have got this nice trip on cruise ship. You are enjoying yourself and all of a sudden the ship starts sinking due to a large hole. What do you do? Option a) Leave the Sinking Ship Option b) Dig the hole faster
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This is in some sense a continuation of the last blog - this time I want to talk about the five precepts. Before we get into that let's talk about Sila, Samadhi and Panna.
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The picture above depicts the three groups of the Noble Eightfold Pat...