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Take Your Work Seriously, But Don’t Take Yourself Too Seriously
There’s a simple philosophy I’ve come to embrace over the years: take your work seriously, but don’t take yourself too seriously. It sounds like wordplay at first, but it’s not. It’s an important distinction. Taking your work seriously means putting your heart and mind into what you do—showing up, being dependable, striving for excellence, and Continue reading
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Ages and Classes: The Shifting Sands of Society
“I belong to the upper middle class.”How many times have we heard this phrase, often said with a sense of pride? Yet, if we pause and think, is there really such a thing? Or is it simply a label born out of comparison and ego? To understand this better, let’s take a walk through history. Continue reading
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What Really Changes Us?
We often hear the phrase, “Time changes people.” But if you pause and observe closely, you’ll see that it isn’t time at all. Time, by itself, is just a measure—it doesn’t mold, shake, or transform. It is experiences that change us. And often, it is the most profound ones: love and despair. These forces can Continue reading
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We’re All Escapists: And That’s Exactly the Problem
What’s the purpose of life? To chase dreams or to seek bliss? Maybe both. Maybe they’re the same. As Mark Zuckerberg once said, when asked about his work hours—“Define work. I just play.” When you follow your dream with sincerity, life can indeed feel like play. But does that mean life is without tragedy? Not Continue reading
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Invented: New Warfare
We often imagine war through the lens of history: tanks rumbling, bullets flying, soldiers dying. But what if the deadliest wars of our time are being fought not on battlefields, but in boardrooms and bank networks—without a single bullet fired or a single drop of blood spilled? Welcome to the age of financial warfare, the Continue reading
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The (Forgotten) Power of Why
One of the most powerful questions in the human vocabulary is “Why?”—and yet, most of us stop asking it far too early in life. We used it freely as children. We questioned everything with an insatiable curiosity:Why is the sky blue? Why do we sleep? Why can’t I eat cake for dinner?But somewhere along the Continue reading
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Three Vital Problems
Nothing is constant—except change. The dunes of a desert shift with the winds, and even the most still pond is in motion, turning slowly toxic in its stagnancy. Life, too, is not meant to remain still. Those who resist change know—just as well as those who embrace it—that change is not only good, it is Continue reading
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The Real World: A Mirror We Refuse to Look Into
We live in an age where the world claims to be more connected, more advanced, and more prosperous than ever before. But is that really true? Strip away the glitter of social media, the facade of technological progress, the engineered feel-good narratives of advertising and media—what do we find? A world that is still broken. Continue reading
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Sense and Stupidity: Choosing Your Mountain
“Tigers are strange elephants, they don’t have tusks.”Sounds absurd? That’s because it is.But it perfectly illustrates how often people pretend to be experts in things they barely understand. We all know someone like that—someone who confidently comments on everything under the sun. They have an opinion about politics, religion, gardening, space science, and even your Continue reading
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Are You Happy?
“What day is it?” asked Pooh.“It’s today,” said Piglet.“My favorite day,” smiled Pooh. In just a few lines, Winnie the Pooh gave us a lesson in mindful living that many of us spend our whole lives trying to understand. While the world worries about what happened yesterday or what might happen tomorrow, Pooh simply embraces Continue reading
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