Why is Communication Important for Human Life?

Humans are the best, strongest, and intelligent creatures on this earth. The tendency of feeling, thinking, smiling, expressing, and accepting differentiates them from other creatures. Everything on this earth plants, trees, herbs, shrubs, animals, birds, insects including humans communicates. The means of communication can be different but the essence is the same. Different species communicate in different languages, let’s say in their languages, which is accompanied by their behaviour or we can say their communication determines their behaviour or vice-versa. Humans have added advantages of smiling, speaking different languages, expressing themselves through words and gestures. Each communication is important even … Continue reading Why is Communication Important for Human Life?

Processed Food and Its Health Risks.

The gradual shift from depending on agriculture for livelihood to a fast-moving lifestyle brings innovations and changes in almost every way. Conversation, behaviours, attitude, habits, dependencies, food habits almost everything changes over the time and becomes a trend. Healthy diets, healthy food habits, and healthy lifestyles are quite trendy these days. Even they should be. Food habits win the toss to be a major deciding player for good health. Ready-to-eat food (mostly processed food) categories make a firm position in society parallel to purchasing fresh vegetables either from farms/farmers or from vendors. Gradually, processed food gets a reputation as a … Continue reading Processed Food and Its Health Risks.

Self-Doubt: Lets Win It Together

I am probably not capable of doing this. What if I mess up? What will people say? Actually, I am an underperformer. I am not smart enough to handle this or that. Aren’t these sound like questioning one’s judgement? Of course they are. Everyone of us must have listened to an internal voice that plays with our psyche and flakes away our confidence and shakes a leg with doubts. Such doubts quiver one’s actions, abilities, thoughts, etc., and hence gives birth to self-doubt. Self-doubt, from the dictionary, is a lack of faith in oneself. Would it be alright to consider … Continue reading Self-Doubt: Lets Win It Together

Workaholism: The Addiction of This Century.

“Work is worship”, “the more you work the more you earn” certainly these are not only proverbs to pass on to generations but have been practised for centuries. Long working hours and working hard for livelihood have been common in practise in almost every century but there must be no such terms to define these practises.   The term workaholism has been coined in 1971 by Wayne E. Oates with the definition “uncontrollable need to work incessantly” and identified as an addiction very similar to gambling, sex, and alcoholism. Oates further explains a workaholic as “a person whose need for … Continue reading Workaholism: The Addiction of This Century.

Wake Up Early to Boost Your Day.

Imagine waking up at 4 am and 5 am. Shocked? Not a big deal most of us will be. For us, morning sleep is the loveliest event not to compromise with. Despite loving the sunrise and sun kisses we hate to wake up early. But honestly, we all agree that the morning is serene, beautiful, tranquil, and soothing, aren’t we? Is it really impossible or insane to get up at 5 am or even earlier in the morning? Think of the complacency of relief on getting up early in the morning, say 4 am or 5 am, before anything is … Continue reading Wake Up Early to Boost Your Day.

Are You in the Habit of Bragging?

In some conversations we may have encountered with sentences like ‘hey, you are doing great, congratulations for achieving all this at a young age but I was younger than you’, ‘you know, for me, everything is easy because I am way more experienced than others’, ‘I am the only one capable or eligible for this work’. These may sound self-obsessed, self-centered, and proudly stated. Actually, these are too proudly stated. Bragging means to talk too proudly about something one owns or something one has done. The primary focus always remains on achievements instead of hard work and efforts. It also … Continue reading Are You in the Habit of Bragging?

Internal Conflict – A Battle Within.

Battles within and without start with our birth. Nobody on this planet is free from conflict. Conflict is a part of life, in one line, it is an uninvited association from birth to die which everyone has to participate in. Our hearts and minds are battlegrounds and we are warriors, and at every stage we fight to win, to achieve better result, to be comparatively good, to get respect, to bring changes in the society, and to conquer so many things floating in the air. Yes, That’s the truth. Most of us fail to accept or we can say unwilling … Continue reading Internal Conflict – A Battle Within.

How culture influences our lifestyles.

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit – Jawahar Lal Nehru Culture, according to the dictionary, is the customs, beliefs, ideas, etc. of a particular society or country. But it has expanded itself to be considered as social behaviour and norms found in human societies and share the same characteristics and knowledge among a group of people. Culture is not an invention but a cultivation that makes it a ‘way of life’ for human beings living in a particular society and country. There are so many cultures in the world and it is often said that … Continue reading How culture influences our lifestyles.

Practice Meditation for a Healthy Lifestyle.

Is there a parameter to measure a healthy lifestyle? Does anything like a perfect lifestyle exist? Though I believe perfectionism does not exist but the best among something. There are many roads to a healthy lifestyle and for this, one should also focus on a stable, calm and serene mind, focused thoughts along with physical fitness and food habits. Meditation is one such route. Meditation is a practice of focusing the mind on a particular object, thoughts, or activity to train awareness, observation, consciousness, and attention, and to achieve mental stability, calm and tranquil emotion. It is defined and characterised … Continue reading Practice Meditation for a Healthy Lifestyle.

No More Excuses. Stop Making Them.

Excuses, excuses, excuses, too much of it. Stop making this. I am fed up with your excuses. Now, remember, no more excuses. Ain’t these words familiar to everyone? How many times we listened to them matters less than the number of times we tried not to listen to them again. Making excuses is quite usual for sometimes it is a routine. Everyone makes it, some are good at making it while some get caught in the process. Excuses are meant to defend or hide faults. They are explanations or reasons put forward to justify faults or offenses or mistakes. Blaming … Continue reading No More Excuses. Stop Making Them.