Category: Essays

While this applies to both personal and professional life, let us reflect on its significance in the workplace. I find it both remarkable and disheartening how powerful seemingly small gestures can be. Let us consider: Having witnessed both sides of the spectrum, the impact of a supportive environment on the pace of growth is undeniable.…

“Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?” — T. S. Eliot Recently, while reflecting on the impact of scientific and technological advancement on our lives, I found myself questioning parts of our progress. While science and technology have undeniably transformed society for the better, they have also created new dependencies—and in some ways,…

“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”— Ernest Hemingway In a world that encourages comparison — personal, professional, business, corporate — it is easy to fall into the tendency of measuring success against others. But real progress is not about being ahead of…

“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.” — Oscar Wilde We live in a world where our attention is continuously courted—by media, advertising and algorithms. In such a world, it becomes simple to avoid the work of developing our own mind and identity,…

As the new year begins, I often notice friends, relatives, and colleagues setting new resolutions, most of them framed as time-bound commitments. Choosing to move one’s life in a positive direction is, of course, always worthwhile. Yet I have come to question whether binding our intentions too tightly to time actually serves us. Time-bound resolutions…