Being present

• People are encouraged to set high standards like high marks or goals at work. The problem arises when all we do is stress about that benchmark. All efforts taken are directed towards the result with no joy in the process.
• Instead of asking,"How do I do this?", result focused work ...

1. We say yes to things we find difficult to squeeze in our schedule. The key is to commit to less, and be committed to the task we say yes to.
2. We move around, fiddling with one task or the other, habitually keeping ourselves busy, because we aren’t familiar w...

We train ourselves to automatically assume something terrible will happen. We may think that we will be better mentally prepared.

But expecting the worst is just a way of torturing ourselves. Constantly worrying about the next problem will stop us from living and enjoying life now. We need ...