This is based on a TED talk given by Dr. Shimi Kang, a psychologist and Director of Youth and Child Life in Canada. She claims that the one skill that will give us meaning, purpose, passion and joy in life is adaptability. Adaptability for her is expressed in three activities
October 17, 2024
Trust means reliance or confidence in a person. It is confidence in a person’s goodness that we would not be hurt or failed by that person. Or it is the reliance on that person’s word that he or she would fulfill his or her promise. In Scripture God is asking
October 12, 2024
Mornings are crucial to a successful day ahead. It all starts with how you start, as the author of this book “The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life, before 8AM”, Hal Elrod, would say. He recommends some morning rituals to help your day not just begin
October 10, 2024
We are in a time and era where we give too much emphasis on feelings. Mantras like “If you feel like doing it, just do it” have become popular. But the advice of many saints in the Church especially St. Thomas Aquinas is that we should not pay much attention
October 4, 2024
This book belongs to the self-help classics in the same league as “The Road Less Traveled” by M. Scott Peck and “How to Win Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carnegie. “The Magic of Thinking Big: Acquire the Secrets of Success… Achieve Everything You’ve Always Wanted” by David Schwartz was
October 3, 2024
Once there were two kings who tried to outdo each other in hospitality. The first king invited his rival king and gave him a lavish meal and handed him a great number of gifts. Not to be outdone the other king offered and gave a more extravagant meal in his
October 1, 2024
John Maxwell, a leadership guru himself, thinks this book is one of the best leadership books he has ever read. “The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations” authored by James Kouzes and Barry Posner is a best-selling classic that sold over two million copies. The book
September 26, 2024
By Engr. Carlos V. Cornejo This was from a homily given by Fr. Terrance Chartier, a Franciscan Friar of the Immaculate, who gives spiritually nourishing sermons regularly on YouTube. He says, a way to find out if we have a healthy spiritual life is examining ourselves on three things: (1) How is our tongue? Do
September 20, 2024
The dictionary defines an archetype as something or someone that is a typical representative or example of a group. Tal Ben-Shahar the author of the book, “Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment” classifies four archetypes of people as the Rat Race Archetype, the Hedonism Archetype, the
September 19, 2024
This wedding event recorded in the Gospel of St. John is a source of many spiritual lessons. “On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine was gone,
September 16, 2024
Additional tips to further enhance your problem-solving skills. The trick is not to limit your thinking in your head but extend it in different places. These are the breakthrough ideas from this book, “The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain” by Annie Murphy Paul. There are three
September 14, 2024
In his letter to the Philippians, St. Paul would insist that we be cheerful. “Brothers and sisters: Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice! Your kindness should be known to all. The Lord is near. Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and
September 3, 2024