Parth Sawhney

Marcus Aurelius, the Roman emperor and a relentless student of philosophy, was an incredibly busy man. After all, he was a king and he had countless obligations and responsibilities that he had to fulfill as a leader of the empire. In one of his personal reflections, he wrote, “If you

Leadership is about doing the right thing, not an easy one. It involves making hard choices, stepping up and providing a much-needed service whether it is at work, home, in the community or the entire world. If we expect ourselves to be leaders, then we must understand that leadership is

Your work is an important opportunity for you to make your highest contribution to the world. It’s not a means to get more money or fulfill your lust for material desires, but think of it as the end. It is extremely important to make this distinction in our mind.

In their book The Dichotomy of Leadership [https://amzn.to/2Z6YqTO], Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, two ex-Navy SEAL commanders, write about their extraordinary experiences while stationed in Baghdad and Ramadi during the Iraq War which helped them become effective leaders. They learned some invaluable lessons and after returning to

As I read The Alchemist many years back, a word really caught my attention and always stayed with me — maktub. It’s a theme, a saying to be precise, that’s beautifully explored in the book and that simply translates to “It is written.” In other words, it can also

In the show Game of Thrones, Season 4 Episode 3 to be precise, the Lannisters stand over the body of Joffrey Baratheon in the Great Sept of Baelor (he was previously poisoned at his own wedding). Tywin Lannister approaches his grandson Tommen Baratheon and asks him, “Your brother is dead.

A girl once found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day, a small opening appeared on it. Fascinated by this, she sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to get its body past through that little gap. After many attempts, it suddenly stopped. It looked like

Mainly, there are two kinds of surrender — one is surrendering due to panic, and the other is surrendering by virtue of acceptance. The former involves fear of fate and the latter is all about love of fate, also known as amor fati. When things go sideways and when we don’

We all have limited time, and we live in an age where attention is the currency that drives global commerce. So, it makes sense to focus on learning how to improve our focus and maximize our productivity. There are numerous resources out there that can help us focus on doing