Parth Sawhney

We give and receive so many compliments in our day to day life, but we hardly spend time figuring out what is an appropriate response that we should give when someone compliments us. The best way to respond when you are on the receiving end of a compliment is to

The lifestyles of the rich and affluent have been glamorized in books and movies like The Great Gatsby and Crazy Rich Asians. F. Scott Fitzgerald also went as far as opening one of his short stories with the classic lines, “Let me tell you about the very rich. They are

Resistance (as pointed out by Steven Pressfield) is what keeps us stagnant and stuck. It stops us from living our best life and keeps us from becoming our highest self. I feel vulnerable as I share this with you but over the past few months, I have let Resistance win

This essay is an excerpt from The Way of The Karma Yogi [https://amzn.to/2SpVnmi] , my new book. Death is a double-edged sword — a sword that hangs over our heads all the time. On one hand, we never know when our life will be taken away from us,

We get bombarded with so much information from various media that it gets hard to assess the ratio of helpful information against the degrading one. As we get drawn by the ploys of attention seeking digital giants, media companies and retailers, we start consuming irrelevant and distracting content that’s

If we want to take 100% responsibility for our lives, we also need to take absolute responsibility for having what we need and what we want and being completely at peace with it. Sometimes, we give a much bigger priority to other people’s needs and wants. We work towards

Often we weigh ourselves down by our past behaviors, mishaps and mistakes. Our non-adherence to our disciplines and not acting in accordance with our inner values and philosophy causes a turmoil within us. We end up getting stuck in the negative cycles of shame, guilt and self-judgment. But

What matters the most in our work and our life is the fact that people are able to trust us and count on us when the need arises. A couple of traits that we can work towards cultivating within us are: genuineness and consistency. When we exude these two qualities,

There is no better way to maximize our productivity, performance and get back in touch with our peace of mind than simplifying. With time, we build certain habits, routines and systems but if we don’t keep them in check, we end up feeding clutter and disorganization. We feel overwhelmed