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Parth Sawhney

legitimate discomfort

In order for us to grow and heal after a catastrophe strikes, we need to go through pain. That’s the way we become better. But we need to make sure that we don’t cause unnecessary pain for ourselves in this process. Pain can only serve us for so

take care of yourself

There’s no point running around taking care of others and attending to their needs while you neglect yourself. You need to be selfish and make sure you’re taking care of yourself first. You need to focus on your own growth and development and serve your own needs first

constraints breed creativity

When we face challenges in work or in life, we end up becoming more creative. We are driven to come up with the most innovative solutions that we can with what we have. When resources are limited, and we need a way out, our inner genius takes charge. With boundaries,

sit down

We all toy with the notion of revealing our creative genius through a meaningful project that we’ve had in our minds for a long time. We keep playing this idea again and again in our minds, refining it and shaping it. But we never execute it. We’re running

constructive anger

Anger is perceived negatively by most of us. Sure, we need to get a grip on our anger but instead of suppressing it we need to channel it towards a constructive cause. Anger is essentially energy and we need to contain this energy and unleash it towards an area whether

do it now

There’s no point in waiting for things to happen. Take charge and do it now. Your ideas will not get executed on their own. Your body will not get fit on its own. Your wallet will not become heavy on its own. When inspiration strikes, take action. There’s

labels

We want to give a label to everything. If there’s something that we can’t comprehend, we try to put that in a box so that we can feel better. It’s a search for certainty, for sureness. Not all friendships, associations and relationships need to be tied down

sunblock

We can’t be naive and live in denial that there are no dangers lurking around. We don’t have to pay attention to them all the time, but we can’t ignore them as well. If we are about to go out in the summer sun, we can’t

power and connection

There needs to be a healthy balance of power and connection for a relationship to exist. Often times, when two people are hungry for dominance and power, it breeds negativity and the relationship inches towards an end. In order for the relationship to survive, one out of the two needs

the carnegie dictum

A good example that we all can look up to is Andrew Carnegie who can be regarded as the richest self-made man of all time. He followed this three-part dictum in his life: * To spend the first third of one’s life getting all the education one can.