In an insightful article on Inc.com recently, Jeff Haden highlighted the key beliefs and perspectives of highly successful people in business. These beliefs resonate well with me; if you were to look around at the people whom you deem successful, I am certain that you will find them displaying most of these characteristics. Let’s look [...]

Self-discipline is the key to success in almost every aspect of life. Here are some edited excerpts of thoughts on using the power of self-discipline to achieve success from Swami Udit Chaitanya, an extremely respected and popular spiritual guru from India. Swami Chaitanya is renowned for his teachings and interpretations of the Bhagwad Gita.

This form of failure is one many people do, though they are mostly unaware of it. Happily, it is one that is, more often than not, easy to shift. Wallace Wattles wrote that failure is caused by doing too many things in an inefficient manner and not doing enough things in an efficient manner. Doing [...]

Learn how to separate the majors and the minors. A lot of people don’t do well simply because they major in minor things. The ability to be clear on delegation is a sign of good management. Managers delegate work not to just relieve their workload, but to allow the employees they supervise to grow professionally. [...]

Love Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs or hate him, he said something at the D8 Conference last week that resonated with me. It’s a lesson that can have a profound impact on how you use the other 8 hours to create a better life. First, a bit of background. The iPhone and iPad cannot display Adobe [...]

Success comes through growth. And, when that growth is personal, it is termed self development. There are many personal factors that shape our life, ambitions and personality. All we need to do is to make sure that those factors influence us in an optimistic way. Given below is a list of self development tips that [...]

Despite putting in 100 percent in whatever we do, certain uncontrollable habits often impede our success. Procrastination or poor time management are chief among these, and I will touch upon the latter here.