Om Swami's Blog, page 6

The Bee Struggle

The other day I was walking past a large glass window when I saw a bee bumbling about frantically, trying to get out. It went up and down, left and right, maintaining its momentum with an incessant flapping of its ... Read more →

Is It True?

Last month while speaking to one of my life-coachees, the conversation steered towards human relationships and communication.  “How to deal with the hurt,” he said, “when others say negative and hurtful things to us?”“There are many theories and methods,” I ... Read more →

Care to Stop?

On a not-so-busy intersection, the traffic signal turned red and a silver Toyota Corolla came to a halt. A black sedan stopped behind it a few seconds later. Soon there were about six cars in tow. The signal turned green ... Read more →

Your Health

I was a teenager when the Harshad Mehta mega stock market scam happened in India. In fact, it’s debatable whether it was elaborate fraud or a clever exploitation of the loopholes of the market regulator (SEBI) that suddenly found itself thrust into ... Read more →

The Art of Practice

You must have heard the phrase: work smarter not harder. It's intelligent-sounding but absurd advice, if you ask me. One is not a substitute for the other. Having said that, it is not without merit. For, if we do our ... Read more →

Are You in Love?

Have you ever been in love? Of course, you have. You wouldn’t be here otherwise. I say this with a certain sense of conviction because os.me is full of people who are on a spiritual journey. And you don’t contemplate ... Read more →

Step on the Gas

When I work with bright CEOs and entrepreneurs, often the difference between success and failure is so palpable. It’s like within the first few minutes, you know right away if this person is going to take his/her career and company ... Read more →

The Six Stages of Awakening

Mulla Nasrudin was weary of a strange malady he had been suffering from for a while. No specialist could even find out what was wrong with him, let alone treat it. Finally, one day a doctor called him into his ... Read more →

Four Traits of a Natural CEO

Merely running a company versus building a company is akin to comparing cricket with tennis. Both are ball games but that’s about it. The similarity ends there. No doubt you need great managers to run great organizations but if you ... Read more →

Surprise!

“I’m pointing at the moon,” Buddha said, “but they are admiring my finger.” May I mention that I get hit by deja vu all the time whenever I talk about any important spiritual issue on this platform. That you care ... Read more →