I have recently recommended “The Count of Monte Cristo” to my wife, and as a result I am myself once more encountering characters that I loved like the Abbe Faria who trained Dante in prison. This extraordinary man, in the limited confines of Prison, had demonstrated the human potential for making the most of . . . → Read More: Extraordinary Human Potential For Excellence
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I was reading Dostoevsky’s “The Idiot” yesterday, and his description of what a man’s state of mind when he is about to be executed really struck a chord. I guess I think of death more than most people – not morbidly, but as a matter of fact, and I always thought that I would . . . → Read More: Dying Unexpectedly Freelancers, contrary to public opinion, have got to be one of the most hardworking of all professionals. Taking a vacation for example is much more pricey for a freelancer than it is for normal employees. Image Credit: Kenzoka Regular employees get a fixed pay and leave is usually included in it. When a regular . . . → Read More: Why Freelancers can't take Vacations We’ve all felt it haven’t we? As freelancers, we’ve escaped our bosses and externally imposed rules, only to be ruled by something which can be far worse – ourselves. With no one to guide us, and no one to push us, we have to rely on our own radar, and then one is reminded . . . → Read More: How Procrastination can kill your Freelance Work I’ve rarely faced this problem, thank God, but it’s something that every freelance writer has had to think about – “What if my buyer doesn’t pay me if he doesn’t like what I wrote for him?” Some buyers feel that they have an obligation to pay a writer only if they like the output. . . . → Read More: Why buyers should pay freelancers even if they dont' like the work Well, I’ve arrived, and let me say, it’s bloody difficult! I thought that being a Freelancer, I could just whip out my laptop and work away whenever I wanted to right? Image Credit: veo Wrong! More than anything, I realize that a good freelancer has to have a schedule. I know that lots . . . → Read More: Settling Down It seems to be finalized. We’re probably going to be flying to Chicago tomorrow night. I say ‘probably’ because we haven’t got the tickets yet. Anything can go wrong! It’s about bloody time I say. We were supposed to be flying a week ago, and everything is packed and all. All my buyers on . . . → Read More: Moving to Chicago – Almost but not quite! Now that my wife’s company requires her to be on site in Chicago, I’ll have to continue my work there. Actually, it’s not in Chicago. It’s in a little village called Schaumburg. Things haven’t been easy. We were supposed to leave this week, but the medicals haven’t been scheduled yet. Also, my Internet connection . . . → Read More: Moving to Chicago When I was young, my mother gave me a set of Children’s Encyclopedia by a gentleman called ‘Arthure Mee’. In that, I found this fascinating picture of Justice. I used to look at it over and over again, examining that face. Even as a child, the impression I got was one of understanding, and . . . → Read More: The Picture of Justice This post is an appeal to my fellow Indians to start viewing things in perspective. It’s a foolish idea, I know, since people are so deeply rooted in the views that have been propagated to them, that they begin to feel that they are actually their views. I’m defending the humble Indian cycle, which . . . → Read More: We Love the Unfashionable Bicycle! | ||||
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