A perfectly balanced life is the best possible gift we can have. A life with good health, enough money, a wonderful character and a loving family to name a few ingredients. In this section, you would find articles that help build this ecosystem and enables us to live a meaningful and balanced life.
Fact 1: According to a recent census, there were 793 billionaires and close to 8 million millionaires in this world – that is less than 0.2% of the world population. Between them they own assets close to $50 trillion.
Fact 2: Everyday about 25000 people die because of poverty and according to 2001 census, about 2.7 billion people lived with an income of under $2 a day- that is close to 40% of the world population. Continue reading »
The world is always excited about winners. Be it sport, business, academics or politics, it is the winners that define the world. It is probably because we all want to stand out and prove we are better than the others in everything we do. This pressure to prove that we are better than others sometimes turns into a nasty rat race that we loose sight of the big picture. But that doesn’t mean that we should be complacent and not run at all. We are all born with definite qualities and we should try and use them to help the world to become a better place – both for us and for all the other living beings. Continue reading »
In today’s world, the most valuable asset for a company is its employees. Other machinery, equipments and tools can be upgraded quite quickly, provided there is enough money, when compared to hiring and training an employee for a job. All employer-employee relations have a break-even point up to which the company invests on the employee and after which the company sees some returns back. The biggest loss a company can face is when an employee quits at the break-even point. But with some logical and simple steps employers can reduce, if not avoid, brain drain. Continue reading »
Detox Diets!
There are a growing number of people who get sucked into the so-called “detox diets”. The concept of detox diets is to remove toxins by following a prescribed method in a period of a few days/weeks. There are a number of procedures that can be followed, for example following a diet regime, eating specific herbs and herb supplements, chelation to name a few. Juice fasting is also considered by many as an excellent method of detoxing the body of its impurities and enable the body to return to its original state!
Juice Fasting – The positives
Juice fasting is a novel idea which would work for people who have an addiction towards alcohol, smoking and substance abuse, caffeine, etc. People who feast on chocolates and ice cream, and even people who have a very unhealthy eating pattern and lifestyle can give this a try. Continue reading »
There has never been such good support for being energy-conscious. People around the world are taking the environment much more seriously and want to conserve and spend energy wisely, more than ever before. The dramatic changes in climate that we see today is because of the energy we burnt 30 years ago. So, what we do today will have effect on the climate for the next 30 years. If we were to continue the trend, unexpected and severe climatic change will happen in the next 30 years – which scientists predict can cause an increase in global temperatures of up to 4 degrees.
Future is today
So, if we are very careful in spending energy and burning fossil fuels, we can bring back the world close to its natural state and leave our children to enjoy the world as we have seen. The result of whatever we decide to do today can only be felt and seen in 2040. But it is not very difficult to cut down on Carbon-di-oxide emissions, that cause global warming. All we need is to stay united to solve this problem and do minor tweaks in our lifestyle. In a problem like this, every penny counts. So, even a simple change can make a great impact.
For a long time, I wanted to write about blood donation and why it is very important for the donor and for the community. There hasn’t been a lot of research activity on how donating blood helps the donor but it is a well understood fact that the act saves lives. So what is this all about? Who can donate blood and what care needs to be taken before and after donating blood? Keep reading to save more lives…
Why do we get stressed?
Stress nowadays is as common as air and water. We are surrounded by stress in everyday life – be it at work or at home and the stress levels nowadays are definitely much higher than what existed a 100 years ago. We all live most of our life either in the past or in the future and very less time in the present.Of the three states in time, present is very tiny to make one get stressed. Apart from us, none of the animals live either in the past or the future and the amount of stress they take is very less.
We have all seen deer gazing the grass after a hard chase from a tiger. If we were chased by a tiger instead of a deer, we would want to first tell our friends and family about our narrow escape and then moan why does this happen to me and after that think deeply and plan what can be done to avoid this situation totally the next time.This attribute of us living in the past and future makes us come up with a variety of feelings – feelings like loneliness, pain, loss, peer pressure, money, relationship issues and many more. And, all of these feelings invariably end up creating or increasing stress levels.