The Cuckoo Effect: How to Stop Nurturing Other People’s Dreams Instead of Your Own

Too many people feed, nurture, and suffer for other people's values, dreams, wishes, and whims. The Cuckoo Effect How to Stop Nurturing Other People's Dreams Instead of Your Own

While most people may not wish you harm on a very good day, it is important to realise that everyday they try to lay eggs of their values, opinions, ideas, wishes, expectations, or demands into your own life. And, those eggs, once they hatch, leverage your fears, ego, and other strong emotions to gradually compel you to nurture them.

The Selfishness Paradox: Why You Must Think of More Than Yourself To Get What You Want In Life

We all have our selfish desires, but achieving things that are truly grand or worthwhile often requires the input of more than one individual. Hence, to achieve our selfish desires, we often need to do selfless things. And, even when success comes, the wise can tell that the most important thing was the tribe (not the selfish prize).

Managing Ego: How To Stop Taking Yourself Too Seriously

Here is the thing, deep down we know we are not perfect. It is impossible to be perfect. No one has looks, finances, relationships, and all nailed to the T (at least, not all the time). And even those who manage to score high in seemingly all domains of their lives, do so at a great cost – they are under constant pressure; and in some cases, might even feel a sort of second-hand embarrassment from those around them who think this whole charade of perfection is absolute madness and want to just be themselves.