Based on a TEDtalk by Simon Sinek on leadership. Written by Lak Loi Head Count, Heart Count An organisation led by Charlie Kim, CEO of NextJump NYC, stated, why do organisations layoff people when they underperform. In your family when one of your kids comes back home with a ‘C’ grade mark, you don’t ‘lay them …
Written by HH Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu with Douglas Abrams, The Book of Joy The Dalai Lama said, “that there is an important distinction between forgiveness and simply allowing others’ wrongdoing. Sometimes people misunderstand and think forgiveness means you accept or approve of wrongdoing. NO, this is not the case. We must make an …
Written by Lak Loi, The Art of Thinking Without Thinking Ignorance is the cause of our woes, illusion and worry, through greed, wrath, pride, envy, fear, lust, gluttony, dilemma. Buddha said, ‘Desire is the cause of our suffering.’ Everyone suffers in life, and in the pursuit of happiness, we drive ourselves towards sense gratification which …
Written by Lak Loi, The Art of Thinking Without Thinking This is one of my favourite Italian phrases, which literally means, ‘The sweetness of doing nothing.’ It does not mean being lazy, rather it is referring to the pleasure one gets from being idle.
Written by Lak Loi Svadharma is a Sanskrit word, where ‘Sva’ means self and ‘dharma’ means your law and duty – i.e. the reason you were put on this planet. These virtues are there to be enjoyed by the unrealised person. Realised souls who have transcended body-mind-intelligence… become one with the infinite, supreme Truth, known as your Brahman …
Written by Paramahansa Yogananada, Edited by Lak Loi Ultimate escape from the bonds of reincarnation-producing karma is through Self-realisation. All effects or seeds of our past actions (karma) can be destroyed by searing them in the fire of concentration, meditation, and the light of superconsciousness, and by performing right actions, free from the desire for …
Written by HH Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu with Douglas Abrams, The Book of Joy One day I was in Bodh Gaya, the place where the Buddha achieved enlightenment, to begin a series of important Buddhist teachings. Bodh Gaya is the holiest pilgrimage place for Buddhists. There were around one hundred thousand people who had …
Written by Paramahansa Yogananda, Edited by Lak Loi Piece work is a hangover from the industrial age, where assembly line blue coat workers got paid by the number of pieces of goods they produced. With advances in technology, the way we work and get paid has changed. The pace of life has gotten faster, and the time …
Written by Anonymous In ancient Greece, the famous philosopher Socrates was visited by an acquaintance. Eager to share some juicy gossip, the man asked if Socrates would like to know the story he’d just heard about a friend of theirs. Socrates replied before the man spoke, and said that he needed to pass the ‘Triple-Filter’ test. The first …
A Story by Gautama Buddha, Published by Uplift Gautama Buddha said that each person has four wives or husbands in their lives. The story goes… Once there was a man who had four wives. According to the social system and circumstances of ancient India, it was possible for a man to have several wives. The Indian had …