It has been very aptly observed that success lies in perseverance. The entire gamut of human history testifies to the truth of this saying. Life's journey, frequently directed along uneven paths, is…

The Times of India | April 07, 2024 A book published in America in 1986, entitled Peak Performers, makes a study of the lives of a number of individuals in modern America who have played a heroic…

The Times of India | May 12, 2024 The following story, written by Mao Tse Tung, former Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party is one which should set us all thinking. In olden times, there was…

The Sunday Guardian | July 09, 2023 By August 1945, Japan had been totally ruined having lost its political freedom as well as its economic stability. What Japan did subsequently was to refrain from…

Two friends, Ahmed and Iqbal, both lived in the same city. Ahmed was a graduate, while Iqbal's education had not gone beyond the eighth standard. It happened once that Iqbal had to go to an office on…

The Bata Shoe Company is named after the family, which founded it. Originally the Bata family lived in Czechoslovakia, where they began manufacturing shoes as far back as 1620. Thomas Bata Senior,…

Soulvida | October 13, 2023 As Dale Carnegie—the most pragmatic of modern thinkers—once remarked: “The most important thing in life is not to capitalize on your gains. Any fool can do that: the…

 Speaking Tree Weekly Blog | 30 Nov 2020 In the world of science, the standard measure of superior perform­ance is the Nobel Prize. How is it that one qualifies for such recogni­tion? Mr. H.A. Krebs…

SOULVEDA American Astronaut, Neil Armstrong, stepped on to the moon for the first time in July 1969. The moment he set his foot on the moon, the control mission in America received these words…