Ekta | wisdomekta

  Good morning reader, Recently I have been experimenting with daily etiquette with consciousness and found it utterly fulfilling. Today's blog is my take on "The propriety of greetings". I know it sounds silly, but the consciousness of this small habit/ritual began when I was teaching my kids the " Good Habits " lesson a year back. Namaste, Good morning, Good night, and All the best … or a mere smile, a hand-wave…or a WhatsApp message with a kind hello message…sometimes greetings become very words, with or without any feelings created. Greeting the house help with a smile or wishing the exam-going students an "All the best", even though internally I don't know their ability.. may bring a glimpse of confidence in them and a moment of a smile on my face. Greetings are not mere words but high-energy blessings , where we firmly believe only lovely things should happen to the other person. These greetings are the way to radiate our enthusiasm and the...

  Life. Moment. Simple. Less. My recent book titled Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown revolves around these four words, i.e. Life; Moment; Simple; Less. The book validates my thinking that life is simple and that being simple is the core of life . However, to practice the same in day-to-day life requires discipline and the practice of essentialism. The book's mantra or the nutshell catch fraise is "if it's not a hell yes, it's a no”. McKeown does an excellent job explaining why it is so hard to change our habits…especially those we know are doing no good to ourselves. Later focuses on showing us ways to break or create patterns for letting go of the less important things and building our momentum to accomplish something in our professions, family, and personal lives. Most tools/pieces of advice explained in the book are not earth-shattering; they are things we have heard, seen, and read before, but the book does an excellent job putting a f...