Gerald D'Cunha

Pic.: Chetna Shetty “There is a lie that acts like a virus within the mind of humanity. And that lie is, “There is not enough good to go around.” - Michael Bernard Beckwith in ‘The Secret’ T he more I reflect on the subject – ‘How ordinary people, like you and me, become extraordinarily successful’ – I get more and more convinced, that they all had a very, very clear picture of what they wanted. Yes, the first thing towards any achievement is being clear (In Napoleon Hill’s words – ‘being definite’) about what you want to achieve. It sounds so simple! Yes, you and I can, always, be ‘definite’ about what we want to achieve. What is tough is to ‘believe’, with that rock-solid faith in our hearts, that we can achieve it! Napoleon Hill had made it famous when he had given us the power-line:   “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve!” Wayne Dyer had put it this way: “You will see it when you belie...

Beyond a certain point, it is pointless to worry about our future. In fact, ‘worry’ is the wrong word… Worry never helps. So, beyond a certain point, it is pointless to be ‘concerned’ about our future! All things are taken care of! About twenty-five years ago, I did not have a fixed place to run my classes… I used to shuttle from one place to another – almost frantically – to keep my kitchen fire burning. Just some three years earlier, my ship had sunk… I was trying to put all those pieces together. Learning from my past mistakes, now, I was not in a hurry… I was treading cautiously.    But, I was happy the way  things were going…  though I had to keep running all day long  in order to stay still, as they say.  I knew my future would  unfold on its own  if I remained sincere to my heart. One night, Uday, a student who had passed out two years e...