Gerald D'Cunha

  “The dream in your heart may be bigger than  the environment in which you find yourself.” Darren Hardy   I came to know about Darren Hardy’s book – ‘The Compound Effect’ – while searching for an appropriate quote for today’s blog. You see, my world has been revolving around the young college kids… for nearly five decades that is. Yes, I started teaching while I was in my first-year B. Com… and, once I made that conscious choice to become a good teacher and a good writer, the rest happened around that robust choice… I stayed committed and consistent throughout. There were bleak times when I did worry about my future… “Did I make the right choice?”… Yes, this question has come to hit me hard countless times, making my heart shiver. But, then, that solitary choice which I made while still in college – yes, at the end of the day, it has helped me stay faithful to my commitment, stay consistent… and, come this far. So, when I came across a good review on Darren Ha...

“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”  ―  J.K. Rowling,  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets “We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are.”  ―  J.K. Rowling,  Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix I haven’t read a single Harry Potter book… I have only watched one – the very first – Harry Potter movie. Now, even if you think, I am dumb, it’s alright; but, here is my truth: I couldn’t understand, at all, what was going on there, when I tried to read the very first book! Little kids have read all the books, I know… and, kids, young ones and adults have raved about the movies. Good for them, really. But, I have been clueless about a lot of Harry Potter stuff… Anyway, whether J.K. Rowling’s famous tales are really so great is not the issue here. The books and movies, sure...