Equatorial Musings

Most people's greatest fear is of something negative. Fear of failure. Fear of losing a loved one. Fear of not being appreciated. And the list goes on. But is that really true? I think not. The greatest fear is fear of what you can accomplish. To be talented. To be brilliant. To be a great person. And yet not have the courage to realise your potential. So we live each day wondering. We wonder if we'll succeed, if we'll made good, if we'll get the accolades we rightly deserve. Nothing encapsulates what I'm trying to say better than the quote below from Marianne Williamson: Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, “Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?” Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other p

January. The first month of a new year. For the Gregorian calendar at least. Also the same month the Lunar calendar refreshed itself. Which doesn't always happen. And barely 3 days ago too! The tone of the first day, month or season sets the stage. That's what the Chinese believe. For what you may ask. The rest of the month, year and decades of course. So I endeavour to start the year right. I even looked up my horoscope. Just to check to see what the fates have in store for me. Not that I really believe in it really. And guess what? Its supposed to be a great year for me. Apparently, I'd recoup all my losses. And I mean this in the most generic way possible. Finance, career, love and what have you not. So I'm waiting with bated breath to see how things will turn out this year. Mind you. I'm not just gonna let lady luck have her way with me. I intend to grap things by the horn and be a participant. At least I can then boast about playing a part. Never mind, its onl

When I was growing up, I always thought that leadership was the domain of those destined for greatness. But over the last couple of years, I've come to realise that leadership is something that all of us should work on, regardless of our station in life or position at work. Recently, my boss gave me a book by John C Maxwell on the "21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership" and it further cemented my belief. I've heard a lot about Maxwell from my friends and I wasn't disappointed when I started flipping the pages. In fact, the first chapter drove home the point that leadership ability is important to all of us. In short, he asserts that it is the lid that determines a person's level of effectiveness. The lower a person's ability to lead, the lower the lid on his potential and vice versa . This makes a lot of sense because a leader is someone who has a vision and can chart the way forward, who works on his personal development ceaselessly and who adds value to othe