Introduction The story of Nachiketa from the Katha Upanishad is one of the most profound lessons in focus, sincerity, and determination. Though deeply spiritual, its relevance extends far beyond — offering timeless wisdom for leaders, professionals, and anyone navigating today’s fast-paced corporate world. Nachiketa was a young boy whose father once undertook a yagna (sacred ritual) where everything one owned was to be given away in charity for spiritual merit. But instead of giving away his best possessions, Nachiketa’s father chose only the old and useless things. The boy, though only five years old, recognized the lack of integrity in his father’s actions. Courageously, he questioned his father: "If you truly vowed to give away everything, why are you keeping the valuable possessions back? Whom will you give me to?" Irritated, his father angrily retorted: “I give you to Yama, the Lord of Death.” Taking this seriously, Nachiketa set out to meet Yama. When he arrived, Yama ...
Introduction The word anger is one short of danger and we must understand that whenever we get angry then a dangerous situation awaits us. We can understand this analogy with a short story. There was a child in a village who used to get angry about very small things. One day his father decided to teach him a lesson. Father had provided a bunch of nails to his son and ordered him to pierce those nails on a wooden boundary of their farm. That child followed the instructions of his father and started piercing those nails. When the son had completed the task then his father instructed him to remove those nails one by one. On this, his son became angry but followed the instructions and completed the second task as well. Father asked his son to observe learnings from this task but his son was not able to grab the lesson. On this, his father explained that when the nails were removed from the boundary then those nails left the scar on the boundary. He further explained that the results of ang...