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Agastya and the Vindhya Mountains: A Lesson in Influence and Leadership

Introduction Long ago, the Vindhya mountains began growing taller and taller every day. They became so huge that they even threatened to overshadow the mighty Himalayas and block the sun’s path across the sky. The cosmic gods grew worried. If the mountains kept growing, they could disrupt the balance of the entire universe. But the gods couldn’t stop them. The Vindhyas refused to listen to anyone. They wouldn’t bow to authority or accept any requests; they simply kept rising, proud and powerful. Now, the one person the Vindhyas deeply respected was their guru, the sage Agastya. He was their teacher and held in high reverence. So, the gods turned to Agastya and asked for his help. Agastya visited the mountains. The moment the Vindhyas saw him, they humbly bowed down to greet him, full of admiration. Agastya smiled and said, “I’m so pleased with your respect and devotion.” The mountains replied, “We are honored by your presence. Please tell us how we can serve you.” Agastya said, “There’...

Napoleon Hill’s 17 Principles of Success

Introduction Napoleon Hill was born in 1883 and his family was very poor. He was born and bought up in Virginia, USA. At the age of 13, he started writing for a paper and utilised his earnings to enter into a law school. But shortly he observed that practical implementation of his studies were not reasonable and left his course. He continued his writing and major turning point of his life came when he got an opportunity to interview Mr. Andrew Carnegie. At that time, Mr Carnegie was one of the most powerful personalities in the world. The interview duration ballooned to 3 days period instead of the scheduled 3 hours. Andrew Carnegie offered him a proposal to study and understand success formula of wealthy people but without any payment. Napoleon immediately agreed and started taking interviews of successful people like Thomas Edison, Graham Bell, Henry Ford etc. He observed that every successful perAnson work in line with the 17 principles of success. Napoleon Hill’s 17 Principles of S...

The Philosophy of Stoicism: Part 2

Introduction On 10 December 1940, a very big explosion happened in West Orange, New Jersey. Immediately 8 fire vehicles rushed to the site. This fire happened due to a chemical explosion in the 10 Factory building of Thomas Alva Edison. Initially, Edison tried very hard to douse the fire and was running from here and there. But when he realized that there is no benefit of running as fire already gutted his whole factory then he started watching the scene. He also called his son, wife, and other family members to the burning site. He told them that it is a very rare event and they will not see such fire again. The next day he accepted the interview with New York Times and told the reporter that he is ready to build everything again. Edison was 67 years old at that time and this story is a perfect example of stoicism. Here he implemented the fourth core value of stoicism. Stoicism is a philosophy of ancient Athens scholars but it is a pearl of timeless wisdom. Many great personalities us...