Does this sound dramatic?
It is.  And it isn’t.
It’s about a man I deeply admire and respect.
A man who died yesterday.
His name is Randy Pausch.
He touched my life through a presentation termed
“The Last Lecture”.
In a re-done shortened version of it on the Oprah
show, Randy summarized the gist of his 47 minute
presentation at Carnegie Mellon University.
Watch it.
Believe [...]

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In another post, I wrote about “Your REAL Impact”.
I recently got this story in an email from my new friend, Dileepa. For some reason, it touched me deeply. So I’d like to share it with you.
Hope it brightens up your week!
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THE STORY OF THE RED MARBLES
I was at the corner [...]

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There’s a section/category to this blog titled ‘WISDOM’.
In it, I share lessons from my life.
Have you ever wondered WHY I do this?
If you’ve watched Randy Pausch’s ‘The Last Lecture’ (if you haven’t, go click that link now - or when you next have time - and invest the most life changing 47 minutes you’ve EVER [...]

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As a young 22-year old medical graduate, I played mind games - on myself! They were necessary. Some things needed to have meaning.
Like when a drug addict with sores all over his body, a glazed, lifeless look in his eyes, in extreme malnutrition, and with a non-existent will to live is dropped off [...]

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When my dad graduated from high school, his father made him an ‘offer he couldn’t refuse’.
Become a doctor. Or go back to the village and tend to farming on our lands.
The problem with this offer was that dad wanted to be a school teacher. He loved Tamil and wanted to teach the language [...]

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I catch up with Seth Godin’s blog once every month or so. I’d do it more often, except my head ends up hurting from the way he keeps stretching my brain!
Yesterday, I found something on it about an interesting new way to write a book. And that reminded me of a book I’ve [...]

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Ten minutes in the shower this morning brought many things into sharp and sudden focus. Discrete, almost random thoughts suddenly snapped together to form a startlingly clear picture.
It Was Like I Saw “The Truth”!
The moment was incredibly exciting. In my hurry, I nicked myself shaving. Rushing out to my computer, I called [...]

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I was born to a ‘hoarder’. My mom still saves stuff from when I was one year old - and earlier!
I married a ‘hoarder’ - though a constant struggle is ‘reforming’ her a bit! (don’t tell her I said it, though)
I gave birth to a ‘hoarder’. Age for age, her collection [...]

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More details about ‘Google Fun’ - click here
Credit for this tip goes to Ed Dale - join his ‘30 Day Challenge’, it’s free!

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The question has haunted me for years.
As a 3rd year medical student, on our first posting in the clinical medicine unit, our professor asked us a question.
“Why did you decide to become a doctor?”
The ensuing interrogation was penetrating and funny. It might go like this with one student.
“Sir, because my father is a doctor [...]

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