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  • Please help the people in Haiti affected by the earthquake

    If you haven’t heard the news about the earthquake tragedy in Haiti, you can learn about it at: http://www.reddit.com/r/Haiti The Reddit team at Conde Nast is working with a charity called DirectRelief to help the earthquake victims in Haiti. DirectRelief can use your help. 100% of the donations made to them are going to Haiti…

  • Consumers, Confidence & the Economy: What You Can Do to Help

    We individual consumers should, as a community, take steps to support and strengthen the U.S. and global economy. People’s confidence and our actions resulting from it are an important factor in rescuing and rebuilding the economy. Yes, we need to be cautious about spending and should save money during this economic time, but we need…

  • It is all about Balance

    To be effective at anything in life, balance is required Be it personal life, leadership, management, technical work: balance is essential. You need to be aware of balance at all times. I plan to write a series of articles about this subject. Some topics I discuss with friends and colleagues: standardization vs. innovation & creativity…

  • Please Help the Tsunami Disaster Relief Efforts in South Asia

    If you are able, please help the tsunami disaster relief efforts in South Asia: http://www.google.com/tsunami_relief.html Good companies like Apple, Amazon, Google, Yahoo and others are doing a great service by featuring a request for help on their home pages. Here are some screenshots: http://photos.rajiv.com/gallery/337743 If you know of other companies doing this, please email me.

  • Respect and the American Way

    Respect must be earned and maintained not expected and demanded. Unlike in some other cultures, I believe the American way is to give respect to those and when the respect comes out of my heart. I do not believe in giving respect to people due their being in a position of power, richer, older or…

  • Lessons from martial arts that apply to life

    Interacting with and helping other people Some encounters are not worth the experience. If you spar with Mike Tyson, you will get hurt and have a headache afterwards. Your vulnerabilities get exposed when you do certain things. It is ok to be vulnerable while you are doing what you believe is the right thing. Do…

  • Can multiple contradicting religions all be true? An imaginary discussion between two people

    Cast: Rex, a philosopher. Fanatic, a religious fanatic who believes all other religions are false. Rex: Do you believe in God? Fanatic: Yes. Rex: Do you believe God can do anything? Fanatic: Yes. Rex: Is God above human sciences, logic and reasoning? Fanatic: Yes. Rex: Can God do something that we humans can not understand…

  • On Relationships, Romance & Love

    Q. How long does it take to build a lasting relationship? 6 months? 1 Year? 2 Years? 5 Years? 10 years? A. None of the above. It takes a lifetime of commitment. It is easy, perhaps, to start a romantic relationship. What takes effort, though, is to keep improving it while at the same time,…

  • Is There God? A discussion between two people

    Cast: A. Atheist / Agnostic B. Philosopher A: Can you logically prove that god exists? B: Yes. Proof in any system requires Axioms. For example in Euclidean Geometry 5 axioms are taken to be true by their virtue. Proofs for other theorems are based on these. In a system, god’s existence can be taken as…

  • Love should be a Decision, not an Emotion

    Love should be a decision, not an emotion. People should not fall in love, they should make a conscious decision about it. Falling in love is not bad in itself, but falling out of love is bad. I’m not talking about casual love. This piece deals with the mate-seeking love between a man and a…