The Overwhelm

"the overwhelm" is a function not so much of how many things [we] have to do but of how much time [we] spend thinking about how many things [we] have to do.

Work may not set us free, but it lends meaning to our days, and without it we'd be lost.

The new wealth is so highly concentrated that only a very few people have the wherewithal to stop and smell the roses, which have been flown in at great expense from Ecuador. 

compulsive profit syndrome

The disproportionately compensated have a disproportionate motive to keep on working.

No time for free time

inequality has grown, that leisure is scarce, that even the rich complain of being overwhelmed. And yet so much of what we do, collectively and individually, suggests that we still believe more wealth is the answer. Reëxamining this belief would probably be a good idea—that is, if anyone had the time for it.

compulsive consumption syndrome

a Swedish economist named Staffan B. Linder coined the phrase "the harried leisure class." Linder argued that as people became wealthier they would inevitably feel more squeezed, because they would feel compelled to consume more and more goods per unit of free time. Linder envisioned his harried protagonist "drinking Brazilian coffee" while "smoking a Dutch cigar, sipping a French cognac, reading The New York Times, listening to a Brandenburg Concerto and entertaining his Swedish wife." 

Load Zero to Head

Throw out an alarming alarm clock. If the ring is loud and strident, you're waking up to instant stress. You shouldn't be bullied out of bed, just reminded that it's time to start your day.
- Sharon Gold

The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation, but your thoughts about it.
- Eckhart Tolle, author, "The New Earth"

Is everything as urgent as your stress would imply?
- Carrie Latet

There is more to life than increasing its speed.
  - Mohandas K. Gandhi


The Unsinkable soul

An entire sea of water can't sink a ship unless it gets inside the ship. Similarly, the negativity of the world can't put you down unless you allow it to get inside you.

Happy Birthday sunosuno

I just realized that this blog has lived for a decade now.
I have been a fan of motivational quotes since school days... used to collect lots of small inspiring literary stuff in a personal diary.

suno suno in hindi is a phrase spoken aloud to attract your audience to hear the message you want to deliver.

I try my best to mention the source/author of the quote.

If there is any unclaimed quote, I would be more than happy to attribute it to its progenitor.