Life Skills

We don’t live in bungalows, duplexes or flats. We live in our minds.  Yes, that’s our permanent residence until we leave this world. And there are no constraints of square-feet there. It’s a vast space with unlimited area. No matter how well-organized your rooms, balconies, garages and verandas are, life is good only when things are sorted there – in your mind. And that’s where we keep things messy – regrets piling up in one corner, expectations stuffed in a closet, secrets under the carpet, worries littered everywhere, comparisons spilt on the table, complexes leaking from an old bottle, and grudges stinking in a box. For this ‘real home’ of yours, you can’t outsource housekeeping. You got to do it yourself. Source: received through WhatsApp Message

           I wrote this article as soon as I ended my trip using two-wheeler self-service bike ‘Bounce’ at Bangalore. It was unbelievable, for 7 km I was charged 25 Rs. ( Not even half of the USA $ ), imagine the affordable cost in a city like Bangalore. The bike was brand new, it had ridden around just 1100 km. Who are these people who started this convenient service, are they ‘entrepreneurs’, yes they are. You can think of Ola, OYO, Paytm and many more startup examples. Image source:  https://casanuratti.com/2018/11 I always think why so many graduates get into job lines instead of opening assembly lines (I.e. Factory). The students focus their imagination and creativity only for getting a job. The entrepreneurship is a position where you really create some valuable service or product to the people and the jobs and economy to the country. Few examples of entrepreneurs, mix of old to young folks: a. OLA Cabs- Bhavish Aggarwal b. Bounce bikes- Vivekananda, Varu

After reading this concept, please write your thoughts in the comments section: *Swiss Time Bank* A student studying in Switzerland observes: While studying in Switzerland, I rented a house near the school. The landlady Kristina is a 67-year-old single old lady who had worked as a teacher in a secondary school before she retired. Switzerland's pension is very good, enough to not worry her about food and shelter in her later years. However, she actually found "work" - to take care of an 87-year-old single old man. I asked if she was working for money. Her answer surprised me: “I do not work for money, but I put my time in the ‘time bank’, and when I cannot move in my old age, I could withdraw it.” The first time I heard about this concept of "time bank", I was very curious and asked the landlady more. The original “Time Bank” was an old-age pension program developed by the Swiss Federal Ministry of Social Security. People saved the 't

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