Tag: leadershiplessons

  • When someone makes you unhappy: Check the connection again

    When someone makes you unhappy: Check the connection again

    Are there people in your life—at home, work, or elsewhere—whose words or actions upset you? Maybe it’s something they say, how they behave, or even the way they think. These moments can leave us feeling hurt, angry, or disappointed. Worse, the words and memories can keep replaying in our mind, causing us pain long after…

  • Judging others: Moses and the Shepherd

    Judging others: Moses and the Shepherd

    In Rumi’s Masnavi, there’s a beautiful legend about a young shepherd who sits under a tree and has a heartfelt conversation with God. “God, they say you are one, and that you are alone. So am I. You have no family, and neither do I. You have no home, and I don’t either. Wouldn’t it…

  • When You Are in the Seat of the Giver

    When You Are in the Seat of the Giver

    There was once a generous king. Every day, he would bring a large vessel of grain to distribute to those in need. People would line up, holding out their jholis (a cloth stretched out to receive alms). The king would scoop up fistfuls of grain and fill them, but he never looked at the faces…