Sometimes poor behavior is simply bad execution of good intent.

Petty things become unimportant when people are impassioned about a purpose higher than self.

I am fortunate to have a very helpful team that enables me to spend time doing things that are important but not necessarily urgent. People who have no such team need to also make these larger decisions so that they can cheerfully say No to that which is urgent but not important.

I don't read blogs but occasionally people tell me about what they contain, and I do take questions that come from blogs.

To me, the essence of keeping the soul nourished is obedience to one's conscience. I don't think that the soul can be nourished unless people have a strong sense of conscience that they have educated and developed and soaked in the universal and timeless principles of integrity and service. This way, the individual's soul becomes part of the universal soul of service, contribution, and making a difference.

When you show deep empathy toward others, their defensive energy goes down, and positive energy replaces it. That's when you can get more creative in solving problems.

It takes humility to seek feedback. It takes wisdom to understand it, analyze it and appropriately act on it.