The Queendom of Sharma
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Holiday Blues of A Writer – Why you need to take an inspirational rest once in a while
I have been irritated with myself for not working more over the holidays. I was disappointed that I did not write more and that I slept, ate and watched movies most of the time. Today is the first official working day of the New Year and I have started by reading and writing. I feel…
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The everlasting energy of the spices your ex bought.
It’s Sunday. You want to cook a meal as your friends will come by tonight after a day on the skiing slopes and then you notice this collection of spices from the last ten years of your life. You find the spices your ex brought to the family. You find the everlasting energy that is…
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Writing is Life – Four lessons learnt from writing 500 words a day
Successful writers will tell you that you need to practice writing regularly if you want to get better at it. I have recently joined a challenge where we write 500 words a day without editing. We count creative writing (novels, short stories) and blog posts. Here are four lessons learnt that I would like to…
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Double Happiness – A Masala Love Story – Promotion on Amazon
Hello! We will have a promotion of Double Happiness starting 12 January 2014. You can buy the book for 0.99 USD for a very short time. Check here and please leave a review. Thank you. VMS
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Double Happiness – A masala love story – Prelaunch Information
Dear Tributes and Fans, Our Queen Vivienne and her entourage are honoured to announce: “Double Happiness” is here to stay and “A masala love story” (Part 1 of 4) will soon be delivered throughout our kingdom by the major seller of electronic reading material (also known as amazon.com). (“Tatatataaaaa”)! Check your amazon site on Friday,…
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Postponing life again and again
Our lives have become so hectic. We think in terms of optimizing our time. We want to maximize output while reducing input. We give ourselves targets. We rush. We run. Sometimes we force ourselves to take a break and stop for a few minutes to meditate. Relaxation is forced upon us as well as a…
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Life is a bollywood movie
by VMS Have you ever imagined your life to be bollywood movie? You know like you sit in a café and suddenly you look into his eyes and your hands start moving towards the sky, your bangles showing up as you move your hands upwards in different mudras (handsigns). You give your loved one a…
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How to speak to your brain to solve any issue in three easy steps
This morning it took me a long time to get into work mode. Maybe the whole pizza and bottle of red last night had a bit of influence on my slack-ness. I came to my office later than normal (10 AM) and cheerfully started my day by jotting down a cool idea on my whiteboard.…
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Is networking overrated?
As a professional career coach I often advise people to build up and maintain a network as it will help them find a new role or start a new business venture faster. I consider myself an effective networker (online and offline). I really enjoy connecting people and I often bring people together who…
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Mother’s Day 2013: Tame your EGO, woman?
True love: Men helping wife to carry the load. Guest post by @angieweinberger In light of Sheryl Sandberg’s book „Lean In“ I recently pondered about the question of my ego. I have always been ambitious and had targets in my professional life. I still do. Ms. Sandberg inspired me to write down „I want…
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