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Evolution in its base sense translates to Continuous Improvement Process - How we improved from where we were in the age-old past to where we are in the present day. We all as human beings, community, group, society, country, and the world continuously grow and improve.  Growth is part of being. Continuous improvement is part of us!! We have evolved (grown and improved) from the state of total innocence in the undated past to the state of information overload today. One of the ‘like-it-or-not’ aspects of present-day information overload or its glorified synonym ‘exposure’, is the bringing up of a gamut of adjectives into our otherwise calm, simple, and happy minds. The phrases such as ‘successful’ growth, ‘significant’ improvement, and 'remarkable’ achievement are all conceived my man in his own balance scale, benchmarked by a known achievement of another man.  With these adjectives, most people today aim to meet or exceed the mark made by another perso...

Ever been on an escalator? Yes, am sure. On a recent such escalator experience with my children, I realised a hint to the big truth of life , as I would see it. My son held the rails so strong for fear of falling off that he was standing at an angle for a few seconds before I hurriedly got him to loosen his grip on the side rails and straightened his panic mode to a gentle smile! We safely stepped out, and it was such a huge ordeal for me, coming to think of it. Afterthought: Think of life’s timeline as an escalator with side rails. Let’s say each passing moment is a step in the escalator. The timeline keeps moving the Moments in perfect routine and it is always a forward movement. This escalator stops only on your Last working day on Earth! Now, what will happen if we hold on to the side rail and refuse to let go of our grip?? We’ll fall, while the escalator continues to move.  That’s exactly what happens to most of us most times, when we refuse to le...