Why are Indian Parents mostly Concerned about Making Child’s Career?

HSBC Retail Banking and Wealth Management recently conducted a survey asking parents across Canada, UK, USA, Australia, China, Brazil, UAE, Hong Kong, and India to pick health, career success, comfort, or happiness for their children. In terms of children’s career success, India emerged on top with most parents voting for it. Surprisingly, India scored the lowest in terms of children’s happiness, wherein Canada, UK, and USA scored the highest.

What could be the reason?

Lifein20s gets a Dedicated Verse

Woke up to this amazingly apt and delightful verse by a friend, Simranjeet Singh, especially crafted apropos to lifein20s:

7 Habits to Develop When You are in Your 20s

Good habits, when cultivated early in life, stay with us for long. Our contributor, Keshav Aggarwal, tells 7 habits you ought to develop when you’re in your twenties. These habits not only will help you live amazingly but will also be helpful as you enter in your thirties. To make your life more fruitful, consider doing these things this year.

1. Develop Creativity

We know that not everybody is Steve Jobs who was blessed with the creativity of extreme levels. That’s why we kept the heading – develop creativity. See, this is the simplest habit to develop and you are the self-trainer. Board your childhood train, go back into the time, and alight your coach in the time when you used to do what you like. Now, bring that habit into your daily use again. Give it 30 minutes every day, then an hour, and then two and increase with the time. You will end up finding that your creativity has improved significantly. Scientifically, writing is the most creative, speaking is the most influential, and listening is the most adorable thing. Walt Disney brought the virtual Disney Land of T.V. shows into reality because of his favorite childhood habit, cycling. He used to wander around the site while the first physical Disney Land was taking its shape in Anaheim, California.

7 Simple Steps to De-stress Daily

While being in 20s is amazing, it can be stressful at times, as well. We have to deal with hectic college assignments, erratic work schedules, and disturbing relationships – all of which can take away our energy. No wonder, we are like kids stuck in adults' bodies.

The good news is you can follow these simple steps daily to zap stress ASAP and be ready to face whatever life brings on:

1. Do small workouts, now and then

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To cope with stress, you might resort to smoking, having candies, coffee, or chocolate but the ideal antidote is exercise. Even ten minutes of walk can lift your moods.

Who Moved my Cheese? Let’s Accept Change in our Life

Let’s get it straight: change is inevitable. It can either be a blessing or a curse, depending on our perspective. Since change happens either to us or by us, what matters most is the attitude we have about change, as put rightly by Alan Watts, “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance”.

This is the post by Keshav Aggarwal who read an amazing self-help book, ‘Who Moved My Cheese?’ and while giving away the gist as, “We should let go off old cheese so that we can enjoy new cheese”, thought of sharing the gem of adjusting attitude towards change in life.

7 Things Every 20-something should do this Year

The New Year has rung in. With this, our hopes for better future and wishes for brighter us have risen. However, what exactly do we plan to do to really make a difference in our lives and in lives of others?

For some, January 1 is just another day but for some, it is a day for brighter prospects. These are the people who make a difference – in their lives and in the lives of their friends, family, and society. Why not be ‘the one’ this year?

If you are actually planning for a brighter and better life, try adopting a few or all of these, this year. Who knows, after a year, we might be sitting at same place, patting our own backs, for a wonderful 2015!

1. Do more of what makes you happy

Being a 20-something doesn’t mean we can’t go back to our arts and crafts classes or go out and play. Take out time for yourself, look at your old photographs, treat yourself to your favourite delicacies, and spend time with family and maybe, catch up with long-forgotten friends.