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My second long drive - 600 miles, 12 hours in one day

Well, here I am - exhausted somewhat but excited to pen down my 600 miles driving experience. Mind it - it was all in one day!  This was the second time since I have been in US that I drove for so long - nonstop! Well to be precise with one hour break. So,I drove in two stretches, each five and a half hours long with one hour break in them. What say? :-)  People write about their first experiences and here I am - blogging about my second. I did share about my first long drive on facebook though but since I am owning a blog now, thought it might be a better idea to share it through this portal. Gives me more room to write. Another reason - I am no longer on facebook!  Talking about my driving experience, I have been driving in US for a while now. But have not drove for this long of a distance independently. I started early morning - 5:30sh, the last time when I drove, but for this time  - add two hours to it. So, it was 7:30 a.m. Not that I "got" late, but it was

Empowering lessons to recalibrate our thoughts

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As the famous proverb goes, ' If life gives you lemons, make lemonade '. This blog post is related to the message conveyed in this saying by Dale Carnegie. I have been reading few books (non-fiction) recently and came across some really good pieces of advice that I would like to share in this blog post. I am going to pull some excerpts from one of these books. There are some that I can completely relate with and for others it was purely the writer's writing style that captivated my interest.  The three books I read are - The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama,  Lean In  by the Facebook CEO - Sheryl Sandberg and  The Best Advice I Ever Got  - Lessons from Extraordinary Lives by Katie Couric .  I am only going to jot down some pieces of text from the book -  The Best Advice I Ever Got  here in this post. This book is a compendium of short stories from some of the most successful, revered people. For us to realize that even today's best and brightest had hurdles