Fallor ergo sum. I err, therefore I am. Ravana is often depicted as having ten heads. Each of the heads represents common human emotions or traits – lust, anger, pride, delusion, greed, envy, happiness, ambition, fear and intellect. The first nine of these emotions have been condemned as negative by many a spiritual guru. Only the last of these – intellect – is deemed worthy and useful in one’s spiritual ascendance. Here’s what I find fascinating. According to one tale, the great King Mahabali had advised Ravana to shun the nine so-called base emotions and nurture only his intellect. But, Ravana refused. To him, it was important that he embrace all ten emotions, the good and the bad, for that is what made him a complete man, and he took great pride in seeing himself as a complete human being.

Have you ever enthusiastically picked a goal and soon after found yourself either not motivated enough to keep going after it, or after having achieved it, found that it actually didn’t yield the emotion, feeling or outcome you were going for?

There was a time in my life when, from the moment I woke up, usually groggy until my first cup of coffee, to the time I went to bed feeling completely exhausted, I felt like I was always running. It was as if there was a clock incessantly ticking inside my head, reminding me of the time that was passing by and all the things that still needed to be done.

Did you start the year off zealously making a long list of goals? And are you convinced that this time, unlike previous years, things will be different? This year, indeed, things can be different. Let’s talk about how we can conquer these pesky little goal saboteurs once and for all, and make 2015 our best year yet!