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How Ross Geller from F.R.I.E.N.D.S Inspired Me

Perseverance Ross had immense perseverance. In spite of having three divorces, he never stopped dating. In spite of things going on and off between him and Rachel, he never gave up. He never for a second thought that he is unworthy or undeserving of love. I think this is a trait not many of us have but it is a trait which all of us need to do great things. Most dreams don't come true because we give up too soon. According to a book by Angela Duckworth, perseverance is one of the most important factors in determining how successful a person will be in life. Passion Ross's passion for dinosaurs and paleobiology is inspiring. He also turned his passion into his career which is again very impressive. Not many of us can turn our favorite childhood toy into a fulltime job. And not one but two successful careers at that - Ross used his love for dinosaurs at the museum and also as a professor later on. I think passion is something we all need to excel at anything, if we love what we do...

How Joey Tribbiani from F.R.I.E.N.D.S Inspired Me

 Persistence Joey wasn't making much money initially because he wasn't able to land many roles as an actor. But he did not give up. He did not even do any other job just to make ends meet which any other person would have easily done. For example, Penny from 'Big Bang Theory' also wanted to be an actor but she never became one because she did not go for as many auditions as Joey did and she had another job (waitressing and then sales) which Joey didn't. Joey made his dream come true with sheer persistence.  Determination Let's be honest - Joey was not that good at acting or at least acting could not have been the thing that he was best at. This can be proven by many scenes such as when he said in an interview that he made up his own lines - which no good actor would do. Also, his many failed auditions, his lack of common sense, him taking abnormal amount of time to understand basic things, etc. Yet, it was his dream to be an actor and he fulfilled it. At the end...

How Chandler Bing From F.R.I.E.N.D.S Inspired Me

Humility Chandler Bing was in a big position in his career. But he was not satisfied with what he was doing in life. He wanted his career to align with his interests and so he changed his career path from data processing to advertising. He had to start as an unpaid intern and he was the most senior in age amongst all the other interns, yet he did not feel ashamed or did not quit. He kept doing his job. I think this shows us how humble he was. It shows us how he could keep his pride aside and start from the very bottom all over again. Humor Many people saw this as a negative or annoying trait of Chandler. In fact, Chandler himself stated in one of the episodes that he used humor as a defense mechanism. But I think this was one of his best traits. Having the ability to laugh in the face of adversity is something we should all acquire. Not taking ourselves too seriously is something we should all learn. Humor can help us get through tough times. And Chandler's jokes were the star of t...

How Rachel Green From F.R.I.E.N.D.S Inspired Me

Transformation So Rachel transformed herself from a spoilt brat to an independent girl. She again transformed herself from a waitress to a person who worked in fashion - an industry that she was passionate about. She transformed from being a person who was bad at her job (waitressing) to a person who loved what they did for a living. She believed that she could change - something that is impossible for most of us. An example would be the sisters of Rachel - they both remained the same, they never changed, they continued to be spoiled brats into their adulthood.  Acceptance I really liked the way Rachel handled problems, she never freaked out a lot. She took what came and did what she could. For example, when she came to know she was pregnant, she did not over react, she handled it maturely. And when she was fired because her boss saw her interviewing for another company, she was not all devastated as many of us would be. Also, when she accidentally married Ross after getting drunk,...

Top 5 Websites Through Which You Can Read Books For Free

Audible Now, Audible always has free 1 month subscriptions or free trial subscriptions for two months or three months. During these free trials, you get 1 credit each month with which you can get 1 free audiobook. You can choose from the wide range of genres, authors and languages. This is a great way to read free audiobooks. You can use Audible accounts of your relatives/friends etcetera to get the subscription several times since one account can get only one subscription for free and each person can have only one account. BookBub Now, this website shows us books which have discounts and also books which are available for free currently due to an offer or deals. Now they have a free eBooks option, which if you click on, you can view all the books that are available for free right now on Amazon and some other sites. Or you can go to the 'All deals' option and click on the price filter where you can then select free and you will be able to view all the free books and then click ...

Books I have been reading recently (Part 2)

'Love, Theoretically' by Ali Hazelwood So, I have read two other books by Ali Hazelwood which are 'Love on the brain' and 'Love Hypothesis', I liked both of them. I am yet to read 'Loathe to Love you' and I have just started reading 'Love, Theoretically.' So this book is about Elsie who has a PhD in Physics and works in the Physics department as well she works as a fake girlfriend where she pretends to be someone's girlfriend. The fake girlfriend job seems to be her main source of income as she is not yet being paid for her Physics job. She then meets - Jack who is the brother of her favorite client Greg and it so happens that Jack has ruined the career of many physicists including Elsie's mentor and that he is the one who stands between Elsie and the job that she needs. I haven't read that much but I am starting to like the book. I feel like it might be similar 'Love Hypothesis', what with the fake dating trope and all? '...

Restaurant Review: Writer's Café, Chennai

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So I have been to several outlets of Writer's Café at Chennai. I have dined there several times and I have tried a range of their dishes and so I think I will be able to do an elaborate and rather honest review of some of the dishes. Flammkuchen So this is a pizza like thing and this is what attracted me to Writer's Café in the first place. So one of my sisters had her friends come over to our house for a birthday celebration and I saw long cardboard boxes with a drawing of Shakespeare. And I thought I am gonna try this place. Got to know from my mum that it was Writer's Café and went there and tried the flammkuchen amongst other things. After that, I have tried flammkuchen several times and have loved it almost every time. So flammkuchen is this thin, soft and rectangular shaped pizza with sauce, cheese and toppings. You can choose your own sauce, cheese and toppings. So my go-to is mozzarella cheese, tomato sauce, jalapenos, corn and olives. This one time, we ordered the ...