Start moving and stop intellectualizing

One great way to not take any action is to debate everything and make it an intellectual exercise. Here are a few common tactics I have seen: Tactic 1: Start analyzing the pros and cons of everything. Example: If someone says, “You should start walking or...

When is it too late to do something?

Once I got an email from a doctor who started his post-graduate degree in anaesthesiology a bit late (in his 30s). Feeling that he is behind his peers, he lacks confidence, fumbles while speaking, and procrastinates. And it is not just him — one time or another,...

Living Long vs. Living Well

Bryan Johnson, a millionaire entrepreneur obsessed with staying young, pops in 100 pills a day — it is more than the amount of rice I eat for lunch. All things being equal, it is a wonderful thing to live longer and healthier. But when I hear that Bryan is...

You Can’t Do It All—and That’s Okay

I have 30-odd books on my table, some of which I won’t read for months, years, or maybe, even ever. And I am cool with it. Because we don’t have time for everything — including positive, life-enhancing activities we would love to do. We spend a lot...

You don’t have to always be happy

Good news: You don’t have to ALWAYS be happy. We live in this ‘Happiness as a compulsion’ age where it seems that if you are not perpetually happy, something is wrong with you. In fact, when we feel unhappy about not being perfectly happy, we just...