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To be fit, you don’t need to be David Goggins or run 100-mile ultramarathons. To build a reading habit, you don't have to read one book per day. To start meditating, you don't need to be a Buddha-like perfect meditator. It is perfectly fine to be...
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Overcome FOMO
In the early 2000s, I got into the habit of regularly watching TV. Now, there is absolutely nothing wrong per se with that, but at some point, I...
Is your time worth $1?
A few years ago, WhatsApp wanted to charge an annual subscription fee of $1 but later gave up on the plan. Why? Had they charged $1 a year, many...
Companies must encourage focus
If we want employees to do great work, we have to stop expecting them to respond to every email or message instantly, for which they have to...
Carve your own path
The best course I did at IIT was not from Electrical Engg but humanities. In those days, the humanities course allotment was done...
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It’s okay to be unhappy
Sometimes, we are unhappy about being unhappy. Some of us might be thinking: "Everybody else looks so cheerful -- why do I go through these ups and downs? How can I always be smiling, self-assured, and fully in control?" You can't. Nobody can. The...
Constraints drives innovation
When writing my MBA application essays, what annoyed me the most was ‘word-limit’. I would write a beautiful piece and then find it 300 words over the limit. I would now have to chop the extra words and slaughter its beauty. What travesty! Cursing...
The price of power
Leadership carries a price-tag: When the first bullet is fired, you have to be willing to face it before putting others in the line. Also, you never get to say -- "It was not my fault." Whether you are an army general, a captain of a ship, a CEO,...
Meditation is a long road
Meditation is not an ATM, where you swipe your card (i.e., spend 20 min) and expect 'blissful calm' to come out gushing. This is one reason so many of us give up on meditation when we don't get instant 'outcomes.' Meditation is a long road to...