Archive for the year 2019

Bill Gates once said: “I will always choose a lazy person to do a difficult job because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.” Whenever Tim Ferriss considers a business decision or personal relationship he asks…

Jenny Doan of Hamilton, Missouri had lost almost all her savings in the financial crisis of 2008. This was not the first time she was facing financial challenges. Earlier she had to spend a good part of her savings for…

Have you binge-watched a TV series off late?
I am scared of watching them because the good ones can keep me hooked from one episode to another and one season to another through the climax. This means settling for low…

You know every month I run a self-growth experiment and report the results and learnings here.
June was the first month in 2019 that I was not able to do what I planned. I wanted it to be otherwise but…

You don’t need hours to complete everything you need to do.
There are some things that you can do in minutes and still get value and create output.
For example, you don’t need a lot of time to meditate…

We live in a world that prides itself on doing more.
But wanting to do more does not equal to doing more.
And, sometimes an opposite approach can be just as effective.
I call it the ‘minimum viable output’ or…

Life is dynamic.
Every day we come across different situations and new realities.
Most of these situations are routine, but there are a few that have high stakes. 
Some people rise up to the occasion in such a situation but…

Flexible work life is a luxury.
But like many good things in life, it has its own pitfalls.
Living such a life, you can get behind on important work. Because there is always so much to do that is not…

A mind is a playback machine.
It records all our thoughts and then plays them back at different times often through our beliefs and dreams. Because of this, we need to pay more attention than usual to our everyday thoughts.…

Bodybuilders lift weights to put pressure on their muscles to create a bigger body.
Those willing to get rid of disease put some pressure of body by fasting. It induces autophagy which is the body’s natural process of disassembling unnecessary…

Earlier today I was on a call with the customer support about home delivery for products that I bought in store.
The call itself lasted for around two minutes but the wait time was more than 15 minutes.
This got…

“Each time I write a book, every time I face that yellow pad, the challenge is so great. I have written eleven books, but each time I think, ‘Uh oh, they’re going to find out now. I’ve run a game…

Your influence starts at home,
It starts at your workplace,
And, in the circles, you hang out.
You don’t have to be the head of the family to influence what transpires at home.
You don’t even need to be the…

We are living in times of new opportunities and possibilities.
We are also living in times where AI and robots are going to take away many jobs.
In such times, it is important to do the work and create a …

Self-help is a big industry, worth $11 billion dollars at last count.
The books in self-help section in your book store, personal coaching, weight loss programs, large motivational conferences that promise to make you rich or invincible, the kind that…