Cold outreach is not bad.
It is good to reach out to people and explore if they could use what you offer.
But there are wrong and right ways of doing it.
Most outreach I see is of the first…
First, there was nature.
Then we arrived.
And, we created the world we live in bit by bit.
Everything we see around is our collective creation.
It’s surreal.
So, whenever you feel stuck with your limited knowledge, skills or experience,…
I continue with my self-improvement
experiments.
In April I challenged myself to stop eating every day at 8 pm for 21 out of 30 days in the month.
I have shared the details below but first a short note…
Most of our regrets are due to actions we did not take.
Many a times, we don’t act because a particular action appears difficult, unpleasant or scary.
Or in many cases, we don’t act because of plain laziness.
None of…
This post is an effort to give you a peek into ‘how I work’ or rather ‘how I write’.
I like going from a period of high intensity to deep rest. Deep rest is the glorified name for a period…
Blogging takes time.
It takes mind space.
I do it because I want to do it.
I do it because I enjoy creating meaning out of words.
I do it because I can do it for now.
Tomorrow it might…
Pacing skills are among the most critical a runner can develop.
By pacing well, a runner avoids early burnout or injuries and completes a race. This is also how a runner sets a personal record.
Pacing is no less important…
This post details how you can follow your curiosity to become an expert and write a book.
I am helping a friend with her book.
She is now nearing the completion of the first draft of her manuscript.
During one of our discussions, she seemed worried about the length of the book.
I wanted to tell her…
So you decided to write a book.
You have been slogging for a while and bit by bit you have added several thousand words to your trusty folder or notebook.
Now, you are not able to move forward. You have…
You are knowledgeable.
You are skillful.
You have experience.
You want to help others.
You have something to say.
More than all this you can write.
Now, can you write a book?
Who am I to tell?
Or maybe I…
We need to ask for help to get it.
Whether we get help or not depends on how much the person we asked is interested in helping us, and also on how we asked.
I talk about 'how we ask' part in this article.
Mobile phones are getting powerful by the day.
Bigger memory, better cameras, increased applications with every new launch.
These improvements will go on.
But we need to be mindful of what these improvements are doing to our minds.
Is a…
In my previous post, I wrote about
how you can use a book to grow your business.
But business growth is not the only goal that you can accomplish with a book.
Your goal can be influence and fame.…
A book is a container of refined thoughts on a topic or theme.
You can
write one quickly by scheduling time to write and review.
A lot of people (want to) write a book to get famous. Sure, you can…