Self dev
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Self help literature usually asks you to say No to things by default, to avoid burnout and save your energy for things that really matter. But like any other maxim, it leads itself to over simplification. So I was pleasantly surprised when Atul Gawande (whose book Being Mortal I greatly admire), asked us to say…
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As you go through life, among other things like competency, empathy, money, you realize how developing a healthy sense of self is of paramount importance. We tend to focus on developing skills and traits that help us be a better human to others, but we need to focus on being a better friend, confidant, ally…
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I have always been a walker. I was lucky to attend a college which was within a couple of kilometers from my house. So most days I would walk back home. The pleasant Bangalore weather and walkable roads definitely helped. This habit has stuck along and I take a walk daily now as well. I…
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Show up. Consistency. Compounding. Kaizen. Habits. I believe these are all different ways to put forth the same general idea. Anything which you do (or be) consistently gathers momentum and has a great positive (or negative) impact on your life. Showing up is the first step to make any change which you intend to see…
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One rainy evening in Bengaluru, we were in a special English class for GRE preparation, waiting for rains to subside so that we could leave. The English teacher, who we all adored, dusted off the chalk from her notes and sat down on her chair and started speaking casually. Like how a tired mother done…
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As you keep growing up, different aspects take the center stage at different life stages. Once you get into adulthood, and you are past the initial days of euphoria of earning, enjoying great freedoms and even financial leeway to an extent, things start to settle down. And sometime in your late 20s or early 30s…
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So for a lot of things in life, to succeed, you need to build the skill, have perseverance, maybe have some luck as well. But the most important question of all, which will decide the amount of work you are willing to put in is the why. You often see this is in motivational talks…
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One of the many things which has got upended by digitalization is the concept of physical books. In the age of mobile phones and kindles, people still sticking to read from a physical book is dwindling. It might well be on the same path as newspapers. As apps overtake the news market, newspaper which once…
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So the earliest I wanted to join a Yoga class was when I was around 13-14 years old, when Yoga was not as popular as it is today. Well but I didn’t join then, fast forward to almost 15 years later, I stepped into my first yoga class at the gym. And the moment I…
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In a recent podcast about venture capital investing, the speaker stressed on the need of a startup founder to be a good listener of the market. A founder needs to be attuned to what the market is saying so that they do not miss out on important signals and hence make course corrections when needed.…
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