life
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This is not a psychology post on narcissism or anything (and I am not qualified for that! 🙂 ) For a long time I believed that narcissism, self promotion and personal branding are negatives and must be avoided or at least not actively engaged with. Though these are disparate concepts, they do have some common…
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There is so much content available these days, and pressure associated to keep up with it. You need to be abreast of popular culture, that TV show everyone is talking about, or the social media trend which seems to have become a craze. Sometimes lending an ear to the popular culture can be entertaining and…
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(v) to want something to happen or be true In a world filled with definites, hope can seem like a remnant from the past. Pragmatists may say hope is only wishful thinking. But there is always space for hope, and we need to hope even. How much ever of a results oriented, task focused, real…
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One of the things to think about in life is how much is enough for you? How many friends do you want? How many meaningful friendships you can really maintain? Or how big of a house you need? How many countries do you really want to visit and so on! You need to draw the…
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Its sometimes worthwhile to pause and spend some time reflecting on who you disagree with and why? It will better clarify to you, your own values and the way you want to lead your life. Of course disagreement does not have to mean an all out fight. In fact it can aid as a way…
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Many a times we fall into the trap of living life in a linear fashion. Tying up the outcome of one event to another and building up a long chain of dependency. The ‘If this, then only that’, leads to being stuck in the same place. You find it difficult to move through anything. Our…
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Being a frequent listener of podcasts, I am both amazed and in awe of how effortlessly articulate few people are. It is a greatly useful skill to be able to clearly and concisely convey your thoughts and ideas and effectively land them. You need to have good ideas, but the aspect of having a great…
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In the current times, it can be so easy to passively live away your life consuming content. There is nothing wrong with this. However to achieve anything worthwhile, you need to assimilate and integrate your learning and lived experience and generate energy, ideas and work from it. Being generative and producing work performs many functions…
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advocate (v) – to speak in support of an idea or course of action The past month I was thinking of how advocating for what you believe in and stand for is so important. It might come naturally for a few of us, and for others it might be tough to build this skill. We…
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Modern urban life, combined with digital revolution and social media comes with some interesting predicaments. Whether you embrace it, or completely abhor it, the following pulls would have definitely touched you, just by the fact of being a person living in this world. Optimize Everything is up for optimization! What started as efficiency and scale…
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