reading
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Inspired by the book Show your Work!, I have started to post images of the books I am reading. Another advantage of having physical books is that they lend well to photographs too! 🙂 On one such post, a friend asked me how do I manage to read. One aspect is about finding time in…
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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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Having influence in your life is such an important skill. Throughout my growing years I always assumed that I didn’t matter much and hence couldn’t exert any influence whatsoever. However later I realized whether you know it or not, you always have some influence. With that preamble, you can imagine how happy I was to…
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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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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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