Thoughts
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It might be tempting to look at analyses of books, movies or any other work of art. This is specially useful as sometimes art can feel so esoteric so you want to understand what the whole noise is about! With Internet, there are a range of analysis videos now, which delve from the superficial to…
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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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Knowingly or unknowingly we can sometimes fall into the trap of competing with others. Maybe when someone casually mentions they travel at least once a month, we take it as our own goal. Or we start following someone’s lifestyle of excessive workouts and try to live up to their definition of a good workout. As…
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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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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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It can be sometimes be addictive to keep working on ourselves and strive to be a better version. Never living the life which we currently have as a result. It is important to be aware of areas where we need work. Where there is room for growth. And we can consistently work on these aspects.…
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