Mental shift
Make a mental shift, convert a 'have to' into a 'get to' everytime you can I have to ride the cycle today I get to ride the cycle today I...
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Jan 27, 2023
Bite sized
Take one bite at a time just like food Too many ideas in the head to work on? Too many things to do? Too many things to think of? Take...
Sep 19, 2022
Baking your makings
Pick up hard to go wrong projects as a beginner and do them with sincerity. The result is always motivating to do more. This is the...
Mar 3, 2022
Showing up 80% prepared
It sounds counter-intuitive. Were’nt we always told to show up 100% ready for everything that we are dealing? But the point is when you...
Feb 28, 2022
Time is like watercolors
What we think in our minds will always be better or worse in a way unplanned when actuality arrives. It will never go as per plan. And...
Feb 23, 2022
Marching towards death
“Many of us don’t realize the moment we are born we are marching towards death” - Reinhold Messner (paraphrased from the film 14 peaks)...
Feb 21, 2022
Consume to create
Everyone of us wanted to make films when we were in film school, not so many once out of it. The difference I feel is that we consumed a...
Feb 20, 2022
PS3 vs Xbox 360
When the PS3 was launched it was a much superior machine than the Xbox 360. The problem was that Sony relied on its brawns and thought it...
Jan 18, 2022
Taking break is working too
Taking a break is part of work. We put them on the opposite ends of the spectrum at our own peril. Nothing is more important than knowing...
Jan 3, 2022
Wander - Wonder
There are two ways to look about work. One that some external motivation will hit us and we will be inspired to act. Two that we show up...
Dec 28, 2021
The Last push
The most amount of push while swimming in breaststroke is the one you get on finishing one loop cleanly by connecting your legs. Leave it...
Dec 21, 2021
Tasks and creations
Working consistently and persistently on tasks can also be a great way to generate new ideas. We often tend to think that sitting in a...
Dec 13, 2021
Transitions
Often we stop ourselves far from the limits of what is achievable. Our fear of losing it all at the end of an effort keeps us from...
Dec 6, 2021
Responding to the present
One responds to their environment all the time, knowingly or unknowingly. A pothole in the road makes a biker steer away from it,...
Dec 3, 2021
Get to vs Have to
A major shift in thinking about work is the shift from a ‘have to’ to ‘get to’. I learnt this from a productivity class I took recently....
Dec 1, 2021
Get the bad ‘X’ out
In art school as beginners we had this philosophy driven into us. ‘Get the bad drawings out of your system’. And its such a great way to...
Nov 20, 2021
Stick to the Beat
For a bunch of musicians to be able to jam together, the most important thing is to be able to stick to the beat. Almost all kinds of...
Nov 19, 2021
Scarce time and little things
On a day that is scarce on time the little things you do for yourself matter. Showing up on the yoga mat even if its for 5 mins, catching...
Nov 15, 2021
Shut yourself in joyful creation
So much of what we do is walled into pigeonholes by societal expectations. We start our creative journeys for the joy they bring to us...
Oct 29, 2021
Override your memories
The best way to overcome past memories is only by living new experiences and creating new memories. Before we race others its important...
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