Mar 3Showing up 80% preparedIt 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 25Clean CutDoing one thing by definition excludes the countless other things that you could’ve done in that time. Thus, joy is felt only when you...
Jan 18Taking break is working tooTaking 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...
Dec 28, 2021The Last pushThe 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 8, 2021Task HappyThere is a specific and intense joy of belonging to the task that one is doing. Probably there is no other way to enjoy any task than...
Dec 3, 2021Get to vs Have toA 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, 2021Get the bad ‘X’ outIn 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 29, 2021Give upTheres a huge emphasis on ‘Never Giving Up’. But it is more important to give up on the things that don’t serve the larger goals in life....
Nov 25, 2021Shine a light on the dark crevicesOne of the lines that Adriene from her online Yoga class says is to ‘Shine a light on the dark crevices’ and she means this for the...
Nov 20, 2021Stick to the BeatFor 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 9, 2021Separating Thinking from DoingThinking can be good at the start of any project. It helps set direction and allows to plan out the tools needed on the journey. But by...
Nov 8, 2021Minimize your CuesThe Habit loop (from Atomic Habits) CUE - CRAVING - RESPONSE - REWARD Everyday life, physically and virtually is littered with cues. Many...
Oct 25, 2021Curate your virtual spaceThe virtual space is to your mind what the digital space is to your body. If you have a lot of clutter in the room, you not only find it...
Oct 22, 2021Line of sightChoice is not about doing but about not doing. Minimalism is about unencumbering ourselves with generalised expectations. In any given...
Oct 19, 2021Valuing a task mindfullyOften times we tend to categorize our tasks into priorities. This is good for attending to more important things first as an organization...
Sep 28, 2021Bloatwares in the mindSpend more time searching for better information sources. A body filled with junk food struggles to move well. A mind filled with junk...
Sep 20, 2021Understanding ImitationFrom Morgan Housel’s - The Psychology of Money A young lawyer aiming to be a partner at a prestigious law firm might need to maintain an...
Sep 13, 2021What to do in breaks?Ironically, jobs are actually easier to enjoy than free time, because like flow activities they have built-in goals, feedback rules, and...
Sep 11, 2021Don't Focus on the GoalsMy approach to what I do in my job — and it might even be the approach to my life — is that everything I do is the most important thing I...
Sep 10, 2021Pareto’s Law- A primer on smart workThe Pareto principle states that for many outcomes, roughly 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes (the “vital few”).[1] Other names...