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When you break the limit, your limit goes up
If self-improvement always feels easy, you are probably not doing it right. Here is why. When does your body get better? When it finds that it can’t handle what is thrown at it. When you do an intense run, your lungs can’t meet your body’s oxygen...
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Experience is overrated
When I first met my Inspector General of Police (IGP) after taking charge as Trivandrum Police Commissioner, he went on a rant. He said, "I don't...
Changing perspectives
A few years ago, I was on a flight from Jaipur to Bangalore. As soon as the flight took off, the plane ran into the kind of turbulence I had never...
Overcome FOMO
In the early 2000s, I got into the habit of regularly watching TV. Now, there is absolutely nothing wrong per se with that, but at some point, I...
Is your time worth $1?
A few years ago, WhatsApp wanted to charge an annual subscription fee of $1 but later gave up on the plan. Why? Had they charged $1 a year, many...
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Companies must encourage focus
If we want employees to do great work, we have to stop expecting them to respond to every email or message instantly, for which they have to constantly interrupt themselves and check their phones/laptops. It is almost like having to open the door...
Carve your own path
The best course I did at IIT was not from Electrical Engg but humanities. In those days, the humanities course allotment was done first-come-first-served. Hence, laggards like me who showed up just before the closing time would get the last...
It’s okay to be unhappy
Sometimes, we are unhappy about being unhappy. Some of us might be thinking: "Everybody else looks so cheerful -- why do I go through these ups and downs? How can I always be smiling, self-assured, and fully in control?" You can't. Nobody can. The...
Constraints drives innovation
When writing my MBA application essays, what annoyed me the most was ‘word-limit’. I would write a beautiful piece and then find it 300 words over the limit. I would now have to chop the extra words and slaughter its beauty. What travesty! Cursing...